Governor Durbin Seeks Guidance on Rhodes Scholarships
Governor Durbin received a letter from Secretary of State John Hay asking for suggestions on awarding Cecil Rhodes scholarships. Two $1,500 yearly Oxford University scholarships would be granted to each state and territory for three years. Trustees may decide the award method and seek input via Ambassador Joseph Choate. The governor’s secretary advised presenting the matter to the state board of education for recommendations.
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Durbin
Indianapolis
John Hay
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford University
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Charles E. Wilson
State Board of Education
Moon's TAIN Catarra Cure Reward Notice
A vintage reward advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarra cure and endorses F J Kanes as honorable after fifteen years in business. Toledo wholesalers VIALDING KI N NAN & Maxgyin advertise Hatl's Caterrh Cure priced at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials and mail order pills.
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Catarra
Curt
PJ. Ghenay & CO
Toledo
F. J.kanes
Waare Tavax
Wholesal Drugeists
Vialding
Ki“Nan
Maxgyin
Hatl
Kitten Shipped In Mail Pouch To Pittsburg
Evansville Indiana newsroom reports a kitten, mascot of the local post office, was placed in a Pittsburg mail pouch by its mother and sent away. Clerks await word from Pittsburgh and have asked for the kitten’s return. The feline will be named Pittsburg upon its return from the Smoky City.
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Evansville
Ind
Pittsburg
Smoky City
Acts Immediately Colds Cure by House Sworth Bros
One Minute Cough Cure promises immediate relief for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. Describes the product as absolutely safe and a sure cure to use after exercising to cool off and prevent worsening colds during summer.
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Housesworth Bros
Needle That Vanished Decades Later Found in Woman’s Finger
In Kouts Indiana a seamstress recalled losing a needle while threading a button over twenty seven years ago. An elderly woman later felt tingling in her finger and pulled from the skin the same needle, proving it survived in her body for decades. Also notes honorary membership for men by a club and a Muncie land gift pledge for a city hospital.
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Kouts
Samantha Ambertris
Genuine Rocky Mountain Tea by Madison Medicine Co
Advertises Rocky Mountain Tea as genuine and produced only by the Madison Medicine Co at 35 cents. Houseworth Bros. listed as distributor or seller.
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Madison Medicine Co
Houseworth Bros
Rains Threaten Potato Crop In Local Area
Persistent rains in the region endanger the potato crop as tubers rot in the ground, risking yield losses for local farmers reliant on the harvest.
Osmicure Blood-Nerve Tonic Sold in Marion Listing
An old classified note advertises Osmicure Blood-Nerve Tonic for bladder and kidney support priced at five cents to one dollar, sales by GC D. Rushton in Marion. A fragment mentions a woman’s clothing found in a grove with missing hat and hoe, prompting police to investigate foul play as a possible motive. The item is described as good quality and well made.
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D. Rushton
Marion
South Marion
Anthracite Strike Split Debated Over Weekly Fund Plan
Wilkesbarre reports anthracite delegates back from locals with a plan to let soft coal workers stay at work and fund a weekly strike relief rather than a national suspension. A split in the union looms if contracts or grants fail, as nonunion workers and contractors seek steadier pay while mines resume only with sufficient applications and consent.
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Wilkesbarre
Indianapolis
Miners Dele gates in District No 2 Favor Cautious Policy
Reports from subdistricts of district No 2 United Mine Workers show eight elected delegates to the national convention are uninstruc ted on voting for a general sympathy strike. They are conservative miners chosen to avoid a central bituminous field strike. Delegates will urge a weekly day’s pay donation to anthracite workers while bituminous miners stay at work. Soft coal miners here now earn good wages due to ample car supply and high demand.
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Altoona
United Mine Workers
Trying to Benefit Farmers Plan to Detassel Corn in Illinois
Urbana Illinois July 14 The University of Illinois agricultural department has started a statewide experiment to test the practical benefit of detasseling corn. Farmers will receive blanks with instructions and data will be collected by county for a bulletin on results.
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Ilinois
Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois Agricultural Department
New York Coffee Sales Rise in Year End Report
The annual report of the Superintendent of the New York Coffee Exchange shows total sales reaching 9,707,000 bags, up from 43,000 bags in the previous period. The figures indicate a strong market with robust demand and increasing turnover across the trade.
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New York
Wud
New York Coffee
Drought Hits U S Exports With Sharp Falls in Corn Oats Beef
Washington reports 1902 export totals fall sharply from 1901 due to 1901 drought. Corn exports drop to about 27 million bushels versus 181 million prior year, corn meal down to 1 million dollars. Oats and oatmeal decline, beef and live cattle slide, cotton value also down despite higher quantities.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Archbishop Feehan Dies in Chicago Residence
Arch bishop Patrick A Feehan head of the Chicago Roman Catholic province died at the archiepiscopal residence after 4 pm on a Saturday. His sister Mother Catherine Feehan and Francis J Barry chancellor were present. Death attributed to heart failure from indigestion following a pneumonia attack last year.
