PICK POCKETS The Menne Gips G Theis Thurving fark
A crowded night in Chicago leads to multiple thefts as a party, led by Gips G Theis, travels through cafes theaters and railroad stations. The group, often drunk, loses valuables to pickpockets among unsuspecting passengers and companions. Bohemiah Afaga nAne.
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Pires
Eliey
Yue
Pair Shearers Po Vietin
Heouiner Gours
Che Vielin
Atria
Ole
Ape Perreniy Aetine
Poe Paptoor Samaritens
The Rise of Professional Baseball in Early America
A historical sketch traces baseball's shift from amateur clubs to professionalism before the Civil War. It notes gate receipts, early fees, and the Brooklyn grounds transformation into a summer park for profits, with teams like the Atlantics and Mutuals fueling the change.
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Deean Pats
Atlantics
Jackfords
Mutuals
Brooklyn
Union Grounds
Texperimentalls
The Old Maid and the Bachelor Illustration Debate
A humorous dialogue on women in business and discrimination, featuring an old maid and an old bachelor. They trade quips on gender roles as they discuss charity tickets, rugs, stamps, and a practical illustration about empowerment and control. The piece ends with a rain forecast.
Mexico City Pawnshop and Monte de Piedad History
The Monte de Piedad of Mexico City is a government establishment akin to national pawnshops like Paris Mont de Piété and Vienna’s RK. BK. Veratamere but runs on different principles. It was founded in TTT by Don Pedro Romero de Tiereros, count of Regia, a wealthy mine owner, with government approval, which later took over the business.
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Mexico City
Monte de Piedad
Mont de Biete
Paris
RK. BK. Veratamere
Vienna
Alfonte de Piedad
Pedro Romero de Tiereros
Regia
Argo- Deut
A Bright Idea
A lighthearted note on a cow trespass case with humor from a judge who doubts the farmer’s blame. The exchange suggests minor agricultural damage and disputes over responsibility.
Crushed. Colonia fame and ancestral pride
A terse reflection on identity and heritage, noting colonial and immigrant roots. The speaker contrasts Mayflower lineage with modern claims of fame, expressing ambivalence toward ancestral bragging and personal status.
Magnifiesnece Quote Reflects Value Over Cost
A fragment quotes a sentiment about magnificence and price, noting that true magnificence cannot be cheap because cheapness cannot yield greatness. The line attributes thought to a figure named Johiusem.
Local visitors and moves noted in week’s social list
residents and guests arrive and depart around town this week. Elliott Allen from near Scotland and J Laughlin from Arcots Als visit briefly while Mrs Wilks Elis from near Montgomery comes to see family. Lottie Reimer and Eunice Reimer from Terre Haute visit this week. Rev J Denbo will relocate here for work in the M E church.
Willow Lick School Closed Over Scarlet Fever Cases
Willow Lick school located two and a half miles east of town closed Monday due to scarelet fever among pupils. A teacher's child, R D McCarter, is seriously ill. The piece notes the rabbit shooting season closes this month until November 10 to curb roaming and flushing yearlings.
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R. D. McCarter
Popular Loogootee Girl Married
Miss Edith M. Swithy, a popular Loogootee young lady known by many locals, married Tuesday to Alvert 3. Macheat of Chicago. The couple will reside in Chicago.
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Edith M. Swithy
Loogootee
Alvert
Macheat
Chicago
Jefferson Matthewson Weds Jessie Virtue Bobbitt
Jefferson Matthewson telegraph lineman at Elnora married Jessie Virtue Bobbitt daughter of Joseph Bobbitt of Elnora.
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Levy Jefferson Matthewson
Elnora
Jessie Virtue Bobbitt
Joseph Bobbitt
United Brethren Church Services Next Sunday
United Brethren church announces Sunday school at 9 13 a m with preaching at 10 30 a m and 7 00 p m led by pastor D P McCoy.
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United Brethren Church
P. McCoy
Child Swallows Nickel In Elnora Leaves Father Alarmed
The Ketchem child near Elnora swallowed a nickel last Friday night and has remained in serious condition unable to eat. Parents took the child to Washington Wednesday to consult a specialist from Indianapolis. Also notes helpful church members as Wickford parish church ladies painted church gates to save expenses.
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Elnora
Herbert Ketchem
Washington
Indianapolis
Wickford
Essex
Gland
Printers Lingo Revealed by Exchange Article
The exchange prints explain a printer's code with phrases like finish up that murder and distribute the smallpox. They note the language seems rough but becomes clear in plain English, revealing the office humor behind the pressing task list.
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Billey
Sir Charles Tupper
Herculaneum
Laurier
Slide MceCarty
Deacon Fogg
Quotation Exchange Frames Worlds Apart
A humorous exchange contrasts two halves of the world, satire on private affairs and public life. The remark highlights differing concerns and self focus between groups, with a wry nod to universal human preoccupations.
Veterans To Meet At Patoka Reunion
Survivors of the Hundred Indiana regiment of volunteers plan their twelfth annual reunion October 7 and 8 at Patoka. Several Daviess county veterans from this regiment have received invitations from the organizing committee.
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Hightieth Indiana Regiment of Volunteers
Patoka
Daviess County
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