Rail schedule fragments show routes to Richmond Columbus and East
Train times list departures from Charlotteaville Knightstown and Cambridge City or Richmond with arrivals to Indianapolis and Cambridge City. Service runs in morning and evening hours including 8:20 am 6:03 pm and multiple daily slots, reflecting a period timetable with connections.
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Charlotteaville
Richmond
Columbus
The
East
Cambridge City
Indianapolis
Knightstown
Reduced Rates Via Big 4 Convention Listings
International Convention Baptist Young Peoples Union of America at Cincinnati Ohio July 12 to 15. Grand Army of the Republic Department of Indiana annual encampment in Indianapolis Indiana May 16 to 17. Date of sale 14 15 and 16 returning May 19 inclusive. Southern Indiana Teacher's Association Evansville Indiana April 7 to 9. For further information call on J. E. Campbell agent.
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International Convention Baptist Young Peoples Union of America
Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Ind
Indianapolis
Southern Indiana Teacher’s Association
Evansville
J. E. Campbell
Local Officials Named in Northern District Committees
Treasurer and surveyor posts listed with A W Newson and Dr F H Green in the Northern District. Middle and South districts show John H Frazee and W S Thompson as the commissioners and councilmen with H H Elwell in the Northern District.
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John H Frazee
Laige
H. H. Elwell
Local Officials List Road Supervisors and Justices of the Peace
Trustee advisory board members include Jesse Henley Oliver M Brown and Thomas T Newby. Road supervisors numbered 1 through 7 list Herkless Jessup Winslow Phelps Henley Newsom Hill. Justices of the Peace named David Benjamin H E Stager J C Hil.
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John B. Herkless
Micajah Jessup
George A. Winslow
Gurney Phelps
Reuben Henley
Alva Newsom
Thomas J. Hill
Justices OF the Peace
David C. Benjamin
H. E. Stager
J. C. Hil
Bryan’s Issues Fixed Reported by Democratic Press
Overton Texas December 15 1898 I suffered thirty years from gall stones. After many physicians and patent medicines nothing helped. Since last April I began Dr J H McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm taking nine bottles and have felt no more gall stones. B Tucker Coffin Co and others advertise this remedy.
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Overton, Tex
J. H. McLean
B. Tucker
Uck
Bron
Coffin & Co
Logansport Post Office Holds Mail for Nickum
Door reads two bushels of mail for Nickum the perpetual light man withheld by the department. DeWitts Watch Hazel is touted as a cure for piles and other diseases. Warns of counterfeit products from dangerous sellers and mentions a police official reading naphe amid other garbled lines.
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Nickum the Perpetual Light Man
Logansport
DeWitt
Hazel
Coffin & Co
No Right To Ugliness Beauty Ad Claims
A vintage advertisement promises a healthy transformation for women by regulating stomach liver and kidneys and purifying blood with Electric Bitters. It asserts benefits include strong nerves bright eyes smooth skin and a rich complexion and touts availability for 50 cents at J H McCarty and sons Drug store.
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Ole
J. H. McCarty & Son
Druy
Washington Letter 1900 McKinley Tariff and Political Currents
Washington notes McKinley signed the Dingley Tariff bill allocation of over 2 million for Porto Rico and calls on callers like Frank Jones. Davis favors the France reciprocity treaty, Bryanites fear nominating battles arise. Ex governors Campbell Dickinson and Hoke Smith discussed possible plots but Bryan’s inevitability noted. The House debated the Loud bill on second class mail, seeking $20 million annual savings.
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McKinley
Porto Rico
M.kinley
Frank Jones
New Hampshire
Democrats
Jones
Democratic Party
France
Davis
Senate
Washington
Bryan
Nebragas
Y Iquksas
Congress
Campbell
Morgan
Nebraska
House
Loud
Indiana News Detracts From Earlier Press Methods
The Ind ies News runs its immense edition on rapid perfecting presses replacing slow years old machines. The paper, a major Indiana publication, sells at a rapid rate of 72,000 copies and its cartoons attract nationwide attention, reinforcing its status as a leading state newspaper.
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Indiana
Indies News
Dairyman Seeks Doctor for Child With Croup
An Albany dairyman, his child severely ill with croup, sought a doctor but left word for urgent arrival. He bought Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ease until the doctor came. Hours later the child improved and the family soon recommended the remedy to neighbors. For sale by O. B. Coffin & Co, Druggists.
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Albany
N. Y
Chamberlain
Otto Scholz
Coffin & Co
Billerine
Geneva
Bedford County
D. Coffin & Co
Local Doctor Hopes Corn Aid to India
Dr Richard Gear Hobbs of Springfield Indiana aims to raise funds to ship a cargo of corn to starving Indians. An adjacent blurb extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with patient claims, while Detroit relevant trademarks appear. London population growth cited at seventy thousand annually and nineteen expeditions left Dawson City for Cape Nome between December 4 and January 14.
