Santa Clara air craft tests promise human flight breakthroughs
In San Jose, John H. Wissexway reports success of the Montgomery aerometer tests in the Santa Cruz mountains. Maloney stayed aloft over a quarter hour on a hot air powered craft named the Santa Clara, and described soaring like a bird. Further demonstrations are planned locally or at Santa Clara with private and public tests to follow.
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San Jose
Cal
John H. Wissexway
Maloney
Maloney Saiki
Yaver
Santa Clara
Br John Montgomery
Zachary Montgomery
Genter
Cleveland
Bishop Montgomery
St. Ignatius College
Santa Cruz Mountains
R. H. Bell
Ollese
Montgomery
Presat
Retim
Br. Montgomery
Virtue Triumphs Over A Wild Infatuation
London newspaper readers followed a personal column correspondence between E F and G S, including a married man, a woman ready to risk happiness, and a near tragedy averted by a line from Burns.
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London
E. F
G. S
London Daily Express
England
Burns
Oil Discovery At Hickeloh Draws German Interest
German bankers and business leaders show intense interest in new oil fields near Luneburger Heide. A Hickeloh well on the Leine river reached oil at 4,409 feet two days before Christmas. The town buzzes as daily production hits about 4,372 gallons and experts deem the result strong.
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Luneburger Heide
Hickeloh
Leine River
Aller
Kodo Dyspepsia Cure Digests Food and Eases Indigestion
Advertisement touts Kodo Dyspepsia Cure as treating digestion by nourishing vital organs. It claims users will forget they have a stomach and experience rest, recuperation, and lasting health, with availability from all druggists.
Transmitting Voice Over Long Copper Distances
The article notes a 1600 mile link between Boston and Omaha where a Western business house communicates daily with Boston representatives. It states the human voice travels over copper wire faster than crossing an ordinary room, highlighting advances in long distance telephony.
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Boston
Omaha
Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic Promises Quick Sleep Incontinence Aid
$100-Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic may be worth to you more than $100 if you have a child who soils bedding from incontinence of water during sleep. Cares old and young alike. It arrests the trouble at once. Sold by C H Leonard, druggist, Elkhart Ind.
Pittsburg and Alleghany Consolidation Population Rank
The Pittsburg and Alleghany consolidation will form a city of 451,512 people per the 1900 census. It would rank sixth among U S municipalities, behind Greater New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Boston and Baltimore which had 508,957 people.
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Pittsburg
Alleghany
Baltimore
Greater
Greater New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Hides found in barn tied to Indiana robbery case
In Summitville a quantity of hides stolen from Stephen Hughes was discovered concealed in a barn owned by Hiram Anderson at Elwood. Authorities arrested Anderson Cage Stambaugh and Eda Reavis for involvement in the robbery.
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Summitville
Stephen ‘Hughes
Hiram Anderson
Elwood
Anderson
Cage Stambaugh
Eda Reavis
New Albany
New Albany Society of United Charities
Broecker
Hartford City
Artliss A. Freeman
Mansfield
Queen Victoria
Decatur
Wilie Brown
Huber Vancamp
Everett & Hite
Indiana Boy’s School
Marion
Cleo Messler
Amos P. Messler
Curtis Baugher
Baugher
Messler
Milton
E. C. Caldwell
Whitewater
Beesons Station
Rushville
Masonic Fraternity
R. W. Cox
Elizabeth Stevens
Connersville
J. R. Bennett
M. E. Becker
Henry Hessler
Poorman Manufacturing Company
Piqua
Seyfried & Marshall
Tragic Meaning in Lines by J H Simmons of Caseo Ia
A reader describes a terrible cough that kept him awake until Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds cured him instant relief and long term cure claimed. Available at Houseworth Bros druggists with 50c and 1.00 prices and a free trial bottle. Also noted is Filomento Rossi s study arguing aborigines descend from Etruscans and Phoenicians in a Kansas City Journal feature.
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J. H. Simmons
Caseo
Dr. King
Houseworth Bros
Filomento Rossi
St. Louis
Kansas City Journal
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Said to Cure Lip Cancer
Duffield Virginia man Jas Walters testifies Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed a years long lip cancer and left it perfectly well. The ad promises a guaranteed cure for cuts and burns and lists 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
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Bucklen
Jas. Walters
Duffield
Houseworth Bros
Want Dome On Court House At County Meeting
The county council will be asked at the April 14 meeting by the county commissioners to provide an additional appropriation for erecting a dome on the recon structed court house to house the court house clock.
