McWilliams Special Breaks Records Through Mattaback Fire
The Five-Nine freight liner races the burning Mattaback bridge between McCloud and Denver. Georgie Sinclair and crew push the McWilliams Special past flames and rivals, delivering $1,200,000 in gold for Sierra Leone bank amid cheers and a bank loaned escort.
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McCloud
Mr. McWilliams
Mattaback Valley
McWilliams
Jerry MacElroy
Georgie
Jerry
Mattaback River
Mattaback
Denver
Jerry Macklroy
Pat Francis
Francis
Sinclair
Pat
la Salle Street
Ferguson
Jong
Sierra+ Leone
National Bank
Wargst
United States
Pat Francia Agi Sinclair
Murray
Peaters
Cooley
Ares
Milwaukee Avenue
Herguson
Coln
Rengineer
Jerry MacHirey
Frentine
Georgie Sinclair
Noge
MacElroy
America
Gome
West End
Sierra Leone
Caboose
Advertising Keeps Merchants In Business
A Indiana Retail Merchant insists merchants must advertise constantly. He argues that prosperity and advertising go hand in hand, and neglecting promotion means losing visibility to a large portion of the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Local notes from Odon and area baseball games
Community brief with visits and travels of residents including Mr and Mrs Jork and Dennis Garten plus game results. Mentions the Southern Indiana R. R. repairing an overhead bridge and local players Swayze Halland Billings Littlejohn. Contains a pasted poem excerpt and cigarette ad closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Indiana R. R. Company
Wheat threshing dominates week in Buncome
Clem Pownall and family visited D. W. Osborn's. John Yoakman joined a log church baptizing. Lewis Arford of Chicago visits his parents. H. M. Connell family attended Pleasant Valley baptizing. Ww Kinneman and sons work on an interurban line. Aliie Clark hosts a musical social with ice cream and cake for about forty attendees.
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Lewis Arford
Chicago
Mrs
A. W. Arford
Kinneman
Albert
Cisco
Aliie Clarks
Sunday Visits Reported Across Multiple Towns
Residents from Bellview Odon Mud Pike Sandborn Elnora Plainville and Scotland were noted visiting relatives and friends on Sunday. Names include Aiza Rhuebottom Jake Kesler Joe Palmer Wessay Myers John Schwartz Jessie Kesler Frank Faith Porter Madge Courtney Ada Courtney T. G. Taylor William Arney Killion Hiram Johnson Charley Stoner Lewis Stoner Jack Irvin Ollies and others.
Uncle Henry on the Passing of the Horse
The piece reflects on the shift from horses to machines as trolleys, bicycles, and streetcars replace equine transport. It recalls Fan end Doll and Kit and notes public sentiment that the horse era is ending amid growing wheels and faster transit.
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Uncle Henry
Remedy for nerves a tobacco aided relief in old verse
A humorous 19th or early 20th century verse promotes smoking Havana cigars to calm nerves and soothe stomach and liver complaints. The narrator advises taking in smoke, using a corn cob pipe, and relaxing in a rocker to ease dyspepsia and bilious feelings caused by heavy meals.
Misread Greeting Sparks Comic Baby Mix Up
A newspaper man at a party asks about a baby, but the host misreads as a cold. She describes her Winter illness and jokes the scribe will soon have a baby too. The piece ends noting the editor stopped inquiring about babies after the paper came out.
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Rais
Train Schedule Effective February 24 1907
Daily trains listed for north and southbound runs with stops at Seymour Bedford Odon Elnora Beebunter Lipton Beehunter Jasonville Terre Haute and Bedford. Timings show departures from Terre Haute and arrivals at multiple stations with agent contact for timetable details and H P Radley G T A Grand Central Station Chicago.
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Seymour Bedford
Odon
Elnora Beebunter
Linten
Jasonville
Terre Haute
Lipton
Beehunter
Elnora
Bedford
Seymour
H. P. Radley
G. 2
T. A
Grand Central Station
Chicago
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Ike
Scarboro Junction
Jenver
Steen Bridge
Stevelair
Lwel
Chas. Williams
Mr. Contz
John Jork of
T. J. Gore
Oil Company
T. H. Gore
C. B. Toon
Loogootee
Dennis Garten
Fogel Cooper
Joe Stotts
Belle Ledgerwood
Samuel Williams
Williams Fishing
Ww. Holt
Holtsville
Doc Gee
Near Sargent
John Nichols
Jim Sargent
Sargent
Jasonville Independents
Pug YP & S
Billings
Swayze
Halland
Littlejohn
Edison
Chicago Record -Herald
Frank Bates Flaogen
Clem, Pownall
D. W. Osborn
John, Yoakman
H.M. Connell
Pleasant Valley
Bellview
Aiza ‘Rhuebottom
Jake Kesler
Joe Palmer
Wessay Myers
Eaglesville
George
Pryanmoad
John, Schwartz
Mud Pike
Jessie Kesler
Frank
Faith
Sandborn
Dr. Porter
Miss Madge
Odor le
Ada Courtney
T. G. Taylor
William Arney
John Killion
William Johnson
Hiram Johnson
Scotland
Charley and
Lewis Stoner
Plainville
Fields of
John Carr
Jack Irvin
Son Ollies
Freeple
Havana
Gru
Southern Indiana Railway
GOGDS
Voiles
Soc
Batiste
Mer
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