Elkhart Music Centric Northeastern Indiana Feature
A feature on Elkhart as a music hub in northern Indiana highlights its world famous band instrument factory started in 1876 and the Conn horn factory. It praises local virtuosi at the Conn Conservatory and notes mixed public enthusiasm, press influence, and upcoming musical events in Goshen Nappanee and South Bend with probate notes and local society activities interwoven.
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Hikiart
Indiana
Elkhart
America
Hoosier
Ain Elkhart
Iuny
United States
C. G. Conn
Jules Levy
A. Lefebre
Hobart A. Davis
Henry W. Geiss
Hikhart
Conn Conservatory of
Amusic
J. Franclyn Boyer
Conservatory
W. Prestop McHenry
Levy
Union
Sinyers
Ory
Ipsis
Bucklen Opera House
Togo
Delieart
Professor Boyer
Boyer
Heaton
South Bend
James Whitcomb Riley
Batiste
Geo. M. Ludebaker
M. Preston McHenry
South Bene
St. Cecilia Society
Goshen
Nappanee
Nauppanee
Herbert
Nappanee Operac
Cough Remedy Endorsed After Personal Trial
Ontario NY druggist recounts refund guarantee for Chamberlain s Cough Remedy leading a disappointed customer to try it and later recommend it to another shopper. The item notes the remedy s popularity due to word of mouth. A. O. Rowe, druggist, sells it. Jacob S Slick longtime Wabash bar member dies at fifty one.
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R. Grandin
Ontario
N. Y
A. O. Rowe
Jacob S. Slick
Wabash Bar
First Voters Encouraged to Cast Ballots
To First Voters. You are young men casting your first ballot. We congratulate you. We also call your attention to Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for Constipation Indigestion Sick Headache and Stomach Trouble. At Thomas' drug store. While hunting near Mentone Newton Raymond accidentally shot himself through the arm. Dc. E. Schaff general manager of the Big Four is on an inspection trip. The editor of the Fordville Ky Miscellaneous writes as a postscript to a business letter I was cured of kidney trouble by taking Foley's Honey Cure. Houseworth Bros. An attempt is being made by St Louis and East Tawas parties to obtain funds for a proposed college at the latter place.
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Dr. Caldwell
Thomas’ Drug Store
Fordville, Ky
Foley
Houseworth Bros
St. Louis
East Tawas
Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Bright's Disease Prevention
High living intemperance exposure and many other things bring on Brights Disease. Foley's Kidney Cure will prevent Brights Disease and all other kidney or bladder disorders if taken in time. Houseworth Bros.
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Brights
Foley
Bright
Houseworth Bros
Grateful letter praises Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin
Charles Curry of Negoa Illinois writes from Monticello Illinois about recoveries from stomach disorders after ten months of illness and three doctors. He credits Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin with restoring health and gaining 25 pounds. The remedy is sold by Thomas Drug Store.
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Negoa
Pepsin Syrup Co
Monticello
Dr. Caldwell
Charles Curry
Thomas Drug Store
Sailor Sayings and Small Town Moves Across Week
Stewart Gardner, the new post master, adds groceries to his store. Wyant family plans to move into the old Long house. Minnick family leases fruit farm and heads to Washington with son Charles. Diller brothers scalded handling hot apple butter. Barber offers humorous free shave and cigars for fastest mustache. Fisher bitten by neighbor’s dog. Richard Ross ill and not improving. Herbert Fisher buys a new buggy. Minister Brigham absent Sundays. Fred Wyant moves goods home. Lavina Hill and daughter visit Elkhart mother. Edward Fisher again buys sheep for fall and spring market. J EB Howes family visits Rineharts. Daisy Bay visits Sailor. Ort and Elk Hart companion visit parents.
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Stewart Gardner
W. B. Wyant
Albert Long
J. J. Minnick
State of Washington
Charles
John
Elmer Diller
Clarence Fisher
Richard Ross
Herbert Fisher
Brigham
Fred Wyant
Bristol
Lavina Hill
Elkhart
Yohn
Edward Fisher
Cures for Kidney Diseases and Back Pain Ad Featured
Free book offer from Dr. B. J. Kay of Saratoga New York promotes cures for kidney diseases and back ache via mail order. Peru passes an anti spitting ordinance. Question posed What Shall We Have for Dessert prompts Jell O as a ready to make no bake option with orange raspberry and strawberry flavors at 10 cents. Nappanee to gain three rural mail routes. Scarlet fever reported in Niles.
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B. J. Kay
Saratoga
N. Y
Printing the Ballots in Indianapolis for Indiana Voters
Four printing presses at William B. Burford's in Indianapolis began turning out 24 000 ballots per hour for Indiana voters. The state election board expects 1 600 000 ballots to be printed and wrapped, with counting starting after delivery to the state house and operations running daily to finish within six to seven days.
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Indiana
William B. Burford
Indianapolis
State Election Board
State House
Democratic
Republican
Prohibition
People’s
Socialistic Labor
Socialistic Democratic
Burford
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Digestive Relief
An advertisement from Houseworth Bros. claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests all classes of food and provides rest for a worn stomach. It asserts it cures indigestion where other remedies fail and cannot harm, suitable for various stomach troubles.
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Houseworth Bros
Apples Short Crop Warns of High Prices This Winter
Word from New York dealers says the crop is short this year and storms thinned the trees in major fruit states, likely keeping prices high before year end. A home method to store apples for winter is to pack them in paper inside barrels with heads up and a cool, ventilated place to prevent decay and maintain freshness.
