Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery advertised as liver tonic
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non secret remedy for weak liver stomach and bowels with a list of plant ingredients including Golden Seal Root and Bloodroot. It claims no alcohol or habit forming drugs and cites medical authorities endorsing its components.
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Pierce
IL Bartholow
Jefferson Med. College
M.D
Laurence Johnson
Dept Unis
N. Y
Finley Efingwood
Materia Medica
Bennett Medical College
Chicago
TV. Pierce
Baffalo
The New Theatre by Memo Moore in Bedford
Memo Moore plans the Crystal Theatre on West Sixteenth Street Bedford with occupancy hoped by April 25. The enamel interior will include cushion folding opera chairs and a bright colorful vestibule. The cinema program will be the finest money can provide and vaudeville will accompany the motion pictures. Moore will personally manage the popular Bedford venue.
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Memo Moore
Crystal Theatre
West Sixteenth Street
Indiana
Moore
Bedford
Mitchell
New Theatre
A God Move Abolish Street Soda Service
Bloomington merchants debate ending outdoor soda service with customers in front of stores. The Bloomington World urges merchants to stop sending clerks outside, arguing outside service cuts profits and should have never grown.
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Bloomington
Steel Plant Prospects Near Stinesville Surface
A big Illinois steel company shows strong odds for locating a plant at Stinesville after surveys by six engineers from Gary. They have options on 800 acres and have drilled and tested stone, with chemists tabulating results. Locals watch closely as the firm signals major future development, rivaling Gary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Steel Company
Stinesville
Steel Company
Bloomington
Gary
Stinesvile
Work for Thousands In the Next Sixty Days
In the next sixty days the railroads of the United States must recruit between 230 000 and 00 000 men to mend their tracks and roadbeds and another large force to go into their.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Warm Weather Saves Bedford Peach Bloom
Weather shifts from cold threat to warmth. fruit growers feared a freeze would injure early peach blooms but reports say no damage occurred and trees remain healthy.
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Bedford
Fire destroys Wells restaurant in Indianapolis loss about 1500
M D Wells of Bedford suffers a fire loss estimated at 1500 when his downtown Indianapolis restaurant on 17 East Pearl street burns after midnight. The two story brick building in Meridian street is a total loss with about 2000 in damage to the structure. The fire likely starts from an overheated kitchen range causing flames to engulf the interior.
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M. D. Wells
Bedford
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
East Pearl Street
Adams Express Company
Meridian Street
Wells
Ind
Fred Beck
Cabbage Snake Scare Ignores Expert denial Says Dr Hurty
Indiana officials debunk a cabbage snake scare as harmless and common. Dr J N Hurty notes Decatur county reports of a snake in greens are unfounded and that the creature, possibly cabbage oglus snakites, causes no illness and is easily ignored. Farmers in Lawrence county ready spring plowing.
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Indiana
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Hurty
Decatur County
Greensburg
Health Board
Tennessee
Kentucky
Harry
Hurry
Lawrence County
Republicans Pick State Ticket Strong Men to Lead
The Indiana Republican State Convention selected James E. Watson for Governor on the fifth ballot and Fremont C. Goodwine for Lieutenant Governor on the first. Other officers named include Fred A. Sims, John C. Billheimer, Oscar Hadley, James Bingham, George W. Self, Lawrence McTurnan, J. L. Pfetz, Quincy A. Myers, and David Myers. The platform endorsed Roosevelt, tariff revision, anti corruption, and local option liquor measures with a broad program on labor, mining, canals, and arbitration.
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J. Frank Hanly
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
James P. Goodrich
Republican State Committee
James E. Watson
Charles W. Miller
Watson
Miller
W. L. Taylor
Hugh T. Miller
Fremont Goodwine
Williamsport
Forrest Branch
Martinsville
Hanly
Branch
la Grange County
Goodwine
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Congress
Department of Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
South America
Pacific
Indiana
Republican Party
Republican State Central Committee
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Harry S. New
Republican National Committee
Beveridge
Hemenway
Goodrich
State Committee
Man With Nerve Endsure Heroic Train W crash
Five men were injured in a rear end collision at Spanish Lake Missouri between a Burlington passenger train and a freight train. J A McKittrick was pinned under wreckage and nearly crushed at the knee. Rev R C Allen cut off the leg with a pocket knife to save him as scalding steam enveloped him. Nurse Renner applied a tourniquet and aided the bleeding. McKittrick survived and was taken to a St Louis hospital. The Amputating minister, a Covenanter sixty, was en route to Staunton Illinois.
