Local merchants fight Chicago mail order trade with cash discipline
A Mentone report notes merchants used a list of buyers receiving Chicago freight to deny credit at local stores. Patrons who showed Chicago invoices were refused, nudging them to cash-only transactions. The story argues supporting home industries protects the community and government loyalty.
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Indianapolis
Avid
Mer- Sr
Chicago
Jake
Peaye
Mentone
Torture by Savages and a Cure Noted
A quoted sufferer from Kidney inflammation recalls torture by savage tribes in the Philippines, claiming relief only after using Electric Bitters. The ad touts benefits for liver complaints dyspepsia blood disorders and malaria, with a 5 cent price and guaranty. Reeves' Knightstown McAClaro Carthage drugstores carry it.
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Philippines
Saye W. M. Sherman
Cushing
Reeves’ Drug
Knightstown
McAclaro’s
Carthage
Dalrymple Receives Eleven Day Jail Term
Thomas Dalrymple, intoxicated, abused his wife in Dunreith last Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was jailed for eleven days. Rush county fair directors offer a ten dollar first prize and five dollar second prize to a boy under sixteen who raises and exhibits the fattest calf under one year at this fall’s fair.
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Dalrymple
Thomas Dalrymple
Dunreith
Rush County Fair Association
Rush County
C. M. Hackleman
J. J. McClung
Carthage
Strawboard
Crafton Orange Growers’ Association
Craftonville
California
San Bernardino County
Sam McCarty
W. H. Sharer
Ed N. Hill
C. G. Hill
Will Willcutt
Rushville
Emily Newlin
Son Weldon
Asheville
N. C
Will Newlin
South
T. Benton Henley
East Street Christian Church
Enley
A Favorite Remedy for Babies Cough Remedy
A favored remedy among mothers for its pleasant taste and quick cures. It eases coughs and colds in children and helps prevent pneumonia. It also cures croup and, when given at the first sign of a croupy cough, can prevent an attack. Sold by all druggists McClain Carthage.
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McClain
Carthage
Free telephone connections announced by Carthage Tel Co
Carthage Telephone Co announces free service with Watts System for subscribers starting March 1 1906. Rules require subscribers to pay regular tolls for calls to non-subscribers or to parties in towns not covered by the free service. Van Hood signs as manager.
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Carthage Telephone Co
Mays Station Tel. Co
Arlington el. Co
Knightstown Telephone Co
Watts System
van Hood
Bundy Leads Assault to Capture Mt Dajo in Philippines
Major Omar Bundy of the 6th Infantry U S A led attacking columns in the battle against Moros in the Philippines. American forces stormed and captured Mt Dajo, a 2100 foot lava cone with a crater summit, steep slopes and 50 ridges defended by Moros. All defenders were killed, about 600 bodies found, ending a band of raiders. Bundy, a Henry County native, was unwounded and his wife Adda Harden accompanied him in the Philippines. Martha Holland sold a Grant City lot for 95 dollars.
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Philippines
Omar Bundy
6Th Infantry
U.S. A
M. L. Bundy
New Castle
Bundy
Mt. Dajo
Henry County
Major Bundy
Adda Harden
Knightstown
Carthage Local Briefs Highlight Social Visits and Ads
Local news notes social visits by Miss Effie Hackleman and the Henley family in Rushville and Chicago, plus Ed Peed’s and Clyde Lewis’s trips. Advertisements include Dana Canned Goods and Golden Fleece Seed Oats. Dr. F W Cregor reportedly rode the first sleigh of winter, while Obits and minor events fill the column.
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Carthage
F. W. Cregor
Will J. Henley
Chicago
John Magee
Rushville
Ed Peed
New Castle
Qed
F. L. Phelps
Clyde Lewis
Morristown
E. D. Lewis
Dana Canned Goods Company
Goldie
Robert Lewis
Knightstown
Cora M. Clark
The
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Henley's Grocery
Henley
Weather Forecast
R. H. Hill & Co.’S
Carmony & Brown
UOGAL
Manmer
Moros
Martha Holland
Grant City
C. F. Pritchard
FE. J. Nay
Dana
Saale
Timothy Hay
Wirt F. Pitts
Record’s
Newsom
Effie Hackleman
Greenfield
Thomas Williams
Pearl Kiver
John Duncan
C. A. Kinder
Perry Ball
Edison
Dr. King
Reeves
Dana Canned Goods Co
R. E. Henley
Ind
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