Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women and Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for digestive and systemic ailments. It claims transparency of ingredients, no alcohol, and no habit-forming drugs, touting free consultation from Buffalo New York and highlighting Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Mysterious Death of Salem Bank Deputy Cashier
Deputy Cashier Charles B. Williams of Salem Citizens Bank was found dead inside the bank Friday morning with a shotgun wound to the heart and an empty shotgun nearby. He was about 42, married with one child, reported in good health recently though suffering insomnia, and his colleagues suspect accidental death.
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Williams
Salem Citizens Bank
Citizens Bank
Salem
Charles B. Williams
Mr. Williams
Charity drives aid murdered man’s family and burial
The Bloomington Star reports swift charity for Mrs. Stephens and her six children after her husband’s murder. Neighbors supplied clothing and comfort, a mortgage was paid, and funeral costs covered. Opposing views on postmortem body use highlight a public debate on medical college practices.
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Stephens
Bloomington
Medical Department
Indiana University
Cleveland
Ohio
Medical College
Coon Hunting Talk and Miss Brooking Returns
A hunter extols frying young coon meat straight from the woods and notes a fall hunting spot with a dog that treed coons quietly. Separately Miss Mae Brooking recovers from a lengthy typhoid illness and resumes teaching in the political schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quierd
Great Ovation for Fairbanks in Southern Indiana Visit
Vice President Fairbanks and Congressman Chaney arrived by special at noon to Southern Indiana crowds. He spoke in Jasonville Linton Edon and Bedford highlighting Republican prosperity and urging support for Chaney and Roosevelt. The event drew a large, enthusiastic, largely Republican audience with broad handshakes after the speech.
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Fairbanks
Chaney
Indiana
Jasonville
Linton
Edon
Bedford
Bryan
S. I
Lawrence County
Roosevelt
Black coal found in second vein of Indiana bituminous mine
Brazil Block Coal Company reports discovery of black coal in the second vein north of Brazil Indiana. This is the first time black coal and bituminous coal have been found in the same mine, promising a new field and higher prices for miners.
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Indiana
Brazil Block Coal Company
Brazil
Brazil Black Coal Company
Mooney
District
District 11
Purse snatcher alarms Mitchell area after late Thursday theft
A woman walking near the American Express building north of the passenger station was snatched by a stranger who lifted her purse containing 2.40 then fled under freight cars. Police could not locate the thief, described as unknown and possibly a tramp. Also noted are railroad rate changes and recent sales figures from Mitchell agents, plus local visits by W. T. Hubbard of Bedford stone and arrival of R. K. Wicker and wife from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rutledge
Monon
American Express
Common School Fund Totals Across Counties and State
Statewide figures show the common school fund at 8,269,017.34 with 102,223.22 earned that year. Marion County hold 482,749.97 with 98,832.29 unloaned. Totals include 744,673 children aged six to twenty one with breakdowns by township, town, and city enrollments and by white and colored males and females.
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Congressional
Marion County
Fassett A. Cotton
Congressional Township
Efforts to raise pay for rural letter carriers underway
A coming Congress session may consider an appropriation to boost the salaries of 36 427 rural letter carriers. Earlier, Hitchcock urged increases for city clerks and carriers, and DeGraw adds a plea for rural carriers whose pay rose in the fifty seventh Congress. Supporters argue for higher compensation or a horse hire allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
DeGraw
Leg Broken At Entrance In East Bedford
Frank Able, a bartender at Blackwell's saloon, fractured a leg after slipping on a stone step at the boarding house entrance in East Bedford Saturday night. He will be laid up for some time. Robert Campbell and family are visiting from Louisville to spend a few days with relatives. Campbell works with W. H. Gillette in Louisville.
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Frank Able
Blackwell’s
East Bedford
Robert Campbell
Louisville
Mr. Campbell
W. H. Gillette
Burglary at Weaver and Collins Market Reported
Thieves smashed a glass door at the Weaver and Collins meat market between 9 and 10 pm Friday and stole about $2 in small change. Mr. Collins closed at 9, Mr. Weaver found the back door open an hour later. Horace Richardson's store was entered with no loss. Police attribute the thefts to local boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver & Collins Meat Market
Monon announces new superintendent and promotions
The Monon Railway reorganizes its operating staff with the abolition of the General Superintendent post. J B Sucese is named Superintendent succeeding George K Lowell who becomes General Manager of Zimmerman lines based in Toledo. Promotions also include Charlies T McHugh as trainmaster, E B Cassell as day train dispatcher, Joan R Stemm as day chief, H E Riggs as night chief, and Howard Guthrie as regular train dispatcher. All promotions take effect Nov 1.