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Spanish Lake
Missouri
Burlington
J. A. McKittrick
Brookfield
McKittrick
R. C. Allen
Grove City
McKlintock
Mr. Allen
Emma Bonner
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Allen
Staunton
Ill
Renner
Washington
Mrs Mitchell Dead In East County
Mrs Malinda Mitchell 68 wife of Aaron Mitchell died Thursday night at 11 oclock after stomach trouble. A native of Lawrence county she was a Christian church member and sister of Elder John Williams. Survived by husband and nine children. Funeral held Saturday at Pinhook church. Charles Fisher died of heart disease Thursday in front of Diamond grocery. Interment at Breckenridge cemetery. Charles O Neal to move family to Bonner Springs Kansas for cement plant job. Parents Aylette Campbell also moving.
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Malinda Mitchell
Aaron Mitchell
Pinhook
James Mitchell
W. O. Mitchell
David Mitchell
Walter Speer
William Williams
Jesse Mitchell
Pinhook Church
Charles Fisher
Diamond Grocery
Newton Fisher
East Sixth Street
J. W. Windley
First Presbyterian Church
Breckenridge Cemetery
Charles O'Neal
Bonner Springs
Kansas
Graft Cry Rides the Graft In Monroe County
Monroe County taxpayers face a graft dispute over attorney fees tied to former officials Thrasher and Hough. Democratic lawyers East Miers Corr asserted a 30 percent lien on $380 in fees, but a Supreme Court ruling voided the claim and required repayment.
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Monroe County
Thrasher
Hough
Supreme Court
Lawrence County
Monroe
East, Miers & Corr
Treasury
Morgan
Butcher
Cooter
Miers & Corr
East
Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Indiana
Building Material Prices Drop Favoring New Construction
A Chicago dispatch reports lower brick and lumber prices and cement down fifty cents per barrel while structural steel is seven dollars cheaper per ton. Easy loan access and a building boom mood push over 3 million dollars of new structures planned in the business district with architects reporting orders from Kansas City Cleveland Detroit St Louis Grand Rapids and others.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Grand Rapids
President Roose velt and the Lawrence County Indians tale
A Collier's note recalls a prospective applicant who impressed the President with his long hair and swarthy look. The visitor claimed a southern Indiana political tribe lineage terms, saying he had scalped and been scalped in campaigns before moving to Indian Territory. Miss Anna Harm arrived in Indianapolis to trim for Mrs. Rainholt.
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Roosevelt
Collier
Oklahoma
Washington
New Star
White House
Frantz
Indiana
Lawrence County
Indian Territory
Anna. Harm
Indianapolis
N. J. Rainholt
Mrs Short Dead in Fayetteville Home
Mrs Louisa Short dies at 83 from heart disease at her Fayetteville area home. Daughter of pioneer Lawrence county settlers David and Hannah Sears, she leaves two sons two daughters seventeen grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren along with siblings. Funeral held Saturday at Old Union church with interment there.
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Louisa .Short
James M. Potter
Indian Creek Township
Fayetteville
David and
Hannah Sears
Lawrence County
Old Union Church
Reid May Remain As Warden Refuses Resignation
State prison board declined Warden James D. Reid's resignation and urged a vacation. He left for New York to consult a specialist and will be guided by his health. W. A. Garner serves as acting warden until Reid replies, expected by the next board meeting.
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State Prison
James D. Reid
New York
Mr. Reid
Bedford mischief and local tidbits from Bloomington Star
Sherman Jones sustains a fractured rib while repairing an armchair when a chair part struck him. A Bedford incident saw someone strip and sell electric light wire to a junk dealer. Kin Hubbard photographed Col. V. V. Williams in an awkward pose, sparking a News feature. Nellie E. Williams and Roy T. Ferguson wed in Williams at H. M. Sherwood home. Rev. H. H. Adamson officiated. Capt. John T. Eller promotes Capt. J. D. Alexander for Department Commander with Paul E. Slocumb Post backing him in Bloomington.
