Tampanola Social Notes and Local Visit Highlights
Sherman Michener of Indianapolis visits Mrs J F Reed. Alex Hendrickson and wife go to Brookville for several days. Turner of Columbus visits relatives. May Whipple visits Abner Whipple's family. Harry Wait and wife of Buffalo visit their relatives. Marshall Martin and family travel to Anderson for a week. Funeral announced for Mrs Juanita Nicolla at East Cameraville Baptist Church Friday at 10. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad promotes health through strong blood. Mrs John Ainsley returns from visit to Shelbyville with Miss Mildred Aingley. Indiana editor shifts to humor about bids and shirts. Estella Hall hosts fourteen friends at Maplewood. games and refreshments. attendees listed.
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Sherry
Laurel
Sherman Michener
Indianapolis
Mre
J. F. Reed
Alex Hendrickson
Brookville
Turner
Columbus
Marshall Martin
Ruth
Anderson
Juanita Nicolla
Baptist Church
East Cameraville
Hood
John Ainsley
Shelbyville
Mildred Aingley
Indiana
Mit
Estella Hall
Maplewood
Pear Shillinger
Pearl Toomas
Mae Strickfer
Maude Wynegar
Inez Pigman
Nellie Lopez
Ethel Sacre
Bad Blood and Complexion Referenced in Vague Column
Fragmentary text discusses skin, complexion, and health, mentioning bad blood and vigilance against illness. The garbled OCR includes phrases about complexion, eye lip, seeds and snakes, with unclear context and no identifiable people or events.
Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Health Boosts In Ad Copy
An old newspaper item parodies promotional claims for Rocky Mountain Tea claiming to restore vigor and happiness. The piece notes quirky misprints and odd phrasing as readers react to the ad slang and odd endorsements. It mentions a local inquiry about hell and a subscriber named Eli Frost renewing his Times through January 18, 1103, with a birthday nod from his son Homer, a North Carolina public works superintendent.
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Didly
O. McKennan & Son
Laurel
Connersville
Eli Frost
Times
Eli
Homer
North Carolina
Sound as a dollar from Scott's Emulsion ad copy
An advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion as strengthening weak lungs and throats. It claims the product prevents coughs colds and bronchitis with a special action on the throat and lungs and invites readers to try it.
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Scott
LVIITH Congress Opens With Brief Senate Session
The LVIIth Congress convened with a brief Senate session marking the death of Senator Kyle. Provisions are made to honor McKinley and appoint committees while plans for a new Department of Commerce and the ship subsidy bill are among early priorities. A Republican caucus discussed committee reorganizations with Senator Cullom favored for Foreign Relations chair.
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Washington
Senate
Kyle
McKinley
Lincoln
Garfield
House of Representatives
Frye
Hawaii
Executive Department
Department of Commerce
United States
Aldrich
Committee On Foreign Relations
Committee On Finance
Cullom
Henderson Elected Speaker as House Opens
Opening day in the house saw D. B. Henderson formally elected speaker and escorted to the chair by a committee. The session began with roll call by states after prayer as members crowded the galleries with flowers for popular leaders. General Henderson addressed the house and Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania received the title father of the house.
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Henderson la
Washington
D. B. Henderson
General Henderson
Mr. Bingham
Pennsylvania
Opening of Congress Under Speaker Henderson
The article describes the first day actions after Henderson’s election as speaker. Officers sworn in, committees formed to inform the president and senate, and rules adopted while the president's message on McKinley’s death is held for Tuesday for eulogies. The House expects holiday adjournment after brief sessions.
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House
Senate
Henderson
McDowel
Congress
McKinley
Garfield
Blaine
Eilthu B. Washburn
Lincoln
George Bancroft
Lamp accident kills five in Pennsylvania family
Five members of the Burk family die in a George Station home fire near Altoona after an overturned lamp in the kitchen, with Adam Burk missing from saving efforts. Husband Carl Burk survives severe burns after rolling in snow to extinguish flames and calling help.
