Weather Heat Across the West Tops Records
The section faced hot conditions as temperatures climbed past 100 degrees. Concordia Kansas recorded 108 as the hottest spot, with Chicago and Dodge City at 102, Des Moines and Omaha at 106, Kansas City Keokuk and Dubuque at 104, Wichita at 100, and St. Louis at 98.
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Concordia
Kan
Micago
Dodge City
Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Nebraska
Kansas City
Keokuk and
Dubuque
Wichita
St. Louis
Record Heat Wave Causes Over Five Hundred Deaths
A nationwide heat wave from July 1 to 5, 1911, blamed for more than 500 deaths, with 341 heat fatalities and 80 drownings reported across cities from the north Atlantic coast to the plains. Indianapolis reached 103.3 degrees in shade atop a skyscraper and 113 on street levels. North Platte, Nebraska, recorded 118 degrees in shade.
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North Atlantic Seaboard
Plains States
Indianapolis
North Platte
Nebraska
Foley Kidney Pills Sold by Alf Druggists
Foley Kidney Pills are marketed as kidney and urinary tract aids. The description highlights corrective healing tonic and stimulating effects with antiseptic and uric acid solvent properties. For Sale by Alf Druggists.
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Alf
Temperance Meeting Honors Suffrage and Peace Work
The joint meeting of the Temperance society and Berne W C T U featured Rev J W Kliewer speaking in German on temperance needs including home training education and the ballet. Mrs L Yager discussed woman suffrage and its benefits. Kliewer repeated a peace movement paper, with a ladies quartet and Mennonite male choir providing music.
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The
Temperance Society
Berne
J. W. Kliewer
Travel Safe with Chamberlain Remedy on Your Trip
Advice urges taking Chamberlain's Colice Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy before travel by train or ship. It cannot be obtained aboard and is sold by all dealers for journeys.
Mount Hope Town Meeting Week Delayed by July Storm
Mount Hope reports a damaging storm on Tuesday that blew down fences trees and roofs. Rolla Calderwood and wife traveled to Wilshire Ohio to visit family but were injured when a storm toppled a wagon near Davison Mattox barn. Rolla escaped with bruises and a torn shirt while the team ran away. John Tumbleson and Serge Campbell guided the team to safety.
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Mount Hope
Will Porter
Dayton
Rolla Calderwood
Forest McCune
Will Clark
Wilshire
Susie
Rolla
Davison Mattox
Rola
John Tumbleson
Serge Campbell
Happiest Girl in Lincoln Praise for Chamberlain's Tablets
A Lincoln Nebraska girl reports chronic constipation and stomach trouble. After three days on Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets she could get up and improve. She calls herself the proudest girl in Lincoln for finding the medicine. For sale by all dealers.
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Lincoln, Neb
Chamberlain
Lincoln
Fairbanks backs Taft in Indiana pledge
Indianapolis July 5 Former Vice President Fairbanks pledged continued support for President Taft at a Marion club banquet. Party leaders debated whether Fairbanks would lead Indiana Republicans and steer the state organization and delegates for the 1912 national convention toward Taft.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
Marion Club
Taft
Indiana
Vfairbanks
Republican Party
Chamterlain's Remedy Endorsed For Summer Diarrhoea
An advertisement claims Chamterlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy plus castor oil provide a speedy cure for summer diarrhoea in children and states the product is for sale by all dealers.
Maine explosion caused by internal magazine blast says general
Washington July 5 General William Tf. Bixby chief of engineers, U. S. A., after inspecting the Maine salvage, asserts the ship's magazines detonated from within. He notes deck sections over the magazines blew upward and packed, with numerous unseen details revealed.
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Washington
Maine
William Tf. Bixby
U. S.A
Bixby
Mystery of Maine explosion blamed on internal blast
General Bixby concludes the Maine wreck resulted from an internal explosion after inspecting Ilavana harbor debris and mud. He notes two thirds of the bow wrecked and sides blown away, with likely bodies buried deep in the mud rather than ashore.
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Ous
Ilavana Harbor
General Bixby
Bixby
Maine
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Sells Broadly
Advertising blurb touts Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as effective for coughs in children and adults with no opiates or harmful drugs. Mentions a yellow package and urges refusing substitutes available at all druggists.
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Foley
Jan
Marshall proposes reform for under ten boys at state school
Indianapolis July 5 Governor Marshall signals possible action to keep boys under ten from being sent to the Indiana boys school at Plaintukt. Superintendent Guy C. Hanna reports 6300 inmates versus 400 capacity and notes overcrowding. He says many youths are sent by judges amid parental neglect. The governor will visit the institution before deciding on remedies.
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Indianapolis
Marshall
Indiana Boys’ School
Plaintukt
Guy C. Tanna
Sprats Treatment Guidance for Liniment Use
A veterinary style note advises careful treatment of sprats with Chamferlain's Liniment to relieve soreness and restore health. It states the product is for sale by all dealers.
Tea Parlor Visit Sparks Hidden Affection Rumors
A playful verse jokes that a sister and her beau exchange quiet glances across a parlor while the rest of the family departs. The speaker notes the contrast between public restraint and private signals when the couple sits together after others leave.
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Sister
Beau
Sis
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W. C. T. U. Temperance Meeting
Fair State
Bank of Berne
Beitler
DR. Simkins
Berne, Ind
East End Meat Market
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