Glycerine claims in Pierce Medicine touted for coughs
The ad extols glycerine as a superior extract and additive in Gulden Medical Discovery, praising its nutritive and antiseptic properties and its role in soothing chronic bronchial and lung ailments. It cites Dr. Finley Ellingwood and asserts blood purification and stomach relief benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br. Pierce
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Med. College
Chicago
Golden
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Enoch Cheek Shaping Mitchell as Law Enforcer
Blodgett profiles Mitchell’s town marshal Enoch Cheek, detailing his hardline methods against saloons and gamblers, his swift arrests, and the drive to expel 43 saloon “bums” from town. The piece notes Cheek arrived March 5, 1906, and vowed to stay until his work ends, shaping a safer, if harsher, frontier image.
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Mitchell
Marshal Cheek
Cheek
Blodgett
Enoch Cheek
Enoch
Indiana
Washington
Daviess County
Law and Order
Blue Goose
Arkansas travel notes and local color from Grimes letter
Charles F Grimes shares impressions from a southern Arkansas visit. He notes Arkansaw pronunciation, racial relations, and growth while contrasting northern views. He reflects on religion and society, then shifts to Asbury’s career and Indiana church work and the Vincennes district.
Reverend Charles E. Asbury Profile in Vincennes Paper
The Capital of Vincennes features Rev. Charles E. Asbury formerly of Bedford First M E Church and now presiding elder of the Vincennes district Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Born in 1858 at Quincy Owen County Indiana he grew up in a Methodist preacher's home and embodies religious civic virtue.
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Asbury
Bedford
Old Asbury
DePauw University
Greencastle
Brooklyn
Mr. Asbury
Waverly
Morgan County
Alfordsville
Daviess County
Rockport
Indianapolis
Evansville
Cloverdale
Worthington
Washington
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Vincennes
Decker
Terre Haute
Sho
Charles E. Asbury
Bedford First
Giant Greene County farmer claims world’s largest feet
John Mason of Wright township Greene county measured at 6 feet 9 inches and 285 pounds. A shoe company offered size 16 patent leather shoes on a double elastic to the first man whose feet would fit. Mason succeeded after many attempts and the makers invited a photo and fuller details about the giant.
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John Mason
Wright Township
Greene County
Mr. Mason
Mason
Labor Supply Increases As Railroads Delay Projects
Railroads suspend new track work boosting available labor and lowering wages. Italian Greek Austrian and Belgian workers flood labor offices in major cities paying agents for jobs. Dirt and ballast handlers earn 1 15 to 1 50 a day and track layers 1 50 to 1 60, down from last year. Road crews focus on essential spring work, awaiting renewed investment and higher demand. In Orange County James E. Clements plans a schoolhouse at Lick Creek to cut transfers. opposition grows. Mrs. C Cadle and daughter Bernice visit from Oklahoma City before settling in Bedford with Mr. Cadle soon joining.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
James E. Clements
Park Township
Orange County
Lick Creek
C. E. Cadle
Bernice
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mr. Cadle
Bedford
Salem Leader
Clean Up Drive Aims At Dairies Groceries Hotels And more
State Food and Drug Inspector I E Barnard introduces a card system for dairies drug stores groceries meat markets hotels and restaurants to grade sanitation ventilation light and cleanliness on repeated inspections. Dairymen and druggists must answer questions on cows stalls stable floors water sources udders cleanliness kichen and soda fountains. Inspectors report broad improvements and fewer prosecutions expected. The piece also critiques Sunday fishing laws, praising angling as harmless recreation. Washington Herald.
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I. E. Barnard
Indiana
Walton
Kirk-Bell
Washington Herald
Colonel Charles Smith of Terre Haute Resigns From Railway Mail Service
Colonel Charles Smith, 79, of Terre Haute, resigns after forty years as a mail agent and a decade as transfer agent at Union depot. His service includes the Terre Haute to Evansville route, prior to car racks, and military service in two wars and a Lopez expedition. He moved to Terre Haute before the Civil War and later rebuilt after a 1867 fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Terre Haute
Railway Mail Service
Post Office Department
Evansville
Union Depot
Smith
Cincinnati
Cuba
New Orleans
Cardenas
Key West
Indiana
Dynamite destroys Bruner drug store in Sandborn
An explosion at 11 35 Monday night rocked Sandborn Knox county injuring no one but heavily damaging the David A Bruner drug store. The blast blew out the front, shattered plate glass, hurled drugs and bottles across the street and damaged nearby buildings. Bruner estimates losses around 3000 dollars with no insurance. The building remains a wreck and Bruner had been troubled by recent incidents.
