Indiana State Fair plans golden jubilee celebration week
Plans for the fiftieth anniversary of the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis begin September 15 and run a full week. Sousa’s band will perform as the fair marks its growth from a three day event in 1852 to a weeklong, multi department celebration on a 214 acre site owned by the State Board with a $300000 in improvements.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
Marion County Agricultural Society
State Board
Fair Offers More Value in September At Half Price
The text advertises a fair with many attractions in Sentemer at half the usual cost. Sousa's Band, praised as the best in the United States, will perform four concerts. Last year the band drew about 75 000 attendees at the fair.
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Sentemer
Sousa
United States
Debt Notice from Mrs J W Hawley
All persons knowing themselves indebted to Mrs. J. W. Hawley are asked to call at her residence at once and settle their accounts.
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J. W. Hawley
Money to Loan by Isenberger & Arnold in North Manchester
Isenberger and Arnold offer loans at five percent interest with annual payments. Partial payments of one hundred dollars or multiples are accepted at any interest date. They also have private funds for quick loans and buy notes of all kinds. If you have a farm to sell contact Isenberger & Arnold in North Manchester Indiana.
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Isenberger & Arnold
North
Manchester
Ind
Boy Nearly Loses Sight After Weed Poisoning
Sioux City Iowa parent recounts a weed poison incident that blinded a boy briefly until DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve was applied. The salve allegedly cured the skin ailment, and it is promoted as a remedy for cuts burns scars and insect bites.
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W.h.dibble
Sioux City
DeWitt
Chas Rager
Property transfer notice for Hawley tools
To whom it may concern, the tools formerly belonging to J. W. Hawley, now deceased, are the property of Mary L. Hawley. Any purchase or barter of the tools is at the buyer’s risk and must comply with the law in returning them to the rightful owner.
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J. W. Hawley
Mary L. Hawley
London fogs linked to coal smoke and electric future
Mr Shaw of the Royal Society of Great Britain says London fogs come from unconsumed coal particles in smoke. He predicts greater electricity use will eventually clear the fog.
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Shaw
Royal Society of Great Britain
London
Cotton seed industry gains and losses across decades
The text notes 1857 southern laws fined cotton gin owners who failed to burn seed, a 1870 discovery of a cottonseed oil extraction process yielding a $14 000 product, and a 1900 US cotton seed output valued at $42 411 000.
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United States
De Witt’s Little Early Risers Promote Liver Health
An advertisement touts De Witt’s Little Early Risers as a tonic for the liver and purifier of the system. It includes a testimonial from W. Scott of Milton Pennsylvania praising their small, gentle, vegetable formula and lack of griping.
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DeWitt
W. Scott
Highland Ave
Milton
Chas. Rager
North Manchester fair and races and Fort Wayne visit
Listings show events from September 15 to 26 including North Manchester fair, a fall festival in Warsaw, and President Roosevelt stopping in Fort Wayne for an hour on September 23. Indiana State Fair opens September 15 in Indianapolis with Sousa’s Band noted. Also mentions veterans reunion in Cromwell and hotel development prospects for Silver Lake.
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Prsident Roosevelt
Fort Wayne
Epworth League Plans Friday Meeting at Parsonage
Regular monthly Epworth League business gathering at the M. E. parsonage this Friday evening September 5 with a program including mandolin club singing prayers revitation and solos by Lulu Sprigg Coral Tillman Blanche Ferree and Edna Wiltrout plus a mixed quartet featuring Leonard Dickey Walter Tridle Blanche Tridle and Ottie Wilson light refreshments served invited attendees.
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Epworth League
M. E. Parsonage
Lulu Sprigg
Ee Ceee
Coral Tillman
Blanche Ferree
Edna Wiltrout
Leonard Dickey
Walter Tridle
Blanche Tridle
Ottie Wilson
Mandolin Club
Winter Wheat Variety Tests At Purdue Station
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station reports twenty three winter wheat varieties tested over the year with yields and straw data on twenty two varieties. Dawson's Golden chaff lacks straw data but yielded well. two Hungarian bearded types winter killed. some varieties mature later and straw is light. Seed of Michigan amber Velvet chaff and limited Dawson's Golden chaff available at 1.00 per bushel fob Lafayette for orders over four bushels. $1.25 per bushel for smaller lots.
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Michigan
F. O. B. Lafayette
B. F. Johnston
Navy tests four wireless telegraphy systems
The Navy Department is testing four wireless telegraphy systems the Slay Arca the Braun Seimens Halske the Rochefort and the Duc retet. Tests are now being made between Washington and Annapolis and later will be conducted at sea.
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Navy Department
Braun-Seimens
Halske
Rochefort
Washington
Annapolis
Old Settlers Reunion in Wabash County Set for Sept 10
The old settlers of Wabash county will hold their annual reunion at the city park in Wabash on September 10. This will be the thirty third reunion of the kind held in that county and a large attendance is looked for.
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Seventy-fourth Indiana Infantry
Cromwell
Noble County
Wabash
Philadelphia Couple Weds After Twenty One Year Courtship
A Philadelphia woman married her groom after a 21 year courtship. She told a reporter they planned to wait for better finances but admitted that youth brings romance and folly. Friends are angered by the abrupt marriage, but the couple remains unconcerned.
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Phidelphia
Alpine guide saves tourists by leaping from cliff
Peter Knubel, an Alpine guide, displayed remarkable alertness when two tourists on a steep frozen slope began to slip toward a precipice. Unable to halt the momentum, he leapt over the edge while attached to them. the tourists carved a foothold and hauled the guide back to solid ground.
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Peter Knubel
Terra Firma
New Jersey Seeks Tough Penalties For Assassination Threats
The state imposes the death penalty for attempts on the President, succession line, foreign rulers, and the governor. Inciting others to such crimes or promoting hostility to government carries a $2000 fine and up to fifteen years in prison.
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New Jersey
United States
Rager and Kemper Wed at Metzger Home
A quiet ceremony took place at 4 30 Sunday afternoon at the Metzger residence. Francis Rager and Glenn Kemper were joined in marriage by Rev Greenawalt with few friends present. A wedding dinner followed as the couple begin life together. The Record offers their sincere congratulations.
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Abraham Metzger
Francis Rager
Glenn Kemper
Greenawalt
Telephone assist in surgery marks new tool
A telephone is now attached to a metal probe in surgery so the operator is quickly alerted when the probe contacts metal substances during procedures.
Kodol Tonic Praised By Viola Reader
Geo W Fry of Viola reports relief from stomach troubles after using Kodol. He says a neighbor with dyspepsia also benefited and credits the tonic with restoring health and strength by aiding digestion.
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Geo. W. Fry
Viola
Lona
C. Rager
Houston to Become Seaport After River and Harbor Bill
Analysts predict that after the latest River and Harbor bill improvements, Houston Texas will grow into a seaport. The harbor will admit the largest ocean vessels and the Panama Canal is expected to boost the port's commerce significantly.
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Houston
Texas
Medical journal condemns educated impostors spreading folly
A leading medical journal laments how clever but uncultivated men mislead the public with bombastic, senseless rhetoric that defies logic and common sense, creating a phantasmagoric no man's land.
Most Prompt and Reliable Cure for Colic and Diarrhoea
An allegorical scene shows a girl snapped by a grass-hope r while a man spends on a cyclone cellar neglecting his family. The text promotes Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a guard against bowel complaints with many victims. Sold by Dr. Chas. Rager.
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Chas. Rager
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