Damages Sought Over Alleged Wife Affection Affair
William L Jennings sues Hartford City money-order clerk Harvey Hartley in circuit court for 5000 dollars claiming Hartley ruined his wife’s affections. Jennings says Hartley confessed after being found with his wife in Muncie on October 29, 1907 and handed him a 1000 dollar check later stopped. Hartley says the suit stems from a conspiracy and coercion including threats of violence.
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Hartford City, Inc
Harvey Hartley
William L. Jennings
Jennings
Muncie
Hartley
Th Plaintife
Death of two horses sparks murder case in Indiana
Bloomington reports Edward Ford arrested near the scene of a double shooting at Mrs Hawley home. Ford claims self defense after a feud tied to alleged poisoned horses. Elder Joel McCoy died within 24 hours of his son Frank. Other brief items from Indiana: Evansville love marriage after telegraph proposal, Indianapolis Sun sale, Goshen bank quits, Knox tragedy, Muncie factory fire, Terre Haute death by morphine, Columbus fire losses, Evansville receivership bid, Richmond liquor raids, Branaville treasurer Walker acquitted.
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Bloomington
Ind
Edward Ford
Joel McCoy
Frank McCoy
McCoy
Hawley
McCoys
Ford
Former Preacher Parker Ends Life in Hydraulic Canal
Goshen Indiana Reverend William G Parker 60 a Christian church minister committed suicide by jumping into a hydraulic canal. He grasped tree roots as water shallow and submerged his head. A letter in his clothes mentioned obligations but gave no reason. Parker served 50 Indiana settlements, entered politics and sought county offices but failed repeatedly. He had become despondent over political defeats. Before drowning he removed jewelry and hid it at home.
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Goshen
Ind
William G. Parker
Parker
Indiana
Thanksgiving sport questioned by Indiana pastor
Warsaw reports quote Rev J L Goshert condemning Thanksgiving day sports as degrading warning churches to fill pews amid belief that 100 lives were sacrificed to sport last year. The item cites a union service in Warsaw and urges reverence for holiday pastimes.
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Warsaw
Ind
J. L. Goshert
United Brethren Church
Union
Proof for Two Cents Kidney Cure Ad
Medina man invites kidney suffer ers to write for his personal proof of cure from Dean's Kidney Pills after lengthy illness in two hospitals. He claims weight rose from 1423 to 162 after 10 or 12 boxes and says he was completely cured. Sold by all dealers at 56 cents a box. Buffalo firm is Voster Milburn Co.
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G. W. Winney
Medina
N. Y
Dean
Mr. Winney
Voster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Domestic worker misuses refrigerator ice
A Scandinavian domestic in Cleveland followed a strict rule to throw away all leftovers each day. The mistress noticed a peculiar thing in the yard and learned the worker had discarded yesterday s ice. The tale from Harper s Weekly highlights misapplied kitchen etiquette and a humorous misunderstanding.
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Cleveland
Sophie
Harper's Weekly
Sores as big as pennies cure from Cutiura Remedies
After measles scalp and neck broke out in scaly penny sized sores, hair fell out, and doctors salves did not help. Six months later Cutiura Remedies were tried, and within a week improvement began. In three weeks the condition was completely gone, seven years later no recurrence. Mrs Henry Porter Albion Neb Aug 25 1906.
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Henry Porter
Albion, Neb
Irish servant girl and the tickets in the mouth quip
A New York West Side household scene features an Irish servant who answers a caller with a bold brogue and a comic line about placing tickets in her mouth as she offers to check if her mistress is home. The anecdote highlights humor from the old servant figure amid changing societal classes.
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Emerald Isle
New York
West Side
No. Y. Press
Catarrh Cure Scam and Car Talk Parable
A garbled 19th century ad promises a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures with a toothy testimonial from Toledo druggists Waning KinNan and Manvin and a sensational claim by J Cheney. Separate car discussion features two women debating a doctor diagnosing an epidemic fever in two children, a tale of mistaken disease.
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Mother
Productive power of Western Canada soil
Winnipeg correspondent touts Western Canada soil as highly productive for grain. Despite late May sowing and August frosts, yields were strong across southern Alberta and the Craik region, with vast lands available for homesteads under 160 acres free entry, via Canadian government agents.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Alberta
Craik
Saskatchewan
Sears Indicted in Des Moines Over Misrepresented Catalogs
Sears Roebuck Co of Chicago faces three counts for mail fraud tied to catalog misrepresentations. The June 13 1907 scheme allegedly sold white lead to Dr C F Spring of Des Moines, claimed as made by Sears. Other counts involve rings bought by R H Miles and a second ring mailed with false claims.
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Des Moines
Specta
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
C. F. Spring
Sears-Roebuck
R. H. Miles
Manayunk man locked by beard in safe mishap
George Edgemont a Jefferson street resident and paperhanger fell into trouble when his beard was caught in a safe door after returning to his office to store money. A locksmith forced the break in and he was released by his daughter after about an hour. The piece ends with a parable about the prodigal son told by a southern preacher.
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George Edgemont
Jefferson Street
Hermitage Lane
Manayunk
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Edgemont
Fragmentary Dialogue Of A Panic Victim And Giver
A brief exchange shows a panic victim confessing fear of work as a kind citizen offers a dime. The responder declines, saying the coin won’t help and that he is scared to death of work.
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Ruskin
The General Demand For a Simple Laxative Remedy
The Well-Informed favor a gentle yet prompt laxative made from Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The California Fig Syrup Co. promotes its ethical, known-value formula as safe for family use and preferred by physicians. Price fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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