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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1905
Page
3
One of the most remarkable opals is a fossil fragment of the ciniollasaurus from Australia. The specimen weighs 1150 carats and was recently brought to New York.
Shakespearean reference to Shylock demanding a pound of flesh appears in a humorous item noting modern beef prices and a wary response from Antonio. A town topics style blurb uses classic lines to comment on current markets.
Mrs Williams recounts thirteen years of nervous prostration and exhausting spells caused by poor blood and health. After medical treatment failed, a husband bought Dr Williams Pink Pills in July 1903 and within two months her strength, appetite, and nerves improved, ending her disabling symptoms.
Indiana senators and representatives discussed Roosevelt proposals and state measures on party lines. The senate rejected a whipping post bill while considering rates regulation and bond exemptions, and the house focused on petitions and a Sunday professional baseball bill.
Edward Shumm of Indianapolis has been found after a Denver ledgers search and will collect a $70,000 legacy from Robert Royerdon of Denver California. The fortune stems from a poker game with Royerdon whom Shumm saved. Shumm will travel to Denver to be placed in possession of the estate.
Mrs. Mary Inman heard chickens and saw a seven foot eagle in a tree. She fired with a pistol but failed to reload, then used a revolver and shot. The eagle fell to the ground dead. her husband found it on arrival.
The Purdue faculty votes to abolish the annual Thanksgiving day contest and President Stone says the season will end on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. He notes the move honors the traditional meaning of the holiday for learning institutions.
Portland Indiana January 21 a petition has been filed to have Oliver P Gibbs local grocer who failed declared an involuntary bankrupt Liabilities are 5000 principal creditors include W H Hood Co Portland Perfect Sons Fort Wayne National Candy Co Indianapolis William Fockes Sons Dayton Hall Hastings Co Richmond
William Brewis, arrested in Petersburg Indiana after exchanging a stolen bill book for a meal, confessed to robbing the Farmers Milling Co office and burning mortgage papers worth about 16900. The papers belonged to Elijah Whitlock and were burned in Brewis hut’s fireplace.
In Terre Haute Indiana Edward Cruise was kicked to depth by a mule named Maud while being watered. The incident is tied to reports of bad city water blamed on air shortage in the frozen river. Nearby, Indianapolis notes an insurance man E C Shumm saved a Colorado miner and is set to inherit 60000 to 70000 dollars.
Local capitalists from Anderson Ind report stockholders of the Juanita Steel and Tin Plate Co Greencastle left the decision to the directors on selling the Greencastle plant after a meeting.
Indianapolis readers note Edward Gough's introduced measure making it a misdemeanor for any public official to accept railway passes or telephone telegraph or express franks. The item appears among several Indiana news briefs from January.
A 1905 Sunday School lesson outlines John 3 1 15 on the new birth. Nicodemus seeks Jesus and learns that birth from above requires the Spirit, not flesh, with Jesus as the source of eternal life for those who believe.
An editorial urges women to heed symptoms of ovarian and uterine disorders to avoid surgery. It praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a proven remedy, citing letters from Mrs. Fred Seydel and Miss Ruby Mushrush claiming relief from serious ovarian and menstrual issues.
A perplexing exchange mentions suburban lots advertised as near the station. A character identifies as the margger of a side show and vows to confront the stone thrower, signaling a stage of local intrigue. Cleveland.
The exchange centers on a portrait painter who boasts mastery of oil painting while dismissing rivals. A humorous image emerges of Uncle Hiram donning a cork vest whenever Standard men float a plan, signaling comic streetwise wit.
A Georgia columnist notes a home remedy using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for sore hands and feet. The method involves soaking in a hot creamy lather overnight, then applying ointment to dry fissured skin and painful nails for relief and potential cure.
A fragmented ad mentions Allen's Foot-Ease for foot relief and easy shoe fit sold at Draguiote and Shoe Stores with a misprint urging against a sample free. The snippet also includes a stray reference to a New York Times quote about a philanthropist and another item about Grove's Quinine Tablets.
H B McCarver of 201 Cherry Street Portland Oregon says Doan's Kidney Pills relieved back ache and other kidney trouble symptoms that had bothered him for months He credits a cold with starting the issue and reports no recurrence after several months Using the pills to root out the trouble Dean's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers price 60 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
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