Purses, Tools and Medics in Christmas Gift List
The ad lists surgical instruments, operating stools and cabinets, emergency satchels, and physician knives with items like enamelled stools. Armstrong & Co. of Indianapolis promote surgical gear, while a review of a novel titled The Cavalier discusses plot, characters, language, and moral tone with emphasis on Confederate settings and romantic intrigue.
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E “A
Armstrong & CO
Purgical Instrument Makers
Meridan
Indianapolia
Ind
Within the Gates by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward review
A harsh review notes Ward’s novel depicts a brutal physician’s journey after death, with a real world note of animosity toward surgeons. It contrasts with The Golden Age while criticizing Ward’s dramatic style and the earthly heaven she portrays. The piece also discusses Miss Nesbit’s children’s book Calumet K, praising its lively British child life and noting its appeal to young readers.
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Heaven
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Boston
Kenneth Grahame
Miss Nesbit
Grahame
Young Bastable
Harper &Thers, Publishers
Calumet K and the Elevator Rise in a Wheat Trade Tale
A Duluth driven plot sends Bannon to Chicago to replace Calumet K’s manager, steering a tense project to completion. The resourceful substitute wins trust, oversees round‑the‑clock building and machinery, while wheat is shipped from Duluth and moved through the elevator amid tight deadlines. The Macmillan Company releases a study urging readers to respect cat life through Meow the purple Maltese.
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Duluth
Chicago
Bannon
Calumet K
Hannon
The
Macmillan Company
New York
John Foster and A Young Inventor's Pluck debut
Hamilton Wright Mable's John Foster, renamed A Child of Nature, is a small illustrated volume from Dodd, Mead & Co. It traces a man’s growth from farm tasks to poetic, spiritual insight, with illustrations by Charles Louis Hinton. Arthur M. Winfield’s A Young Inventor's Pluck follows a clever American boy who faces misfortune, is jailed on a false crime, then vindicated, builds a tool works, marries, and shows typical young-reader action. Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Co.
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Hamilton Wright Mable
John Foster
Charles Louis Hinton
Dodd, Mead & Co
New York
Arthur M. Winfield
Akron
the Saalfield Publishing Co
Some Boys Doings by John Habberton
Review lauds the Prairieton era adventures of lively boys with vivid imaginations and bold schemes. Habberton’s narration stays true to boy nature with brisk humor and engaging style across 557 pages, illustrated by John Henderson Betts.
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John Habberton
Prairieton
Habberton
John Henderson Betts
George W. Jacots & Co
Philadelphia
Begas Hollow novel on Blue Jeans Town facts
A 1 1 novel story based on real people from Blue Jeans Town and nearby areas fifty years ago. Fully illustrated and cloth bound. Priced at $1. Available at booksellers or by sending to author Benjamin B. Buchanan in Dayton Ohio via The Walker Li and Printing Company.
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Benjamin B. Buchanan
Sun
Walker Li and Printing Company
Dayton
Fires Drives Farm Family to Shelter in Freezing Night
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Laurel Indiana describes Elmer Warner a young farmer fleeing a burning home with his wife and infant child through 12 below zero. The child is feared dead from exposure as the house and contents are destroyed. Nearby fires in Romney Brazil Peru are reported with injuries and deaths due to frozen pipes and a switchyard accident.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laurel
Ind
Elmer Warner
Here
Indiana normal schools debate education standards
President Parsons warns against rapid school expansion in Indiana arguing for concentrating thirteen schools into two or four to cut costs and boost efficiency. He supports meeting training demands but says new schools should not outpace proper equipment and that at most one additional school should be added, built to the highest normal type. A separate report from Kokomo notes a G A R post resolution opposing recognition of non civil war soldiers and a violent incident in Brazil involving a man attacking his mother.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Kokomo
Ind
Harrison Post
Imperial Tobacco Company
Knights of Columbus Gather in Mancie for Degree Ceremonies
In Mancie Indiana on December 15 five hundred Knights of Columbus traveled from Indiana and Ohio to witness and participate in three degree rites for one candidate and share a banquet at Shirk's Hall. Delegations from Cleveland Terre Haute and Fort Wayne conducted the ceremonies with Rev Father Weichmann of Gas City delivering the sermon at St Lawrence's Church. A planned labor demonstration in Muncie with Amalgamated Association president Shaffer was canceled after a telegram said Shaffer was snowbound in Pittsburgh.
