National Press Association session in Chicago highlights
The National Press Association held its annual meeting at Hotel Sherman Chicago with members from many states. Indiana elected A. D. Moffett as president and Oswald as vice president. Readers learn of Selig Polyscope film plant visits, Riverview Park Civil War exhibits, motorcycle races, and Chicago’s rapid growth and beautification.
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Alds
Chicago
Indiana
National Press Association
United States
Hotel Sherman
The
Democrat
A. D. Moffett
Elwood
E. R. Oswald
New York
Oswald
New Yorker
Association
Selig Polyscope Co
Cardui touted as remedy for long suffering women
Timberville resident Gertrude Gatlin narrates relief after two years of pain using Cardui. The ad extols Cardui as a safe reliable remedy for headaches backache dragging sensations irregularities nervousness misery and womanly weakness and urges women to try it.
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Timberville
Miss
Gertrude Gatlin
Cardus
Cardui
Ballard Wheat Sacks Agency Announcement
A notice states the Ballard Flour Mills of Louisville has appointed an agent to supply wheat sacks to farmers. Sacks will be kept at Laconia Davidson Landing near Evans Landing at Harry Cunningham's and at 9026-2 Joan A Boone. Red Mill offers all kinds of feed.
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Ballard Flour Mills
Louisville
Laconia
Davidson Landing
Harry Cunningham
Evans Landing
Joan A. Boone
County Superintendent DeWeese Returns From State Meeting
County Superintendent A. O DeWeese returned home last Friday after attending a State meeting of County Superintendents in Lafayette to discuss Agriculture and Domestic Science in public schools. On Thursday a baseball game pitted teams from the Southern and Northern Indiana Supervisors. the South won 17 to 3 with DeWeese playing left field for the Southern team.
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A. O Deweese
Lafayette
Northern
Indiana
Deweese
Cardus Woman's Tonic Praised By Mary Kilman
Mary Kilman of Ferris Texas reports on a three month bed confinement for painful womanly troubles. She credits Cardus with ending agony after an imminent operation and restoring her strength, joining thousands of other testimonials praising the tonic’s benefits.
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Ferris
Tex
Mary Kilman
Cardus
U B Conference to convene in Corydon this fall
The eighty fourth annual U B churches of Indiana conference will be in Corydon for five days starting September 11. More than a hundred ministers and delegates are expected. The new U B church will host the meeting and Sunday services may move to the Fair Grounds if weather cooperates. Bishop T C Carter of Chattanooga will preside. Boone Wiseman Co advertises a broad buggy selection with varied styles and prices.
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U. B. Churches
Indiana
Corydon
U. B
Fair Grounds
T. C. Carter
Chattanooga
Tenn
How the Democratic National Convention Hall Was Prepared
The hall for the Democratic national convention can seat over 15 000. Maryland spent 35000 to prepare it with 7000 for decoration. fourteen men and six seamstresses worked a month to install 34000 yards of bunting 6000 yards of red white and blue bunting 1000 rosets and 500 flags. The Baltimore dispatch calls it the largest of its kind, 364 feet wide 284 feet deep with a 200 by 800 foot floor. A dozen steel trusses rise from sixty foot granite walls to an eighty five foot roof while 100 plus electric lights brighten by day and night.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Deadly Fourth of July Accidents Decline Since 1910
The report notes 57 deaths from Fourth of July accidents in the country for 1911, down from 131 in 1910 and 215 in 1909. Injuries declined similarly. A campaign for a sane Fourth and laws against dangerous explosives aim to prevent incidents, with strong public sentiment and cautions for tomorrow.
Lanesville M EK Sunday School Plan July 4 Grove
The annual celebration of the Lanesville M EK Sunday School will be held at the grove east of Lanesville on the pike July 4. All Sunday schools in the county and the public are invited. Ep. Gresham George Worri is Secretary. Superintendent. Go to the Elevator and get a bag of calf meals and raise your calf without milk. j19 sw
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Lanesville
Grove
Pike
Ep. Gresham
George Worri
Rules for Passing Vehicles on Public Roads
The article explains state laws requiring horse drawn vehicles to yield half the road to swifter traffic and to turn out to the right when letting others pass. It urges drivers to share two thirds of the road to safely pass, reducing danger and impasses on highways shared by horses and automobiles.
Farmer Cites Home Paper In Advertising Reply
A Chicago mail order merchant tries to press a sale on a farmer carrying goods. The farmer retorts to patronize the home paper and advertise, noting he reads the local paper and did not know of the merchant's line. The exchange ends with a humorous jab on competing advertising. Red Mill offers a 100 pound bag of International Sugar Feed for $1.40 while supplies last.
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Chicago
Red Mill
Health bulletin notes Indiana disease trends for May 1912
May 1912 health bulletin shows no improvement over May 1911. Rheumatism tops prevalence, with measles next. pellagra death in Tippecanoe county. tuberculosis causes 367 deaths including many parents with orphans. City death rate 13.7, Indianapolis 15.8. births total 1,211 with varying county rates.
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State Board of Health
Tippecanoe County
Indiana
Montgomery
Wayne
Marion
Indianapolis
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
South Bend
Scott County
Ohio County
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Riverview Park
Monitor
Merrimac
Ballard Wheat Sacks
Purdue
Boone-Wiseman Co
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