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Chicago
Patrick A. Feehan
North State Street
North Avenue
Catherine Feehan
St. Patrick’s Academy
Francis J. Barry
Eldorado Troops Leave in Charge of Lieut Moore
Adj Gen Smith reports Col Theodore Ewart ordered state troops at Eldorado to take charge of the colored people protection squad. Ewart to return to Springfield and Lt Moore to remain in charge. The telegram states the report is satisfactory.
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Col Ewart
Moore
Springfield
Adj
Smith
Theodore Ewart
Eldorado
Col
Ewart
Mooren
Will Reinstate Ware In Fort Scott Post
Eugene F Ware former pension commissioner and ex member of William H Lytle post G A R in Fort Scott Kansas will be reinstated at the next meeting on request.
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Ware
Fort Scott
Kas
Eugene EF. Ware
of Pensions
William
New High Record of 252 590 Tons Reached Despite Scarcity
New York July 12 Good news predominates though unfavorable weather and labor disputes appear. Trade review notes fuel scarcity but commodity prices hold. Rail and pig iron output hit new highs, while mills in Pittsburgh ease for vacations and demand for structural steel remains robust.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
New England
Union
Chicago
Texas
Singland
United States
Canada
Kodol Relieves Indigestion Says Verona Woman
“Mother Always Keeps It Handy” story from Verona Missouri credits Kodol with easing long distress and ill health caused by indigestion. L W Spaulding describes her seventy six year old mother recovering quickly and now eating freely, aided by a bottle of Kodol.
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L. W. Spaulding
Verona
Nature
Houseworth Bros
Train collision injures passengers in Ankeny
A passenger train collided with a freight on an open switch of the Northwestern railroad at Ankeny Iowa. Both engines were wrecked and fifteen passengers were injured two seriously Mrs W W Rich and Bernita Rich.
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Ankeny
Northwestern Railroad
W. W. Rich
Bernita Rich
Schwartz for Senator in Forty First District Nomination
In Wheaton Illinois on July 12 the Democratic convention for the forty first senatorial district named Charles A Schwartz of Naperville for state senator and re nominated W A Boles of Joliet for representative.
Mayor Hugo Retains Duluth Mayoral Post By Court Vote
In St. Paul Minnesota on July 12 the Supreme Court upheld Mayor Hugo the Republican candidate as mayor of Duluth. One vote for Truelson was discarded giving Hugo a four vote majority.
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Duluth
St. Paul, Minn
Hugo
Supreme Court
Truelson
Suppression of American Missions Considered by Porte
Vienna reports on July 12 that the Ottoman government seriously weighs suppressing all American missions in the empire. The claim cites the missions as centers of revolutionary propaganda impacting regional stability.
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Vienna
The
Porte
Ottoman ‘Empire
No Longer Than Nour Hand Pain Relief Scene
A fragmentary report describes lumbago pain and a patient named Perry Dav receiving a painkiller from a kind friend. The text conveys throbbing ache and the act of applying remedy, set in a casual diary style.
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Perry
Governor La Follette Will Be Renominated
Madison July 14. Governor R M La Follette claims overwhelming support at the state convention with 808% votes to 265% for opponents. Nominees likely include J O Davidson for lieutenant governor Walter L Houser for secretary of state J G End for state treasurer Zeno M Host for insurance commissioner L M Sturtevant for attorney general L D Harvey for superintendent of public instruction and Graham L Rice or similar for railroad commissioner. Levi H Bancroft will be temporary chairman as the convention may extend into the evening.
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Madison
Wis
R. M. la Follette
la Follette
R. M. Follette
J. O. Davidson
Soldiers Grove
Walter L. Houser
Mondovi
J. G. End
Sheboygan
Zeno M. Host
Milwaukee
Do You Know IT Rocky Mountain Tea Claim
An old advertisement promotes Rocky Mountain Tea by Madison Medicine Co as a cure all for pimples liver marks skin eruptions indigestion and more. It claims to restore beauty and womanly vigor and lists general family benefits from grandpa to baby. The Gemini tea is priced at 35 cents per package.