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Indianapolis Journal
Mancie
Ind
Knights of Columbus
Indiana
Ohio
Shirk's Hall
Cleveland
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Father Weichmann
Gas City
St. Lawrence's Church
Muncie
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Opera House
Gas Belt
Pittsburg
Keate Shaffer
Pittsure
Philippine Revenues Bill Poised for House Passage
The House is set to pass a temporary revenues bill for the Philippine islands this week after general debate through Tuesday and a Wednesday vote. Republicans split, with a few opposing and several opposing the Porto Rican stance likely, while Democrats, led by Robertson and the Louisiana delegation, back the measure.
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House
Philippine Islands
Ways and Means
McCall
Massachusetts
Littlefield
Maine
Robertson
Way
and Means Committee
Louisiana
Philippines
Cuba
Purdue University News Roundup Improves Campus Affairs
Purdue reports fundraising for the athletic building with sophomores pledging 1500 dollars and per capita targets, juniors 1000, freshmen to match. Vacation runs December 20 to January 6, lifting smallpox quarantine and allowing class return. Fraternity football title on tap as Phi Delta Theta challenges Kappa Sigmas, while E S Miles is reappointed captain of the champion sophomore football team. Purdue alumnus John S. Wright lectured on practical pharmacognosy and Eli Lilly’s botanist supported by a Pittsburg alumni gift for the Athletic Association.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Kappa Sigmas
E. S. Miles
E. Trayer
New Castle Bridge Company
John 8. Wright
Purdue
Wright
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Grand Opera House
Hfe
Pittsburg Alumni Association
Athletic Association
Mary Peacock to Lead Johns Hopkins Hospital Kitchen
Rich mond Ind Dec 15 Miss Mary Peacock a 1898 Earlham College graduate has been chosen to head the cooking department at Johns Hopkins University hospital. She has completed advanced work at Drexel Institute.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Misa Mary Peacock
Earlham College
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Drexel Institute
Annual Statement of General Fund Oct 31 1900 Balance
Indiana state finances show receipts totaling 3 671 638 84 with diverse sources including state taxes prison earnings and various public fees. Disbursements list governor and state offices, education and reform institutions, judicial costs, benevolent and educational bodies, and state debt interest with a final balance of 13 860 63 after October 31.
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Treasury
Benevolent Institution Fund
Indiana
United States
Pourdue University
Supreme Cow
Appellate Court
Central Insane Hospital
Northern Insane Hospital
Aes Insane Hospital
Astern Insane
Auditor State—Trust
Southern Insane Hospital
Reform School
Woman's Prison
Harnings
Woman's Ipts
Building and Loan Land Department
State Board
Secretary of State
Reform School—Board
Auditor's Office
Ae General's Collec- Saene
Ube
Reform “School For Boys
State Board of Charities
Agen Severe
of Pharmac
Ts of Charities
Supreme Court Law Library
State Board of Education
State Library
Peer
Senate
Mine Board of Audit
Dedication of United Brethren church in Peru Indiana
In Peru Indiana Bishop E B Kep hart officiated the dedication of a brick United Brethren church and collected subscriptions to settle the final indebtedness with help from nearby evangelical ministers and congregations. In Crawfordsville Sam D Symmes bought and now runs the Sunday Star as an independent paper between Saturday and Monday issues. In Logansport James Burns, a saloon keeper, remained unconscious after a morning assault with no clew to the perpetrator as police labeled it a mysterious incident.
