California Expositions Low Round Trip Fares Promotion
Scenic Highway routes via Northern Pacific Ry offer low round trip fares to California Expositions with liberal stop overs. Tickets include Yellowstone National Park via Gardiner Gateway. A. M. Cleland invites plans and literature for a 1915 western vacation. Life jokes and a domestic worker critique follow.
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Northern Pacific Ry
California
North Pacific Coast
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner Gateway
A. M. Cleland
St Paul
Minnesota
Adv
Professor's Kidney Pills Testimonial Promotes Dodd's
An elderly patient describes long backache and Bright's Disease before using Dodd's Kidney Pills. After two boxes he reports relief, with further use yielding lasting improvement and a recommendation to others. Also mentions unrelated ad blurbs and notes the first balloon ascent occurred in 1783.
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Aug
F. W. Schmitz
Thomas
Oxla
Bright
Dodd
Prof. Schmitz
Jack
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
Ohio
E. Co. MacClanahan
Centre St
New Richmond
Doan
Fugitive Cashier Surrenders After 24 Days On the Run
Edward J. King, former cashier of Dugger State Bank, turned himself in after 24 days fleeing justice. He attempted to sail on the Lusitania but lacked a passport, during which time he sought help to file a passport affidavit in New York. Embezzlement totaled 34,009 dollars. King later faced trial, with attorney C. M. Hamill defending him.
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Sullivan
Edward J. King
Dugger State Bank
Fred F. Bays
Bays
Vincennes
King
Court of Justice
Watson
Lusitania
New York
New York City
Tennessee
C. M. Hamill
Terre Haute
Hamill
Work Out Taxes on Streets in Jeffersonville
The street committee of Jeffersonville city council arranged for taxpayers unable to pay taxes to work them off on the streets. Hundreds of dollars in labor are being given by those who otherwise could not pay, providing relief for the city’s tax collection.
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Jeffersonville
Jonas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Parole Appeal Planned for Terre Haute Officials
A parole appeal will be heard this month at Leavenworth for Terre Haute men convicted in Indianapolis federal court last April of conspiring to defraud the government by corrupting Vigo county election results last November. Maurice Walsh former county sealer John Masselink city inspector and Joseph O Mara city street commissioner face one year and one day in prison. Friends relatives and county officials have submitted letters and testimony praising their prior good character.
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Terre Haute
Leavenworth
A. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
Vigo County
Maurice Walsh
John Masselink
Joseph O'Mara
Pardon Board
Banker Harry Snell Dies After Bloomington Crash
Gary reports the death in Bloomington Illinois of Harry Snell after an automobile accident. He was brother of T T Snell president of the First National Bank of Gary and a former vice president of Snell Dinkle Holmes, a Gary and Chicago investment firm, for years.
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Gary
Bloomington, Ill
Harry Snell
Snell
T. T. Snell
Flest National Bank
Chicago
Snell, Dinkle & Holmes
Milk Testing Ordinance Opposed by Dairy Group in Frankfort
Frankfort Clinton County Dairy and Milk Producers Association opposes a proposed ordinance requiring tuberculosis testing or pasteurization before milk sale. The Health Culture Club drew up the measure and it was endorsed by hundreds of citizens.
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Frankfort
Clinton County Dairy and Milk Producers’ Association
Health Culture Club
Child Stung in Fifty Places In Bee Yard Tragedy
Boonville reports a child stung over fifty times after entering a beeyard while its mother worked in the kitchen. The infant, under care, is expected to recover despite severe facial and body stings. Hydrophobic dogs in Boonville and a divorce case in Winamac are noted in brief local items.
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Sullivan
Edward Hoseman
Mother of Six Sentenced in Indiana Prison
Amelia Moestart, 39, mother of six, was sentenced to 40 days in the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis for a spiritual drunkenness offense. She has been arrested ten times for the offense since the start of the year.
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South Bend
Amelia Moestart
Indiana Womens Prison
Indianapolis
School Enumerations Show County Pupils Gain and Losses
Princeton and neighboring counties report changes in school age enrollments. Gibson county rises to 8827 pupils, Madison county declines by 292, Putnam shows a net loss of 44 with Greencastle up 39, Delaware county gains 207 with Muncie up 97, Vincennes notes 4407 pupils with 96 more than last year, and Perry county total reaches 6632 with a reduction of 225.
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Princeton
Gibson County
Anderson
Madison County
Greencastle
Putnam County
Muncie
Delaware County
Vincennes
R. I. Hamilton
Cannelton
Lee B. Mullen
Perry County
Rockefeller Jr Denies Interfering With Justice At Inquiry
John D Rockefeller Jr. testifies before the Industrial Relations Commission and says he has no more right than any citizen to influence justice. He disputes Chairman Walsh's tone during questioning about the Lawson murder case tied to the Ludlow strike. He offers a written statement urging justice to be administered above suspicion and a possible new trial if grounds exist.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Industrial Relations Commission
Rockefeller
Walsh
Colorado
John R. Lawson
United Mine Workers of America
Ludlow
W. W. Wilson
Lawson
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Rockefellers
Supreme Court of Colorado
River of Mud Wrecks Homes in Colorado Volcano
Mount Las Ben erupted and sent a river of boiling mud down Hat creek valley for nearly fifteen miles, burying farms and sweeping away houses and bridges. Two miles from Cassel, residents fled as cattle died. forest ranger Fred Seaborn warned locals at midnight, halting further tragedy as the crater remained smoke-enshrouded since midweek eruption.
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Redding
Colo
Mount Las Ben
Hat Creek Valley
Cassel
Fred Seaborn
Hat Creek
One Man Holds T. R. Jury In Barnes Roosevelt Case
In Syracuse on May 22 the Barnes Roosevelt jury largely backed Roosevelt’s attack on Barnes as a boss, with one juror still unconvinced. Roosevelt and lawyer John M. Bowers call it a victory while Barnes’ team expresses disappointment. The deadlock possibility prompts talk of a Sunday lockup by Justice Andrews. holdout juror is Be ward Burns, a Republican.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Barnes-Roosevelt
Roosevelt
William Barnes
Charles Murphy
John M. Bowers
William Barnum
Henry F. Wolff
Barnes
Attempted escape ends in death at Hordeauy jail
In Montreal on May 22 Antoinne Dilena died after an incident at Hordeauy jail where he hung himself during a failed escape. Guards restrained him as he tried to loosen the rope around his neck, remaining on duty as the tragedy unfolded.
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Montreal
Que
Antoinne Dilena
Hordeauy
Plexture Confusion Requests Birthday Treat Plan
A child named Willie asks for a birthday treat and suggests receiving a whole box of chocolate creams from his mother. He then instructs to invite Tommy Smith to watch him eat them, after thinking earnestly for five minutes.
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Willie
Ike
Tommy Smith
Castoria and remedies parade in old ad page mix
A garbled ad page fragment promotes Castoria as a safe infant remedy, touts 30 years usage, and includes various product pitches for Fletcher’s Castoria, Allen’s Foot-Ease, and Marine Eye Remedy. It also contains a quip about a New York boy and an old fisherman, plus trivia about the British navy and gossip quips.
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Fletcher
Granddad
New York
Port Jefferson
Long Island
Ebenezer Jones
Real Skin Comfort Ad Promises Free Samples by Mail
An advertisement touts bathing and anointing compounds described as super creamy emollients for tender or irritated skin, claiming intense comfort. It invites readers to sample by mail with a Book, Address postcard to Cuticura Dept. X Boston, noting the product is sold everywhere. The piece ends by remarking editors have halted many promising careers.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
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