Change in Women from Marriage and Motherhood
A historical ad style critique claims marriage alters women’s appearance and disposition due to ignorance and neglect. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for pelvic health, strengthens weak health, and prepares expectant mothers, with address for consultation in Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
R. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Avalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Grading Plans Progress For Fort Wayne Interurban
Fort Wayne officials confer with engineers and contractors to start grading on the Fort Wayne South Bend Interurban at Kimmell Noble County within days. Attending are G A Walkup Col Henry L Turner Wallace Mosier Harold Wallace J H Grisamer Valorous Brown C F Knowlton and P A Randall. Ligonier Syracuse Milford bid power station sites with no site chosen yet and through service changes may affect Fort Wayne Indianapolis routes.
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Fort Wayne
South Bend
G. A. Walkup
Henry L. Turner
Wallace Mosier
Harold Wallace
Chicago
J. H. Grisamer
Valorous Brown
Columbia City
C. F. Knowlton
Decatur
Springfield
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Peru
Union Traction
Fort Wayne-Indianapolis
Muncie
Fort Wayne- Bluffton
Little Richmond Raises $95 500 in YMCA Campaign
Richmond Indiana May 1. The YMCA drive closed last night raising 955,500 nearly 910,000 above forecasts. A 910,000 gift from D G Reid of New York is included. Organizers expect further subscriptions to reach about 9100,000 to start construction with 910,000 for a site. Loren Born of Whitley county was arrested Tuesday for allegedly brutal assault on his 68 year old father Jacob Born in Thorncreek township over lumber ownership, struck with a club.
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Richmond
Ind
D. G. Reid
New York
Loren Born
Whitley County
Jacob Born
Thorncreek
Jewel Skirt Supporter for Ladies Sold in Fort Wayne
Advertises a nickel skirt supporter and waist holder usable with dresses and suits, claimed to give equal satisfaction. Shown in a decorative box with full usage directions. Priced 25 cents originally, reduced to 15 cents. Promptly send stamps or coin to Miss Emma Grage at 4 Ellace Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana, dated April 24.
Roosevelt Attends McClellan Statue Unveiling in Washington
President Roosevelt and top military leaders joined Civil War veterans for the unveiling of General George B. McClellan’s statue on Connecticut Avenue Columbia Road. Addressed by Sickles Howard and Dodge, followed by a military parade and reviews by the president.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
George B. McClellan
Army of the Potomac
McClellan
George McClellan
United States Field Artillery
Daniel E. Sickles
O. O. Howard
Grenville M. Dodge
J. Franklin Bell
United States Army
Regular Army
Marine
National Guards
District of Columbia
Sumner
John Smith
Jamestown
President Honored At Army Reunion Society
Roosevelt was made an honorary member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac at its 37th annual reunion at the Belasco theater. General N. M. Curtis was elected president, with officers reelected. A peace-advancing resolution favored The Hague conference and urged rapid passage of the Fredericksburg national park bill. Mrs. McClellan was cheered. a committee escorted her to the theater amid a large demonstration.
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Navy
Library of Congress
Army of the Potomac
Belasco Theater
McClellan
New York City
Washington
Roosevelt
Society of the Army of the Potomac
N. M. Curtis
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Congress
Henry C. Dwight
Horatio King
Frank
Holliday
W. F. Fox
Avery
Fredericksburg National Park
Martin W. Littleton
Brooklyn
Notable Indiana Obituaries and Local Official Change
John Peter Smith aged 90 dies at his Washington township home in Whitley county after a long illness. Mrs James Abel aged 83, pioneer resident of Concord township DeKalb county, dies at St Joe. D E Purviance named trustee of Lagro township succeeding Lewis Courier who died in office. Rev Aaron Worth aged 71 a Wesleyan minister and prohibition lecturer marries Lida Davis of Fountain City. Frank Trim a Decatur saloon keeper has mysteriously disappeared.
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John Peter Smith
Washington Township
Whitley County
James Abel
Concord Township
de Kelb
St. Joe
D. E. Purviance
Lagro
Lagro Township
Wabash County
Lewis 8
Courier
Aaron .Worth
Indiana
Lida ‘Davis
Fountain ‘City
Frank’ Trim
De‘caturs
Eleven men dead in Whipple mine explosion at Charleston
Bodies of eleven men were recovered from the Whipple mine after a gas explosion late yesterday. Five others were injured, with the last victim named as an unknown Syrian. The mine suffered slight damage and the cause remains undetermined.