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Monon
J. B. Sucese
George K. Lowell
Zimmerman Lines
Toledo
Mr. Sucese
North Vernon
Lafayette
Louisville
Charlies T. McHugh
Bloomington
Sucese
E. B. Cassell
McHugh
Joan R. Stemm
H. E. Riggs
Stemm
Howard Guthrie
True Diphtheria Findings Confirmed by State Board
The current throat illness in Bedford Indiana is mild yet confirmed as diphtheria after microscopic checks by the State Board of Health on specimens from Dr Freeland’s cases. The Bedford Drug Co. thanks patrons and asks for continued support of Mr C E Franklin a registered pharmacist newly recommended as capable and trustworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeland
State Board of Health
C. E. Franklin
Pendleton
Ind
Franklin
Bepford Druc Co
E. B. Thornton
Bedford, Ind
Apples Stored In Vincennes Plant Reach 12000 Barrels
The Vincennes Capital reports 12 000 barrels of apples in Ebner Ice and Cold Storage in Vincennes with Illinois apple belt origins. Before cold weather 3000 more barrels will be stored. At 2 1 2 bushels per barrel that equals 27 500 bushels and about 5 725 000 apples with an estimate of 150 apples per bushel. A D Hinshaw of near Williams visited the city after a four month Colorado Springs stay. A Lawrence County jury once would not return a capital verdict, raising suspicion Spunk Jones faces life or lighter sentence for manslaughter if acquitted or self defense successful.
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Ebner Ice and
Vincennes
Illinois
Lawrence County
Jones
Bloomington Star
Where Art Thou Sermon Provokes Self Inquiry
The Evangelist frames God’s question to Adam and exhorts sinners backsliders secret believers and church members to seek repentance. The sermon emphasizes grace and healing if one turns to the Lord, warning of consequences for turning away and urging attendance tonight in pleasant autumn weather.
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Evangelist
God
Adam
Eden
Jesus
Holy Angels
Bank Funds Intact After Williams Death In Salem
Later developments in the case of Charles B. Williams acting cashier of the Citizens Bank of Salem point to death by his own hand. He left a will two days before death bequeathing all to wife and child and had been troubled by property matters and insomnia. The coroner’s inquiry awaits Monday. The gun is said to have been placed back at the vault corner. Bank funds remain intact. Advertised list for week ending Nov 3 1906. Names listed include Ferrell Bridget and others. The entry also notes inventors Borders and Kloetzer returning from Washington with patent papers for an electric device to stop trains and prevent wrecks.
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Charles B. Williams
Citizens’ Bank of Salem
Williams
William Borders
Otto Kloetzer
Washington
Ind
Washington City
Spores Confesses to Scottsburg Murder and Death Sentence
William A. Spores, guilty of murdering Douglas Fawbush near Scottsburg, faces a March 25 1907 hanging after writing a lengthy religiously themed letter from Scott county jail. He claims drink wrecked his life and asserts he killed Fawbush after a prior insult to his father. He is to be moved to Michigan City for execution.
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William A. Spores
Douglas Fawbush
Scottsburg
Scott County
Fawbush
Spores
Michigan City
Little York
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Skull Fracture After Chapel Hill Bat Fight
Bedford police traced a Sunday night disturbance at Chapel Hill where a fight left Ed Deckard with a fractured skull after Ian Kinser struck him with a bat. Kinser’s whereabouts were unknown. both were 21 or 22 and residents near Chapel Hill, Monroe County line.
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Bedford
Chapel Hill
Chapel TH
Ian Kinser
Ed Deckard
Deckard
Kinser
William Kinser
Oolitic
Green Deckard
Monroe County
Roosevelt Ends Three Days Hunt at Pine Knot
President and Mrs. Roosevelt return to Washington from Pine Knot Va after a three day turkey hunting trip with Dr Rixey and J C Bishop. He bags one wild turkey the last afternoon, while Mrs. Roosevelt enjoys ideal weather and horseback rides.