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Richard Gear Hobbs
Springfield
India
E Hartgerink
Overisel
Coffin & Co
London
Arnica Salve claim and price from JH McCar lip line
An old advertisement touts Backlen’a Arnica Salve as a cure for eruptions, skin sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, warts, bruises, burns, chilblains, and piles. It promises pain relief, a 25 cent price, and guarantees the cure from JH McCar lip & Sons.
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JH. McCarlip & Sons
Iron Nerve From Death Defying Will Said to Aid Health
A brief ad praises Dr. King's New Skill for building brain and body power. It touts indomitable will and stamina as benefits, claiming the product strengthens vital organs and overall health. Available at McCarty & Son's Drug Store for 2 cents.
Local Promoters Plan Marion Electric Plant
B F Burk and W H Anderson prepare to build a new one hundred thousand dollar electric light plant at Marion Jonesboro may receive a new flint workers glass factory. Clinton township Elkheart county farmers organize a mutual telephone company. Aggregate cattle receipts at Chicago last year near 270000 head. Numerous medicinal ads and testimonials include Chamberlains Cough Remedy and DeWitts Little Early Risers.
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B. F. Burk
W. H. Anderson
Marion
United States
Rocky Mountain Tea
Clinton Township
Elkhart County
Mutual Telephone Company
Chicago
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Advertising Pitch
Advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as an ideal stomach remedy for constipation indigestion and headache. A 10 cent bottle is offered, with regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar at J H McCarty and Son's.
Rocky Mountain Tea and Patent Remedies Ad
A vintage advertisement urges girls to buy Rocky Mountain Tea for beauty and invites druggists to stock it. It also promotes Chambertelo Pato Balm for rheumatism, sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, and other ailments, with claims of rapid relief and a money back trial. It mentions Shelbyville Electric Railway bond requirements and the Indiana road completion timeline in a franchise notice.
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Shelbyville Electric Railway Company
Indianapols
Chambertelo
Coffin & Yo
An Ounce of Preventive Promises Rheumatism Aid
An ounce of preventive care is worth a pound of cure. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin claims to prevent rheumatism and other troubles from torpid bowels, liver, and kidneys if taken properly. Trial size 10c, other sizes 50c and 1.00, sold by J. H. McCarty & Son.
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Dr. Caldwell
J. H. McCarty & Son
Nonsense Distills Language Into Sleeper Parable
A playful excerpt mocks English by building a chain of sentences about a sleeper, a sleeper, and related actions. The piece riffs on recursive phrases as a linguistic toy, ending with the idea that the sleeper wakes when the sleeper under the sleeper is struck.
Hannibal Citizen Recovers After Fever Pneumonia Threat
Mr J. E. Lilly of Hannibal Missouri recounts a near death from phoid fever that progressed to pneumonia and consumption. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with rapid relief after one bottle and continued use restoring his health. The medicine is advertised as a universal cure for throat and lung troubles with regular and trial bottles at J H McCarty Drug Store.
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J. E. Lilly
Hannibal
J. H. McCarty
Cure a Cold in One Day Claims by Laintive Bromo Quinine
An advertisement touts a one day cure for colds using Laintive Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises a money back refund if the cure fails and bears W Grove's signature on each box. 266
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W. Grove
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Carthage
É. BD
Dennis
Slaveland
Cincinnati, Chicago
St. L.r’s
Pennsylvania Lines
Warrren J. Lynch
W. P. DePre
Gen. Pass
Tkt
A.G.P
T. Agt
Rush County
Republican
Will M. Sparks
Owen L. Carr
G. H. Havens
William M. Bainbridge
A. L. Stewart
A. W. Newson
F. H. Green
W. L. Sisson
South District
W. S. Thompson
Richard Phillips
G. W. Tittaworth
Ripley Township
Assebeor
Jesse Henley, Oliver M. Brown
Thomas T. Newby
Joseph J., Binford
R. Ford Stanley
Will Hinshaw
Henry Parish
Levi Weaver
Mere Hervirt Evans
Hinedele I
Yhoever
ConvaCrre
Monogram
Bismarck
Jonesboro
Flint
Rocky Mountain
Madise Medicine Co
Marshall County
Kalama
M B. Smith
Butternet
Mich
Java
Chase & Sanborn’s
Henley & Peters
E. C. Dewitt & CO
O. S. Cota & Go
Bush Park Seeds
Stinger
Record
Household Magazine
Inter Ocean
New York
Weekly Tribune
N.Y
Tri-Weekly Tribune
J. F. Tweedy
Builier
ACME
Acme Remedy CO
Deli McLean
Dr.j.h.mclean Medicine CO
ST. Louis
OJ S. Coffin & Co
Sacco, Amet & Co
Crase
Washington, D
Bate
Howes
Fatene Cawrens
Easton Tel
Thal CA
Snow & CO
U. 8
Patent Office
Ashington, B.C
A. L Stewart
W. E. Sitter
W. Caton
C. A. Snow &O
Bes
C. A. Snow & Co
D. C
Lewis Ackerman
Goshen
Ind
Alwara
U. S. Coffin & Co
Calvin Zimmerman
Milesburg
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