Dr Humphreys Specifics Cure Listing Claims
An advertisement touts Dr Humphreys Specifics with cures by acting on diseases without systemic disruption. It lists numbers and ailments such as fevers, colic, coughs, neuralgia, headache, indigestion, croup, rheumatism, malaria, influenza, whooping cough, kidney diseases, nervous debility, urinary issues, and bedwetting, with prices and a mail order note from Johnsten Hunaya Co in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Isla
Johnsten- Hunaya
William New York
Railroad Racket and Yard Upgrades Reported
A roundup notes Engine 26 reassignments in South Indianapolis yards and staff moves at the S I depot. It reports double tracking for Illinois Central Chicago to New Orleans line, a Monticello bridge project, and plans for Southern Indiana yards in Seymour with a proposed frame depot and multiple tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Orleans
A Good Cough Medicine Promises Health Restore
Thousands claim health and happiness after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is marketed as beneficial for threats or lung troubles and even long standing coughs resistant to other treatments. For sale by W. C. Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. C. Elliott
Workingmen's Only Day of Leisure Critique
The Indianapolis Journal questions Sunday excursion trains and argues that many travelers visit cities for quiet leisure, monuments, parks, or to see relatives. It defends rest on a six day work week and challenges Sabbath strictness versus enjoying a change of scene.
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Indianapolis Journal
A Telegraph Repair in Iowas Flood Day Report
Chas C Ellis of Lisbon Iowa battled a raging flood washing down a telegraph line he was repairing in waist deep icy water. Doctors declared consumption but after six bottles of Dr. King s New Discovery he was cured. Sold by Messick Dodd at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. C. Ellis
Lisbon
Oakland
Neb
Sioux City
Omaha
Dr. King
Messick & Dodd
Wouldn't Stand the Cut at Consolidated Stone Quarry
Twelve men at the Consolidated stone quarry near Bloomington struck Monday after superintendent Al Stone read a Chicago letter cutting wages from 24 to 20 cents an hour. The four machine men and their eight helpers walked out with their buckets, vowing not to work until wages are restored. Uncertain impact on other quarry workers, as replacements may be hard to find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Stone
Bloomington
al Stone
Chicago
Eugene Thomas to Work at Tunnelton This Summer
Eugene Thomas closes his photo gallery near the Mail office and plans summer work at Tunnelton, expanding his local employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Thomas
Tunnelton
Ice Shortage Grips Indiana As Summer Nears
An alarming ice shortage hits Indiana with scarce natural stock except Cedar Lake and Lafayette. Northeastern areas failed due to snow and cold, while 15 Louisville factories run nonstop but meet only part of demand. Freight costs block northern imports, boosting iceman fortunes until frost returns.
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Indiana
Cedar Lake
Lafayette
Cedar Lake District
Louisville
Bedford
Indianapolis
Upper Lake
Old Grant
Pierpont Morgan
Heartburn Advice and Court Proceedings Summary
An article segment offers home remedy guidance for heartburn advising slow eating and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets sold at Elliott's drug store. It also reports in Terre Haute that in the Circuit Court the Southern Indiana Express Company vs American Express Company and State of Indiana vs Adams and American Express Companies petitions to remove to Federal Court and related motions were set for argument and contin ued to the September term with restraining orders remaining in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Elliott’s
Southern Indiana Express Company
American Express Company
State of Indiana
Adams and
American Express Companies
American Company
Edward Daniels
Baker & Daniels
Indianapolis
Lamb and Beasley
Joseph S. Shea
Seymour
S. R. Hamill
Southern Indiana Company
Circuit
Terre Haute Gazette
Wicker Shines For Dayton In Loss To Louisville
Dayton pitcher Wicker, sought by the Messrs. Robinson, gave a gilt-edge showing against Louisville Friday, yielding five earned runs and nine safeties in a scattered game. Also notes a neighbor’s infant cured of cholera infantum using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after doctors gave up.
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Wicker
Dayton
Messrs. Robinson
Louisville
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Chamberlain
Curtis Baker
Bookwalter
W. ©. Elliott
Heat Wave Claims 149 Across Nation in Six States
A national heat wave killed 149 people with 87 in Greater New York as temperatures topped 100. Philadelphia, Chicago, and Cincinnati reported multiple fatalities. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, led with 105 degrees. Thunderstorms and rain began to break the heat, while June and July records show a persistent warm trend across many regions.
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New York
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Lancaster
Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Jacksonville
Fla
Omaha
Neb
Davenport
West Virginia
Iowa
Lower Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Missiouri Valley
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
New York City
Jury Disagrees in Lamb Murder Case at Washington
After 23 hours of deliberation the Lamb murder trial jury failed to reach a verdict and was discharged in Washington Indiana. Harley Lamb killed Walter Correll at Odon last year with the motive that Correll bleated like a sheep. The report notes another item about Wicker of the Dayton Western association in demand by St Louis with a possible release fee.
