Hustling Hoosiers Of Indiana News Keeps Readers Abreast
A long survey of local incidents across Indiana notes smallpox in Merom, a lightning strike at Cardonia causing $3000 damage, and multiple accidents fatal and serious. Listing includes Brookville freight accident. Madison bicyclist injury. Brazil Coal fatality. a child exposed to poison. farm and railway deaths. jail escapes. missing persons. and farm milk and pickle crop updates.
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Merom
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Cardonia
William Narville
Lairland
Martin Bossert
Brookville
Eighty-first Indiana Volunteer Regiment
New Albany
Robinson
Madison
Robert Kennedy
Brazil Black Coal Company
J. G. Smith
Daieville
Frank Hoffman
Fontanet
Terre Haute
Garthwait Glycerine Company
Montpelier
John C. Jtaines
Richland City
Maine Woodsman Trapped Bear. Man Attacked by Animal
Milton Pike set bear traps on a hillside near Locatean, Maine. Jerry Perkins, trying to kill the bear with an ax, became snarled in a trap and attacked by the bear, suffering injuries to his leg before freeing himself. The bear fled with cubs nearby. Proceeds from the bear were split between Pike and another finder after the hunt.
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Milton Pike
Locatean
Pike
Lewiston Journal
Jerry Perkins
Jerry
Perkins
Ma. Perkins
Roller bearings may replace ball bearings in heavy vehicles
The article reports experiments with steel roller bearings in bronze cages as a possible substitute for ball bearings. Trials on omnibuses in England suggest one man can start an omnibus with little effort, and heavier uses on trucks and locomotives could reduce wear and tear if successful.
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England
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Two Civil War cannons melted for peace statue
A newspaper note describes melting two Civil War cannons to cast a statue symbolizing peace, contrasted with a health pitch for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claimed to cure constipation dyspepsia or weak kidneys. Also mentions a French naturalist on birds saving the world and a brief comic exchange about breakfast and golf.
Best for the Bowels Cascarets Ad Claims Cure All
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a universal cure from headaches to cancer, promising relief through natural bowel movements. It claims a 10 cent starter price and warns of imitations while noting export trends of tourists from England, Germany, and France.
Lane's Family Medicine Promised Daily Health Dose
A brief advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily use for health, says it aids the liver and kidneys, and cures headaches. It lists prices 25 and 50 cents. It also oddly notes a curious butterfly in India with color differences between male and female wings.
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Lane
India
Plural rules and quirks in a playful English guide
A playful verse catalogs odd plural forms and language quirks, contrasting correct plurals with humorous misusages. It highlights words like ox, goose, mouse, and man, and ends with a nod to English as the great language.
Gold Medal for Walter Baker Cocoa and Chocolate
The Paris exposition awards Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. a gold medal for cocoa and chocolate preparations. The Thorchester, Massachusetts firm is noted as the world’s largest cocoa and chocolate maker with multiple international honors.
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Walter Baker & Co
Paris
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Thorchester
Mass
Europe
America
The Douglas Shoe Adverts Strong Value Claim
The W L Douglas Shoe Co of Brockton Massachusetts promotes its shoe as the best advertised and best known world wide. It claims lowest middleman profit by direct factory sales to customers in sixty major cities with its own stores and extensive sizes. The Brockton factory employs over 1100 workers with union labor and high wages, and a weekly payroll of 17435 dollars. Over one million men wear the shoes according to the Denver Post.
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United States
Eeason
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas ,Shoe CO
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
State Board of Arbitration
Denver
Colo
Looking Forward Play Sparks Season Opening Opinion
A Philadelphia Press review quotes a discussion about a new play opening the season 10906. Critics mock the comedy as mere automobile stage business with the horse in memory, questioning Jack Naples and the overall production.
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Jack Naples
Philadelphia Press
Isnow Thyself Seeks Reading From Peabody Medical Institute
Public health and morals are urged through education for young men on vital physical well being. The Peabody Medical Institute offers a free U4 page pamphlet for men titled Isnow Thyself, sent sealed on receipt of 6 cents. Also includes a humorous note about Sidney Snitzer and a cook.
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Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch Street
Boston
Mass
Grain-O: A Grain Based Drink For Children
What Do the Children Drink Dont give them tea or coffee Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O It is delicious and nourishing and takes the place of coffee Grain-O is made of pure grains and when properly prepared tastes like coffee but costs about half as much All grocers sell it 10 and 25 cents Meanwhile the Daughters of the Confederacy vote to buy the Jefferson Davis home at Montgomery Ala Jell O dessert quick and healthful prepared in two minutes No baking flavors lemon orange raspberry strawberry Philadelphia notes local names Slaughter doctors dentists and druggists in the city share the surname Slaughter
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Julius M. Nagibrabhi
Ligonier
Edward Theine
Tafayette
William Himes
Edward Low
Greenfield
Albert Walker
Henry Smith
James Black
Alexander Brook
Brownstown
Marion Walker
Vnncennes
Walker
Washington
William Williams
Startford City
Frank Wirt
Delphi
Flora
Lee Wells
Noblesville
Anderson
Welsh
Bryantsburg
Jefferson County
Wayne County
Centerville
Webster
Fountain City
Williamsburg
Perry County
Eberhat
Mitchell
Indiana
Guy Fields
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Indianapolis
Fields
D.H. Guild
M. FE
Knightstown
Sauerwine
Birthplace of Admiral Dewey at long years
The article describes the birthplace house of George Dewey, born December 26, 1837, its transfer to Captain Edward Dewey, then to T. R. Gordon in 1589, and Gordon’s relocation in 1890. It notes the shrine status and quotes Gordon praising Peruna medicine, plus miscellaneous 1900s ads and notes on Vanderbilts, dyes, and other items.
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George Dewey
Dewey
Edward Dewey
T. R. Gordon
Gordon
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
Cataark
Grain-O New Food Drink Replaces Coffee
Grain-O priced at 23 cents per package promises to suit both children and adults with a rich Mocha like color. Made from pure grains it claims to agree with delicate stomachs and widely sold by grocers. An aluminum airship powered by a benzine motor rose to 1000 feet in a German trial before wind halted progress.
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Germany
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