Bible distribution soars as 10 million gifted last year
Dr James Morrow, secretary of the Pennsylvania Bible Society, reports the society distributed 10,000,000 Bibles in the past year while trade sold 6,000,000. He notes questions about where all issued Bibles go, calling it one of the unexplained mysteries cited by the Philadelphia Press.
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Donan Kidney Pills Restore Work to Hammondsport Cobbler
Henry Soule of Hammondsport New York endured twenty years of kidney trouble with backache gravel headaches dizziness and severe urinary disorders dropping from 168 to 100 pounds. He credits Donan Kidney Pills with a cure eight years ago and notes steady health since. Foster & Wilburn Co Buffalo sells them for 50 cents a box.
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Foster-Ylilburn Co
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Household hints and patent medicine notices in one column
A mixed page item bundle features a humorous quip about optimists and pessimists, a patent medicine pitch for Allen's Foot-Enase and Red Cross Ball Blue, a report of Algeria hailstones larger than eggs, testimonials for Piso's Cure, a German locomotive engineer bonus, and a New Jersey kidney remedy claim.
Drowning, thefts, and accidents across Indiana
Robert Peyton drowned while bathing near New Albany. Cracksmen robbed Goshen law office. Henry G. Little, editor of the Garrett Clipper, died in Auburn after illness. Thomas Connelly died of lockjaw after stepping on a rusty nail near Lafayette. A mob flogged Aga Cassel of Redkey for abusing his family. Charles Taylor, 20, was killed by a Wabash train near Millersburg. The Greenfield mine was ordered closed by the State Mine Inspector. Henry Chester jailed for assault with intent to kill. Dewey of Terre Haute fatally injured at Madisonville street fair. Owen Traylor mortally wounded by a self-inflicted rifle shot near Orwell. A carpenter in Greenfield injured after a fall. Purdue University burglars failed to blow open a vault in Lafayette. Goshen College to be managed by the Mennonite church. Hartford City Paper Company annex burned, insured. Charles Lipp estate sues Illinois Central for $10,000. A livery barn and four houses burned at Inwood. John Doege of Hammond died by gas in a bath. Indiana policeman Henry Christ bound over for grand jury. Wesley Osborne arrested in Mt. Vernon for mail theft. John Pierson in Vincennes found a pearl worth $800–$1,000. Clairvoyant Prof. Jordan disappeared in Terre Haute. Bequests to DePauw and Ohio Wesleyan total $100k-plus. Decatur drug store robbed of about $1,000. A child killed and another injured by a log rolling off a stump while parents gathered blackberries.
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Goshen
Henry G. Little
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Auburn
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Lafayette
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Redkey
Charles Taylor
Lake Shore
Millersburg
Henry Chester
Hobart
Thomas McClain
Dewey
Terre Nauté
Madisonville
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Anton Traylor
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Greenfield
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Shirley
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Evansville
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Indianapolis
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Vincennes
A. M. Jefsams
Richmond
Chautauqua
N. Y
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
Smith, Yager & Falk Drug Store
Decatur
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