Glasgow Baby Dies Drinking Whisky in Home Incident
A Glasgow two and a half year old died after drinking whisky he reached on a table while parents slept. The Logansport Journal owner Daniel W. Tomlinson dies at his home after a brief illness, likely apoplexy. Chicago post office bans cigarette smoking by young workers. future hires will avoid smokers. A printer’s slang example is explained with a dark punchline about editorial rows. Mentone residents vote to end a saloon via a club room tactic. John V. Zolman fined for selling liquor without a license as locals form a prohibitory group.
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Glasgow
Daniel W. Tomlinson
Tomlinson & Torr
Logansport
Kosciusko County
John V. Zolman
Mentone
Zolman
Court Fines Man for Check Evasion in Club Rooms Case
The court held the presentation of a check to be an evasion of the law. He was fined $20 and costs. Several other "club rooms" in the county face similar charges and are pending in the circuit court.
Clean Sheet for Today Remembering Loveable Traits
A moral exhortation to abandon slander and grudges from yesterday. Focus on the good in others and renew relations by discarding past quarrels and memories. The message urges personal happiness through forgiveness and positive recollection.
Modern trusts seek monopolistic advantage through partial control
Harper's Weekly argues that while modern trusts do not fully dominate markets like patent or government monopolies, they are formed to secure monopolistic advantages. A trust exists when it regulates production and fixes prices despite potential competition, even if entry remains possible.
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Harper's Weekly
Prayer Chain Proposal Sparks WCTU Debate
Mrs Balch of Indianapolis State Secretary proposed an endless chain of prayer to defeat President McKinley in November. The suggestion was not endorsed by the state organization. Members caution it shifts the Union from its religious mission to politics.
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Balch
Indianapolis
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Christian Temperance Women
McKinley
Great
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Organization
The
Woman's
WCTU Members Reject Northern States Petition
Mrs Stevens and other WCTU officials disapproved a proposed scheme after Mrs Anna Gordon returned from the Northwest with letters and petitions seeking sanction. They called the idea irrelevant and said prayer chains would be dropped, signaling firm opposition from the group.
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Anna Gordon
Stevens
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Dawn of the Century March offered by E T Paull
A New York publisher promotes E T Paull's Dawn of the Century March claiming it is among the best and lithographed in five colors. The offer lets readers obtain a copy for 2 cents in stamps if they mention the paper, with regular price 50 cents, plus a 30 page music catalog for 2 cents postage.
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E. T. Paull
Paull
Light Brigade
America
Dixie
E. T. Pauli Music Co
29Th St
New York
Ans M Gene
Comraxt
Spruce Street
A Word to Our Farmer Friends
Promote the National Rural, a weekly Chicago farm journal praised for broad farm coverage and independent public questions. Subscription offer includes 25 cent trial until 1901 and a 50 cent deal with a free fountain pen, encouraging neighbor referrals.
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National Rural
Farmers
Family Magazine
Unity Building
Chicago
Rural
Fertilizer Trust
Seed Trust
Implement Trust
Gold Standard and
National Bank Trusts
Night of Terror at Machias Ends in Widow's Anxiety
Mrs H S Lincoln recounts a night of terror for the widow of General Burnham of Machias. Doctors feared she would not live until morning though she was thought to suffer Pneumonitis. She reportedly slept after small doses, with 60 percent bottles free at Pi per's drugstore.
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Burnham
Machias
H. Lincoln
Piper
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Deacon Fogg
Monopolies and Trusts
Hall & Loewenthal
Peru
Tribune
Globe-Democrat
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DeWort
Esclopal
Alwaya
Notting
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Srocenter
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Tata
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