Doan's Kidney Pills Heal Lewiston Man's Sciatica
Samuel D. Ingraham of Lewiston Idaho writes that two years of sciatic rheumatism left him crippled and using crutches. Kidney secretions were irregular and painful with heavy sediment. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills, he improved and was finally free from suffering, praising the product. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Samuel D. Ingraham
E. Main St
Lewiston
Idaho
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Inexperienced Caddie Questions a Golf Hole Size
A humorous golf scene shows an eager young caddie asking Mr Toozle if he should make the hole larger after his fifteenth miss. The exchange captures lighthearted clubhouse banter and the sport’s casual delay.
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Mr. Toozle
The Greatest Paintings and Immortal Legends
A College professor from the University of Chicago reflects at a dinner on how legends carry different truths for different people. He cites memories from Pendleton mothers trimming children's hair and a Sunday school lesson on Samson and Delilah, highlighting folk wisdom and humor.
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Charles Zeublin
University of Chicago
Pendleton
Samson
Dellal
Joe
Cincinnati Enquirer
Little girl refuses to pray saying mother should ask
In St. Louis a young girl halted her prayer declare that is the mother's duty to ask for blessings, insisting she will no longer recite prayers as two people asking for the same things is unnecessary.
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St. Louis
Stubborn Marian Calls It A Hoss For Cow
A three year old girl Marian refuses to identify a cow in a vacant lot calling it a horse. Her mother asks what eats grass besides a horse and Marian answers more boss in a quick, stubborn reply.
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Marian
de Hneator
Coffee to Postum Converts Baird Man and Kin
An old Baird Texas resident credits coffee substitute Postum with curing severe digestive and bowel ailments after quitting coffee. He says bowels regulated in two weeks and pains vanished, enabling him to eat freely. His son also improved after switching to Postum, and the family endorses the product saying they use it in place of coffee. There's a Reason. Read The Road to Wellville.
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Baird
Texas
Poston
Postum
Wellville
Phys
W. B. Northrup
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Rock Island
Texas Gulf Coast
John Sebastian
Rock Island-Frieco-C. & E. I
LaSalle Station
Chicago
Frieco
St. Louis
Switching Charge at Bloomington Sets Statewide Precedent
The railroad commission's ruling limiting switching charges to $8 per car for Monon and Indianapolis Southern at Bloomington is expected to guide state cases. Pending matters seek uniform charges and mutual at junctions. Bloomington rates have ranged from $2 to $21, with the ruling seen as a precedent for several cases.
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Railroad Commisson
Monon
Indianapolis Southern
Bloomington
Muncie Trades Council Accused of Pressuring Tariff Revision
A Washington dispatch says a message claiming to be from the Muncie Trades Council urged Senator Albert Beveridge to hasten tariff revision action. B W McGinnis and president of the council denied sending or knowing of any such message.
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Muncie Trades Council
Muncie, Ind
Muncie
Typographical Union
Indiana
Madison County Goes Dry in Notable Indiana Vote
In Madison County Indiana women and children led the dry campaign winning by 1470 over saloons. Alexandria and Elwood shifted to dry by 166 and about 1000 respectively as 107 saloons in the county faced closure with Anderson looming largest.
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Anderson
Ind
Madison County
Indiana
Alexandria
Elwood
Ebwood
Franklin
Orestes
Gilliam
Perkinsville
Street Car Strike Begins in Evansville Over Wage Demands
Nearly 100 conductors and motormen from Evansville and Southern Indiana Traction Co walked out demanding higher wages and a closed shop. Efforts at compromise failed and state labor commissioners abandoned arbitration as impossible.
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Evansvillle
Ind
Evansville and Southern Indiana Traction Co
Charles A. Woerner
Harry Slough
Indianapolis
Bank employee fugitive linked to $16,090 shortage
Indianapolis bank officials report Harry Prenzler was confronted about an account and confessed to being used as a dummy by Max P. Emmerich, a bank bookkeeper and fugitive, tied to about $16,090 in alleged shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Capital National Bank
Harry ©. Prenzler
Max P. Emmerich
Record Floods Strike Hagerstown Area After Cloudburst
Two days of rain followed by a cloudburst produced the highest flood heights in 50 years. West river and Nettle creek inundated low lands destroying roads bridges fences and large amounts of cordwood and straw carried away by floodwaters.
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Hagerstown
Ind
West River
Nettle Creek
Wet majority sweeps Floyd county saloon vote in New Albany
New Albany Indiana Floyd county voters chose wet by margins over 1800. Every ward backed prohibition by 156 to 304 and New Albany township yielded a wet majority of 1819. Three of the surrounding townships also went wet while 106 saloons operate in the county.
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New Albany
Ind
Floyd County
Two Muncie Saloons Close After Local Option Vote
In Delaware County the local option election led to the closure of two well known Muncie saloons. One was the Kirby house bar room and the other the saloon owned by George P. Davis.
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Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
Kirby
George P. Davis
Missing Capital National bank bookkeeper Max Emmerich
Indianapolis authorities report the disappearance of Max Emmerich, former bookkeeper of Capital National Bank. A federal arrest warrant is held by U S Marshal Pettit for embezzlement charges as investigators audit the missing man's books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Max Emmerich
Capital National Bank
United States
Marshal Pettit
Vanderburgh County grants gas franchise to Blackburn and Co
Vanderburgh County commissioners grant a franchise to George H. Blackburn and Co to pipe natural gas along county roads. Gas will be brought from the oil belt area near Oakland City Indiana to the county, with routes and rights of way set for construction.