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Charleston
W. Va
Whipple
Robert Armstrong
Charles Burgess
Natson Burgess
Ernest Kelly
Ira Kelly
Ras Wiley
Raleigh Tucker
ED Smith
George Samper
William Wilson
John Thompson
Trusts to Lose Ten Percent in Bond Values Says McDoel
Indianapolis May 2 W H Mc Doel president of the Monon railroad told the state tax board that all trust companies insurance firms and other financiers would show a ten percent shrinkage in bond values from two years ago He cited no market for bonds and noted railroads raise funds by high interest short term notes He urged tax relief proposing main line assessments drop from 25000 to 20000 per mile and French Lick branch from 9400 to 7500 He critiqued two cent fare laws saying only certain colored passengers are influenced by cheap fares and through car plans for Warsaw South Bend begin June 1 with Mishawaka loop and 7 1/2 minute service plus court records show B and O paid 30000 to Woodville wreck victims relatives with settlements likely without court action Justice Walters fined George Chapman 30 95 for provoking a Waterloo dispute ending in Auburn court.
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Indianapolis
W. H. McDoel
Monon Railroad
State Tax Board
McDoel
French Lick
Warsaw
South Bend
Chicago
Indiana
Winona
Mishawaka
Porter and Lake
B. & O. Railroad
Woodville
Walters
Auburn
George Chapman
Waterloo
Chapman
Fred Chupp
Lifeboat disaster after Oriente wreck near North Carolina
Norfolk Va May 2 Captain Da Rochel fourteen seamen and a stowaway boy from the Spanish bark Oriente were rescued after fourteen hours afloat in a small leaking boat. The life boat sank as the last man left it. They were saved by the fishing smack Lilla B Fernald of New York thirty miles north of Cape Hatteras. They are cared for by the Portuguese consular agent. the stowaway is with immigration authorities. The Oriente and 1600 tons of phosphate are a total loss bound from Barbadoes to New York.
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Norfolk
da Rochel
Oriente
Nags Head
North Carolina
Lilla B. Fernald
New York
Cape Hatteras
Carl Altmann
Barbadoes
Indiana Supreme Court bars tax ferrets on percentage basis
Indianapolis May 2 The Indiana supreme court ruled county officials cannot use tax ferrets on a percentage basis to uncover property escaping taxation An appropriation must be made for the purpose making the practice illegal and replacing a method long used across the counties
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Dearborn Park Pool Room Declared Gambling Den
Hammond Ind May 1 Judge W W McMahon ruled in city court that Dearborn Park pool room is a gambling institution under the search warrant statute. A writ will command Sheriff F S Carter of Crown Point to seize the property and an order to destroy it will be issued.
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Hammond
Ind
W. W. McMahon
Dearborn Park
Indiana
F. S. Carter
Crown Point
Secretary Taft declines Ohio politics talk at desk
Washington May 11 Secretary of War Taft returned to Washington and at the war department stood among early callers but would not discuss Ohio politics saying he had nothing to say. He also deferred a decision on speaking at the millers convention in St Louis on May 30 citing a heavy workload. The Valley Line trolley eastward expansion reaches Orland. Michael McComsky returns after 35 years away to find scattered relatives in Elkhart Mishawaka and Chicago. Huntington contractor Harvey Hiser lands a $100000 theater contract for Toronto Canada.
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Washington
Taft
War Department
Ohio
St. Louis
Valley Line
Lagrange
Angola
Orland
Michael McComsky
Kendallville
West
Elkhart
Mishawaka
Chicago
Harvey Hiser
Huntington _contractor
Toronto
Can
Minister and Heiress Vanish From Hempstead Church
In Hempstead Long Island Rev Jere Knode Cooke pastor of St Georg es Episcopal Church and Miss Floretta Whaley left their homes and sent letters saying they would not return The bishop declined to pursue action and the vestry will fill the vacancy Whaley is about 18 and due a fortune of 125000 Cooke 35 and married five years. Cited reports say their alleged infatuation caused Mrs Cooke to leave and that both families hold assets and reputations in the community.
