Surprising see Snyder photos and local notices mix
Local items list Snyder for photography work and weekly Tuesday Wednesday shoots. Community notes mention surprise party for Mrs C C McKinnis near Hebron. residents visit Kankakee for Mrs Zella Cox, who improves. Post Office uncalled letters include several names. Otterbein Grain builds a new barn and tile factory resumes. Church services feature Rev Dunlavy. Shelby township nominating primary results. Town board warns on headlights and speed limits. Timothy Shaughnessy estate sale scheduled May 16. Community discussions urge buying a town park site adjoining the school grounds.
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Fotografs
Snyder
Goodyear
D. J. McKinney
Wilbur Rush
Hillis Brown
Thelma
Juanita
C. C. McKinnis
Hebron
Asher Dilts
Elmer Berdge
Kankakee
Zella Cox
Francis M. Bondoe
R. L. Gareau
Fred Wright
Lawrence Timfons
J. W. Carroll
P. M
Otterbein Grain Company
Tippecanoe
VanNatta, Glynn & Co
Otterbein Tile Company
Shelby Township
Charles Bender
Jacob Switzer
Robert Howell
O. W. Christopher
Otto Lange
Corporation of Otricia
Chas. F. Rowe
Timothy Shaughassy
Eehoal Park
Shaughnessy
Worth Thinking Of Girls
A quoted English writer says the happiest wife is not the one who marries the best man but the one who makes the best of the man she marries.
Lucky Brunswick shopkeeper wins 70000 prize
A shopkeeper in Brunswick, who took a lottery ticket as payment for a hat from a penniless customer, wins a $70,000 prize. The piece notes four new words added daily to dictionaries and explains the origin of the phrase giving quarter tied to ransoms, with references to Dutch Boers and the term quarter.
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Brunswick
Ag & Transom
Otterbein Oil Streets Ordinance and Public Notice
Otterbein Benton County Indiana boards propose oiling Main Timmons Oxford Virst Brown streets with cost assessments to parcels abutting. Notices declare public hearing May 1 1914 and bids due May 4 1914 with plans on file. Also announces vault cleaning and dry well services.
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Otterbein
Benton County
Indiana
Corporation Line
Timmons Street
Main Street
Benton
Tippecanoe
Oxford Street
West Corporation
Virst Street
Brown Street
Evans Elevator
Lake Erie & Western Railway Company
Board of Trustees
Otterbein Sun
State of
B. M. Bugbee
The Place of Honeymoons by Harold MacGrath
Harold MacGrath crafts a romantic tale centered on a plain Irish singer known as Nora. A princely suitor abducts her, while Courtlandt, the American hero, resembles the prince and may be behind the plan. Lake Como settings and a vivid cast drive mystery toward a late reveal.
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Nashville
Courtlandt
Lake Como
Harold Macgrath
Lovels
MacGrathian
Fashion Confidences and Unwilling Styles
A wry remark on facial expressions and dress sense notes that some people refuse to wear anything ill suited yet must confront frowns that suit them ill. The quote attributes the sentiment to Lip Pincott, reflecting social observations on appearance and restraint.
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Lippincott’s
Flow Hair Color From Amalgam Pigment Deposits
A description explains hair coloring results from pigment particles deposited in hair cells beneath the surface. Bleaching allows the chemical to pass under the scales and react with these pigment specks, altering color.
No Age Without Its Heroes Quote by Shaw
A George Bernard Shaw aphorism on heroes shaping any era, noting that every age has its capable leaders and thinker figures akin to Caesar Socrates and Shakespeare.
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Caesar
Socrates
Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw
Truth and Love by Hamilton Mabie
A brief quoted reflection on truth and love noting that earnest effort to grasp cosmic secrets fails without living into truth and that love is the guiding force. The author suggests truth is found through living rather than abstract thinking.
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Anaparigi
Hamilton
Weight Mabie
Notice of Land Sale by Benton County Court Commissioner
The Benton Circuit Court commissioner announces a private sale of three Benton County parcels from the Dennis O Shaughnessey v Anna Hogan et al heirs of Timothy Shaughnessey case. Tracts include 40 acres, 80 acres, and 37 acres with sale May 16, 1914 at Otterbein bank office. Bids start at full value, terms: half cash, rest in six months, six percent interest, deeds after court confirmation. Abstracts available ten days prior at Farmers and Merchants Bank Otterbein.
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Benton
Dennis O’shaughnessey
Anna Hogan
Timothy Fe Shaughnessey
Farmers & Merchants’ Bank
Otterbein
Indiana
Benton County
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank
Lafayette
Fourth Street
Charles. E. Thompson
Henry Foster, Ambia Resident and Civil War Veteran, Dies
Henry Foster aged 75 in Ambia died suddenly from heart trouble. Civil War veteran, Co D 10th Indiana, served three years. Survived by wife Mary Woodhams and children Elmer George Charles Alfred Iduna Belle Jessie, plus brothers Richard and Josiah J and sister Mrs Hester Buck. Funeral in Ambia with Boswell cemetery interment.
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Henry Foster
Ambia
Jeremiah
Elizabeth Foster
Co. D
10Th Indiana
Mr. Foster
Mary Woodhams
Elmer
George
Charles
Alfred
Chamberlain, S. D
Missy Iduna Foster
Otterbein
Belle Dimmick
Boswell
Jessie Sullivan
Oklahoma
Richard
Hoopston
Josiah J
Hester Buck
Boswell Cemetery
Benton County Medical Association Elects Officers in Oxford
The Benton County Medical Association met in Oxford on Tuesday. Officers were elected: Dr. W. A. Smith as president and Dr. Blogn as secretary. They voted to telegraph to Washington against Minnesota Senator's amendment to House Bill No 6282 on medicine dispensing and distribution. The next meeting is set for Mudlavia Springs in the first week of June.
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Benton County Medical Association
Oxford
W. A. Smith
Blogn
Lecy
Washington
D. C
Minnesota
Mudlavia Springs
Memorial Resolution for Joseph Walsh
Post of Grand Army mourns comrade Joseph Walsh a faithful member and noble citizen. Charter draped for thirty days with resolutions spread to the bereaved family as J J Foster and R J Williamson sign.
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Joseph
Walsh
J. J. Foster
Com
R. J. Williamson
Ajié
County Farmers Institutes Meet in Fowler for Chair election
The chairmen of county Farmers Institutes will convene in Fowler Town Hall at 2 p.m. Saturday May 2 to elect a new county chairman and appropriate funds for township institutes next winter. Townships without an institute last winter must send a representative. none will receive funds without representation.
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Fowler
Benton County Field Meet Set for May Ninth at Templeton
Benton County field meet to be held in Templeton on Saturday May 9 with seven high schools entering about one hundred contestants. Tennis starts at 10 a.m. and the meet at 1 p.m. C W Steele notes prizes include a large banner, a relay cup, and medals for each point winner.
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Benton County
Templeton
Benton County Five Acre Corn Contest For Men
A county wide corn contest offers prizes totaling $100 or more with a medal from the Indiana Corn Growers Association for those who raise at least one hundred bushels per acre on five acres in Benton County. Entries due by May 10, 1914. Rules cover plot size, record keeping, costs, and exhibit requirements with judging on yield and production costs.
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Benton County
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Teicher
Tae
Nan
Purdue
JW. McBarland
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Methodist Brotherhood
Edward Dunlavy
Trinity Methodist Church
Brotherhood
Charles F. Rowe
Board of
Ora. McCool
Collyer
Lv E. Collyer
Township Twenty
Township Twenty-four
G. A. BR. Memorial
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