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Altoona
Mary C. Burk
Adam
Mary
Joanna
Joseph Victor
George Station
Carl W. Burk
Arteona
Burk
Ferguson Convicted in Poisoning of Doctor Barnes
Jacksonville Illinois December 2 The jury found William Webb Ferguson guilty of murdering Dr J L Barnes of Monticello by poisoning him at Central hospital for the insane last May. Ferguson faces a 20 year penitentiary sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Jacksonville
Ills
William Webb Ferguson
J. L. Barnes
Monticello
Central Hospital
Vermont Remedy Held As Blood And Nerve Tonic
A regional tonic made from Vermont roots and herbs is promoted as a sixty year old blood and nerve enhancer. The piece claims big capitalists control the state and a leading pharmacist distributes it nationwide, with rapid sales and noticeable local benefits of strengthened health.
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Vermont
Green Mountain
Pekin Reschedules Imperial Journey and Repaints Palaces
Prince Ching informs foreign ministers that fatigue of the dowager empress delays the final stage of the court’s journey by one week. Pekin prepares for a royal reception with repainted temples and palaces.
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Pekin
Prince Ching
Imperial Court
England Shows Willingness to Press Boers Toward Peace
A growing English mood mirrors efforts to induce the Boers to accept peace terms. The War Department seeks authority to pene on army reform legislation. Bulgarian official circles note U S influence in state affairs. The Canal Commission report awaits Secretary Hay and comes in two packing cases. The Bell Telephone Co. hands St. Petersburg plant to the city. Reed rules chosen by Republican caucus with David Henderson as Speaker designate.
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England
War Department
United States
Canal Commission
Hay
International Bell Telephone Company
St. Petersburg
Republican Congressional Caucus
David B. Henderson
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Amlandrews & Company
Tampanola
Miss May Whipple
Abner Whipple and
Harry Wait and Wife
Buffalo
New York
Gansert
Mobile
Ilinoia
Will Brown and
Richmond
Lyons Station
Will Gordon
F. D. White
Clevie Piper
Ian Conaway
Union County
Matt Matthews
Ann Davitt
Garret Hollingsworth
Liberty
O. P. Steele
Guasie Snider
Cambridge City
John Snider
Carl C. Smith
T. L. Smith
Everton
Dr. Lockhart
Frank
Bert Moore
Andersonville
Clarence Dungan
Nellie Wright
Murial Allison
Oscar Mallory
Will Wilhelm
Rashville
Susan
Rocky Mountain
O. McKennao
Charles Jones
Squire Oates
Fanny Perkins
Charlee Webb
Jeff Wilson
Charles Spider
East Comneraville
Mrs. Wilson
Joseph W. Chomel
Thomes Chomel
St Joseph’s Church
L. Meyer
Mr. Meyer
Ir. Young
Elisebeth Young
Eeton
Ohio
Jobn Williame
Williame
Mr. Young
David Baker
Fairview
Nellie Swift
Edgar Seale
Frank Flores
Falmouth
Grace Bradford
Constance Sherwood
Shera & MclIntosh Dry Goods
Jesse Peace
Waldo
Mortintown
Harry Flint
McCombe & Eddy
Central Avenue
William Gregg
J. T. Trasler
Madieon Medicine Co
Laurel C. Thayer
Fayette
Franklin
William H. Hawkine
Connereville
Conner & Conner
Tibereous Gordon
Franklin Dupree
Squire Leach
Dupree
Grandma Habbell
William Habbell
Samuel Rowe
Everton A. E
D. T. Hedges
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Grand Avenue M. E
A. B. Claypool
Riggs
Wa. Hamilton
Arthur Bishop
W. N. Fletcher
Wom. Ehurts
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Arvest
Puro
Lviith Congress
Mouse
Smith
McKennan & Son
China
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