Mystery in Ida Hayes death shocks Dublin area
Miss Ida Hayes 24 daughter of farmer Theodore Hayes near Dublin died while away from home. father suspects malpractice and will pursue a thorough investigation. Other items note Mary Rousseau Thixton seeking aid, Rev J T Russell inheriting millions, John Pierce seeking Congress aid for a Civil War boat claim, and John Habbig’s sudden death after hitting a slot machine number 13.
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Miss Ida Hayes
Theodore Hayes
Dublin
Miss Hayes
Delaware
Ohio
Indianapolis
Mary Rousseau Thixton
Lovell H. Rousseau
Charles B. Asbury
Wall Street Methodist Church
Jeffersonville
Thixton
William Henry Harrison
J. T. Russell
Laforte
Henry K. Sheldon
Russell
Sheldon
Episcopal Church
John Habbig
Evansville
Chicago
Strike of Glass Workers Off in Montpelier
A roundup of local incidents and notes shows a series of events across Indiana towns. Strikes and labor movements appear with Montpelier glass workers ending their work stoppage while other towns report accidents, civic actions, and community developments including hospitalities, elections, and business efforts.
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Montpelier
Bert King
Clinton
Mrs Pauline Judson endorses Lydia E Pinkham remedy
A testimonial from Mrs Pauline Judson secretary at Schermerhorn Golf Club Brooklyn NY praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She claims relief after doctors failed to treat her womb condition and urges others to use the product. A $5000 forfeit warns against inauthentic endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OT Fe
Pauline Judson
Schermerhorn Golf Club
Brooklyn
New York
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Hoyt Street
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stockton tale and Brooklyn ad blend in quirky note
Frank Stockton relays a fish tale where a boy answers with baited breath. A Brooklyn ad promotes Gyrtirtd Headache Powders claiming quick, safe headaches cure with pocket sized samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stockton
Mr. Stockton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Garfield Tea Co
N.Y
Bible on Cats Sermon Teaches Broad Morality
A Sunday School teacher quotes a Biblical verse about cruelty to animals. A student responds with a humorous misquotation about what Dad hath joined, reflecting the timing and social tone of the era in a New York Times citation.
Free Sample of Allen's Foot-Ease Offered
A notice invites readers to write Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder for feet. It claims to cure tired sweating damp swollen aching feet and ease tight shoes and helps corn and bunion relief. All druggists and shoe stores carry it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Absurd hypothetical tests marriage fidelity at sea
A brief joke from the Washington Star imagines a man returning from a voyage to find his wife with another man. The friend cites a fanciful scenario, and Mr Meekton calls it absurd, noting Henrietta would not be careless enough to leave him.
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Enoch Arden
Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Washington Star
Coughing Leads to Consumption in Advertisement
An old prompt advertising Kemp's Balsam claims coughing leads to consumption and urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle. It markets 25 and 50 cent bottles and warns that delays are dangerous.
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Kemp
Conversational Nonsense Between Mrs Poultney and Mrs O'Dough
A playful exchange references old masters abroad and a child named Claude sent to Eton. The dialogue, found in a Princeton Tiger context, hints at social satire without concrete events or dates.
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Poultney
O’dough
Claude
Eton
Princeton Tiger
Prodigiously prolific millet promotes rich hay yields
Advertisement from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wis promotes Russian millet as a hay producer. Claims 56 to 8 tons of rich hay per acre with seed prices 50 pounds at 1.90 dollars and 100 pounds at 38.00 dollars with Lew freight.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis. C
Beardiess
Salter
Iowa
Bsalzer
Auntie retorts as suitor’s proposal ends in scene
In a Baltimore News excerpt a niece recounts Charlie Gass proposing to her last night. The aunt reacts with scorn calling him impudent, and a witty wave of fate suggests someone already sat on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Gass
Baltimore News
Lane's Family Medicine Claims Daily Bowels Health
Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement as essential for health and notes gentle action on the liver and kidneys along with curing sick headaches. The remedy is priced at 25 and 50 cents. The text also mentions Holland acquiring the remaining private railroads in 1890, though they are run by two private operators.
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W. L. Douglas
W. L. Cousins
WL. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Holland
Indian Arts Rise in Value and Market Across America
Indian beadwork by Oklahoma missionaries has revived crafts. seventeen women earned over $1100 last year as Indian shops open in major cities and department stores showcase Native art. Navajo blankets, redwood canoes, and elder leather work gain museum and collector interest, signaling national artistic and economic potential.
