Swift Specific Advertisement Claims Rheumatism Cure
Columbus Ohio May 20 1903 testimonial claims severe inflammatory rheumatism six months bed rest doctors failed then S S S cured painful swollen joints and relapsing disease. Patient R H Chapman 1355 Mt. Vernon Ave credits S S S with blood purification and lasting recovery. Ends noting S S S purifies blood without potash alkali or SSS and works by neutralizing toxins in blood.
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Columbus
Ohio
S&s. S
R.H. Chapman
Mt. Vernon Ave
S.S.S
Busy Indiana Department of Education Workload Highlighted
The state superintendent, a busy official and member of the state board of education, sets course of study, administers a $10,500,000 fund, directs township institutes, prepares reports for the legislature, visits counties, lectures teachers, attends superintendents meetings, serves on the State Normal School board, and handles vast correspondence. Cotton issues the coming year's course of study and township outlines with practical suggestions likely to yield good results.
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Department of Education
Indianapolis
State Board of Education
State Normal School
Cotton
Huntington Passes Anti-Spitting Ordinance
Huntington council approves a strict anti spitting law with penalties. Police are directed to arrest offenders and enforce the rule mercilessly to prevent public spitting in the city. Bluffton may face similar enforcement if enacted.
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Huntington’s Council
Metropolitan Police
Bluffton
Lost the Case in Muncie Hartford & Ft Wayne RR vs Twibell
Judgment for the defendants Josiah Twibell Abashaba Lacay Ann Lacey Jane Shields Sarah Long James Morvical William Morvical Ralph Morvical Elizabeth Morvical Jane Morrical and Sarah Webb in the sum of 250 dollars with costs awarded against the plaintiff in the Montpelier Call.
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Muncie, Hartford & Ft. Wayne Railroad Company
Joseph Twibell
Josiah Twibell
Abashaba Lacay
Ann Lacey
Jane Shields
Sarah Long
James Morvical
William Morvical
Ralph Morvical
Elizabeth Morrical
Jane Morrical
Sarah Webb
Montpelier Call
Early settler builds Poneto fortunes and church ties
English immigrant Mr. Hardwidge helped Poneto grow from a wilderness, building a large brick store and amassing a fortune through frugality and industry. He led Episcopal services locally and saw four sons and a daughter mature in the town. Funeral was held at his home with interment at Grove cemetery.
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Poneto
Mr. Hardwidge
England
Church of England
Episcopal Church
Fort Wayne
Hardwidge
Frank Hardwidge
Lake Erie
John
William
Fred
Muncie
Thomas Flynn
Ralph C. Jones
M. B
Grove Cemetery
Bryan cites Beveridge coffee pot argument in Indiana speech
The speaker reads a mock letter from Hardscrabble Ind dated Oct 19 1904 describing a worker who replaces meals with cheap coffee. The note claims weight loss and diminished income while criticizing Republicans and asking for anti Chinese literature. The item lampoons Beveridge and political economy.
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Beveridge
William J. Bryan
Indiana
Ind
Z. Mark
Democratic meeting in Zanesville draws 400 people
The Thursday evening gathering in Zanesville drew at least 400 Democrats with strong enthusiasm. The Ogsian glee club provided music as A. W. Hamilton and F. C. Dailey spoke.
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Zanesville
Ogsian Glee Club
A. W. Hamilton
F. C. Dailey
Wells County Tax Board Reduces Corporations Valuations
The Indiana tax board reduced valuations for the Erie and Clover Leaf railroads and the Indiana Pipe Line Co in Wells County from 1903 to 1904, sparking criticism of the Republican state administration. The piece argues state action favors corporations and urges farmers to oppose sustained support for the current government.
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Wells County
Erie and
Clover Leaf
Jefferson Township
Rock Creek Township
Union Township
Banner
United States
Indiana Pipe Line Co
Roosevelt
Jackson
Indiana Pipe Lint Co
State
Durbin
Wools County
Indiana Pipe Line Company
Indiana
Republican Party
Harmon to Speak in Wells County Grand Opera House
Nationally known Harmon ex-United States Attorney General will lecture in Wells County on November 3 at the Grand Opera House. He will also address Decatur November 4 and stay in the city the following night with a program featuring glee club music.
