News and notes from Piedmont to Madison and panther peril
A West Virginia plant near Piedmont makes postal cards from spruce for Uncle Sam. The Indianapolis Journal lowers its price to ten cents weekly, expands coverage, and reaches Denver earlier. A Wisconsin community mourns an eight year old girl killed by a panther, prompting vigilant hunts. locals blame the saloon evil as greater danger in their county.
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Uncle Sam
West Virginia
Apalachian Range
Maryland
Piedmont
Mineral County
Indianapolis Journal
Indiana
Denver
Indianapolis
W. QO. Piper
Mad Bronk
Cartwright
Wis
C. F. Riley
Gospel Messenger
Legislature to Consider Tougher Marriage Divorce Laws
The Gospel Messenger cites plan for reform as Indiana legislators meet in Indianapolis January 10 1901. It urges restricted marriages and longer waiting periods to curb rapid divorces and elopements, arguing existing practices erode sacred vows and foster unstable unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
A Dream of Forest Paths and City Light
A dream narrative by David Harum follows a narrator who abandons a known route for a cross prairie trek toward a city. He encounters butterflies, birds, sudden weather, a rising gorge and rain, and ends with yearning for the forest’s shelter over the burdensome path to progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
A Life and Death Fight
W A Hines of Manchester Indiana recounts a near fatal battle with lung disease after measles and hemorrhages. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with a complete cure and urges others to try it. Trial bottles free at Piper’s drug store.
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W. A. Hines
Manchester
Dr. King
Piper’s
Irl R Hicks 1901 Almanac Foretells Gulf Storms
The 1901 Hicks Almanac, a two hundred page volume with charts and engravings, claims to forecast major storms and disasters along the gulf coast. It notes the 1900 Galveston disaster as proof of its warnings and promotes the premium edition published in St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Hicks
Galveston
Texas
Prof. Hicks
Gulf
St-. Louis, Moi
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Denver Tribune
S.C. Norris
Alfred Woolley
Norris & Woolley, Publishers
David Harum
Bod
Eere
Wright
Wright's
Wright Medicine Company
Peru
Pol Sabe Vy
Hall & Noewenthal
Hiall & Logwenthal
Ana
A. Tadewitr
Ripans
Alwaya
Myse
Taboles Adv Daily Paper
Ripane Tabuies
Crearly
Anton H. Braveys
Ripan
Tam
Pace
Rifans Tasulis
le 9 Drur
R- Deuce
New York
Gettural
Irl
Hattis
Ns Brip
J. Brookmtas
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