Kirklin Depot Fire Destroys Monon Freight Rooms
The Monon depot and freight room at Kirklin burned in the early hours last Friday. Much freight and baggage, including trunks belonging to Dusty Rhodes who travels for a shoe house, were destroyed. Prosecutor Beals asked Judge Neal to appoint Judge T P Davis to help prosecute the alleged foot race cases. The court made the appointment and allowed $50 for evidence and witnesses from Illinois. The law question will be argued before Special Judge Elliott on the 16th.
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Monon
Kirklin
Rhodes
Beals
Neal
T. P. Davis
Illinois
Elliott
Daily Ex cursions to Pacific Coast Offer Comfortable Travel
Chicago and North Western promotes daily personally conducted excursions to the Pacific Coast. Travelers ride in Pullman sleeping cars under experienced conductors to San Francisco Los Angeles or Portland. Choice of routes finest scenery low rate tickets and double berth for six dollars. Maps and information free from ticket agents or Mr S A Hutchinson Mfg 212 Clark St Chicago Ill.
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Chicago & North-Western
Fuilmar
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
S. A. Hutchinson
Sale Bills Advertised In News And Bills
Bring your sale bills to this office and have them advertised in the NEWS as well as in your bills. It is all the same price.
Irrigation Study Reports Water Use in Arid States
The third annual irrigation investigations report by the US Department of Agriculture under Elwood Mead states that in the past three years enough water flowed into ditch heads to irrigate land to a depth of 4.45 feet. In other words 4.45 acre feet of water were diverted from streams for each acre irrigated.
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Office of Experimental Stations
United States Department of Agriculture
Elwood Mead
Good Faith Cigar Production Prompted Clean Factory Claim
A note praising Good Faith Cigar qualities cites high grade tobacco and clean workmanship. It asserts production by skilled workers in a sanitary factory setting, suggesting reliable quality controls.
London Newspapers Urge Police to Curb Profanity
Public notices in London demand action to stop profanity and offensive language in public spaces. Communications urge law enforcement to enforce decency and reduce nuisance language in streets and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Don't forget to pay your subscription and get tickets
Remember to pay your subscription and purchase tickets on the buggy before December 27.
Boers May Settle in Mexico Inquiries Face Diaz Rule
General Snyman of the Boer army travels in Mexico to assess settling burgher colonies. He is reported pleased with President Diaz's domain and governance as a potential homeland for Boer settlers.
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Mexico
Snyman
Diaz
Judge rules Harrison saloon not offense under anti Saloon file
Judge Neal overruled the demurrer in the Anti-Saloon League v Edward Harrison holding Harrison’s responses show no offense under law for this case. He noted council control over streets and alleys and that the alley was legally made a street. The League contends the alley’s vacating was required and will appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Neal
Harrison
League
Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court
Ledger
Farmers contest for corn samples at bank prize
The First National State Bank of Sheridan offers three cash prizes for the best corn on the cob grown in 1902. First prize three dollars, second prize two dollars, third prize one dollar. Awards will be made December 15, 1902 by disinterested judges at 2 PM. Samples must contain at least five ears.
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First National State Bank of Sheridan
Notice on grain pricing change by merchants
On and after December 1 1602 the undersigned will buy all corn by the hundredweight instead of by the bushel. Smith anderson Thistlethwaite and Co.
Ode to Aphrodite by Sappho Endures Across Centuries
The article notes that the most translated poem in world literature is Sappho's The Ode to Aphrodite, written by a woman. It contrasts its enduring legacy with Shakespeare whose works have lasted three centuries, while Sappho's poetry has survived twenty five centuries.
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Aphrodite
Sappho
Shakespeare
Red Cedar Fence Posts and Old Criticism of N. P. Willis
A brief satire notes a local fence post maker selling goods at single profit margins. It then shifts to a critique of N. P. Willis calling him clever but soft, with a jab at his supposed nickname and a dated quip about American women in their belle hood.
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N. P. Willis
Namby Pamby
France
Italy
Howell & James
London
Paradise gates open for Jinny in a city hospital
A sick slum girl Jinny finds compassionate care from a big doctor and Nurse Powell. Their devotion and Jinny’s dreamlike escape to Mother Goose’s land contrast with the harsh world she left in Borden's court.
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Jinny
Powell
Miss Powell
Jinny of Borden
Flower Mission
Florette
Baly
Paris
Big Doctor
Nurse Powell
City
A Nurse Sings Softly as Jinny Passes Away in Quiet Ward
In a tender hospital scene Jinny dies peacefully after a long illness. The big doctor and Nurse Powell share a quiet moment by the cot as Jinny’s final wish for a lullaby is granted with a song.
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Mary
Queen of Heart
Mother Goose
Powell
Jinny
Nurse Powell
Aly
Gertrude
Henry
The Changed Grizzly and Polar Bear Temperaments
The article contrasts historic grizzly and polar bear ferocity with modern behavior. It notes fewer attacks on humans, attributes change to human contact, and likens the shift to the polar bear being viewed as cowardly due to sociation with armed men.
