New Taqley Line Funds Voted In Indiana Suburbs
Voters in Wabash county approve 50000 subsidy to aid a Wabash & Northern Indiana Traction company line from Wabash to North Manchester and Warsaw. Kosciusko county towns vote 7500 to back the project while other townships allocate smaller sums. Clay township rejects 6500. Rain kept many away but rural votes skewed pro road. J A Barry promotes the interurban with Indianapolis to Warsaw direct trolley link. work to start soon.
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Wabash
Wabash County
Wabash & Northern Indiana Traction Company
Manchester
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
Noble Township
Spencer Township
Lake Township
Clay Township
J. A. Barry
New Albany
Indianapolis Traction Company
Ma Tion
Indiana Unicon
Will L. Moyer
New York
The
Shoe and Leather Bank of
Indianapolis
Winona Lake
Indiana
Barry
Fight over liquor license in Columbus Bartholomew county starts
T. E. Reidenbach one of four remaining saloon keepers contends his license runs until November 6 while the Civic League argues it expired under the 90 day local option rule. The dispute promises a sensational contest as the option fight heats up in the county.
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Columbus
Bartholomew County
T. E. Reidenbach
Reidenbach
Civic League
State Fair Loses Money In Rain Deficit
Indianapolis reports the state board of agriculture must borrow funds to cover a deficit at the state fair. Rain and bad weather overwhelmed expenses, with losses estimated at $15,000 after all bills are tallied. The executive committee met to review department head notes and outstanding matters.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
Richmond Fall Festival Ends With Spectacular Parade
Richmond’s fall festival concluded with a massive parade attended by thousands. The Ent re Nous club hosted a ball at the Coliseum with burlesque events fireworks and a flight by Indianapolis aviator Bun Baugh who took part in the premium winner’s parade.
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Richmond
Coliseum
Entre Nous Club
Bunbaugh
Indianapolis
Rushville plans 470 lot sale to grow population
Rushville Young Men's Commercial club moves to sell the 470 lot People's Factory addition aiming to add about 5,000 residents in two years. Bedford notes recurring Owensburg tunnel collapses on the Switz City branch with detours possible and a potential condemnation petition. Muncie reports a pastor removal notice at Albany and a separate trial for Dr. Ross in a fatal shooting at Holt's Crossing. Laporte Church calls Rev Gustafson of Denver. Martinsville reports 24 year old Clarence Jones dies by his own hand.
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Rushville
Young Men’s Commercial’ Club
Nass
People’s Factory
Bedford
Owensburg
Switz City
Monon
Wallace Junction
Railroad Commission
Muncie
Sulphur Springs
Henry County
Sol Turner
Albany
Frank Powers
Nelson B. Ross
Daniel Linder
Nephews Inherit Major Estate Of L A. Ridgway
John W. Ridgway a Laporte banker and mine owner left his entire estate to his nephews F. H. Morrison of Laporte and John A. Ridgway of Indianapolis and to three nieces Mrs. Boyd Grandstaff Edith Morrison of Laporte and Mrs. George M. McCormick of Menominee Mich. The Friends church of Laporte is named as a beneficiary with the amount to be set by the Executors. The two nephews serve as executors.
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Laporte
John W. Ridgway
F. H. Morrison
John A. Ridgway
Indianapolis
Boyd Grandstaff
Edith Morrison
George M McCormick
Menominee
Mich
Friends Church
Breeze Causes Tragic Smith Woolen Mill Death
Rufus Irwin aged 22 was crushed to death at a feed-chopping machine in Owensville as a gust of wind blew his hat loose and a second puff pulled his coat into the gears. Fellow workers nearby could not reach him in time. The accident occurred while he attempted to adjust his hat after the first gust.
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Owensville
Rufus Irwin
Fort Wayne Civic Group Hears Plan for Beautification
Charles Mulford Robinson presented a comprehensive Fort Wayne improvement plan at a Civic Improvement Association meeting. The expert, hired for 1500 dollars, outlined a scheme costing thousands of dollars for city beautification and development.
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City Beautiful
Fort Wayne
Charles Mulford Robinson
Civic Improvement Association
Dies Shielding Assailant in Hartford City
Frank Hall of Cleveland substitute boss on Panhandle double track work died at the Poor Farm from a knife wound suffered while shielding an assailant. Hall refused to name his attacker though he told Superintendent Mills he knew the guilty man.
