Local Notes and State Fair News From Kokomo and Surroundings
Visitors and social notes include Emmons in Kokomo, Wadman and DeLon at Purdue? state fair half of the region attends Indianapolis fair with Burres and Mrs. Morris at Indianapolis. The Pythian Sisters gather in Kokomo City Park. Mrs. Trout and daughters visit from Laramie Wyoming. Found money seeks owner. Wares of local livery and clinic ads appear.
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Pythian Sisters of
Russiaville
Kokomo City Park
Wadman and Miss Bishop Visit Indianapolis for Fall Styles
C S Wadman and Miss Daisy Bishop spent several days in Indianapolis this week selecting fall styles in dry goods and millinery for the Small Concern.
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C. S. Wadman
Daisy Bishop
Indianapolis
Post Cards Line at Mrs Woody's Photograph Gallery
A full line of post cards is offered at Mrs Woody's Photograph Gallery with similar varieties as others in town, differing only in selection.
A Faithful Friend in a Humble Remedy Claim
A commercial traveler from Stand, Indiana, touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a constant companion since 1872. He credits the remedy with speedy cures on travels and speaks highly of its reliability and effectiveness.
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H.S. Nichols
Stand
Ind
Diarrhoea Cure Proves Successful for Philippi Man
John H. Zirkle of Philippi West Virginia reports long term relief from chronic diarrhoea after using Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy advertised in the Philippi Republican. He says a bottle cured him and he has remained well for eighteen months despite being sixty. Sold by G w Kemp.
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John H. Zirkle
Philippi
W.aa
Chamberlain
G.w.Kemp
Local families attend birthday dinner and funeral
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bowen and family joined by Mrs. W. H. Waddell traveled to Lebanon Saturday for a birthday dinner honoring Mr. John Hopper. Relatives from West Baden Paoli and local residents visited Mrs. Nora T. Gause and Mrs. Mat tie Leonard. The group attended Mrs. William Trueblood’s funeral in Kokomo last Monday.
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Oscar Bowen
Lee Parker
W. H. Waddell
Lebanon
John Hopper
That
City
Mary Trueblood Millis
West Baden
Eva Trueblood Millis
Frank
Paoli
Nora T. Gause
Mattie Leonard
Johnathan Dixon
John T. Lindley
William Trueblood
Kokomo
Evil Roof Supposedly Curses Canton Officials
The Hong Kong Daily Press reports a Tartar general in Canton was plagued by an evil influence after the library roof of the government school for foreign languages was deemed the cause. A fung shui expert advised removing the peaked roof, replacing it with a flat one, and the change was carried out.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Yamen
Government School For Foreign Languages
Three kinds of husbands in an essay on love and jealousy
A nameless author offers a playful essay describing three kinds of husbands. The young husbands provoke jealousy, the middle aged chase money or golf more than romance, and the old husbands balk at new flirtations. The pieces from Chicago Tribune and Detroit Tribune echo social stereotypes and wry wit.
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Chicago Tribune
Pineules for backache remedy patent note
Advertisement for Pineules claiming quick kidney purification and blood cleansing benefits. Describes globules as easy to take, with a 30 days trial priced at $1.00 and a guarantee. Presented by Swayzee Bros.
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Swayzee Bros
Penny Pictures at Mrs Woody’s Photographic Studio
Penny pictures offered at Mrs Woody’s Photograph Gallery with orders left at Hudson Restaurant. Pinesalve Carbolized advertised as quick relief for bites stings chapped skin cuts burns sunburn and sores. Swayzee Bros sell Pong Post Cards for penny pictures.
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Penny Pictures
Swayzee Bros
Woody
Sore Eye Cure Reported By Kentucky Man
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky says after twenty years of sore eyes he used Chamberlain s Salve in February 1903 and two thirds of a box cured him. Salve is sold by G W Kemp.
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Grantlard
Martin Boyd
Henrietta
Chamberlain
G.W. Kemp
Crowd Offers Quips to Nosebleed Victim in Alley
A Kansas City Star item recounts a man with a bleeding nose surrounded by a sympathetic crowd offering absurd remedies such as holding a hand high, cramming a key down the back, or placing paper under the lip. The crowd disperses as the man leaves, while another snippet notes a drop in recalled love letters due to phones.
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Dwight
The
Kansas City Star
Pardner
Sacred Trees and Eyesight in Indian Life
The essay notes the sacred peepul and sam tree in Hindu worship, with many villages centered around a temple or altar. It discusses defective eyesight among schoolchildren, calls for eyeglasses and eye care, warns against stocking bad opticians, and questions government roles in providing glasses through free dispensaries or school programs.
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India
Brahma
Siva
Vishnu
Boards of Education
Russiaville Schools Set to Open Next Monday
Russiaville Public Schools plan a Monday start on September 14 with a unchanged teaching corps except for Blessing replaced by Maine Morton and Ball replaced by Ardelle Street. Textbook changes are likely next year with careful purchase guidance issued. The first teachers institute is scheduled for September 19 with joint township institutes to follow.
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Russiaville
Blessing
Maine Morton
Greentown
Ball
Ardelle Street
Wilmington
Ohio
Moment in a Washington poker game with a jailed senator
A dry goods drummer sits beside a stranger in a Washington venue and discusses a convicted U.S. Senator who served time for stealing government land. The conversation turns to reform, politics, and the drummer’s brother, ending with a casual poker invitation.
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New York
Washington
United States
Watch and Ward Society Drives Anti Buckets Bill Victory
The New England Watch and Ward society of Boston gains praise for its aggressive campaign against bucket-shop gambling and swindlers. Passage of the anti bucket shop bill in both houses marks a notable Massachusetts win for clean legislation.
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Watch and Ward” Society
New England “Watch and Ward” Society
Boston
Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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Hathaway Meat Market
Tom Wadman
Will Cox
Rolfe Hodson
Lou McCoy
J. W. Burres
Owen Ratcliff
Will O’brien
Pearly Lee
Will Long
Little Daughter
Warsaw
A. W. Morris
Jack DeLon
Lafayette
Delphi
C. K. Brant
Everett McCoy
George
Elwood
W. D. Trout
Laramie, Wyo
King
Woody Bros
Our
Exence
Frank Williams
Florence McIitrath
Anderson
Riggs
That City
Ea Wood
W. Fursic
G. W. Ken
Russiaville -To
Toledo
C. E. Connoly
ST. Louis & Western R. R
Detroit Tribune
Dr. King
Corse
All Throat
Hudson
Irvings
Cicero
Myers’ H
Millikan & Gale
Sarber
Shor
Ag’t
Fridlin’'S Steam Laundry
Gilliland
J. Whitesell
Lewis Irby, the
Dray
W. E. Adair
Kokomo Laundry
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