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New York
St. George's Episcopal Church
Hempstead
L. I
Jere Knode Cooke
Floretta Whaley
Mr. Cooke
Rienzi A. Clarke
Hartford
Conn
Burgess
Long Island
St. George's Church
Cooke
Miss Whaley
Former Baltimore clergyman Jere K Cooke faces unverified charges
Rev Jere K Cooke, formerly assistant rector at Grace Episcopal in Baltimore, moved to Hempstead to become rector. He hailed from Hagerstown and studied at Gettysburg Seminary and Middletown. St George's Hempstead rector Lt Rev Powell defended him as having behaved perfectly, while friend Howard Hubbard said Cooke denied any blame and had not been heard from.
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Baltimore
Jere K. Cooke
Grace Episcopal
St. George's
Hempstead
Arthur C. Powell
Grace Church
Dr. Powell
Mr. Cooke
Indiana Crop Outlook Wheat Has a Chance Left
Indiana reports indicate spring weather has slowed growth but may yield near average total production. Fruit buds are reappearing. wheat improves with favorable conditions. oats and clover reseeded where killed. corn planting delayed but not harmful if season normal. Strawberries and various fruits expected, with ginseng cultivation growing in Steuben county. roots fetches $6 to $8 per pound.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Steuben County
George W. Stout
Hamilton
Stout
Dr Miles Heart Cure Restores Wife After Hopeless Diagnosis
Rev P Milligan of Cenda Springs Kansas recounts how three doctors declared his wife beyond help. After starting Dr Miles Heart Cure Nervine and Liver Pills, she improved and ultimately recovered, using eleven bottles in total. The Miles Medical Co offers a guarantee refund if the first bottle does not benefit.
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Miles
Lke
Rev. P. Milligan
Cgenda Springs
Kans
Local schools announce spring program and enrollments
Pupils in Columbia City schools will present The Mikado in the city on May 16 and 17. Goshen reports about 2,400 students, up ~100. Auburn 937, up 14. Waterloo 283, up a small amount. Loren Born of Thorncreek township fined $1 plus costs for assaulting his father. Whitley County Telephone gains a new Arcola switchboard. John Roney installing. Dr Carlos D Lane leaves Waterloo for Bentley, Mich, to seek new practice. may relocate to Wabash County. Dr W A Neal of Elkhart marks fifty years in medicine with a banquet. Dr E B Webber of Warsaw dies aboard a streetcar. Decatur Foundry Co organized with $30,000 capital. to hire 50 men. G W McClellan of Huntington dies at 44 from Addison’s disease. About 650 mortgage exemptions filed in Whitley County. Allen T Walker injured at a tilt mill. Rev H N Herrick to wed Mrs Sarah Jane Kemp May 15 at Logansport. Albion becomes entirely dry after temperance agitation. Rome City High School class of ten graduates May 7.
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Columbia City
Goshen City
Auburn
Waterloo
Loren Born
Thorncreek Township
Whitley County
Jacob Born
Whitley County Telephone Company
Arcola
John Roney
Carlos D. Lane
Bently
Mich
Wabash County
W. A. Neal
Elkhart
Elkhart County
Decatur
C. R. Kenyon
C. E. Conley
G. W. McClellan
Huntington
Addison
McClellan
DeKalb County
Allen T. Walker
H. N. Herrick
Kokomo
Sarah Jane Kemp
Broadway M. E
Logansport
Albion
Noble County
Rome City High School
John H. Schermerhorn
Frank W. Chapman
Walter G. Koester
Fred W. Holsinger
James A. Sunday
LaVern Targart
Pearl Osborn
Zoe Jennings
Carolyne Ringgenberg
Mildred Watkins
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Kimmell Soon
South Bend Trolley Line
Little Richmond
Gen
Society of Army of Potomac
West Virginia
General M.clellan
TE Lane
John C. Cowan
Pleasant Mills
Adams County
Kinnison
Ligonier
Toledo and Chicago Interurban Company
Andrew Carnegie
Andrews
W.F. Huston
Ps . Carnegie
Supreme Court
J. K. Cooke
Rich
Hempstead, L. I
Miles Medical Co
Calhoun Street
Fruit House
Krox Ter
E. R. Bureet
Lawn Grass Seed and Fertilizer
Ss. Bash &Co
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