Eagle lodge carnival to headline Wabash events
The Eagle lodge of Wabash plans a big carnival next week in that city with attractions furnished by the Robinson Amusement Company. The 160th regiment reunion for Spanish American War veterans will be held in Decatur on August 11, drawing many veterans. Creatore and his Italian Band perform in Winona from August 8 through 20 with two concerts daily.
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Eagle Lodge
Wabash
Robinson Amusment Company
Decatur
College girls take on farm work in central New Jersey
A large number of college bred girls in central New Jersey fill farm labor gaps as scarcity of farm hands grows. They work a full man’s day for pay, enduring blisters and sun exposure, with many determined to continue.
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New Jersey
Atchison Globe Note on Teachers Parents and a Big Sports Day
An Atchison teacher recalls a remark to a father of one of her pupils. The Bell system touts 400000 miles of wire services in 250 years. Mentone prepares for a big day on August 17 with amateur baseball matchups between Fort Wayne Shamrocks and Columbia City Reds plus other events.
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Atchison Globe
Atchison
Bell System
Mentonere
Indiana
Shamrocks
Fort Wayne
Reds
Columbia City
The Petrified Man and High Dive Dog Show Incident
On last Saturday evening the petrified man and his high dive dog show drew crowds. The dog failed to complete the dive and fell from the ladder near the top but landed safely in a catching blanket. The owner said it was his first fall, and no injuries occurred.
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Altho
Purse Inventory Reveals Variety Of Small Articles
A Silver Lake girl’s purse yields a curious assortment including three keys six cents three matches a soda water ticket a mirror papers of needies two bills of lading calling cards pearl buttons a ring ribbon lead pencil Kodak directions penknife hair pin color button steel pens clippings a tooth pick dress goods a memory list and half a measure of watercolor paint.
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Silver Lake
Kodak
Local News and Personal Mention from Silver Lake Area
The column invites patrons to contribute local items from Silver Lake and nearby towns. Reports include sickness in Goshen, visits to Warsaw and Mentone, excursions to Indianapolis, funerals in Alexandria, outings with relatives, and notes on residents’ activities and health, with ads for tonics and roof work interspersed.
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Silver Lake
J. P. Homman
Chicago
W. E.homman
Scott Nicewood
Huntington
Sharp’s
John Leonard
Harvey J
Alexandria
Orville Gaerte
Samuel Ogden
A. Reeser
Ulpha McClure
Benson Rager
Goshen
Little Urdean
Warsaw Times
Hiram 8
Biggs
Kosinsko Circus Court
Clevland
Alta
Ora Alexander
Peter Alexander
Columbus
Mississippi
William Wiley
Akron
Mentone
Ken Shenefield
Dottie
Georgia
Manchester
Brush and
Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Winona Lake Welcomes Creatore Band and Chautauqua Events
Western Chautauqua at Winona Lake hosts Creatore and sixty artists from August 8 to 20 with sixteen concerts. National Reform Association convention runs August 5 to 7, drawing guests from Fort Wayne, Plymouth, Elkhart, South Bend and others.
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Winona Lake
Winona
Big Four
Pennsylvania
Creatore
New England
South
Middle West
Creature
National Reform Association of North America
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Plymouth
Elkhart
South Bend
Wabash
Convoy
Bluffton
Huntington
Anderson
Marion
Goshen
Mount Memorial
New York
Real estate transfers in Kosciusko county past week
Transfers reported by Houton Frazier absractor War saw list numerous Madison area deeds in Kosciusko county. Names include Maggie Clayton Sarah E Smith George L Lamb Amy Beckman Jettie Maston Jennie Vandyke Davie M Danning Elizabeth Reitzell John Avery Gertrude Myers James Stafford Francis Ott William Hillabald Frank Stocker William C Hillabald Louis Freese Robert Foreman Mary E Gawthrop Jeremiah Herron Clarence Miller Charles Rigdon John Onffel William Reuier Sadie Clark Charles Brecheisen Alexander McDonald Sarah Nichols Cynthia Kentner William Werrick James Stout Nellie Myers John Marquart Henry Thorne Harry Kinsey Edward Colling Wilson Van Duren. Amounts range from 0 to 3700 dollars across numerous townships and additions.