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Arctics
Hudson’s Bay Company
Arctic
Cross Purposes at Charity Bazaar Fortune Telling
A young man posing as an old farmer consults the fortune telling act run by his intended partner at a charity bazaar. She reads his palm and predicts a severe jolt when he proposes, prompting him to wonder if she will accept him.
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Chicago, Tribune
Hints for Farmers on Crop Rotation and Land Use
A guidance note from American Cultivator urges farmers to adopt a four to six year crop rotation. It advocates dividing arable land into defined sections, rotating corn potatoes grains and hay to suit farm size, improving system and uniformity in dairy regions.
Dark forcing rhubarb gains in use says Rural New Yorker
The Rural New Yorker praises dark forcing of rhubarb as superior to greenhouse and field methods. Ohio Experiment Station reports three years of success, noting higher quality and larger yields due to reduced leaf growth. They urge small scale family plots when commercial use is not viable.
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New Yorker
Ohio Experiment Station
Mulching and Fertilizing Strawberries Near Norfolk Virginia
Strawberries are mulched in winter near Norfolk with pine straw or crab grass mulch. Most fields are planted for one year, some extend to two years. Beds may be plowed and scraped in the second year or left as is. Around March 1 topdressing uses about 600 pounds of guano with 7–8 percent potash and 4–7 percent ammonia. excessive ammonia lowers yield. On two year beds 1000 pounds or more are used.
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Norfolk
The Vast 1901 Corn Crop And Its Prospects
The American Agriculturist reports a corn harvest near 2.5 billion bushels, signaling immense farm wealth. The crop yields strong returns whether sold as grain or used for livestock and dairy production, with midwinter prices above prior years due to the 1901 crop exhaustion. Conservative marketing and prudent feeding are urged.
Large Poultry Plant Layout Advises Ample Space
A prominent New York poultryman recommends four buildings of 16 by 50 feet for 1,000 hens, with a four foot rear alley. Divide into five pens of fifty birds, and provide a yard of about ten by twenty four feet per fifty hens, though longer yards are preferable. Buildings should be spaced to prevent fire spread.
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New York
Farmers Organization Prompted by Unity and Cost Sharing
The Rural New Yorker voices that a majority of farmers organizing can improve conditions by collective action, while a minority resists. Those who abstain from joining reap benefits without paying, prompting questions about their self-perception and responsibility.
Wardrobe For Sale From Local Advertiser
A brief sale notice by Clayton E B Cox offering two remaining wardrobe patterns at very low price to clear space. No other details provided about price or location.
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Clayton BE. Cox
Market price fragments and rates for bulk goods
The text lists varied unit costs and weights such as 3.00 to 4.00 and 48c per 100 lbs alongside 67.40 and 2.50. It appears as a damaged ledger fragment showing commodity pricing and measurements without clear context. Entities include no clear dates, places, or organizations.
Very Low Winter Fares From Chicago to Midwest and Plains
Exceptional low rates to many points in Northern Wisconsin Michigan Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota North and South Dakota Nebraska and Wyoming. Start now and mail a 2 cent stamp for the North Western Womeseeker. Address W B Kniskern 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago for copy or contact your nearest ticket agent.
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Chicago
North-Western
T’y
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
A. H. Waggener
Shooting Incident Near Bel lingham England
A correspondent reports a shooting accident where a friend shot an old blackcock at about fifty yards. The bird fell onto a grouse in the heather, both appeared dazed. the grouse then flew off apparently uninjured.
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Bellingham
England
Gentle laxative advice for regular bowels
A glass or two of water taken before breakfast helps keep bowels regular. Avoid harsh purgatives. If a purgative is needed, use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for a mild gentle action. For sale by C. B. Elliott.
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Chamberlain
C. BE. Elliott
Chinese Nobleman Advises Merchants to Embrace American Ways
Choy Lee Ken, a Chinese nobleman with liberal views, told the Chinese Merchants' Association of New York to cut off their pigtails and adopt American dress and customs. He argued this would ease absorption of ideas for China’s likely new regime after the empress dies and urged opening the country to American and European enterprise.
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Choy Lee Ken
Chinese Merchants’ Association of
New York
China
For Sale or Rent Kercheval hotel building
Sui table for boarding house or dwelling for two families. See J. W. Mills.
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Kercheval
J. W. Mills
Glaciers in Switzerland Continue to Recede
Long term studies show glaciers not only retreating but doing so at an accelerating rate each year. Only a few glaciers still advance with Voveye in Canton Wallis noted as increasing since 1892 while the Rhone glacier has retreated about 800 yards since 1876.
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Switzerland
Canton
Wallis
Rhone
Long-Lived Pensioners and Notable Names Remain Listed
The pension list from the era of George I still includes two women. One is Lady Barrow, adopted daughter of John Wilson Croker, once described harshly as a very bad man by Lord Macauley. The other is the mother of Sir William Anson, MP for Oxford University and warden of All Souls.
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George I
Barrow
John Wilson Croker
Lord Macaulay
Sir William Anson
Oxford University
All Souls
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T. C. Furnas & Co
Sheridan, Indiana
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Pacific Coast
G. H. Palmer
Leslie James
Bopeep
Farmers’ Organization
Foley
Surartece
Nentiene
John Gifford
Sheridan Markets
Sheridan
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