County bids for courthouse awnings and town rubbish ban
County commissioners advertise bids to screen and awning the courthouse with a contract to be let Monday. Jasper town board bans throwing rubbish on streets alleys and public places. Grandview may host a Rebekah fraternal order. Hawesville ginseng patch yields prize roots. Chinese buyers pay high prices. Chamberlain's tablets sold locally. An exchange quip notes two churches and a wheat road joke arising from a mill question.
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Jasper
Jasper Herald
Caldwell Syrup Pepsin Promoted For Indigestion Cure
An advertisement touts Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a laxative tonic that strengthens stomach and bowel muscles to restore natural function. It cites testimonials from Fannie Stuart of Staunton and J Tuck of Blackburn and offers free samples by mail with a request for medical advice from Dr. W. B. Caldwell. It lists Monticello Illinois as the address and T. C. Basye as the local seller.
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Caldwell
Fannie Tuart
Staunton
Tuck
Blackburn
Aving
Syrup Pepsin
Grandview School Appoints 1911 Graduate Assistant Principal
Miss Nettie Stephenson, a 1911 University of Bloomington graduate, has been named assistant principal of the Grandview schools by the board of trustees. She guest-hosted at this place Sunday and returns to Bedford.
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Nettie Stephenson
State University
Blomington
Grandview
Board of
Bedford
Honeycreek
Robert Titus
Lyda Dawson
Opal Beanblossom
Billa Balser
Our Carlestedt German Liver Powder Sold by T C Basye
Citizens urged to treat frequent headaches as constipation warning with 25 cent Carlestedt German Liver Powder. Promises lasting cure if taken as directed, backed by money back offer after two thirds of a bottle of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets if unsatisfied. Sold by T C Basye. Early Monday street sweeps Fourth
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Chamberlain
T. C. Basye
Huntingsburg Bank
van Buren
Fifth
Washington
Beckman State Bank
Ferdinand National Bank
Henry Beckman
Robert J. Beckman
Beckman
Joseph Sonderman
Ferdinand National
Huntingburg Argus
Carlestedt
Witcher
Perma-Lac Wood Finish Promises Fresh Look
One coat of this famed finish will renew wood work and furniture with little expense. Perma-Lac brightens dark corners and renews glass on linoleum, making rooms look new. All colors and can sizes in stock. T. C. Easye.
Hats Are Gone From The Girls Of Bygone Days
A New York Sun quip contrasts past and present hat fashions noting women now wear absurd items atop their heads. The playful rant catalogs objects from feather beds to dishpans and garden pots as replacements for hats.
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Eiffel Towers
New York Sun
Digestive Tonic and Blood Purifier Advertisements
An old newspaper snippet markets Digesteze as a digestion aid boosting stomach work and blood quality, priced at 50 cents, sold by T. C. Basye. It also promotes Yucatan Chill Tonic as a blood purifier that clears rheumatic pain and improves appetite, with a 50 cent bottle at Basye. A concluding line notes worries about things that never happened.
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Yucatan
T. C. Basye’s
Worthen
The Roadways of Destiny in a French Village
In a Verdun style tale David from Verney pursues poetry over ranch life and Yvonne. After a visit from notary Papineau and writer Bril, he returns to shepherd duties with dwindling flocks and a forged dream. Bril counsels contentment but David chooses his art, burning his poems as Yvonne returns home to a wary hearth.
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David
Yvonne
Verney
Mavid
Dreux
Pere Gruneau
Daisy
M. Papineau
Mignot
Monsieur Bril
Georges Bril
Paris
Sory
Dreix
Papineau
Monsieur
Bril
Monsieur Mignot
Monsigneur Brij
Monsignor Mignot
Davie
Doves of Feking Carry Musical Chaothe Tail Instruments
The article describes doves in Feking with tail mounted chaothe reeds that emit shrill music as they fly. Invented by a Mandarin Garin, the contraption is meant to protect prized doves from birds of prey.
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Feking
China
Balance of Faults Cited in Local Discussion
Gaddie is described as vindictive and prone to holding grudges. Markley notes he also never pays what he owes. The exchange appears in the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Gaddie
Markley
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W. J. Jones
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Camelion Telephone
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C. T. Basye
Mozart Hall
Chrisney
Jas. T. Mattingley
M. A. Abbott
A. A. Schriefer
L. M. Medcal
E. R. Lanman
J. P. Chrisney
J. C. Burkhart
Wm. Carey
Everett Barker
Edith Davis
Hawesville
Chrisney Sun
Rebekah Lodge
Dale
Lamar
Board of Town Trustees
Martin Heirs
Abraham Martin
Gibson Circuit Court
Warrick County
Borden
Foreign Commission
Express
New Albany Ledger
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Chicago
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New York
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