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Bransvile
Ind
Cunty
George H. Blackburn
Schultz
Vanderburg
Oakland City
Indiana towns hinge on dry vote results and notable deaths
Corydon Harrison county voted dry by 169 as four saloons remain closed in the county. Spencer Owen county stays dry by 966 votes, Fort Wayne loses resident Patrick Ryan at 77 after 24 years weigh master service. Crawford county dries up aided by a 15 majority. Laporte reports wets lead by over 400 with 126 saloons. Dan Bailiffe a retired heavyweight and saloon keeper dies at 45 after a train incident in Muncie. Kokomo sees Leo Smith, baseball third baseman, die from injuries in a game. Anderson reports Lida Scott, 28, returns home four months after disappearing amid a murder case.
Terre Haute to Host Resident Stock Company at Leading Theater
Terre Haute Indiana will stage a resident stock company at its leading theater to fill gaps when no traveling attraction is scheduled. Wright Huntington of Chicago will head the stock company.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wright Huntington
Chicago
Travel salesman dies by own hand in Claypool Hotel
Indianapolis reports Hugo Freidman a Baltimore overall company salesman died by suicide in the Claypool hotel while without funds. A telegram from his firm in his pocket asked him to return home.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hugo Freidman
Baltimore
Claypool Hotel
Depot Plan Urged for Fort Wayne by Pennsylvanian Official
Ft Wayne Indiana J B McKim superintendent western division of Pennsylvania road says he will urge the company to build a 15000000 dollar depot at Fort Wayne. Other railroads will be invited into the scheme.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
J. B. McKim
Western Division
Pennsylvania Road
Rockport Bootlegging Case Causes Arrest in Evansville
Evansville officer reports the arrest of Charles Johnson of Rockport by a deputy U S marshal on bootlegging charges. He is accused of selling liquor at Rockport on Sundays when sales are prohibited.
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Evansville
Ind
Charles Johnson
Rockport
Jury awards $5000 to Mrs Hillman in saloon case
Vincennes Indiana jurors awarded Mrs Bertha Hillman five thousand dollars after she sued W E Stewart over liquor she alleged caused her husband Lawrence Hillmans death. Hillman reportedly drank, fell from a boat and drowned.
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Vincennes
Ind
Bertha Hillman
W. E. Stewart
Lawrence Hillman
Automobile crash injures five near New Haven Indiana
Five occupants injured when a car driven by Jerry O Connor left the road a short distance from New Haven Indiana. Injuries include broken arms and dislocated shoulders for Wi Con rey and Frank McKendry with others reportedly sustaining less severe harm.
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Fr. Warne
Ind
Grouth
New Haven
Jerry O’connor
Wi Conrey
Frank McKendry
Neighbors guard tenant as masked men raid at night
Rising Sun and Henry Detkmas report neighbors armed with shotguns guarding a tenant. The tenant was taken from his home, tied to a tree, beaten, and ordered to leave the country after being charged with stealing chickens and eggs.
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Rising Sun
Henry Detkmas
Death of Eugenie Selby in Terre Haute
Mrs. Eugenie Selby, 51, sister of Eugene Debs, dies in Terre Haute after a long illness. The Debs family is noted for affectionate family ties and devotion among siblings and parents, with the father long deceased and the children’s tenderness described as beautiful. Her sister and mother had died recently.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Eugenie Selby
Eugene Debs
Debs
Ft Wayne Gambling Joint Fined and Suspended Sentence
Edward and Klein Dinst, proprietors of a Ft Wayne gambling den, were fined $159 and a six day jail term suspended by Judge O Rourke in circuit court.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Edward & Klein Dinst
Dsug
O’rourke
Kokomo Robber Co Stockbolters Accused of $26000 Distribution
Indianapolis report states the Kokomo Robber Co alleged to have distributed twenty six thousand dollars. Grafton officials are linked to the case and further details remain unclear.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Kokomo Robber Co
Kokomo
Grafton Ee Ee
Police Dress and Duties in London Paris and Berlin
The article describes London police with dark lanterns and striped cuffs signaling rank, their rain capes, and silent hand signals. In Paris patrolmen wear blue caps, white trousers in summer, carry short swords, capochon hooded capes, and use the cape as needed. German police wear helmets with a martial air.
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London
Paris
Poets of National Greatness in Rome Honors
The London Times notes that Victor Hugo praised Shakespeare for elevating England beyond mere commerce. Foreseeing English genius, it cites two poets, Shelley and Keats, as examples who set Britain apart.
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Victor Hugo
Shakespeare
England
Carthage
Europe
M. Bourget
Rome
Shelley
Keats
London Times
Eye For Business Speech Invitation From Sven Hedin
The Eschweg merchants invited explorer Sven Hedin to lecture and received his reply promising to attend if paid 4500 marks. The secretary replied that the amount exceeded their modest means and suggested the invitation came from American gold mine owners.
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Eschweg
Sven Hedin
Merchants’ Association
Japanese Girl's College Honors at Pacific Seminary
Miss Ochima Okubo, a Japanese student, earned a bachelor of divinity at Pacific Theological Seminary alongside six others during commencement at First Congregational Church. She is also enrolled in sophomore work at the University of California and resides in Oakland.
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Ochima Okuubo
Pacific Theological Seminary
First Congregational Church
Okubo
University of California
Oakland
San Francisco Chronicle
History Maker Headed by Dr Mary Mills Patrick at Scutari
Dr Mary Mills Patrick leads the American College for Girls at Scutari. Founded in 1871 as a high school she joined early and now graduates contribute to shaping eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Women from Roumania Servia Bulgaria Persia Mesopotamia Egypt and beyond study there.
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Mary Mills Patrick
American College For Girls
Scutari
Constantinople
Patrick
Europe
Ottoman Empire
Roumania
Servia
Bulgaria
Persia
Mesopotamia
Egypt
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