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Peru
Ind
E. B. Kephart
Annville
United Brethren
Indianapolis Journal
Crawfordsville
Sam D. Symmes
Sunday Star
Star
Evening Journal
Logansport
James Burns
Altoona Glass Factory Still Operating Steadily
The Altoona glass factory is running with nearly a full crew of skilled workers and will continue through the season. In Madison, Richard C. Davis, Civil War veteran, dies. In Clearspring township Isaac C. Schoock pleads guilty to neglecting a twelve year old daughter under new compulsory school law. fine and costs total 5.60. Richmond Professor W A Fiske issues a new textbook on experimental work with illustrations by Lawrence B. Smelser.
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Altoona
Indiana Glass District
Altoona Glass
Richmond
W. A. Fiske
Department of Physical Science
Lawrence B. Smelser
Defended His Mother Boy Ace Biggs Shot Man
Terre Haute Ind Dec 15 Judge Rawley discharged Ace Biggs sixteen after shooting William Kouxton. Kouxton went to a physician with a bullet in his arm and said he was shot by someone on Big Four road. Kouxton confessed he was shot at Mrs Gott home after forcing his return of presents. the boy seized a rifle and fired. The judge fined Kouxton three dollars for assault and battery and praised the boy.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Rawley
Ace Biggs
William Kouxton
Kouxton
Marconi Signals Cross Atlantic Confirmed in Newfoundland
London reports Major Flood-Page of Marconi Wireless Telegraph confirms that Marconi received signals from the Poldhu station in Cornwall at St Johns Newfoundland. Severe weather hindered tests but no doubt remains that wireless signals crossed the Atlantic. Newfoundland congratulates Marconi as he explains details to Governor Sir Cavendish Boyle, who will report to the British Cabinet tomorrow.
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London
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Associated Press
Marconi
St. Johns
N. F
Poldhu
Penzance
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Cavendish Boyle
Indiana State Normal President Delivers Lectures in Pennsylvania
President Parsons of the Indiana State Normal School left for Pennsylvania to lecture before educational assemblies in Harrisburg and to study the state’s normal school system. He argues Indiana should concentrate normal school efforts rather than spread resources across many local schools, citing Pennsylvania’s multiple state-supported normal schools as a contrast and possible model.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Parsons
Indiana State Normal School
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Indiana
Senate aims to act on Hay Pauncefote treaty before holidays
Washington December 15 Senate plans limited business before adjournment. Treaty ratification is virtually assured with Teller set to open speeches. Changes in committees expected Tuesday and adjournment likely until January 5. Nominations, including Knox, may be acted on, while Schley resolutions are anticipated but not to advance now.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Morgan
Chamber
Knox
Admiral Schley
War tax relief discussed by Ways and Means chair
Washington Dec 15 Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means committee outlined no firm plans yet for further war tax reductions. He noted a roughly 100000000 surplus and said a future bill would follow the last reduction, with hearings possible after the holidays. Interests seek cuts on tea beer wine tobacco and banking taxes.
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Washington
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Chapelle Returns from Manila Mission to Report in Washington
Chapelle of New Orleans, Papal delegate to the Philippines, returned from Europe today aboard La Bretagne. He was sent to Manila by the Pope in 189? to settle the Friar Question, stopped in Rome on the way home, and will report to President Roosevelt tomorrow. The archbishop will not discuss his mission publicly before the Washington report.
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New York
Dee
Accorg Chapelle
New Orleans
Philippines
Europe
la Bretagne
E. Chapelle
Manila
McKinley
Rome
Roosevelt
Washington
Bulgarian Frontier Clash Severs Turkish Border Incident
Three Bulgarian soldiers crossed into Turkish territory at Chiltepe in fog. Turkish guards fired on them. one Bulgarian was captured and decapitated while the other two escaped. Bulgaria demanded the body’s restoration and reserved right to seek full satisfaction for the incident.
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Constantinople
Chiltepe
Bulgaria
Soothing Syrup and Pain Relief Cures Warned by Advert
An aged advertisement touts Mrs Inslow's Soothing Syrup used for teething relief and diarrhoea with claims of global use by mill mothers. It also mentions Hale's Honey and Pike's Toothache Drops as cures, warning about coughs colds and throat ailments treated by these products. The text reads like a patent medicine pitch with prices and endorsements.
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Hale
Pike
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