Indiana Murders and Robberies Darken Regional News
A fragmentary Indiana page reports a silk store robbery in Logansport with 5000 dollars stolen and a rear door escape. A boy in Adamsville dies after ingesting poison. a Seattle murder case links to a farmer named Reed whose son was killed for money. Steel mills prepare to resume in Minnesota.
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Dolin
Reo
David Reed
Adaisville
Owas
Seattle
Wash
Sparling
Reed
John Reed
Indiana
California
Washington
Tadisiua
Within Our Borders and County News From Indiana
Putnam County orchards suffer caterpillar infestation while rains cause farm losses of 50000 in Howard County. In Manhattan resident Dyck Roberts dies after seventy years. Ray Wilson of Goodland is crushed to death. Phintedd area gains telephone service within three miles. Redkey families cope with overflowing Dalway Creek. Taxpayers challenge an 874000 subsidy. Greene to Lad catcher Dolm Miller sustains a broken jaw. Wabash River floods Bottom lands in Warren County. Leasen Baker of Muncie dies. Nellie McCormick travels from Chicago to La Fayette en route to Cincinnati. State Gas Inspector Leach forecasts stronger gas supply next winter. James Eskew dies starting coal-oil fire. Tree Bekellberger killed at Converse drain. Louise Bradley of Chicago sues Studebaker in breach of promise suit. Indiana Taper Company placed in receivership. Pred Paul fined for making illegal gas connections. Shelbyville boy Albert Motaler, 1, dies from revolver accident. Tenil Janes T V Torbert dies mowing grass. Thing Choedon restored as county clerk after acquittal. Daleville loses all law officers to resignation. Grandview marshal James Lockhart is fatally shot amid lynching attempts.
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Putnam County
Hloward County
Dyck Roberts
Manhattan
Ray Wilson
Goodland
Panhandle
Phintedd
Dalfway Creek
Lafayette Plangers
Dolm
Warren County
Wabash
Leasen Baker
Muncie
Nellie McCormick
Chicago
LaFayette
Cincinnati
Leach
James Eskew
Logansport
Tree Bekellberger
Waltz Township
Converse
Louise Bradley
David EE
Studebaker
Decatur
Indiana Taper Company
Mishawaka
South Bend
Indiamapelis
Paul
Shelbyville
Albert Motaler
Tenzil Janes TV
Torbert
Thing Choedon
Daleville
James Lockhart
Grandview
Cap Greathouse
Grant Ross
Tyne
Theodore Gunsold
Dowager Empress Alive as Chinese Authority Responds
Reports from Chinese official sources claim the Empress Dowager is alive after earlier death and madness rumors. A telegram to Wu Ting Fang says the government protects legations and she works to aid foreigners while directing affairs via provincial leaders.
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Sheng
Washington
Wu Ting-Fang
Nine National Tickets For 1900 Presidential Race
The item lists nine national tickets as contenders for the 1900 election nomination battles. It names parties such as Republican with McKinley and Roosevelt, Democratic with Bryan and Stevenson, and others including Prohibition, Socialist, and Fusion slates with their presidential and vice presidential picks.
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Willam McKinley
Ohio
Pres
Theodore Roosevelt
N. Y
Democratic
Wmian Jennings Bryan
Ned
Adlairb
Stevenson
Illnois
People's Party
Middle-of-the-Road
Wharton Barker
Pennsylvania
Ignatius Donnelly
Minn
People’s Party
Fuston
William Jennings Bryan
Charles A.towne
Great Rough Riders Reunion Draws 50 000 in Oklahoma City
The Great Rough Riders reunion in Oklahoma City drew about 50 000 attendees from Sunday to Wednesday, with a total population of 12 000. It was described as the greatest event of its kind in Oklahoma's history, forcing cots to be placed in long rows in vacant spaces.
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Rough Riders
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Empress Dowager’s Stance Seen Shifting Amid Pekin Talks
Reports vary on China's stance as negotiations unfold with allies in Pekin. Some say the empress dowager seeks to preserve life and authority while backing relief for foreign interests. others claim foreigners are misrepresented by Pekin correspondents. In London the Chinese legation insists officials, the dowager, and the government oppose the Boxers to accommodate visitors. Rough Riders parade in San Juan Hill khaki, 4000 veterans attend a modest reunion, and Oklahoma Indian Territory troops helped organize the event with a $15000 fundraiser.
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Pekin
Prince Tuan
London
Legation
Hvery
Rough Riders
San Juan
Hill
Hardy Fellows
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Association
Salesian
Elephant Wrecks Piper With Clumsy Trumpet Parade
In a Highland march from Jellunder to Fort Kangra an army piper rode the elephant at the head of the company. The elephant rejected the music, shaking its head and throwing the piper and his pipes into a ditch as the march neared a new station.
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Jellunder
Fort Kangra
Trust Problem Compared to Digestive Ailments
A thoughtful mind faces a serious trust problem creeping into society like stomach disorders. The ad claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the reliable remedy for such ailments and their effects.
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Hostetter
Poetic Mangman and the Long Drop Executioner Tale
In Sir Algernon West’s Recollections the story of the colonial era executioner Marwood is recalled as he discusses rapid methods of killing. He favors the “long drop” and cites a purported incident with a Mr. Peace, claiming a six foot drop caused his death in a swift passage.
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Mangman
Algernon West
Marwood
Billington
Colonial Office
Collier’s Weekly
Allen's Foot Ease Powder for Aching Feet
An An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Base powder to relieve tired tight shoes and blistering feet. It claims to cure corns bunions swollen hot and sweaty feet and offers 25e price with free samples by mail from Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Modern Diagnosis and Blue Cleaning Ad Patter
A clipped humor item mentions Skinner receiving a DIN for his wife’s car and being laid up. A doctor reportedly diagnoses an overcharge of electricity. An old advertising note promotes Russ’ Bleaching Blue with prompts to beware imitators and verify the brand name on every package.
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Skinner
Lydia E. Pinkham's Advice and Medicine Promotion
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safe cure for women's ailments and claims free counseling from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. It asserts the medicine has cured a million women and urges women not to ignore the advice.
Conversational Clothing and Money Talk in Baltimore
A Baltimore American column notes a trend where individuals spend large sums on fashion. The piece cites phrases like Conversational Clothing and Dubb Money as slang reflecting urban consumer habits and social signaling.
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Rubb
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Repeats Nostalgic Claim
An old ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a price of 75 cents. The text repeats the claim of universal international care and then pivots to a statement about labor-saving machinery in the United States equating to a population of 400,000,000.
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Hall
United States
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