Neighbors vent opinions on money and governance
A collection of local notes criticizes congressional spending, city franchise talks, and social behavior. It mentions Boonville approving a natural gas franchise, questions on liquor supply in a dry town, and a firing incident near South Frederica street. It also notes fishing prospects, a Huntingburg Oil and Gas drill site, and a bee keeper receiving a large but partially filled order from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
Southern Indiana Oil and Coal Company
Boonville Enquirer
Wm. Rausher
Huntingburg Oil and Gas Company
State adopts school safeguarding rules for health
The state board of health enacts safeguards for public school students based on a general assembly act. School desks and bannisters must be washed and disinfected, water supplied by fountains, drinking buckets banned, pencils discouraged, slates banned, and crowding and illness controlled by teachers with infectious diseases barred. Huntingburg Argus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
General Assembly
Huntingburg Argus
Proper Treatment for Dysentery and Diarrhoea
The piece discusses treating dysentery and diarrhoea with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, claiming it prevents dangerous outcomes when used promptly and noting long-standing use and success. It also mentions local sales by I C Basye and Lee Thurman of Littles, plus a story of a $1,270 bed-find related to Miss Kitty McGraw and Petersburg bank funds, and ends with Col F B Posey and family at peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Basye
Lee Thurman
Littles
Miss Kitty McGraw
Colonel Sees Tuberculosis Camp At High Elevation Farm
A Boonville Standard profile notes a colonel living in a tent on his Yankeetown farm with views of the surrounding country. He tends tenants and studies nature, dreaming of a tuberculosis camp, locust groves, crops, and an underground garden as part of his planned future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankeetown
Boonville Standard
Cholera remedy praised and local notes from Agnewville
At six months a child recovered from an attack of bowel illness using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by T C Basye. Other items note rising telephone ratios and a mad dog rabies scare with a cow killed, plus editorial praise of Governor Marshall and rebuttal of Republican claims in Indiana newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. N. Dewey
Agnewville
T. C. Basye
W. Foster Hayes
Jersey
Owensboro
Bread Color and Flavor Deception Calls for Ban
The London Lancet criticizes whitening bread flour, arguing that bleaching destroys natural color and flavor. It urges the public to reject the notion that whiteness signifies quality and calls for making such bleaching illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life
London Lancet
Grave Gives Up Dread Secret in Staunton Murder
The body of Mrs. Henry Johnson was exhumed in Staunton Illinois after three months burial. An autopsy showed a fractured skull and injuries. Her husband Henry Johnson a wealthy farmer near New Douglas was arrested on murder charges and held to the grand jury on $10000 bond. The couple’s parents requested the exhumation. Mrs Johnson was found dead April 10 with coroner ruling unknown causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Henry Johnson
Karnes
Carlinville
Henry Rosenthal
Johnson
New Douglas
Bank Clerk Arrested for $500 Coin Theft in Indianapolis
Norman B. Hamilton, a clerk at the Indiana National Bank, confessed to stealing a $500 coin package. He posted $2,000 bail, claimed temptation, and described carrying the money for days while officials express surprise at his breach after four years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Norman B. Hamilton
Indiana National Bank
Hamilton
Gold in False Teeth Tempting in Bloomington Diary
In Bloomington on July 26 a 17 year old, John Clemm, is charged by boarding house keeper Julia Storms. She alleges he stole her false teeth to extract the gel and metal, and police found drilled gold pieces in his pockets after a jail search. The theft is said to have occurred while the teeth rested on the mantel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
John Clemm
Julia Storms
Storms
Clemm
Auto Crash Kills Man In Lafayette River Embankment
William Meredith twenty eight of Pine Village was killed instantly and George Blackwell thirty five severely injured in a car crash along the Wabash river near Lafayette Indiana on July 26.
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Lafayette
Ind
William 8. Meredith
Pine Village
George Blackwell
Wabash River
Here
Grandstand Collapse Traps Fans as Umpire Flee
A mob chased Umpire Eldridge from the Jackson Michigan grounds on Sunday. In the ensuing rush the grandstand collapsed injuring fifteen to twenty people, with three in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
Eldridge
Southern Michigan League
Denver Soldier Shoots Self After Wife Refuses Kiss
Charles Hummer twenty four from West Point Indiana shot himself after his wife Florence Hummer refused to kiss him on returning home at night in Denver Colorado.
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Denver
Col
Florence Hummer
Charles Hummer
Westpoint
Ind
Governor to Appoint Newman Assistant Pure Food Commissioner
Governor Deeneen announces the appointment of John B. Newman Jr. of this city as assistant pure food commissioner in Wilmette. Newman will succeed Herman U. Schuknecht of Elgin.
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Pure
Higin
Wil
Deneen
John. B. Newman, Jr
Newman
Herman U. Schuknecht
Elgin
Father Sacrifices Life to Save Son in Kentucky Tragedy
Dayton Kentucky July 26 George Gast gave his life to save his ten year old son as a passing train struck him. The boy suffered probable fatal injuries in the same incident.
