W. B. Schwartz’s Circular
W. B. Schwartz’s Circular. The following circular letter that was written by W. B. Schwartz, an attorney, and circulated among taxpayers has come to the attention of County Auditor Smith. “As you...
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Accused a Negro Jailer. “There are men confined here who have enjoyed every social and home environment which tends to elevate, and who know and can fully appreciate the rank injustice and demoralizing...
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Meals for Sunday. “At this meal the sirup is not diluted. The dinner meal is served at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and is the same as any other day, with the addition of boiled potatoes. No supper is...
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“The men are well treated,” he said. “Their food is good. It is utterly false that Edward Franklin, the night turnkey, has been intoxicated. I know he has not touched a drop in ten years. As to the...
View ArticleSmallpox Epidemic, Part IX
STATE BOARD INDORSED. Resolutions Adopted by the Marion County Medical Society. The Marion County Medical Society held its regular monthly meeting last night and there was some discussion of the...
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SMALLPOX SITUATION. Rumors of a Case at Alliance Investi- gated. Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, received word yesterday morning of three deaths which have occurred from...
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HAD SMALLPOX But Worked All the Time – R.S. Van Pelt Now Has the Disease Dr. Ferguson, of the City Board of Health, yesterday discovered a case of smallpox in the home of R. S. Van Pelt, No. 124...
View ArticleLena’s Postcards #18
Postmark: December 23, 1912, Indianapolis, Indiana, 830 PM Addressed to: Mrs. J. W. Hackleman Connersville, Ind. Message: Dec-23-1912 Your card received but did not think we would go away from home...
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Postmark: December 27, 1912, Indianapolis, Indiana, 630 PM Addressed to: Mrs. John W. Hackleman Connersville Indiana R.F.D. Message: Dear Sister: Etta has been very near the danger line. Is now much...
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