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Hartford City
Frank Hall
Cleveland
Hall
Mills
Embezzler Davis Pleads Guilty in Circuit Court
Rupert E. Davis, accused of embezzling several thousand dollars from Oberreich and Arnold in Laporte, entered a guilty plea in the circuit court after his arrest in New York City where he had been in hiding.
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Embezziler
Laporte
Rupert E. Davis
Oberreich & Arnold
New York City
Falling Derrick Claims Worker at Empire Paper Mill
In Vincennes Joseph Orey was killed and Jesse Bonhome was crushed when a falling derrick from a straw rack at the Empire paper mill crushed them after attempting to descend a rope.
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Vincennes
Empire Paper Mill
Joseph Orey
Jesse Bonhomme
Orey
Bonhomme
Arson Guilty Verdict Fits Frank “Funny” Brown
A circuit court jury after 24 hours returned a compromise verdict finding Frank Brown a mulatto guilty of arson. He received a sentence of two to 21 years in the state prison.
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Marion
Frank
Funny
Forester Dies After Tree Fall in Michigan City
J R Jones a forestry expert and Ken O Forestry College graduate fell from a tree in Michigan City striking his head on asphalt pavement and fracturing the skull base. He died shortly afterward.
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Michigan City
J. R. Jones
Ken (O.) Forestry College
Presbyterian State Synod Opens Sessions in South Bend
The Presbyterian state's synod opened at First Presbyterian Church in South Bend with Rev. Henry Webb Johnson presiding. Delegates from across the state arrived for the sessions.
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Presbyterian State Synod
South Bend
State Synod
The
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Henry Webb Johnson
Grand jury indicts Noah Burris for first degree murder
Judge H C Montgomery recalled the grand jury which indicted Noah Burris for first degree murder after Burris killed his cell mate Fred Heistner at the reformatory.
Tragic find under freight car at Lawrenceburg Junction
The crushed body of a 20 year old man was found hanging beneath a car of freight train No 96 on its arrival from Indianapolis at Lawrenceburg Junction.
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Lawrenceburg
Indianapolis
Lawrenceburg Junction
Anderson Trustee Arraigned On Bribe Charge
Anderson Francis Hardy, former township trustee, is to be arraigned in circuit court on a charge of accepting a bribe while in office. A year ago Hardy faced perjury and bribe indictments, was tried for perjury and acquitted, with the bribery case now in progress. Kokomo Robison Pleads Guilty To Second Degree Murder In Wife Slaying
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Anderson
Francis Hardy
Anderson Township
Hardy
Kokomo
William A. Robison
Jennie Robison
Kirkpatrick
Michigan City
Fort Wayne
Gilliams
Cyrus Cline
Reprove in Sermon on Sleepy Congregation
In Mrs. Lucy Fitch Perkins Book of Joys a New England cleric great grandfather is praised for clever methods to keep his weary flock awake. He paused during a Sunday sermon and warned, You are talking about building a new church. It seems to me quite unnecessary since the sleepers in the old one are all sound. This tale appears in Youth’s Companion.
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Lucy Fitch Perkins
New England
Cure for Baby Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
A mother reports her two and a half month old son suffered watery facial eczema. After failed doctors and costly treatments, she used Cuticura Remedies and claims complete cure with clear skin. Mrs. W. M. Comerer of Burnt Cabins Pa writes September 15 1908.
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W. M. Comerer
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Dear Teacher Peppered Flowers Prank Ends in Sneeze
A playful exchange features a boy presenting flowers to his teacher and joking he added pepper to trigger a strong sneeze. The lighthearted moment captures schoolroom humor and a child’s mischievous intent.
Resinol Ointment Endorsed as Essential Household Remedy
A Philadelphia reader states that Resinol Ointment is as essential as matches in the house. He praises its quick relief for bruises cuts burns and irritation on children and says his family has relied on it for years.
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B. Rush Davenport
Philadelphia
Poor Consolation. Ailing child laments lost limb in afterlife hope
Dialogue recalls a child born without a limb and the mother's reply about restoration in the next world. The child expresses doubt that the promised restoration would reach him before death, noting the limb was severed long ago.