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Sandborn
Knox County
David A. Bruner
Bruner
Bruner Place
Opening Day Snow Delays and Surprises Across Leagues
Cold weather and snow dampened six of eight openers as fans endured frigid parks. Boston suffered a postponement while New York forfeited a game. St Louis saw the Browns beat the world champions 1–0 in a finley contest, and Chicago praised the Cubs 6–1 as Cincinnati stunned Pittsburgh in another upset. Detroit defeated Cleveland. Boston Philadelphia New York beat Washington.
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Boston
Davey
New York
St. Louis Park
Browns
Finley
Cardinals
Chicago
Cubs
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
McGraw
Supreme Court Reverses Ruling in Quarry Foreman Negligence Case
Greene C. C. reverses a lower decision in Perry-Matthews-Buskirk Co v Fletcher administrator. The court finds the complaint insufficient as to a quarry company under the employers liability act and upholds a second cause of action for negligent failure to provide a safe workplace. The piece notes widespread farm auctions drawing farmers to sell farms and personal property, with auctioneers prospering as some relocate to the Dakotas and Texas Panhandle.
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Perry - Matthews - Buskirk Company
Fletcher
Greene C. C
Gillett
Burns
Kansas
Io Tofess
Dakotas
Washington
Texas Panhandle
Canada
Steeple Fire At City Church Tower Sparks Rescue Efforts
Flames engulfed the cross and copper ball atop a wooden steeple, threatening a church in the city. Firefighters and a steeplejack battled the blaze for hours, rescuing bystanders and preventing collapse while insurers cover about five thousand dollars in potential damage.
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Smith Veste
Marshal Hurley
En Bers
Fifth Street
George L. Story
Ben Willen
George Roger
Joseph Nieholl
Snyder Tamen
Mary Gavin
Sire
Archibald
James Fitzgerald
Ladder Company 1
Chris Becker
Fitzgerald
Vi Dey
Kluessner
Kruessner
Trinity Chirch
Maine boxing ban reshapes sport after fatal match
A Maine fatal boxing death involving McKenzie in Philadelphia linked to inadequate medical checks sparked an outcry. Reformers drafted a six round limit and gloves weighing 6 to 7, with pre bout medical exams to bar unfit fighters.
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Maine
McKenzie
Philadelphia
Portland
Bic
New Maine
Bosers
Straight Whisky Labels and Roosevelts Stance Clarified
An official opinion sustained distillers of straight whisky under the pure food law, requiring bottles to show contents and production method. The president approved the decision, which could affect most whiskies sold in the U S. The move favors Dr H W Wiley and ends debates on what qualifies as whisky.
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Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
H. W. Wiley
Agricultural Department
Charles J. Bonaparte
Bonaparte
Washington
Land Record Tells Of An Historic 10 Acre Corn Field
W C Snyder owns a ten acre tract ten miles south of Salem in the Blue river bottoms. The land has been in corn for a century and was first planted in 1808 by George Beck, an early county settler.
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W. C. Snyder
Salem
Blue River Bottoms
George Beck
That
Big Brown County Gold Nugget Found
Winfield Richards of Brown County told in Bloomington that a large gold nugget was found on his farm along the creek Tuesday. The nugget weighed in Morgantown and was valued at $11.72, and Richards believes a larger gold deposit remains on the property.
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Winfield Richards
Brown County
Bloomington
Morgantown
Richards
President Roosevelt Drives Indiana Horses
A horse named Billy Brunswick owned by farmer Fred E. Hudelson near Knightstown is a half brother to a team driven by President Roosevelt. The Indiana horses originate from Henry and Rush counties, with one sold to Percy Walker of Rushville for 200 dollars, later sold for 800, and the same team previously sold at Madison Square Garden to Roosevelt for 3000 dollars. The President is now driving an Indiana horse team.
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Fred E. Hudelson
Knightstown
Billy Brunswick
Roosevelt
Indiana
Henry County
Rush
David Ricks
Spiceland
Percy Walker
Rushville
Walker
Ricks
Madison Square Garden
New York
Indiana Horces
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