Effaces Blot From Paterson Plot Claim
New Jersey Supreme Court Commissioner Trimble closes an inquiry into the Paterson and West Hoboken area. He finds no anarchist plot to assassinate King Humbert of Italy, dating Bresci’s plan to after he went abroad. Ernesto Cavello, termed the anarchist queen, testifies Bresci spoke of going abroad and denies involvement.
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New York
Supreme Court
Trimble
New Jersey
Paterson
West Hoboken
King Humbert
Italy
Bresci
New Jersey Supreme Court
Beware false cures for kidney and bladder trouble
Do not trust claims of unknown herbs or roots in swamps or hills for kidney and bladder cures. Foley's Kidney Cure contains remedies recognized by skilled physicians as effective for these complaints, so do not be credulous or foolish.
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Foley
Methuen Reoccupies Zerust in Cape Town Campaign
Cape Town reports Lord Methuen has reoccupied Zerust and captured many wagons a large quantity of stores and possibly cattle and sheep in the operation.
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Methuen
Cape Town
Lord Methuen
Fair and Beautiful Faces Promotes Skin Cure
Claim about impure blood causing pimples and rough skin promotes Dr Warner's Compound of Seven Cures as a blood renewer that makes rough skin smooth and fair.
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Warner
Life Term For Youtsey In Goebel Assassination Trial
Henry Youtsey was found guilty of the Goebel murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is the third man convicted, following Caleb Powers who received life and Jim Howard who was given the death penalty. A court scene described the jurors as impassive and weighed by their responsibility. The verdict was unanimous on guilt and the penalty fixed at life after debate. The report notes a night disturbance in Youtsey’s cell and surrounding courtroom atmosphere.
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Georgetown
Henry Youtsey
Gov. Goebel
Youtsey
Goebel
Caleb Powers
Jim Howard
Col. Nelson
Cantrill
Mr. Youtsey
Charles Dudley Warner Dies in Hartford
Charles Dudley Warner, noted author and owner of the Hartford Courant, died suddenly on Saturday afternoon after a history of pneumonia and weakened heart. He had recently given books to a local colored man to inspire reading about the colored race.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Hartford
Conn
Hartford Courant
Mr. Warner
Strike May Mod Soon Hazleton Pa
Developments in the last forty eight hours indicate the anthracite coal miners strike nears end. It is believed the men may return to work by week’s end as operators post notices granting Scranton convention demands and a more friendly mood grows between sides.
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Hazleton
Scranton
Roosevelt Opens New York Campaign Tour Heading Off Bryan Speeches
Roosevelt begins his New York state tour to counter Bryan's speeches. He has campaigned almost continuously since September 1 and returns to continue the drive. The governor appears in good health and predicts his voice will hold through the remainder of the campaign.
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Roosevelt
New York
New York State
William J. Bryan
Bryan Is Left Behind in West Virginia Chase
William J. Bryan and his private car Rambler drew large crowds at stations from Wheeling to Huntington as supporters cheered while Bryan rode ahead on a different railroad. The chase ended early this morning when Bryan arrived in Huntington after miles of travel and pursuit.
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Bryan
Huntington
W. Va
William J. Bryan
Rambler
West Virginia
Wheeling
Mr. Bryan
Notice of liquor license hearing in Elkhart County
Scott Thomas a resident of Concord township Elkhart county Indiana will seek a license to sell intoxicating liquors at a ground floor room on Main Street Elkhart. The hearing is set for the next session of the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners at Goshen court house on the first Monday in November 1900.
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Elkhart
Concord Township
Elkhart County
Indiana
Scott ‘Thomas
Board of Commissioners
Goshen i
Main Street
Division Street
Ehilkhart
Scott Thomas
Concord Tewnship
Elkhert County
Fourth Ward
Alvin R. Ludwig
Goshen
City of
A& W
Duryea Sues After Neck Injury Inheritance Battle
New York reported Walter B. Duryea travels 327 miles in a plaster cast after a neck fracture as he battles to retain a fortune left by his father. Edgar H. Duryea died after the accident, while Duryea's sisters contest the will and he aims to outlive a pending provision.
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New York
Walter B. Duryea
Paris
Brooklyn
Edgar H. Duryea
Duryea
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Stephen D. Miller
David Dausman
Elmer Grubb
Catharine Witters
Mary Culp
Guardian
Joseph G. Culp
Lucy Keller
Harris Shaner
Anthony N. Culp
Anthony Culp
Jacob D. Compton
Margaret Divine
Wm. C. Miller
Jacob D. Rohrer
Elizabeth Wambaugh
Wm. Wambaugh
Moses J. Nutting
Delia Congdon
John Himebaugh
Nathan Himebaugh
Edwin E. Drake
Caroline Fredeke
Wm. Theis
Magdalena Schlagel
James
David Schrock
Noah Brenneman
Bristol Brevities
Nora Summerlott
Inlaw
Baker
H. K. Wolfe
Waterloo
Isaac Frank
Norrth
Manchester
H. W. Dussel
Simon Haines
Clyde
Mr. Lamport
Merritt
Main
Division Streets
D. B. Shuits
North Manchester
Ind
M. EB
J. W. Bowen
James Shutts
Joseph Knapp
Henry L. Sanger
Constantine
Mich
Mentone
Newton Raymond
Dc. E. Schaff
Manger
The
Big Four
Bright’s
Peru
Niles
DeWitt
Alonzo O. Bliss CO
Washington, D. C
Druggista
KK Londike
Arkansas
Vnc Lands
Newis Lroad
Q. L. Nichols
Ion Hill
Marion County
Daily Market Reports
Rd of Trade
Chicago
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