Indiana State News Highlights from Elwood to Evansville
A woman repels four attackers in Elwood and forces the capture of one assailant. Various reports follow: banker Daniel Krisher dies after embezzlement indictments. Mary Griodle predicts her own funeral timing. Lima wins choral honors at Winona Lake. oil firm fined for short measures. a century-old Evansville rose bush prospers. a North Manchester accident prompts a warrant. a Clinton interurban shooting mystery solved. Prof. Mershou injured. 200 attend a dog's funeral. Mrs. Lender Dawson dies of tuberculosis amid disease. a boy fatally shoots his twin in a Pigeon creek accident.
Noel Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Cooling Relief
Doctors and many say Noel Allen's Foot-Ease cools the blood by soothing the nerves in the soles. The popular powder claims to refresh the body and prevent heat prostration, sold by druggists for 25 cents.
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Allen
All Druggista
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Peterborough
England
Alan Freon
Allen B. Olmsted
N. Y
All Drugginty
Voices of the Sea and a Creaking Storm Tale
A traveling lecturer tells of illusions and happiness as a seashore host recalls a water filled cellar and a wind driven pump. The tale contrasts sea voices with business fears and ends noting the Panama Canal as a surviving enterprise amid industrial peril.
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Long Island
Sweden
Panama Canal
Cleveland Press
A Breakfast Plan with Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee
A columnist promotes a hearty breakfast of Grape-Nuts with cream a soft boiled egg crisp toast and Postum Coffee then a meat and vegetable dinner with Grape-Nuts pudding for dessert The diet is claimed to improve health and strength and references The Road to Wellville in packages.
State Happenings: Marengo Post Office Robbed and Drownings Reported
The Marengo post office was robbed of $1,000 in cash and stamps with no suspects at the scene. John Myers, 19, drowned after cramps while swimming in a pond near Fransville. Charles Ferguson and Raymond Weir, both 12, drowned while swimming in Leatherwood Creek near Bedford. they were found after Weir assisted by the other boy.
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Marengo
John Myers
Fransville
Charles Ferguson
Raymond Weir
Leatherwood Creek
Bedford
Weir
New Homestead Prospectains in the West
An English writer compares modern schoolroom devices to an inquisition and cites Fanny Kemble describing a steel back board and neck apparatus used for deportment. The piece notes a failed machine and a drill sergeant tutor. Also offered is a free pamphlet on U.S. homestead laws and how to obtain a quarter section via Chicago & North Western rail lines with excursion rates.
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Fanny Kemble
New
Homer
West
United States
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
South Dakota
Wyoming
W. B. Kuiskern
Chicago
Pronunciation history of the word theater
The article discusses historical variations in pronouncing the word theater. It notes Shakespeare’s likely pronunciation and questions whether earlier speakers ever used the now common form theater. It compares orthographic shifts and hints at Greek and Latin influences on vowel length and accentuation.
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London Journal
Valenr
Red Cross Bail Blue Offered by Grocers
Advertises red cross bail blue powder for laundry with white results at five cents per package.
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Red Cross
Towne and Browne Debate Authorship
A brief quip from the Philadelphia Press debates whether Towne or Browne is the author of several successful novels. Towne claims authorship, Browne counters that success lies in writing.
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Towne
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Rubber Stamps Made to Order and Accessories
Self-inking daters and new ink pads offered with rubber stamps. Catalogue available by mail from Lock Box 210 Pert Wayes lad.
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Pert Wayes
Lad
No Relief From Eczema Before Using Cuticura
Anella suffered eczema for over two years covering the limbs below the knees. She tried physicians, patent medicines, and quack cures with no relief. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent she found immediate relief and soon recovered, per C V Beltz Tippecanoe Ind November 15, 1905.
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C. V. Beltz
Tippe Qiuuoe
Ind
Teething Remedy Ad Promoted Amid Rabies Warning
An advertisement for Mrs Winslow’s Baby Teething Cure is printed alongside a health bulletin by Dr P M Shall. Dr Shall notes rabies behavior and that aggressive dogs risk children, while calm dogs rarely pursue adults. He cautions parents to protect children.
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P.M. Shall
Hall
Minneapolis Journal
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Jersey City
N. J
Sterling Remedy Co
Centact
BR. Preton CO
Boston
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Sikeston
Missouri
M. Smith & Bros
Sikeston, Missouri
Bopu
Indiana State News
Elwood
Katherine Moneylan
Iered
Daniel Krisher
Bank of North Manchester
Thie
Krew Denih
Mre
Mary Griodle
Mier
Shoe
Lima
Lina
Ohio
Ntional Choral Society
Winona Lake
Marion
Newark
Northwestern
Pas
Standard Oil Company
Lodianapolis
Rudolph Beaumont
Wil Abbott
Swagons
J. S. Meacham
Evansville
Auatee
J.C. Murray
North Manchester
Elkhart
Sherif Tnis
Aulmer
William Curry
Clinton
Perre Haute
Ife
W. H. Mershou
Moxie
Samuel Trowbridge
Lender Dawson
Boy Killa
Pigeon Creek
Jacob Wihelder
Noel Allens
Postum Food
Wellville
W. Tl. Douglas
Douglas
W. LI. Douglas
Brock Tog
Duvier
Frea
W.l.douglas
Brockton
Masi
Winslow
N Bouthin
Bettie
Dodds
Guat
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