Opinion on women voting debated in family sketch
In a brief dialogue Mamie supports the idea that every woman should have a vote, while Aunt Spinsterly urges upholding the dignity of the sex. The exchange frames a suffrage discussion in a domestic setting.
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Mamie
One Part Melodrama Quip Noted by Papers
A witty exchange about a one person scene prompts a joke from the Louisville Courier Journal. Dixon quips about an operation on his wife’s throat with the Boston Herald noting the outcome and six weeks of silence.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Dixon
Boston Herald
Goethe Quote Inspires Daily Cigar Ritual
A Goethe line urges devotion to a Lewis' Single Binder cigar for its rich mellow quality. It counsels dedicating each day to the object in hand and finds evening’s tasks completed.
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Goethe
Backache Is Kidneyache Says Nurse Thompson Watkins
Professional nurse Thompson Watkins of Parsons Kansas testifies that back pain and irregular kidney secretions vanished after using Deans Kidney Pills. She urges readers to remember the name and notes the product sells for 50 cents a box via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Thompson Watkins
N. 28Rd St
Parsons, Kan
Dean
Dean’s
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Prisoner Delays Freedom For Greens In Washington
A Georgia colored man jailed for a minor city offense asks to wait until dinner so he can eat greens before leaving. The YMC A secretary and a minister secure bail and visit him, but he requests a later release to enjoy a meal at the jail.
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Georgia
Washington
The
Colored Y. M. C. A
Lippincott’s
Dorothy and the Stork tale in Yonkers parsonage
Five year old Dorothy Walworth recalls meeting a stork in a Bronx cage. She explains she asked the stork to bring a baby brother or sister and believes it will happen because the bird winked and bent its head toward her.
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Dorothy
Dorothy Walworth
Yonkers
N. Y
Bronx
Papa
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It claims most cases stem from catarrh of mucous linings and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness linked to catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, with circulars free.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druczists
Pulley Clothes-Line Feud Ends With Extra Charge
A line worker jokes about breaking his neck to fit a clothes-line for a demanding woman. She insists on a specific placement and he agrees to install it with a humorous warning. He finally doubles the charge to two dollars if he breaks his neck.
Proper Breathing and The Tuberculosis Germ
Article argues improper breathing leads to consumption and that most people breathe shallowly. It claims lungs remain underdeveloped and create fertile ground for the tuberculosis germ. Emphasizes need for deep breathing to prevent disease.
Not to Be Envied Rich Man Quotes
A Louisville Courier-Journal reflection notes a rich man eats only three meals a day with no time to eat them, contrasting wealth with busyness and appetite.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Silence as Virtue in Ancient Thought
A terse reflection notes Cato’s judgment that true restraint lies in mastering speech. It praises the virtue of silence even when one is in the right, aligning moral excellence with measured speech and self-control.
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Cato
Quaker Oats Praised By Medical Authority Browne
Sir James Crichton Browne lauds oatmeal as vital brain and body food for youth in a Youth's Companion article from 1909. He cites oats as richest among cereals and connects oatmeal to a stronger thyroid and a big-boned, energetic Scottish profile.
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James Crichton Browne
Duces
New geyser erupts near Fountain geyser in Yellowstone Park
A new magnificent geyser has broken out about 100 feet north of the Fountain geyser near Fountain hotel in Yellowstone. It shoots water, mud and steam to heights of 150 to 200 feet, with eruptions every five to six hours lasting an hour, unlike Old Faithful.
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Yellowstone Park
Fountain Hotel
Mammoth Hot Springs
Wyo
Fountain
Expensive Silence and a Penny for a Crying Child
A four year old girl named Alice cried on the floor until her father offered a penny. She refused and said she would not stop for less than a nickel, expressing continued distress with a mock sorrow.
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Alice
Lawyer Plans Case Reading From Your Pocket Book
In the Beginning a lawyer tells a client that the case is unusual and will require consulting many books. He notes they will start with the client’s pocket book as a first step.
Mustard Oil Claim Sparks Pain Relief Debate
An old claim touts Hamlin’s Wizard Oil as a more effective and cleaner alternative to a mustard plaster for chest discomfort. The remark then pivots to a social note about marriage, saying a girl feels important at her wedding and a man appears less competent.
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Chicago
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Golden Medical
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Monroe Drug CO
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