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Oklahoma
Candace Wheeler
Puget Sound
Cordova
United States
The Time to Charge at Moscow
Murat, Napoleon’s dashing cavalry chief, calmly wrote a dispatch under fire as a shell exploded beside him. He steadied his horse with one hand and kept writing, then used the momentum to order a charge that broke the enemy line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Murat
Sapoleon
Armand
Dream Hauntings and a Midnight Pie Indulgence
A Somerville Journal verse depicts a sleepless narrator tormented by a feared nocturnal figure. Dreams trigger a recurring struggle for freedom from thy thrall as the night passes in pain. The speaker humorously confesses indulging in pie before bed and imagines a winged horse creature with eighteen legs appearing in the dead of night.
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Somerville
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Beall's Pills Advertised
An 19th century advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure from J J Cheney and company Toledo Ohio. Endorsers wrap TRUAX Waphine Kinnan Marvin attest Cheney's honesty and solvency. Cure taken internally claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price seven cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Beall's Family Pills also promoted.
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VF. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Iim
Wrap & Truax
O. Waphine
Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Beall
His Idea of Friendship
The remark mocks how friendship can be used to destroy enemies with the old soil of political cost. Senator Sorghum muses that making enemies into friends may avert conflict but often incurs heavy expense.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Printer’s Paper Ad and Odd Dialog Samples
A quirky snippet shows a printer ad urging Eagle Linen Paper for letter paper as “the proper thing.” It includes brief dialogue about not wasting a pen and a line about Schumann’s mother being gifted with musical ability. The tone echoes a midcentury newspaper fragment with miscellaneous notes and quotes.
Peruna credited by readers for cold and catarrh relief
Readers share experiences praising Peruna. Odiser A. C. Swanson of Council Bluffs Iowa reports severe cold settled in kidneys and pelvic area but improved greatly after use. Michael O Halloran of Chicago and other officers note relief from rain induced colds influenza and catarrh. They urge others to write Dr Hartman for gratis advice.
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Old Baptist
Hartford City
Warmier
George Otterman
Ladoga
Charles Zimmerman
Babe” Wilkins
Rushville
Michael Foley
Newcastle
Cambridge City
Foley
Indiana
W. N. Dalby
Richmond
E. I. Shores
Vincennes
Benj
Larrimer
Marion
Atlanta
American Tinplate Company
Maj. Hichert
A. R. Powell
4. H. Sanders
John Wilson
G. M. Young
Charles Coffin
Peruna
A. C. Swanson
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Pacific travel fares and services advertise March April rates
An assortment of travel promotions lists Pacific Coast routes with fares from Chicago to Helena Butte Angbounda Ogden and Salt Lake City plus Spokane and western cities. It also advertises tourist sleeping cars and maps via ticket agents and W B Kuiskern in Chicago.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Helena
Butte
Angconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
W. B. Kuiskern
Fifth Avenue
Lil
All Kinds of Stamps and Printing Outfits Catalog
Catalog listing and price list request for stamps printing outfits and daters. Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana offered by Spohr’s mother noted as an excellent music judge, but not a musician.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Spohr
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Ayer
R. N. Mann
Fall Mills, Tenn
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Masa
Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Ibottom
Femreeenar
G & J] Tire CO
Alco
G & J Tires
Peace Ree
Boston
PEASS
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Atlas
Estern Canada
F. Pedhey
Ottawa
Cau
Joseph Young
State Street Mast
H. M. Williams
Michigan
M. V. Melanes
Avenue
Detroit
Jas
Grieve
Sault Ste. Marie
C. A. Laurier
Marquette
E. T. Holmes
Avents
Government of Canada
ELY
ELY Bros
Warren &T
Ae ‘Havreves
GSMAN
Congress
John Pierce
Congressman Steele
Pierce
Kentucky
Onur
Elwood
Startford City
Pythians
Frankfort
Porter Douglas
Tiugh A. Adams
Wabash
Roscoe Lang
LaPorte
Helen Gould
Y. M. C. A. Hall
Peru
Christian Churches
Muncie
Knights Templar
South Bend
A.C
Terre Haute
Edward Carroll
Terre Elaute
Charles Byrum
Flora
Arcadia Brick Works
John Northcott
Abington
Lewis Gebhart
Millville
Inee Dinwiddie
George Nutter
Bluffton
Bennett Gregory
Jinglish
Princeton
National Window and Bent Glass Company
Pauline Udson
Mrs. Prixnam
Lane
Indian Industries
Hall
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Market Gardeners
Schumann
John EB. Ptacer
Odiser A. C. Swanson
Florrison Street
Council Bluffs
Michael O'Halloran
Summerdale Station
W. Monroe Street
Michael O’halleran
John E Ptacek
Assi
Supt Police
John EH. Ptacek
Chicago, IL
Ste
Skhe
Baulcon
Egbert
R. H. Seidel
Olive Street
St. Louis
New Zealand
Haydn
Spoeitz
Earth
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
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