Indiana Teachers and Schoolhouses Study Shows Decline
Statewide statistics prepared for the Indiana superintendent show fewer male township teachers, a rise in women teachers, and consolidation reducing log, stone, brick, and frame schoolhouses. The report highlights shifts from 1907 to 1909, notes counties with log schools in the south, and lists the Indiana State Trustees meeting dates and officers.
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Indianapolis
J. I. Hoffman
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Brown County
State Board of Health
Indiana State Trustees’ Association
Statehouse
House
Grand Hotel
Charles Pittenger
Muncie
Frank Krack
Vincennes
John C. Becker
Hammond
Edward E. Cobb
Nineveh
Raiders Continue Gambling Busts in South Bend
Indiana Brewers' association delegates lead a posse of deputy constables raiding local gambling houses and illicit outlets in South Bend. The action targets illegal gambling operations with authorities reporting several arrests and seized funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Indiana Brewers’ Association
Fairy tale of prairie farming profits and land sale value
A Canadian farm near Regina demonstrates high returns from 640 acres bought at 18 an acre. Wheat yields 19 875 bushels and oats 4 750 on 600 acres and 40 acres respectively, with crop earnings of 17 550. Land value rise to 28 540 total.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian West
James Bailey
Regina
Bailey
Grand Coulee
Editor Absent as Jug of Licker Sparks Banter at Ridgeville Banner
A Ridgeville Banner visitor asks if the editor is out. The assistant explains the editor went to store a jug of liquor left by a subscriber. The joke implies the editor will be incapacitated for a week after disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Supreme Court
Someme
Ridgeville Banner
Anti LaGrippe Remedy Claims Cure All
Several western medical men tout a whiskey tonic with balmwort and glycerine as a preventive and cure for colds and la grippe. The mixture uses one ounce balmwort two ounces glycerine and a half pint whiskey with a daily dose of a table spoonful three to six times.
Coughing Burst Blood Vessel Warns of Quick Cure
A medical writer warns that coughing often bursts blood vessels and poisons fill the body. He denounces patent medicines and whiskey, then praises a laxative cough syrup with a five hour claimed cure. The remedy includes wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and white pine syrup with a dosing schedule.
Swell horse talk aside, cash loss from untreated consumptives
An editor’s figure cites $250 to treat incipient tuberculosis and $4,250 as the minimum community loss per untreated case. Extrapolating to the United States, segregating and isolating the sick could save about $1.275 billion, illustrating the fiscal argument for public health care.
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United States
Fishing Extraordinary in Virginia Story
A Washington Times column recounts a tale featuring Gen Reuben Lind say Walker of the Confederate army and his enslaved servant Sam. While awaiting breakfast, Sam departs to catch fish for the feast, returning with a white flounder described as very pale. He calls to his master Massa Reuben that he will come as soon as he catches the other half of the fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Flood
Virginia
Reuben Lindsay Walker
Sam
Massa
Reuben
Washington Times
Notable Toadstool Cure Hoaxes and Desert Crossing Feats
A jumble of advertisements and anecdotes reports Hall’s Catarrh Cure promises a cure for catarrh, a claim tied to J Cheney Co. It also notes Myriam Harry crossing the Shott Jerid salt marsh desert by automobile, and mentions Hamlin’s Wizard Oil relieving rheumatism and neuralgia.
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Colonos
Hatl
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drugelsta
Hal
Tunis
Shott Jerid
de Lesseps
Myriam Harry
Love of Work Ties Honest Effort to Contentment
A public discussion argues that loving one’s job follows from intelligence and pride in quality, with training designed to surround work with taste. It claims contentment comes to those who do honest, well done work and warns against shirking or negligence. Brander Matthews is cited on enjoying the job.
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Brander Matthews
George Bryder
Napoleon
Doan's Kidney Pills Sponsor Local Testimonial
Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri tells how bladder inflammation and back pain vanished after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports relief after a few boxes and credits the remedy for her lasting recovery. The ad ends with the product price and distributor Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York.
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Elizabeth Wolf
W. Morgan St
Tipton
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Precocious Child Defies Mother In Sharp Exchange
A young girl taunts her mother during a visit. The mother warns, If you do that again, Ill smack you. The daughter retorts, No you wont I will sit down on myself and then you cant.
Casting Castoria and old remedies in a busy ad page
An assortment of patent medicine lines appears, urging parents to check Castoria with its longtime "In Use For Over 30 Years" claim and noting Allen’s Lung Balsam as a common cough remedy. The page also echoes a culinary price joke about chicken stew and includes a Kingsley quote.
Davis' Painkiller Promises Quick Backache Relief
The advertisement touts Davis' Painkiller claiming rapid relief for backaches and stitches. It mentions Forttcatt At wil Grugglars and S60 bottles, suggesting a marketed remedy amid humorous quips about cats and kicking the bucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Forttcatt
Wil Grugglars
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Indiana
Gassman & Asersohn Company
Indiana Harbor
Capital
Edward Gassman
May D. Aserachn
Max Gassman
Sanitary Screen Company
Joseph H. Gordon
Willia C. Davia
Gunner Clancy
H. C. Whitmer Medicine Company
Seymour
State Board of Accounts
Eminer W. A
Will
Amos W. Butler
Board of State Charities
Butler
A. W. Gutridge
Associated Charities of
Minnesota
The
Railroad Commission of Indiana
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad Company
Monon
New Albany
Charles W. Fairbanks
Central
Messenger
Decolletti
Country
Houston Post
Jimmie
Hamlins
Wiizard
Yonkers Statesman
Walter
Charles Kingsley
Ourea
Meee
Remedy Nen
Élie
Bovtles
Roy
Sit Dranegate
Horse Goods
Spohn Medical CO
Chesslets
Goshen
California
Fic Syrup Co
Western Canada
Deneen
Illinois
Ce. Deneen
Ilinois
Auincricen J Aid Ito
Teo Lam
Thomos
Minal
Mani Bi
Alber
Crete
Ieee Aera
Seca
Williams Law
Ohio
Acme
Acme Electric Insole CO
DYOLA
Rane
Dy-O-L
Burlington
Fayettey
Hae
Ww. N. Y
Cincinnati
Douglas
Dougine
Rockton
Mase
W.L. Douge
W.L. Douglas Shoes Sre
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
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