Local residents depart for visits and trips this week
Carthage hosts Miss Martha Hembree before Rev. J K Floyd leaves for Cincinnati. Joe Banta heads to St. Louis for a few weeks with friends. Miss Pearl Lutes travels to Topeka Kansas to visit relatives. Helen King and Bernice Ashley visit from Petersburg with Miss Helen Bowman. Pearl Walker sails to Loogootee after a visit with Miss Cerlins Underwood. Mayme Wright returns home to Edwardsport after visiting Dr and Mrs E Hollingsworth. Charlotte Murdoch of Shelbyville visits brother in Vincennes. Mr and Mrs W E Cole depart for Chatauqua New York for the summer, with a side trip to Akron Ohio. Emma Robinson and daughter Helen visit from Washington to inspect property. Rev S L Todd of Odon en route to a U B district meeting in Washington.
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Carthage
Martha Hembree
J.kf. Floyd
Cincinnati
Joe Banta
St. Louis
Pearl Lutes
Topeka
Kansas
Helen King
Bernice Ashbey
Petersburg
Helen Bowman
Pearl Walker
Indianapolis
Loogootee
Cerlins Underwood
Harry Cole
Akron
Ohio
Mia
Emma Robinson
Helen
Washington
L. Todd
Odon
U. B. Church
Elnora News
The Origin of the Word Whirlers in Stockings
A New York Tribune anecdote recounts how a haberdasher and a teamster traded stockings with feet cut out. The teamster asked for whirlers, the feetless stockings, and after a playful exchange the term whirlers stuck for stockings without feet.
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Baberdashery
Haberdasher
Baberdesler
A Cold Blooded Gambler at the French Court
The piece recalls how Louis XIV and his successor frequented gambling tables with high stakes. A dramatic anecdote tells of a nobleman seized by apoplexy during play as a courtier proclaimed a name, and the king calmly replied that the man was dead, declaring spades as trumps.
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Louis XIV
Af de Chauvelin
Louis
Sleep Troubles Prompt Praise for A W Chase Nerve Pills
A public notice describes sleeplessness and nervous dizziness eased by Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills. Ed Kennedy of Washington Indiana testifies the medicine steadied his nerves and gave him sleep, endorsing it as splendid for nervous troubles. Pills cost 50 cents a box from dealers, with the doctor’s portrait and signature on the recovery package.
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A. W. Chase
Ed. Kennedy
New St
Washington
Ind
Jones Drug Store
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
A. W. Chase M. D
Notice of New Series Stock Sale in 1904
The Industrial Savings and Loan Association will sell stock in series thirty-eight on Friday August 7, 1904. Interested parties call the secretary at the law office of Wadsworth Williams W.Q. Williams 7 Ste. Wantep Girl to do general house work at 100 East First and Walnut streets.
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Industrial Savings and Loan Association
Wadsworth & Williams
W.Q. Williams
Ste
East First
Walnut Streets
Freaks of clocks in great cathedrals and Lords tower
Curious chronicle traces clock disturbances tied to European wars and royal deaths. It recounts Strassburg catastrophe near 1809, Mechlin’s clock during Napoleonic wars, and London and Edinburgh time anomalies linked to earthquakes and a lone French officer found entangled in Mechlin’s clock mechanism.
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Hose of Lords
Mechlin
Strassburg
Europe
Uhrich
House of Lords
Britain
William LY
Edinburgh
Lisbon
Fez
Morocco
Cape Wrath
Uyde Park
Fieth
London
Gorshan
Ely
The Pesky Fly and Window Fixes Offered
The ad touts screens doors and windows to keep flies out or in. Prices are very low inviting buyers to visit The M. J. Carnahan Co. The copy promises fixing troubles with selection of meat that is juicy and tender. Charles G. Stearp at Market 110 Main St offers cleaning as a motto.
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M. J. Carnahan Co
Chas. G. Stearp
Main Streat
Speake for Itself Edison phonograph showcase
A local ad extols the Edison phonograph as the pinnacle of invention, noting its simple reliable durable design and scratch free clear sound. JewelerGeo N Engert at 805 East Main Street invites patrons to view and be convinced by the model.
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Edison
The Eureka Ice Cream Stand Serves Quick Refreshments
The Eureka at 08 Mair Street offers ice cream lemonade sodas and soft drinks with fast service. Customers can place orders on short notice and enjoy a cool pleasant place during hot weather.
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Eureka
Mair St
Closing Out Hats and Travel Goods at Misses M and J Anto
An old-time sale notice offers trimmed hats for dies misses and children at values well below one third. Includes travel items from 317 E Main and J Anto travelers. Also advertises Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry claimed to cure dysentery diarrhoea seasickness and lingering ailments.
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Anto
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