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Dayton
George Gast
Alderman and two others drown in Yellowstone river capsizing
John C. Staffek an alderman of Billings Montana and two domestics Minnie Wagner and Tresaie Wert perished when a small boat capsized and sank in the Yellowstone river.
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John C.staffek
Billings
Mont
Minnie ‘Wagner
Tresaie Wert
Yellowstone River
Indigestion remedy promoted in free trial offer
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for indigestion, stomach liver and bowel troubles. It cites testimonials from Carson City Michigan Grand Junction Tennessee Shenandoah Indiana and offers a free test bottle by writing to Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois with no charge. The drug is sold by T C Basye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Medical Discovery
Dr. Caldwell
C. Fowler
Carson City
Mich
Ida A. Fortune
Grand Junction
Tenn
F. Thompson
Shenandoah
Dr. W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Bidg
Monticello, Til
T.C. Basye
Critique Echoes in Music We Wish Sound Unheard
A reflective note questions a harsh critique of music and its lasting impact, suggesting some sounds should not be defined by judgment yet could linger in memory despite criticism.
Hint on preventing smoke when adding new wood
Practical tip advises placing new wood at the back of the fire to draw existing flames forward, maintaining heat and reducing smoke. The guidance targets open fires and grates, aiming to improve combustion and minimize smoke production during reloading.
Order of Sidonia Established for Women in Saxony
Women receive the Order of Sidonia, a noble honor created in 1870 by King John of Saxony in memory of Duchess Sidonia. The award recognizes women for humane, charitable service and the role of the Albertine line.
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Order of Sidonia
John of
Saxony
Sidonia
Character and Talent in Achievement
Quote by Max O'Reilly on character guiding success beyond talent. It asserts character is essential for lasting achievement even with limited talent and without character no success is possible regardless of talent. The line emphasizes virtue over innate ability.
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Max O’reil
One of Fashion's Follies in London Shop
In a fashionable London shop a lady carried a peculiar large bag with an odd side opening. The salesman claimed it was for carrying little dogs, explaining it during the expensive weather.
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London
Good Manners and Self-Control Are Taught by Our Hearts
The passage extols good manners as self-control gentleness forethought and sympathy. It asserts manners arise from inner cultivation and can be cultivated by everyone, describing them as fine flowers of cultivation that prevent noise and hurry and please others.
Fluttering Hearts and Dr Miles Nervine Claim Cure
A testimonial from David Frazier at the State Soldiers Home in Erie Ohio cites 40 years of heart trouble and 18 bottles of Dr Miles Heart Remedy ending in a complete cure. The ad promotes Fluttering as nerve and muscle weakness of the heart and says Miles Nervine strengthens heart action improves digestion and circulation with a money back guarantee on the first bottle.
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Miles
David Frazier
State Soldiers Home
Erie, Co
Ohio
Miles’. Nervine
Indiana State Fair offers richest racing program
The Indiana State Fair race week beginning September 6 posts a $37,600 purse with 195 entries from states including Kentucky Michigan and Wisconsin and stables from Indiana. Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maude C aim for world records under Dick Wilson who earns up to 600 dollars plus bonuses for record attempts.
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Indiana State Fair
Charles Downing
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Michigan
Colorado
Ohio
New York
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
Indiana
State Fair
Dick Wilson
Rushville
Hedgewood Bay
Lady Maude C
Wilson
Hedgewood Boy
Lady Maude
Star Pointer
Lady Maud C
Unite States
Bailey
Texas
Lucile Marlow
Eva Cord
E. F. Geers
Memphis
Alonzo McDonald
Indianapolis
John WH. Dickerson
Mamaroneck
Ind
W. L. Shuler
Float Jolly
Tipton
Walter Dunn
Charleston
L. H. Maybury
Los Angles
Cal
C. A. Chambers
Forest Park Farm
Terre Haute
Indiana Fair
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Congress
National Treasury
Urbana
Greensburg
Samantha Proctor
English Democrat
Leland
American Grocery Company
L. R. Bruner
O. D. Bruner
Frederica Street
Bruner
Pettit
Brown's Valley
Alexander Hill
South Frederica Street
Johnson’s Lane
Chamberlain
Samuel Boyer
Folsom
Iowa
T C Basye
Ira Conner
New Salem
Kennedy
L. F. Webb
New York State
Allen
Akea
Stamps
His
Washington
Charles G. Sefrit
Washington Herald
Marshall
Princeton Democrat
THE
Democrat
United States
Panama Canal
Grave
Staunton, Illi
Wah
Indiana National of
Employe
Southern Railway
Rockport
Asheville
N. C
Atlantic City
N. J
Old Point Comfort
M. V. Kemp
Agent
J. C. Beam Jr
St. Louis, Mo
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