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Grandpa
Grandma
Father
Biadison Medicine CO
Madison Wise
Counterfeiters Network Targeting Michigan Circulation
In St Joseph Michigan on July 12 Archie Campbell of Harrisville confessed to authorities implicating James Beebe and Thomas Baker in a years long counterfeit silver dollar ring. The gang operated from a deserted blacksmith shop near the woods edge and the arrest marks a major breakthrough for state authorities.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Alcona County
Archie Campbell
Harrisville
James Beebe
Thomas Baker
Campbell
Englishman and German Reach Matterhorn Summit
In Zermatt Switzerland on July 9 the Matterhorn summit was reached yesterday afternoon by an Englishman and a German. It marks the first ascent of the season.
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Zermatt
Switzerland
Man Kills Wife Then Shoots Self in New York
Carl Boekmann fatally shoots wife Emily Boekmann in New York and wounds O. F. Farewell before turning the pistol on himself, shooting himself in the left temple.
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New York
Carl Boekmann
Emily
O. F. Farewell
Eclectic Oil Cures Sore Throat in 24 Hours
Testimonial from M S Gist of Hawesville Kentucky claims months of sore throat vanished in a day after using Eclectric Oil. The statement emphasizes rapid relief and verifiable result for the product.
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M. S. Gist
Hawesville, Ky
Burger shipyards sale completed to Chicago Dry Dock
Manitowoc Wisconsin July 12 sale of the Burger shipyards to the Chicago Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company was consummated when articles of incorporation were filed by the Manitowoc Dry Dock Company. The consideration of the sale was 110000 dollars.
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Shipyards
Manitowoc
Wis
Burger Shipyards
Chicago Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Manitowoc Dry Dock Company
Chinese official honors U.S. consul in Canton
In Washington on July 12 a Chinese imperial order the double dragon was awarded to United States Consul Wade at Canton for distinguished service relating to rice trade and relations with China.
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Washington
Bear Creek Fire Destroys Village Hard Hit Wisconsin
A blaze swept Bear Creek Wisconsin thirty miles northwest of Appleton destroying a dozen stores the post office Chicago and Northwestern depot and a lumber mill. The fire started at 4 am in the B and B millinery store and residents fought it with buckets. losses may reach 100000.
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Appleton
Wis
Bear Creek
Post
Chicago
Northwestern Depot
B&b
Lightning claim two Black victims in Pensacola
A lightning strike in Pensacola Florida killed two Black people and shocked several bystanders, with others treated for injuries as authorities investigated the incident.
Allen's FootEase Powder Promises Quick Foot Comfort
Shake Into Your Shoee Allen's FootEase a powder cures painful smarting nervous feet in growing nails and instantly relieves corns and bunions. It makes tight shoes feel easy and claims to stop sweating and tired aching feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 25 cents with a free trial.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Famine and Pestilence Ravage Alaska Eskimos
Montreal reports Jesuit Father Lucchisi of Koserotski Alaska describes famine and pestilence halving the Eskimo population. Missionaries stayed to help but are crippled by the crisis as scenes of starvation and ravages unfold among Alaska natives.
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Montreal
Father Lucchisi
Koserotski
Alaska
Cure for Itchiness Promised by Dean's Ointment
An old advertisement claims severe skin itchiness and a plague like condition can be treated with Dean's Ointment sold at drug stores for 50 cents. The copy stresses it as a safe, never failing cure available to all.
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Dean
Quiet Port au Prince report on San Domingo government
A cablegram from Minister Powell says Port au Prince is quiet and the new government in San Domingo has been recognized. The message is dated Port au Prince and cites Washington. The tone notes a political shift with recognition of the new regime.
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Wuiet
Coffee John Convicted of Trafficking on Police Force
Minneapolis police convict John Fitchette known as Coffee John for trafficking in positions on the police force. Conviction announced July 12 with details of the charges and procedural steps.
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Cores John
Minneapolis
Minn
John Fitchette
John
Browned Engineer Drowns in South Bend Incident
South Bend Indiana July 12 Charles son a resident and heart manufacturer drowned in a suspected accident. Authorities say the death may be linked to trouble in business affairs.
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South Beed
Ind
Charles
Man Hangs Self on Birthday in Belleville Coal Shed
William Falbe aged fifty nine killed himself on his birthday by hanging in a coal shed at his residence rear. A neighbor discovered the body.
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Belleville
William Falbe
Doctor Dies In Carriage Accident Near Annville
Lebanon July 12 Dr John H Reinochi of Lebanon was killed and Dr B E P Marshall of Annville was seriously injured when their buggy overturned after their horse ran away near Annville.
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Lebanon
John H. Reinochi
BE. P. Marshall
Annville
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Kitten
Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Rocky Mountain
Muncie
Uwler
Befarth
Elones
Sistersville
W. Va
Feehan
Posubeiy
Yarlocert
San Francisco
Sal
Rushton
C. D. Rushton
Pensacola
Fla
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