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Washington
Thanksgiving dinner prices rise with turkey and cranberry costs
A historical notice predicts higher Thanksgiving costs with turkeys rising to twelve to fourteen cents a pound and cranberry products increasing due to a weaker crop. Producers report steady supply though demand grows, while cranberry market forecasts favor an advance over a possible decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gradgrind
Fire damages Snow's Grocery on P Street
Firefighters responding to a blaze at Snow's Grocery on P Street found the rear of the frame building ablaze. The fire, believed started by a boy dropping a match in rubbish, caused about 125 dollars in building loss and 200 to 400 dollars in stock loss, both insured. The owner is Henry Zollman.
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Snow
P Street
18Th
14Th
Henry Zollman
Deckard sisters present Hiawatha entertainment at church
At First Baptist in Indianapolis on Friday evening November 16 Miss Ethel Deckard of Bedford and Miss Maude Deckard present a Hiawatha program of Indian songs and legends. Both are noted performers and Phi Phis. The same issue reports the death of George Clark of Bedford after a logging accident in Collinsville Alabama with funeral at Clear Creek.
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Indianapolis Star
First Baptist Church
Ethel
Maude Deckard
Bedford
Ethel Deckard
Cummock School of Oratory
Evanston, Ill
Cummock
Phi Phis
Tri-Kappas
George Clark
Collinsville
Ala
Bloomington
Clear Creek
T. J. Clark
Clark
McLean Lumber Company
Chattanooga
Commissioners Grant Liquor License and Rejections Noted
The Board of Commissioners granted a liquor license to Constant Gaussin of Bedford. George Hoard of East Oolitic had his application rejected for Sunday selling unfitness. Fred Kern of Oolitic and Edward Simpson were adjourned to Wednesday for further evidence.
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Board of Commissioners
Constant Gaussin
Bedford
George Hoard
East Oolitic
Fred Kern
Oolitic
Edward Simpson
Four Scarlet Fever Cases Hit Isom Family
Four children of Henry Isom of 21st and F streets contract scarlet fever. They caught the illness in Smithville from a case where quarantine had been lifted. The family faces a serious situation as the boy’s five year old son may die.
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Henry Isom
21St
F Streets
Smithville
Indiana Wheat Lead as 1906 Crop Tops State History
Joseph H. Stubbs State Statistician reports Indiana’s wheat crop this year at about 40,020,988 bushels, surpassing 1905 by 12,000,000. Acreage to 2,105,197 with 19.01 bushels per acre. Rush County highest yield. Corn total 165,076,871 bushels. oats 49,727,767. Daviess County notes yields of wheat corn oats and local residents visit Bloomington for a football game.
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Joseph H. Stubbs
Indiana
Rush County
Benton County
Daviess County
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Coon
Mae Brooking
Mr. Chaney
Mr. Bryan
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Leonard
Col. A.C. Voris
James A. Zaring
Basil Graham
Doyle Graham
H. P. Pearson
J. E. Boruff
W. V. Williams
T. J. Brooks
Brazil Field
Frank Bixler
Mitchell
Oregon
W. T. Hubbard
R. K. Wicker and Wife
Chicago
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Burglars Agate
Lowell
A. D. Hinshaw
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Hudson
Cashier Williams
Ferrell
Bridget
Fording
Miss Almva
Miller
Sophia
Biddle
Thomas. Miller, Sam
Whitacre, A
L. Keach
P. m
North Tist
Pitman’s Feed Store
Edward Clark
Hubbard Miranda
Erdman, Miranda
William Jones
John Littell
Joseph Lester
Ed Clark
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company
Speres
de Pauw
Harrison County
Scott City
Kan
Reformatory
West Virginia
Otto Benke
Bedford Drug Co
John D. Williams
Joe Glover
Arthur Sears
Core Duncan
Theo
Knight
North Carolina
Owensburg
L. E. Schultz
Highland Park
Alice Caroline
Anna McNabb
Jane McNabb
Washington, D. C
Charley Woody
S W
Maude
Oklahoma
Woody
Nora Hord
Osborn Engineer Company
United Cement Company
Goubert Manufacturing Company
United States Cement Company
Kentucky
Tennessee
W. H. Freeman
State Board of Forestry
Mr. Freeman
N. B. McKay
Southern Indiana Railway
Mr. McKay
Greensburg
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Snow's
South FP Street
Charlie Richardson
Albert Fields
John Miller
William McKinley
Fred Splitgerber
Will Burk
J. B. Schrock
I. U.—Depauw
Mayo’s Medical and Surgical Institute
North
Delaware Street
Indianapolis, Ind
DR. W. 8
Gillespie
Gillspie
W. R. Mayo
M. D
W. B. Gillespie
Dianapolis
R. R
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