Jones Mystery Solved by Leave-Trail of a Wife
A Boston man Jones vanished for months with no memory of his identity. After alienist exams and widespread public questioning, a New Haven examiner traced him through clues until a wife recognized him and he returned home as Samuel, a country chair maker and inventor. The search exposed the limits of public belief and the stubbornness of obstinacy. The tale ends with a reunion and questions about recognition and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Eastment
Boston
Jones
Chicago
Montmorency
New Haven
New England
New’ Haven
Samuel
Jim
Thay
Booming to Build Town Growth in Newspaper Call
An editorial urges unified town promotion to attract people and business. It compares booming to artillery in battle, arguing that collective effort by boards, clubs, and individuals boosts population, wages, and job opportunities. It invites readers to propose massed boom methods.
Seed corn patch improves quality through careful selection
G I Christie of Purdue Experiment Station explains seed corn patches as a method to raise seed quality and vigor. He urges selecting about twenty five of the best ears, testing germination, discarding weak ears, and planting on the edge of fields to avoid cross variety contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.desixahic
Aged Woman Dies After Long Ohio Indiana Life
Elizabeth Rickenbaugh Jolliff born October 10 1827 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania moved with family to Wayne Ohio then to Indiana in 1875. She died March 28 1908 at age 80 after a large family mourns her patience goodness and piety funeral at Mt Nebo church burial Scotland cemetery.
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Elizabeth Rickenbaugh Jolliff
Lancaster County
Penn
Wayne County
Ohio
Levi Jolliff
Henry
Leander
Sarah A. Cornelius
Shreeve
Ohia
Aaron
Jacob
Thomas
Amanda O’donald
Daviess County
Indiana
Newberry
Mt. Nebo
C. C. Lowther
Scotland
Forester Courage Under Fire in Spanish American War
The tale follows Milton Forester, a National Guard lieutenant who wins a captaincy and serves in Cuba. Amid heavy fighting at Santiago his fear of cowardice surfaces after he collapses, but his old friend Nathan Burge helps him endure. Forester survives, is wounded, and later reunites with Mary Mills, his fiancée.
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Milton
Forester
National Guard
Mary Mills
Mary
Florida
Cuba
Santiago
Nathan Burge
Nate
Vti
Burge
Mutch Forester
John Kellogg
Burgé
Mills
Mary, Mills , Forester
A. Mattron
Cornmeal Versatile Food Across All Meals in Uncle Remus
The piece extols cornmeal as a rich versatile product usable for batter cakes grits dumplings hoecakes and porridges. It highlights batter cakes dumplings with greens dumplings never allowed to grow cold and hearty meals with butter and buttermilk.
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Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus’ Magazine
Curved Spokes Improve Wheel Durability and Aesthetics
The text argues curved spoke wheels are more attractive and durable than straight spoke wheels. Cast wheels contract during cooling and straight spokes crack, while curved spokes allow a measured give and take in the metal to avoid this danger.
Southern Indiana Railway timetable February 1963
Daily trains north and south bound from Terre Haute to Seymour and Bedford serve Odon Eloora Linton Jasonville Beehunter and others with arrivals and departures listed. Timetable notes times for departures from Terre Haute and final arrivals with inquiries directed to local agents or H P Radley Grand Central Station Chicago.
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North Bound
Seymour
Bedford
Odong
Elnora
Linton
Jasonville
Terre Haute
Eloora
Odon
Hkedford
H.P. Radley
T. A. Grand
Central Station
Chicago
Trustee announces weekly office hours for Madison township
Notice from Wm. Sims trustee of Madison township stating he will be at his office or about town on Fridays each week to attend township business. The public is advised to contact him for matters concerning the township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Township
Reduced Rates for One Way Second Class Fare
The article lists a daily one way second class rate of 939 75 from March 10 to April 30 1908 to San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Cal Portland Oregon Tacoma Seattle and Spokane Washington and intermediate points. W H Hueston Agent.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Cal
Portland
Oregon
Tacoma
Seattle
Spokane
Washington
W. H. Hueston
Agt
Ore
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Bellview
Hiram. Rose of
D. A. Rheabottom
William Johnson
Hiram Johnson
Uoss Courtney
Isaac Fulkerson
Near Raglesville
George Gaultney
Raglesville
John Hasting
Joseph Hasting
Wesley Myers
Joe Tom Myers
John Kinneman
Calvin, Hess
Ora Edmordson
James Collins
Reed Wilson
Willis ‘Taylor
William Fitzgibbon
Grant
Vicksburg
Lee
Fredericksburg
Board.of Trade
N. B
G.I. Christie
Purdue Experiment Station
Southern Indiana Railway
Via
Wm. Sims
J. W. Anderson
Lhadiana
Dentast
Diefendorf’ S
C. C. Clemmer
Odoa
Orange
Mass
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