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Washington
Ind
Lamb
Harley Lamb
Walter Correll
Correll
Odon
Wicker
St. Louis
Robison
Armour
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Seven Years In Bed and One Woman’s Restoration
Mrs L Pease of Lawrence had seven years bedridden due to kidney and liver trouble and nervous debility. She reports three bottles of Electric Bitters restored her, allowing walking again in three months. Aimed at women with headaches backache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizziness. Sold by Messick and Dodd for 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Messick & Dodd
The Newark case drags through venue change and delays
The Newark whitecap case, moved to the Monroe Circuit Court for the October term, affects sixteen defendants with Dr. Joseph Britton and wife listed as complainants. Other notes report new taxes, umbrella crime in Indiana, and a flood-struck trip from West Virginia with a near-miss for Keystone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Greene County
Monroe
Joseph Britton
Obituary of Glen Bugh at age nine
The 9 year old Glen Bugh, son of Murray and Anna Bugh, died after a brief illness. Relatives and friends mourn his loss, recalling his conscious presence on his deathbed and offering comfort in faith that he rests in Heaven. The notice emphasizes innocence and the distant comfort of the afterlife.
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Murray
Anna Bugh
Glen
Heaven
Iie
Fie
Supreme sums and local tragedy in telegraphic notes
Bloomington reports Seward Drake death by morphine amid domestic trouble. Indiana audits a $800,000 state debt payment. national deficits and a rising U S surplus are discussed. Purdue bids open for new agricultural building at $54,000. Nashville denies a saloon license after a legal battle. Kansas farmers face wartime harvest tales while Chicago storm claims. Wheat belt farmers prepare to thrash vast crops as revenue trends show a possible federal surplus.
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Bloomington
New York
Indiana
Philippines
Lafayette
Purdue
William P. Jungclaus Company
Indianapolis
Nashville
Ind
Schuyler Pool
James Mathis
Circuit Court
Kansas Wheat Dominates Agriculture As Sunflower State Grows
The text notes Kansas leading in wheat production with a projected ninety million bushels this year, about ten million below earlier forecasts. It cites five million acres sown and fifteen thousand workers imported for harvest, with potential state income around $50 million. Kansas is described as the kingdom of wheat, benefiting from increased rainfall and tree planting. In Pittsburg, Pa., July 1, the Amalgamated Association strike ends day one with union plants idle and potential 35,000 to 40,000 workers affected. expectations point to a settlement before summer shutdown. West Hayes visited Mt Olive on business.
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Cleveland
United States Steel Corporation
Combine
Steel Trust
Morgan
Kansas
Burlingame
Chicago
Ill
North Shore
Willie Anderson
Wichita
Kan
Kansas Wheat Belt
New York
Pittsburg
American Sheet Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
Amalgamated Association
Death of Mrs Levena Smith at 91
Mrs Levena Smith died Tuesday morning after a 10 month illness. She was 91 and passed at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs William Tinsley at 418 Hast 16th street. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at Conley Cemetery two miles east of Huron with services at the Conley school house by Rev Benjamin Prosser.
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Levena Smith
William Tinsley
16Th Street
Conley
Huron
Conley School-House
Benjamin Prosser
Harvest Tales and Local Social Notes From PINHOOK
Harvest is here and farmers report damaged wheat from recent storms while binders sound and shockers sing of bringing in the Golden Sheaves. Local residents visit, host, and attend family events across Robt Ingle Brooking and Gertie Ingle households with measles cases and church Sunday school efforts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt
Ingle
Dema
Gertie Ingle
Brooking
Theo Allen
Minnie Ludtke
Ft. Ritner
Harvey Guthrie
J. C. Brooking
C. M. Brooking
Matthew Mathis
A. J. Speer
W. V. Haws
Sproull & Kimbly
All O. K
Dema Ingle
Frank Guthrie
Tunnelton
Demainzle
W. H. Crawford
Clema
Bedford
Jessie Jones
Ada Guthrie
Elsie
Emma Beaver
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Lynn Dodd
Fred Evans
Andy Stone
New Albany
Harry Ferguson
Mr. Stone
Bert Wicker
Clarance Bollinger
The
Monon
Wabash River
Monticello
Anderson
Ryan
Big Four
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
Contol
Sey
Henry Dreher
Roachdale
Dreher
Louis Kron
Cincinnati Avenue
Southern Indiana Yards
O’brien
Terre Haute
Ice Man
May
Radford
J. Hickson Smith
Republican Central Committee
Clark County
Jefferson Cor
Louisville Commercial
Len Earle
Manon
Linton
Bleeding
Holy City
Nichols
Yonkers
N. Y. World
Paris
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Geo Stoessel
Jacob H. Miller
Keystone
Telegraphic News
Edison
West Hayes
Mt. Olive
Southern Indiana Railway
Lam. P.M
AL Terre Haute
Elnora
A. M
P.M
AL ML
PS Beehunter
A.M
P.M. Seymour
Indian Springs
Beehunter
Asm P.M
AM. Em
Union Station
Bedford, Indiana
Oledos
Carson
North Bound
Sun
Switz City
H. P. Radey
A. F.j.reen
G. P.A
Crea
Cras
H. Rocawear
Columbus
Wheeling
Baltimore
Rivervale
Mitchell
West
Riversmoor
V. Vale
Thomas Donahus
W. Ky
Rale, Mitchell, Sey
River Raina
Vandalia
Limedale
St Louis
Efingham
East
O. M. Wheelere
T. P. Ai
Juda
Paanenger
Effingham
Ira J. Hollenslee
Westport
Seba A. Barnes
Minnie
Lena Agnew
W. H. Lemons
North Lincoln Street
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