Young Man Invents Crochet Hoop Device Without Patent
B RB Coan a Petersburg resident who died Sunday of consumption is described as a genius for devising a crochet hoop device. He applied to the patent office in Washington for a patent but lacked fifteen dollars to secure rights. He had recently completed the hoop and hoped for recognition after leaving the West where he worked as a rancher.
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RB. Coan
Petersburg
Hoe
Washington, D. C
Fragmentary claim of a beggar's hunger and coins
The garbled text describes a person begging for money and honey to buy food, with claims of spitting and leaving someone behind. The passage portrays repeated street begging and financial hardship.
Stories of Dank Life and a Horse Tail Prank
Ira Bowman a post office clerk is called a padder but a wiser boy. He pulled a horse tail on Judge McBride’s buggy, the horse misbehaved, the vehicle wrecked, and Ira escaped while the horse ran off. Several local notices follow about travel, visits, and sales including livestock and mules. Henry Aman announces a charity lodge meeting.
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Ira Bowman
McBride
Ira
Washington Ice Company to establish a pot in Vincennes
Ebner of Vincennes owner of the Washington Ice Company plans to set up a pot in the city to save milk for farmers and prevent waste. The effort aims to convert surplus milk into revenue rather than letting it be discarded.
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Ebner
Vincennes
The
Washington
Community Notes From Vincennes and Nearby Towns
Local residents travel to Vincennes for visits while Habert V Wood returns from Indianapolis to stay with parents Mr and Mrs Henry Wood. Henitts carnival company tours Linton this week and Miss Helen Fish hosts Epworth League gathering. Katherine Blackley arrives from Jasonville to visit friends as Roberto McCracken repairs his west end home and adds an extension. No church action yet on securing snedges or Dr Miles.
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Habert V Wood
Indianapolis
Depend
Henry Wood
NOTES OF SHOPS AND RAILROADS
A collection of shop and rail line crew notes lists several personnel taking vacations or returning from leave. It records Chas Nailer, Chas Walker, Jor Karnes, Flora Johns Tidd, Chas Nimmicht, Dispatcher Marshal Wilson, Albert Miller, M L Thayer, H O Byer, Gabriel Williams, and Jack Schneider in various states of absence, transfer, or resignation.
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A. W. Dorsey
Jor Karnes
Flora Johns Tidd
Round House
Chas Nimmicht
West Division
Marshal Wilson
Albert & Miller
Rivervale
M. L. Thayer
Flora
H. O. Byer
Flor
Businese
Gabriel ‘Williams
North Vernon
Jack Schneider
Local Interest Note on Rescue near New York
Fragmentary report describes boys from the area aiding a woman chained to a barn and safe-keeping a grandmother figure. It hints at cruelty and a plan to rescue, with references to money and a dash of domestic tension. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Robertat
New - York
Ester
Ang 3A
Homery
Record Attempt by a Remarkable Goose at Vincerines
Mrs Frank Vacthett of Vincerines tends a goose claimed to be breaking a record. The bird hatched twenty seven years ago and survived numerous hardships including blows from local youths. The male is described as large and robust. his age is noted by the birth of a daughter and his mate is about half his age.
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Frank Vacthett
Vincerines
Arbull
Watchett
Officials of S. 1 and rail lines stir public ire
Fragmented report notes officials of Southern Indiana railway dispute fast funding claims for B 80.8 W and other roads. Newspapers praised trains supposedly reaching a mile a minute, while reporters doubt such speeds. The Boston Journal cites vague examples and internal controversy.
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Southern Indiana Railway
Atkins Saw Works Manufactures Diamond Tooth Saw
The Atkins Saw Works of Indianapolis completes a large diamond tooth saw for limestone quarry use. The eight inch diameter saw with five sixteenths inch thickness weighs nearly one ton and features two hundred Brazilian diamonds set along the edge to form smooth cutting teeth for Indiana limestone. Each diamond is valued at about twenty dollars.
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Atkins Saw Works
Indianapolis
Bedford
Ind
Indiana
A Man of the People Hoch New Governor of Kansas
A profile of Edward Lage Hoch outlining his rise from a small country paper editor and printer in Florence to chief executive of Kansas. The piece traces his early start at age three, work as journeyman printer in Marion, taking over a mortgaged paper, frugal self sufficiency, and eventual gubernatorial nomination efforts. It references a 1908 state printer candidacy and notes a political upsurge within his party.
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W. Hoch
Kansas
Edward Lage Hoch
Hoch
Kentucky
Florence
Young Hoch
Devil
Marion
Héth
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Ke Baitman
Intapolis
Nathan Beitman
M. J. Carnaba
Meeting of Charity Ledge FP
A. M
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Degre - Henry Aman
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John Hayes
Henitt
Carnival Company
Linton
George Gilley
City
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Matthew Belcher
Bascom ‘Parker
Rites
Mich
Roberto McCracked
West End
Epworth League
Helen ‘Fish
North East Fifth Street
Katherine Blackley
Jasonville
Ray. C
P.miles
Rochester
Miles
Chas.Nailer
Chas. Walker
Tax
S. 1
Othe
Boston Journal
the ‘People
Mary E. Healy
Jan ‘Oth
Flora Arrests
Edward W. Hoch
Erjoy
Ketal
Hatfield '& Palmer CO
F. Hunnembier’s
Farmer’s Drug Store
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Pape
Washington, Ind
Norris Bros
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Pianos
New County
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Daviess
Tum
Hoosier Kitchen
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