Indianapolis Held Longest Unbroken National Ticket Representation
The article notes Indianapolis residents held national political posts for two decades starting 1872, including posts abroad and as vice presidential candidates before the Civil War. It cites specific figures like Julian Hendricks and others, and mentions local influence on national tickets.
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Indianapolis
United States
Indianapolitans
Austria
Havana
Ponce
San Juan
Schury Jer Colfax
South Bend
George Julian
Thomas A. Hendricks
Hendricks
Tsso
Jim Hi
Maelish
Isso
Benjamin Harrison
Pfarrisan
Murder Mystery in Munovie and Arsenic Poison Plot
A 33 year old, Elmer Hamilton, was found dead in Munovie at 5 am after an apparent attack witnessed only in a dream by Alfred Sites who claims he saw five assailants. Separately in Anderson, arsenic laced food in the Henry Brounenberg home was discovered by a servant, with a chemist confirming lethal contamination.
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Munovie
Elmer Hamilton
Alfred Sites
Hamilton
Anderson
Henry Bronnenberg
Brounenbergs
Oil strike revives fields near San Pierre drawing prospectors
Excitement grows as wells in the San Pierre region resume flow after abandonment and a township area is prospected. An experimental well may be drilled in Cass township while a company with 600000 capital plans drilling across White, Tippecanoe, Jasper and Pulaski counties. The English Electric Light and Manufacturing Company assigns assets valued at 150000, with unknown liabilities.
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San Pierre
Cassro
White
Tipp
Jasper
Pulaski
Electric Light Concern
English Electric Light and Manufacturing Company
Electric Light and Spoke
Indiana
Inglish
Anderson Plans New Fair Ground And Other Town Developments
A batch of Indiana notices reports Anderson planning a new fair ground while Evansville and Worley Lens announce a new stockyards. Accounts detail deaths from morphine and poisoning, railroad and railroad-improvement spending, missing hotel managers, and a flood of local incidents including accidents, fires, lawsuits, and a vaccination resistance by Laporte Christians. Local crime includes a kidnapping allegation, a mob shooting in Huntingburg, and a judge granting a divorce with child custody order. Multiple cattle and horse incidents, a barn fire, and a tin dust complaint add to the daily record.
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Ora
Ferdinand Ludwick
Henry
Richard Pendleton
Washington
Huntingburg
Pendleton
Wilson
Elkhart
Noah Whitehead
Elwood
Jim Brown
Rockport
Thomas I. Boyd
Noblesville
Indiana
Penn
Shirk
Kokomo
Bassett
Glover
Dickens as a Delightful Companion Cited by Sullivan
Sir Arthur Sullivan praises Charles Dickens as a most delightful companion noting his unassuming nature and lack of self promotion in conversation. Sullivan observes Dickens valued others, treated banal remarks as witty insights, and showed genuine interest in younger men.
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Charles Dickens
Arthur Sullivan
Dickens
Discovery of Life Plant and its restorative claims
An old advertisement touts a Life Plant plant with vigorous growth when pinned to a warm wall and connects the same principle to Flostetter's Stomach Bitters to revive the stomach. It claims benefit for dyspepsia and stomach troubles and notes a private revenue stamp on the bottle neck.
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Flostetter
Great Foundling Hospital in Moscow Cares for 45000 Children
The Moscow foundling hospital houses about 45000 children with daily admissions of thirty to fifty or more babies. Ailing infants stay for care while 500 nurses support operations. The hospital maintains about 1400 babies in residence year round.
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Great Foundling Hospital
Moscow
Russia
Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Promises Quick Foot Comfort
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease relieves painful swollen smarting and nervous feet. It claims instant relief from bunions, sweating, callouses and hot tired feet and offers a trial package free by mail for 25c in stamps. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with address Allen St Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Allen St. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Paper mattress idea for children's bed
A simple craft suggests making a child's mattress from torn paper and a stout fabric cover. Tear clean paper into strips, fill a sized cover, and wrap with a folded blanket for a soft DIY bed cushion.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Other Advertisements
An assortment of old ads mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents and Piso's Cure for Consumption with a testimonial from John A. Miller. Also notes Washing Out Glaasa guidance, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer claims, and a Henry Ward Beecher quote. A Fort Wayne to Chicago Sunday rail fare via Nickel Plate Road is advertised.
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Fort Wayne
Chicago
John M Smyth Co Catalogue Promotes Household Goods
The John M Smyth Co at 150 to 166 West Madison Street Chicago marks thirty plus years serving families with fair dealing. Its illustrated catalogue lists prices for countless household items and includes a sample page showing men's overcoats as exceptional value.
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John M. Smyth Co
West
Madison Street
Chicago
Jobn M. Smyth Company
Honor to the Spaniard: Spain aids Americans at sea
During the Spanish American War era a Spanish captain from the Gabriel rescued an American bark crew, sheltered them for twenty six days, and refused payment. The act is praised as noble and generous toward former adversaries.
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Indiana
Texas
Lerry
Poexas Rangers
Hay
Imlinna
Spain
New York
Don Pedro Millet
Gabriel
Old Castile
Paris Publishes 2 585 Periodicals in Paris This Year
Paris now lists 2 585 periodicals published in the city, about 100 more than at the same date last year, reflecting a sizable growth in local print outlets and media activity.
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Paris
Mrs Col Richardson Saved by Mrs Pinkham Letter
A testimonial from Mus. Cor. E. P. Richardson of Rainlander Wisconsin thanks Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health after leucorrhea and womb ovaries inflammation. She credits the remedy with ending pain, restoring strength, and freeing her from a near morphine dependence.
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Mrs. Col. Richardson
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. P. RicHandson
Rainelander, Wis
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Lima
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