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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1908
Page
5
The note praises Dr Wiles as the best for headache relief and claims no side effects with the remedy. It mentions a money back offer by the druggist if not satisfied and assures a guarantee of effect, though the message quality is dubious and likely promotional quackery.
A lengthy overview notes the 1904 presidential election features many candidates across parties. It outlines electoral college details, state variances, and the broad field of 14 million potential voters, with emphasis on Bryan Roosevelt and McKinley legacies shaping contests and public interest across 46 states.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as ideal for women with nervous exhaustion and weak digestion. It cites Mrs Vila Ming of Vincennes Indiana describing relief after using the tonic, and notes pills are sold by druggists or mailed from Schenectady New York at 60 cents per box or $2.00 for a dozen.
The article argues presidential elections depress productivity as millions of men pause work to engage politically. It dismisses tariff and banking debates as insufficient causes and cites government in Washington nearly at a standstill due to legislative impediments and officials delaying actions.
In Kendallville Indiana Rev S Snyder and wife were in a buggy accident four miles south of town while returning from Zion Church. The buggy overturned in a ditch, injuring no one. They escaped unharmed after a farmer supplied a replacement buggy and they returned home.
Funeral for AO Verey Purdy of Noble county stage in Albion at St Methodist Episcopal church. Born June 26 1852 in Laurwell Co died Oct 30 1908 near duckson Michigan. Survived by wife Miss Maggin Isbell Brox and two wives and several children. Burial Rose Hill cemetery.
An analysis argues that postwar tobacco tax repeal left consumer costs unchanged while the tobacco trust, led by Thomas F. Ryan, kept revenue stamps and raised prices. It claims Roosevelt’s 1902 repeal allowed the trust to pocket tax money and profit from prior war-time pricing, with House responsibility under Cannon and Sherman.
The notice states Albert Cline quits the IGE business and transfers control of the business to Delmer Webb and Jay Martin. Martin has managed the business for months and is familiar with its details as Cline departs.
Halloween events in Albion featured a nine‑couple procession visiting decorated homes. Guests earned prizes for crafts and games, including a pumpkin seed stringing contest, a caramels and ghost story stop, and a quilt block creation. Hosts included Miss Jen sie Cory and Miss Feith Kriebhaum, with gentlemen guests led by T. M. Cass and Leo Sehonweker among others.
Masked participants and novelty wagon features marked a night of light refreshments at multiple homes, with a pirate super hosted by Glaiys and Riva Foote and a children's musical at Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Morr. Conversation centered on Morton day observances and partisan articles attributed to Major M. Boydsa u from Warsaw, fueling controversy over Judge Royse’s candidacy and recent expulsion discussions.
Cars on each city line will leave the transfer corner at half hour intervals after 11 30 o clock tonight until 1 a m for the purpose of handling election crowds. Cars will be run after this hour if necessary.
War saw Indiana November 2. Members of a Christian church threaten to withdraw from the church body after the board refused to allow Judge L W Royse to speak on Morton day. Others demand a new church board amid tensions over the incident.
Col umbia City Indiana November report of Hliu Davis aged eighty one dying at Bartionville Oklahoma. Funeral plans pending. son Davitt Shinneman of this city is kin. Davis native of Highland County and Civil War veteran. He married Minerva Darragh in 1848 in Preble County. He joined local church and varied residences.
A local man, long in feeble health, died recently after leaving the city to visit Kansas City and Bartlesville. He had stayed with Mrs. Shobo in Bartlesville and is survived by four children: D. L. Shinneman of this city, Mrs. Dolek Hull of Chisago, Harry Davis of Gelficit, Wev., and Mrs. B. Shoby of Bartlesville, Okla.
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