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Sherman Jones
Bedford
Bloomington
Nellie E. Williams
Roy T. Ferguson
Williams, Ind
H. M. Sherwood
Hunter Avenue
John T. Eller
Monroe County
C. E. Newland
Eller
J. D. Alexander
Paul E. Slocumb
Alexander
Gary Steel Company Invests in Monroe County Stone Quarry
Gary Steel Company plans a $1.5 million investment in the Bean Blossom quarry district after U S Steel sent reps to inspect oolitic stone in Monroe County. Options cover about 1200 acres with surveys for tracks and machinery, plus rail spurs. Stone cement and steel uses noted, with housing strain as 1500 to 2000 workers expected.
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United States Steel Corporation
Monroe County
Chicago
New York
Gary
Stinesville
Big Creek
Indiana
Monon Railway
Vandalia
Pennslyvania
White River
Circus war looms as Indiana climate heats up
Indications point to a circus war this season with Indiana as the storm center and Kokomo as a contact point. Wallace-Hagenbeck failed to secure show lots, Buffalo Bill and Barnum & Bailey contracted for six acres in Markland avenue for June 6 and July 1 respectively, with Ringlings expected to join early.
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Indiana
Wallace-Hagenback
Kokomo Dispatch
Buffalo Bill Wild West
Markland Avenue
Ringlings
Indiana Arena
Man with suspected smallpox seeks help in Linton
Harlin McKinnon, ill with smallpox, asked a passerby police officer who advised him off the streets. Health doctors Talbott and Hyde confirmed the diagnosis and moved him to a Warner family home. McKinnon said he had nowhere else to go and relied on charity. It is unclear how many people he contacted.
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Harlin McKinnon
Linton
McKinnon
Rabid Dog Scare Grips Bloomington Community
A dog, suspected rabid, ran amok in Bloomington biting five people before police killed it. The brain was sent to a university lab for hydrophobia analysis. Excitement grows as the town learns the animal may have bitten another dog a month earlier.
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Bloomington
University Laboratory
County Railway taxes and road right of way sale
County Assessor Copeland received a tax statement from Southern Indiana Railway for 195.83 dollars. Delinquent land was sold, purchaser’s percent added. The Walsh road right of way, bought in Monroe Gregg Adams and Ashland townships, faced funding trouble but the railway seeks to retain the property and complete the line.
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Copeland
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Walsh Road
Monroe
Gregg
Adams
Ashland
Walsh
Martinsville
Stamps Worth Over 100000 Wash Ashore After Sylvia Wreck
Postage stamps valued upward of $100000 from the Newfoundland issue form a consignment washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island following the wreck of the steamer Sylvia. The stamps were in transit from New York to Newfoundland.
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New York
Newfoundland
Cuttyhunk
Sylvia
Dynamite Case Ends in Fatal Courtroom Shootout
In Terre Haute Henry F McDonald convicted of dynamiting a Sanford church and stores opened fire after the verdict. Chief of Detectives William E Dwyer was killed and several others wounded as officers fired back. McDonald fatally wounded and hospitalized under guard amid threats of lynching. Police seek McDonald’s brother linked to the incident.
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Terre Haute
Henry F. McDonald
Sanford
William E. Dwyer
McDonald
James A. Cooper, Jr
Dwyer
Harvey V. Jones
Ira Williams
Sylvester Doyle
Cooper
St. Anthony’s Hospital
J. T. Walker
MacDonald
Crane
Court House
McDonald’s
Methodist Church
Shickel & Johnson
J. W. Reese
James Scanlon
Seamon
Incubator Baby Reported From Decker
Health officers in Vincennes were alerted by Dr. Emory Small on Wednesday morning to a premature birth of twins from Decker. One infant died quickly while the other survives and may benefit from an incubator to sustain life.
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Vincennes
Decker
Emory Small
Stranger wins baby in Salvation Army stunt at Harris Grand
A crowd gathered at the Harris Grand last Sunday attracted by a Salvation Army promotion to give away a baby. The baby was won by a stranger to many attendees while a baptism for members’ child occurred. The Bloomington Star notes the clever ad scheme drew eager spectators and a natural reception. Frank Waltheiser returned to Indianapolis after a brief hometown visit and technical school studies.
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Harris Grand
Salvation Army
Bloomington
Frank Waltheiser
Indianapolis
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Fremont C. Goodwine
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Frankfort
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Oscar Hadley
Plainfield
James Bingham
Muncie
George W. Self
Corydon
Supt. of Public Instruction
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Anderson
J. L. Pfetz
Kokomo
Fifth
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Logansport
Judge Appellate Court
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Cuba
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Pension Bureau
Congress of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
United States Mail
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Republic
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Mrs. Short Dead
Indian Creek Town
Reid
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