Democratic ward local option sparks Indiana temperance clash
Berne Indiana debates Democratic local option as brewer backed trap indorsed by Fred Rohrer, veteran temperance leader. Rohrer warns it would empower saloons, invite fraud via ward and township votes, and set back Indiana temperance gains.
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Louis Ludlow
Indianapolis Star
Berne, Ind
Fred Rohrer
Indiana
Rohrer
Ward
Township
Monroe Township
Decatur
Moise
Mr Rohrer
Berne
Beer Toll in Clinton Indiana Prompted by Liquor Trade
W W H Blodgett, Indianapolis News, reports Clinton Vermillion County is dry except for the city, where 41 saloons and seven brewery agents supply beer to a foreign dominated community. The annual town beer bill runs about 547 200 dollars with 10 000 000 glasses sold yearly. miners lose pay and days off due to drunkenness while city costs and taxes rise.
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W.W. H. Blodgett
Indianapolis News
Clinton, Ind
Clinton
Vermillion County
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Schlitz Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Little
Italy
Pera
Peoples Saturday Fair Driving Contest and Exhibits
A list of judging categories and prizes for the Peoples Saturday Fair includes driving contests with prizes of 5.00 and 2.50, best yearling colt, beef breed cattle with 5.00 and 2.50, chicks and coops with 2.00 and 1.00, a home made apron 1.00, Timothy seed 1.00, cucumber pickles 1.00, peach preserves 1.00, hand sewing by girls under 18 2.00 and 1.00, and a prettiest dressed doll under 12 with 1.00 and 0.50. Some item descriptions are partially garbled.
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Plymouth Rock
County Fair Saturday Program of Premiums at West Side Square
The notice lists Saturday activities and prizes for competitions including Best General Purpose Gelding or Mare, Best Heavy Draft colt, Prettiest Twin Babies under 24, Best Dairy Breed Bull and Cow or Heifer, Best Fancy Apron, Best Home Made Table Cover, Best Peck of Sweet Potatoes, Best Rolls, and Best Chicken Coops. Prizes range from 50 cents to 5 dollars with first and second premiums.
Obedience and Morality Verses Across Ages
A compact collection of quoted maxims and proverbs from varied sources. It includes lines from Tate and Brady on promise and loss, Aeschylus on obedience, Uncle Eben on jealousy, Goethe on ignorance, Chesterfield on manners, and a Latino proverb on patience, highlighting values like restraint, safety, and character.
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Mr. Rohrer
Temperance
John Christian Rohrer
Switzerland
Remonstrance
Isaac Lehman
Levi A. Springer
Jacob C. Neuenschwander
Dr. E. Franz
J. P. Habegger
The
People’s Bank
Benjamin Springer
Jeff Springer
W. J. Springer
John Lehman
Menno Burkhalter
J. F. Lehman
Menno Meuenschwander
Berne Ice Cream Company
C. A. Meuenschwander
Bank of Berne
Chris Reusser
Indiana City
Haas
Apelles
Roy Cowles
Frank Douthitt
D. J. Mitchell
South Side Square
Ira Glidden
Isaac Maxwell
Reed Nesbitt
West Side Square
Victor Band
Tate
Brady
Aeschylus
Eben
Goethe
Chesterfield
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