McKinley to Visit Terre Haute and Indianapolis
Washington dispatch reports President McKinley plans a Chicago to Washington trip with stops in Terre Haute and Indianapolis and possibly other Indiana cities. Departure from Chicago is set for the 19th with a southerly route, reaching Indianapolis mid afternoon. the plan is believed final. Electric Bitters advertised as a remedy for female complaints and nervous troubles, claimed to aid delicate women.
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Washington
McKinley
Indiana
Chicago
Terre Haute
Indianapols
White House
Indianapolis
McCoy Corbett bout scheduled in New York on Oct 15
Reporter notes manager W H Gray confirming the McCoy versus Corbett match will occur in New York state on the original date October 15. He declares the fight will be a picture event if pleasant, with location announced on October 5, and denies Syracuse as a venue. Also reports on cattle prize winnings and a serious factory belt accident.
Judge Custer Rules Inmates Of Soldiers' Home May Vote
Judge Custer decides in favor of Farley et al against Grant county commissioners in a case seeking voting rights for inmates of the soldiers home. He overruled the demurrer and found the defendants’ answer good, potentially granting veterans the vote at the next general election unless appealed to the state supreme court.
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Custer
Farley
Grant County
Supreme Court
Population of Indiana Estimated at 2,960,000
Indiana state statistics office reports poll returns to the clerk of the board of election commissioners and uses a multiple of 4 to estimate the state population at 2,960,000. The Benton Review notes a bizarre tale of a young Otterbein woman who swallowed a needle a year ago and a man who had courted her had the needle removed from his right arm last week, leaving doctors puzzled.
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F. A. Nave
Attica
Ledger
Mr. Nave
Indianapolis
Springfield
Nave
Omaha Exposition
Hoopeston
Clifford Wright
Young Wright
Cyrus Wright
Clifford
Cufford
State Statistican
the Board of Election Commissioners
Indiana
Benton Review
Otterbein
Republicans From Covington Make Special Excursion
A special excursion train from Covington brought forty six Republicans from the county seat Saturday evening. Among the attendees were Chas Spinning Harry Randolph James T. Bell James W. Brissey Eluer Ellwell Grant Gossett and D. Case of the Republican Ledger.
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Covington
Chas Spinning
Harry Randolph
James T. Bell
James W. Brissey
Eluer Ellwell
Grant Gossett
D. Case
Republican.—Ledger
War casualties totals announced for May to Sept
Adjutant General Corbin reported official casualty figures to the War Department. Deaths from all causes through September include 23 officers and 257 enlisted men killed, 4 officers and 61 enlisted men died of wounds, and 80 officers and 2,485 enlisted men from disease, totaling 107 officers and 2,603 enlisted men, or 2,910 total deaths among 274,717 troops.
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Washington
Adjt
Corbin
War Department
Adjutant-General’s Office
Free Trial Bottle of Dr King's New Discovery
A promotional offer urges sufferers to visit Lee Allen's drug store for a free trial bottle of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The ad claims doctors endorse the remedy and that it will reliably cure with a regular size bottle priced at 50 cents or one dollar.
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Dr. King
Lee Allen’s
Arbor Day in The Schools Observed Statewide
D M Geeting plans a statewide Arbor Day observance for October 28 with public schools. The governor urges tree planting and forest preservation in a formal proclamation. Students are asked to plant trees and beautify school premises, aiming for broader participation than ever before.
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D. M. Geeting
After The Druggists Examine Stocks in DistRICT
Collectors of Internal Revenue, notified by Commissioner Scott, will thoroughly examine druggists stocks in the district. Medicines are said to be manufactured to imitate proprietary preparations and sold as unstamped or uncombined. The action aims to protect Schedule B taxes on medicinal articles.
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Internal Revenue
Scott
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