Personal notes from Vincennes visitors and residents
James Taylor of Elnora and John Kellett of Corning visited the city today. Mrs. A G Rascher of Evansville visits Miss Bephia Walters. Alford Coyle and Rad Wilson of Van Buren township were here. Mrs. A M Buck returns to Indianapolis after visiting Mrs. W S Davis. Mrs. Helen E Shugert visits her daughter Mrs A J Huer ing at Winslow. Mrs. H F Truedley returns to Cincinnati after a visit with Mrs. W R Gardiner. Rev H H Brewery of the A M E church to Indianapolis on business and to visit Hon Garlay Brewer. Mr and Mrs William King of Washington return home after visiting Mr and Mrs George Chambers.
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James Taylor
Elnora
John Kellett
Corning
A. G. Rascher
Evansville
Bephia
Walters
Alford Coyle
Rad
Winslow
H. 4
Two Bodies Found in River Near Madison Indiana
Two bodies recovered from the White River two miles above Madison. One was Henry Wyatt who drowned two weeks earlier. The other, an unknown man about forty with a scar on the head, badly decomposed. In Whitestown Indiana Louis W Burkhardt aged about sixty five burned to death in his cabin, suspected alcohol and insomnia use. the fire possibly accidental.
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Madison
Ind
Henry Avyatt
Whitestown
Inga
Louis W. Burkhardt
Uere
Pesce
Urigdsyan
Carlos Ezeta
Calvador
Mexico
Harlan
Porto
Uruguyan
Brazil
Uraapayan
Ality Episcopal Cbhurch
Winifred
Delaware
Jacos Hook
Sayville Name Origin Tale From Local Debate
A local tradition explains Sayville's name origin after settlers debated a home site. One suggestion inspired by the word Say, followed by ville, leading to the town's Christening as Sayville.
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Sayville
Ville
Hays
Bayville
Moira House reminiscence and memory feats in 18th century Dublin
The article recollects Moira House in Dublin with notes on visitors like John Wesley and Charles James Fox, and Pamela’s refuge during Lord Edward Fitzgerald’s death. It also recounts Houdin’s memory demonstrations, where a son described rooms and bookcases after blindfolded guidance. It finishes with a note on barley’s wide cultivation and geographic range.
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Wesley
John Wesley
Moira
Usher's Island
Dublin
England
Moira Howse
Mendicity Institution
Moira House
Charles James Fox
Henry Grattan
Pamela
Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Dublin Newgate
Liffey
Lost Combination and Electric Secrets From Ancient China
Historical notes claim Chinese use of magnet loadstones and other unknown substances for electricity over 8 000 years ago. The text predicts a forthcoming grand discovery in electricity but says only certain individuals will benefit. Contagious Plant Diseases: mildew rust rot are spread year to year by diseased plant parts. burning infected material is advised to stop the spread.
Unfortunate Sermon and Local Snippet Collage
A Glasgow Times fragment recalls a minister joking about the dead and the great majority going below. A street remark from a judge and prisoner ends with a curb stone hit. Also notes Spain's vast mountain and waste land covering sixty one million of its one hundred twenty one million acres.
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Spain
Recollections of O Sullivan Cascade and Wicklow Scenery
Aubrey de Vere recounts an Irish traveler in Switzerland who dismisses local wonders. The talk centers on comparing Wicklow mountains and the O Sullivan waterfall near Killarney, with the Irishman belittling foreign heights and magnifying Wicklow in prideful measure.
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O'Sullivan
Aubrey de Vere
Switzerland
Wicklow
Mont Blanc Range
Chamoupi
O" Sullivan
Killarney
Hondeck
Chinese Engagements And Court Custom In Ancient Times
The article notes Chinese betrothal start from parental red cards used as future fault-finding evidence. It mentions bridal arrival in ceremony dress as de facto contract fulfillment and notes lucky days fixed by groom’s family with imperial calendar. It also discusses long screwdrivers gaining leverage by grip and torsion, plus Irish satire on challenges and masks in ancient cultures across Greece Peru and Egypt.
Quick Family Connections and Weather Wagers
A Chicago mother notes a playful family conceit as her sister welcomes a new baby making relatives team up as aunt and cousin. A boy jokes he was weather beaten after betting rain yesterday and losing five dollars.
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Chicago
Lillian
Lilian
Mamma
Bil
Chicago Tribune
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Mac Dougal
Macdougal
Garlay Brewer
William King
Washington
George Chambers
Vincennes Capitol
Emily Schmahl
J. Beitman
Nyon
J. Beieman
Robert Houdin
Houdin
Tuileries
Haudin
Faroe Islands
Cape North
Norway
Archangel
White Sea
Siberia
Egypt
Barbary
Alinister
John
Glasgow Times
Erin
Healy
Loughlinstown
Kansas City
Mycene
Schliemann
Peru
Rameses II
Aremphis
Baltimore American
Arey
Magnesia
Hatfield & Palmer Co
Cote D'Cheval
Panama
Henriett Motes Bee
Bodneta
Silk
Grenadines
Oxfords
abel & Kauffman _ Mercantile Com’y
L. F. Hunemeier
Farmers’ Drug Store
Boe
Ogy
BS East Main
Robert W. Braun
S. B. 2d St
Puens Peer Fees
Washingtonean Co
Gro
Olee
Mer
Upstaire
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