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Court House
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Quick Energy Boost
Frightful plans to get rich are frustrated by breakdowns due to dispersia or constipation. Brace up and take Dr King’s New Life Pills which remove clogging materials and give a new start. Cure headache and dizziness too. At Houseworth Bros. drug store, 25c guaranteed.
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Dr. King
Houseworth Bros
French Army Veteran Major Desmarets Celebrates 100th Birthday
The senior officer on the retired list of the French army, Major Desmarets, has reached his one hundredth birthday. His military career began as far back as 1815, marking an era of long service and historic campaigns.
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Major Desmarets
Reward Demanded for Lost Diamond in Office
George Berkey offered a reward to Ira Church or George Shaw for recovering a valuable diamond set from his watch fob lost in the office. Church suggested sweeping dirt into a dustpan. the jewel was found. Church now asserts his claim on the reward, citing his alleged legal advice.
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George Berkey
Ira Church
George Shaw
Church
Berkey
Strike On in South Bend Builders press demand rise
Bricklayers and masons struck in South Bend amid bustling building, asking five cents more per hour. Current wages range from 50 to 55 cents for bricklayers and plasterers, with prospects favorable for the strikers. Carpenters plan a May 1 strike after demands were refused.
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South Bend
Aged Middlebury Soldier Die s at Home
George F. Mann aged 170 years died at his Middlebury home. He was a soldier and well known. Survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs Daniel Sleeper of Chicago and Mrs William Bockus of Allegan Michigan.
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Middlebury
George F. Mann
Daniel Sleeper
Chicago
William Bockus
Allegan, Mich
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It states the cure works internally on blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars to any case it cannot cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Deeds Recorded for March in County
County Recorder O. C. Vernon recorded 645 instruments in March. Deeds numbered 268 with total considerations of 384 631.40 dollars. Real estate mortgages 118, mortgage assignments 29. Chattel mortgages 54 and liens 119.
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O. C. Vernon
Smallest Police Station Stands In Fishguard
In Pembrokeshire the town of Fishguard houses the smallest police station in England a building about ten feet square.
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England
Fishguard
Pembrokeshire
Man Who Fought Twice and Won Again in Illness
James Clowes of Pittsburg recounts a grueling battle with autemia after a Civil War service with the 63rd Pennsylvania and the Fourth Connecticut. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his fatigue, breathlessness, and other ailments after a single box and seven more.
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American Bridge Co
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Connecticut
James Clowes
Forty-fourth Street
Ally
Dr. Williams
Grass Fire Spurs Central Fire Crews on Main Street
Central fire department answered at 1 45 this afternoon to extinguish a grass blaze in the grove across Christiana creek on Main street. Edwin A. Pounder spotted the fire and it is believed to have started from a spark from a passing engine. The blaze spread quickly through the grove but caused no major damage.
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Central Fire Department
Christiana Creek
Main Street
Edwin A. Pounder
Excavation Begins for Goshen Opera House Project
Excavation for the new Goshen Opera House started yesterday as committees canvassed advance subscriptions for opening night. Ten dollar seats now total 205, with 153 five dollar seats sold yesterday afternoon.
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Goshen Opera House
Don’t Borrow Trouble With Electric Bitters
A drug store ad promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, biliousness, Bright’s disease, and other internal disorders. It promises relief from symptoms and debt of disease, offering guaranteed use at Houseworth Bros. for 50 cents.
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Bright
Houseworth Bros
Married By Judge in Courthouse Library
Judge James S. Dodge united Clinton A. Ferree and Ellie McKenzie both of Bilkhart in marriage yesterday at the courthouse library.
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James S. Dodge
Court House
Clinton A. Ferree
Ellie McKenzie
Bilkhart
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Jeffersonville
Carnegie Library
Clark County Historical Society
Valparaiso
H. J. Reeder
DeMotte
Hesser
Lacrosse
John Zewandiwskie
Furnasville
Wabash Railway Company
Evansville
Gideons
John H. Nicholson
Frank B. Posey
Health Board
Charles T. McCarty
Daviess County
Greenwich
Martin County
Muncie
Harry R. Wysor
Wysor Theater
Nnd
West Muncie
Brack Creek
Bedford
First Christian Church
Charles M. Dodd
Wallace
Panama Canal
New York
Panama
Columbus
Brunswick Clothing Company
Messrs
Charles Littleton
Liston Frata
Charles [Ittleton
First Presbyterian Church
Wulschner Music Company
Indianapolis
Greensburg
Kokomo—Hanson S. Dawson
James Caldwell
Richmond
G. S. Binford
Japan
America
Ira
H. B. Sykes & CO
Elkhart
Venice
Arnold
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