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Wells County
W. H. Eichhorn
United States
Harmon
Cincinnati
Grand Opera House
Decatur
Paper disavows rumor on Clover Leaf ownership
The paper states it will not publish further rumors about Clover Leaf railroad ownership without a signed statement from the railroad president. It notes the road was sold a few days ago, denies current reports, and says it has washed its hands of the deal.
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Clover Leaf Railroad
Road
Contracts Not Good for Petersburg Teacher No Redress
The appellate court ruled a written contract is required for teacher employment. Miss Frank R. Taylor, who did not teach and had spent funds at a normal school, cannot recover $500 salary since the school board resolution alone does not meet the law’s writing and signing requirement.
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Frank R. Taylor
Petersburg
Taylor
Death of Mrs. Rachael Hendricks at Liberty Center
Mrs. Rachael Hendricks aged 79 died at Liberty Center after a general decline. She came from Ohio twenty years ago with her husband, a former United Brethren minister who died sixteen years past. Survived by no children, she lived at home until illness led to her care at the William Batten home. Interment was in Grove cemetery after a Friday funeral at Liberty Center Baptist church attended by Wilf and Don Grove and families.
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Rachael Hendricks
Liberty Center
Silver Medal Contest Shines at Liberty Center
In a Baptist church event on Tuesday evening October 25 Liberty Center W C T U held a silver medal contest led by Miss Flo Sliger. Four contestants spoke Miss Ettie Stroud won the medal and Miss Bes sie Irwin took second place. Stroud also sang two temperance solos electrifying the audience. One man declared he would vote the Prohibition ticket after hearing her.
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Baptist Church
Liberty Center
Flo Sliger
Zada Johnson
Ettie Stroud
Bessie Irwin
Etfie Barclay
Miss Irwin
Deserted wife leaves home after romantic letters found
Mrs. John Oswalt, three miles east of the city near Klopfenstine distillery, deserted her husband and three sons after her husband found letters to a city clerk. Oswalt drove her to town and she was seen heading toward Montpelier, with possible return depending on her conduct.
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John Oswalt
Montpelier
Mr. Oswalt
Main Street
Insane Woman Sets Fire After Home Altercation
Mrs. Mounsey of West Second Street Marion was declared insane months ago and admitted to the asylum. She became violent last night driving her husband from the house with a chair, breaking furniture, and igniting a table cloth. He called for help. police took her to hospital and plans were made to transfer her to the county infirmary before asylum admission. Authorities cite cigarette addiction as a probable cause.
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Matthew Mounsey
West Second Street
Marion
Richmond
Mounsey
Marion Newsa-Tribune
Marriage License and Elevator Lease Report
Marriage license issued to P. A. Kemeter and Miss Minnie May Wibel. C. F. Davidson of Bluffton leased the Joseph Burnett elevator, placing George Way in charge as manager. Davidson owns elevators at Bluffton Uniondale Craigville and Osslan. Elevator leased for twenty dollars per month. Burnett traded eighty acres for the Osslan elevator.
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C. F. Davidson
Bluffton
Joseph Burnett
Geoge Way
Residents resist Little River ditch tax plan in four counties
James Gavin, W A Popejoy and Michael Miller led a viewing party along with Huntington, Whitley and Allen counties to map the watershed for the Little River improvement. They propose taxing lands draining into the main waterway and its tributaries, including Eight Mile, with costs around one million dollars, provoking strong opposition from Lancas township farmers and local residents who say they gain no benefit and would pay to fight the scheme. A teacher’s word lesson and a note on compulsory gun readiness for males 18 to 45 are mentioned in unrelated items.
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James Gavin
W. A. Popejoy
Michael Miller
Board of Commissioners
Little River Ditch
Huntington
Whitley
Allen
Eight Mile Ditch
St. Marys River
Little’ River
Eight Mile
Lancas
Little River School House
Wells County Map Free With Annual Subscription
The Evening Banner offers a free Wells County map to readers who pay all arrears and subscribe for one year. The map shows landowners, lands, houses, churches, rural routes, railroads, gravel roads, and more ready to hang. Existing subscribers can renew for another year to receive the map.
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Wells County
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Mpany
Atlanta
A. Cotipamylatngd
Rock Creek
Liberty Township
Harrison Township
Lancaster Township
Yee
Indiana Pice Line Co
Jackson Towns
Chester
Rock Creel
Nottingham
Harrison Towns
Lancaster
Ashbaucher Bros
Ae Cae Makmos
P. A. Kemeter
Minnie May Wibel
Uncle Sam
Bruwn
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