14 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
1
Citizens urged to aid the Soldiers Reunion set for August 1 26 21 22 with a large speaker lineup. Catholics urged to invite friends and support old soldiers in declining years while a health note promotes Foley's Kidney Care. Wheat area in Indiana expected 32 million bushels with variable yields.
An ad touts Foley's Kidney Cure claiming it heals Bright's disease diabetes and bladder stones. The piece then pivots to praise of the content farmer, who enjoys prosperity amid urban decline and asserts the farmer safeguards national virtue through his family and bread acres.
Dr Geo Ewiing ofSmiths Grove Ky with over thirty years practice shares personal experience using Foley's Kidney Cure after kidney and bladder trouble and enlarged prostate. He reports relief after three bottles and continues to prescribe it in his medical work. Sold by M Land Co.
Local items report the English News Office passing under Ish E Carver with prompt handling promised. Community notices include fairs, reunions, births, marriages, baptisms, and a caution to beware of con artists as Rockefeller is described as a billionaire Democrat.
Quod citizen William C. Froman born May 10 1843 died Aug 8 1908 of heart disease at his Grantsburg home. Survived by wife four sons four daughters a brother and two sisters. Funeral at home with Rev H W Wright Elder W A Scott and I O F, burial at Seaton cemetery conducted by I O O F. He was a model neighbor and a member of Grantsburg Lodge 407 S O O F. The editor notes Governor Durbin’s strong stance on law and order and ends with local editorial reflections. Also mentions John Gilbert Shanklin died after illness at Evansville. Dr John E Fetzer relocating to Corydon. James E Stewart and D M Stewart leaving for San Francisco. and a note on the New Albany Business College and anti saloon efforts.
Sunday morning westbound Southern Railway train derailed at Mt. Vernon Illinois after an open switch left by a culprit. The engine plowed on ties before stopping in a fill and the baggage car toppled off a 20 foot embankment. No injuries except a severe shakeup. Passengers included J E Stewart and D M Stewart heading to California. D M Stewart recalled a fifty year ago California trip with an ox team and said the ox team wins over a railroad.
An assortment of items from a small town paper includes a poem on bars, a pearl find worth 150 dollars, August exams for teachers licenses, a county fair travel fare, a soldiers reunion, lodge memorial resolutions, and a rebuke of sensational newspapers, temperance fights, and gossip.
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