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Maggie Clayton
Sarah E. Smith
Felkener
Milford
George L. Lamb
Horace Stauffer
Pickwick Park
Amy Beckman
Lewis and
Emma Baugher
North Webster
Jettie Maston
Joseph P. Dolan
Syracuse
Jennie Vandyke
Lorenzo Bennett
Washington Township
Davie M. Danning
Henry J. Thorne
William C. Hillabald
Frank G. Stocker
Turkey Creek Township
William G. Flaegal
Louisa Freese
Winona Park
Robert Foreman
Joseph E. Foreman
Seward Township
Winona A
Mary E. Gawthrop
Jeremiah
Ella M. Herron
Winona
William Reuier
Pyle
Warsaw
Sadie Clark
Charles and
Bertha Brecheisen
Alexander McDonald
Association
Sarah R. Nichols
Cynthia W. Kentner
Jaques
William F. Werrick
James
Samantha Stout
Sammy
Charles H. Worden
Nellie F. Myers
John Marquart
Jefferson Township
Harry Kinsey
John
Lucy Tally East
Beigh
Claypool
Edward B. Colling
John W. Heffley
Lota
Mentone
Wilson van Duren
Arthur M. van Duren
Expenditures and Tax Levies for Lake Township 1904
The Lake Township Trustee J. L. Anrun proposes 1904 expenditures and taxes per advisory board at the annual meeting. Totals include township and local taxes, school and road taxes, poor fund, and special levies with line items for expenditures and per hundred dollar rates plus poll taxes. Date shown July 25, 1904.
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Lake Township
Kosciusko County
Ihe
J. L. Anruurn
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted As Death Penalty Shield
A brief ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as preventive for fatal injuries and burns, promising quick relief for sores ulcers and piles. It cites Zimmerman’s drug store selling the salve for 35 cents.
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Zimmerman
End of Bitter Fight Prompts Health Turnaround
DuPont man J F Hughes recounts a long lung illness and a near death, then credits Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption with rapid recovery. Ad touts Coughs and Lung remedies, promoting King’s as guaranteed, 50 cents with trial bottles free, plus other minor products priced to lure customers.
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J. F. Hughes
DuPont
Dr. King
C. Rager
Zimie
Suicide and murder pact shock Indiana community
The article details two suicide cases tied to financial ruin and scandal. Leonard, 44, killed himself with prussic acid in Indianapolis after planning to flee to Chesterfield amid estate embezzlement allegations. Harvey, in Alexandria, ended his life after failed stock investments. his wife learned of the entanglement through news reports.
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Chesterfield
Leonard
Mr. Leonard
Northwestern Insurance Company
Andéreun
Alexandria
Indianapolis
Sherman
Frank T. Ripley
Tipton
I.C.C. F Lodge
Uniform Bank of the Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias
Red Men
Woodman
Russell
Allen
G. W. Leonard
Wabash
F. E. Leonard
Oklahoma
John J. Leonard
Silver Lake
Bertha Wright
Harvey
Nona
J. A. Meek
Madison County
Preventative for death by own action touted in ad
An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a preventative against self destruction. It claims the tonic strengthens nerves and the whole system, aiding stomach liver and kidney function, with a money back guarantee by Zimmie druggist at 50 cents.
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Zimmie
Corner Drug Store Notice to settle accounts
All persons owing accounts at the Corner Drug Store are requested to call and settle within the next thirty days. Having sold the store, I desire to close up my book accounts. CHARLES RAGEE. By your screen doors of Reeser.
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Charles Ragee
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Record Office
E. B. Flavien, M. D
Optician
Central Drug Store
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the Record Pub. Co., Brush & Hanson, Proprietors
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E.stoout, Cash’s
OG. E. Stout
Floyd V. Zimmerman
Wraihpaper
Cruggisi
Margaret Bowen
Laketor
Madison Guynn
Costa
M. M. Rager
Edith Mullenhorn
Stouts
Selle-Downs Circus
A.J. Snoberger
Cuba
Ilinois
Crouch
North Manchester
Beaver Dam
Nappanee
The
Star Restaurant
Cora Friend
Ruth
Laketon
Noah Butterbaugh
Fanny Shipley
Hollister
Allen Bybee
Bybee
Mentone Gazette
Peter Rantz
Steben County
Robert Rantz
Roann
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Prima Vista
Houton
Frazier
Reeser
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