Doings in the Hoosier State and a Poison Attempt
In Muncie Indiana on May 24 Mrs Enide Engle wife of Lewis E Engle a foreman at Moncie carriage works attempted suicide to avoid her husband securing a divorce. She swallowed laudanum in front of the husband and about a hundred bystanders after meeting him outside the courthouse. She was rushed to a doctor and saved. the couple who eloped three years ago were both near their bur id years old.
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Muncie
Ind
Enide
Lewis E
Moncie Carriage Works
Engle
Indiana coal trust promoters plan city meeting
Promoters of a proposed Indiana coal trust will hold a meeting in Indianapolis once negotiations for properties advance. Operators controlling nearly two thirds of the state business have given options. The plan is to issue stock for absorbed properties, otherwise the company will take the property outright if prices are not exorbitant.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Conmiine
Dutless
Gusher At Warton Produces 32000 Barrels Daily
A gusher at No 1 Baldwin farm in Warton Indiana shot up on Thursday morning. Owned by Wilson and McCutlock the well near Marion produced as high as the Gerrick with a 250 barrel tank half full in one hour indicating about 32000 barrels daily.
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Marion
Ind
Baldwin
Wilson & McCutlock
Gerrick
Endowment Rank Under Scrutiny Ahead Of Pythias Meeting
Indiana insurance officials await the July 9 Supreme Lodge session in Chicago as the endowment rank plans to report its finances. The group lists 2 524 Indiana certificate holders with 544 500 in insured value, operates nationwide, and owns 300 000 tied to the Lexington hotel in Chicago and 200 000 in Texas coal lands. The original furniture value of 440 now stands at 44 300 with hotel property worth 57 565.07 more than its purchase price.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Insurance Department of Indiana
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias
Chicago
Indiana
Ime
Union
Aod
Hawaiian Islands
British Columbia
Manitoba
Mexico
Lexington
Texas
Stabbed to Death During Wild West Show
May 25 report from Newcastle notes Edward Wallace of Cairo Ill stabbed to death by William Driggs of Paducah Ky in the cooking tent where both worked during the Rockskin Till Wild West show. Wallace died of a ten inch knife wound after warding off an initial blow with a breadboard. Briggs fled to the woods.
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Muncie
Newcastle
Edward Wallace
Cairo, Til
William Driggs
Padneah
Wallace
Wallace Ree
Cairo
Paduvah
Briggs
Nulltown Correspondence Highlights Social Milds and Death
The Courier notes visits by William Sime and wife in Nulltown and several locals attending a Sunday School Institute in Columbia. John Reed, aged 86, dies. funeral held at his residence with Samuel Payton preaching. The piece ends advertising Lichty’s Celery Nerve Compound from McKennan & Ashworth.
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Courier
William Sime
Cincinnati
Jake Ripberger
Jennie McIveramith Jie
Indianapolia
Norvilla Elliott
Connersville
Nulltown
Lizzie Parkina
S. S. Institute
Columbia
Howard
Joseph Kehl
Connereville
Martin Hogan
Henry Trusler
East Side
Bentley
Wim. Ripberger
Franklin
Alther
Jame Elliott
Grove
Mt. Zion Church
L. B. Grandy
S. S
John Reed
Samuel Payton
Lichty
McKennan & Ashworth
Lyons Station Community Notes and Social Tidbits
The Lyons Station column reports Children's Day set for the second Sunday in June with Sunday School plans. Local visits include George Walker and his wife with Sun day relatives, Mrs Frank Stevens and children from Eaton Ohio visiting A M Lyons and wife, and Mamie Brown from Quakertown visiting Ele Higgs. New purchases include Perry Stelle buying a rubber tire buggy. Edgar Scholl spent Sunday in Piqua Ohio. Charlie Jones and wife welcomed a daughter Friday. Mrs James Nichele returned home after visiting Cottage Grove. Minnie Lyons visited Liberty for commencements and stayed Tuesday night.
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Courier
George Walker
Frank Stevens
Eaton
Ohio
A. M. Lyons
Perry Stelle
Lizzie Stanley
Andersonville
Edgar Scholl
Piqua
Edgar
Acenery
Charlie Jones
Mamie Brown
Quakertown
Ele Higgs
James Nichele
Roscoe Sanford
Cottage Grove
Mise Minnie Lyons
Mise Beas Crist
Liberty
Catarrh Cure Claims Internal Blood Treatment
The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It denounces Haiti's Catarrh cure as a quack medicine and promotes a combination of tonics and blood purifiers. Endorsed by a physician, the product is sold by druggists at 75 cents, with Ball's Family Pills also advertised.
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Hall
Haiti
V. J.cusney &Co
Draggiets
Ball
Elizabeth Maniove Leads Pew Cattle Barn Project
Stringtown reports Elizabeth Maniove plans a pew cattle barn with Spancer of Connersville handling the construction. Morton E Maniove is on the sick list. Commencement exercises at Harrinburg Jaet Thursday evening drew a large crowd, with good music and program. Mrs Herbert Thomas hosts a felon. A mill day left many with a grist of experience.
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Elizabeth Maniove
Spancer
Connersville
Morton E. Maniove
Harrinburg Jaet
Herbert Thomas
German Syrup claims German physician efficacy worldwide
The advertisement touts Dr A Boschee’s German Syrup as a top cough and lung remedy. It cites years of use, claims two million bottles sold annually, and notes US introduction in 1868 with nationwide distribution. It promises relief in three doses and advertises related tonics from Lichty and McKennan Ashworth.
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A. Boschee
United States
McKennan& Ashworth
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