Shipping bill debate aims to revive American mercantile marine
The article argues the shipping bill, costing 9 million annually, could save 175 million currently paid to foreign shipowners by boosting American shipbuilding and competition. It cites Senator Frye on potential 50 million yearly freight savings, urges Republicans and administration to endorse and amend rather than defeat. It contends foreign ownership dominates current carriage and urges Congress to restore U S ships to seas, noting historical payments to foreign owners totaling about 4.0 billion over 85 years.
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National Treasury
A. Bet
Treasury
Congress
Frye
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United States
Old People Made Young Says Veteran Editor
J C Sherman, editor of the Yani, touts Electric Bitters as a cure for old age ailments. He claims the medicine eases insomnia, indigestion, constipation, rheumatism and heart trouble, improves appetite, and nourishes the kidneys. The testimonial notes the product, priced at 50 cents, is sold at OS Coffin & Co's drug store.
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J. C. Shérman
Evho
OS Coffin & Co
Land Down Son s Town Oar wheat and gas well plans
Fragmented local notes mention Pritchard & Son drilling a gas well for Carthave on a farm owned by Chas iuelow, Olver Drysdale buying a farm, and a county water spring claim. References to evangelical events, local youths achievements, typhoid child placements, and town boastful lines appear in a partial, unclear summary.
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Pritchard & Son
Chas Iuelow
Prominent Chicago Woman Praises Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Prof Boxs Tyler of Chicago vice president of the invis Women’s Alliance speaks in support of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. A Chicago woman recounts severe cold and near pneumonia, says the remedy eased her stomach upset and relieved symptoms, saving a doctor’s bill. she would not be without it. For sale by Coffin & Co.
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Boxs Tyler
Chicago
Invis Women’s Alliance
Chamberlain
Coffin & Co
Land Down South of Town Poem Fragment
A lyrical fragment asks who is the man or woman and describes a distant land south of town. The speaker notes sweet waters, honey, and sweeter simies in a sacred precinct, evoking a dreamy, musical landscape beyond remembered stories.
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Lan Ts
City council buys electric light plant for 2000
Knightstown Sun reports the city purchased the old electric light plant at a special council meeting last Wednesday. The $2000 price beat the company’s $2500 asking rate as the city takes charge of the plant and plans a new arc light system with improved machinery and reduced commercial lighting along main streets.
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Knightstown Sun
Furnishings From A Local Furniture Store
A small furniture house advertises its stock of furniture and storage items. The message highlights quarter and antique caks, wardrobes, dressers, oak pedestals, baby cabs, bed mattresses, springs, cots, and kept goods. Emphasis on second hand, old style merchandise and quality selections.
School Notes Marks End Of Semester Examinations
The district notes the first semester ending this week with bi monthly exams amid a round table gathering at the county superintendent’s office. Visitors listed include Mrs A Hill of Oregon Miss Reddick Arlington Miss Gray Walnut Ridge Mrs O B Hill Mrs Kizaie Cox Celia Judy Bessie Miller Harvey Minery and O F Kneger. A state circular calls attention to John Marshall’s 1801 federal chief justice anniversary with national observance urged including schools. The district joins in studying the judiciary and has received the United States Official Gazette January 1 1901. A letter from Mrs E A McCracken Brush Colorado was read at chapel noting Miss Eunice Patten is remembered in the community.
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A. T. Hill
Oregon
Reddick
Arlington
Gray
Walnut Ridge
United States
Washington
Illinois
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Patent Office
Cough and Cold Remedies Ad Yet No Cure Promise
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cold cure in one day with no cure no pay for 25 cents. It notes a Miami county representative will seek a bill to regulate upfront gas prices versus gas furnished. Also mentions Dr Loyal Ford’s Dyspedticide as a cure for indigestion and claims related digestive benefits.
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Miami County
Loyal Ford
Coffin & Co
German Syrup touted as cure all cough remedy
A German physician Dr A Boschee's German Syrup is praised as a durable medicine curing Coughs Voels and lung troubles by removing the cause and promoting strong health. It has sold two million bottles annually since 1868 and is widely distributed. Three doses are claimed to relieve ordinary coughs. A local loss notice mentions Miss Edna Hatfield of Greensburg as robbed of a $400 pearl or diamond brooch in Shelbyville.
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A. Boschee
United States
Coffin & Co
Mies
Edna Hatfield
Greensburg
Shelbyville
Disgraceful Jan. 2 Cake Walk Affair Ends With Fines
Ec Ball Wilbur Rhoades Arle Bundy and town marshal William Williams faced Squire Ball for disturbing a public meeting. Affidavits and warrants led to guilty pleas on assault and battery with fines seven dollars fifty cents each, all paid except Ball who deferred his. An arrest attempt on Marshal Williams was dropped after settlement. Rhoades also paid his fine.
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Ec Ball
Wilbur Rhoades
Arle Bundy
William
Williams
Squire Benjamins Court
Willsins
Ball
Sworth
Squire Ball
Arlington
Marshal
Mabra
Wibur Rhoades
John Tutle
Squire
Columbia Hall
Winter Butchering and Social Notes From Farmerton
Report from Farmerton mentions Mr. Boose of Indianapolis and Henderson meetings, cold weather enabling winter butchering, T. B. Gary attending Carthage Sunday, and a cordial reception. Turkeys in the region are largely sold, while nearby sources complain of petty thefts, urging residents to earn their meat and daily bread.
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Farmerton
Boose
Indianapolis
Inéetibes
Henderson
B. Gary
Carthage
Mra
Solil
Sunday School and Union Services Report Reflect Year’s Start
The article details a church week with increasing Sunday attendance and offerings, a Miss Young missionary address from China, and a 108 pupil Sabbath School first week of the century. Rev Trueblood’s John 17:5 sermon, Junior and Senior Endeavor programs, and no evening service due to a union M E church gathering are noted.
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Edgar Stinger
Epworth League
Mombership
League
Logan Stinger
Woman's Foreign Mission Societies
Miss.Young
China
Joah Bundy
Trueblood
Junior
Senor Endeavor
M. E
Indiana Legislature Opens With New Speaker and Governor Inauguration
Yesterday at noon the Indiana Legislature convened Samuel R Artman of Lebanon was elected speaker of the house. Next Monday Winfield T Durbin will be inaugurated governor with ceremonies and a large ball at Tomlinson Hall. Presidential Electors also meet that day. Representative Williams of Rushville will propose a bill to form a new judicial circuit for Rush and Fayette Counties, merging Union and Franklin, and creating a separate circuit for Shelby County.
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Samuel R Artman
Lebanon
Winfield T. Durbin
Tomlinson Hall
Williams
Rushville
Rush
Fayette Counties
Union
Franklin
Shelby County
Shelby
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