How Women Avoid Operations Campaign Ad
A Cleveland reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving years of left side pain and preventing surgery. Another note from Hanover praises the remedy for severe female trouble and renewed energy. The ad promises confidential, woman‑to‑woman correspondence from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Massachusetts.
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Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
C. H. Griffith
Constant St
Hanover
Ada
Walnut St
Lydia Binkham
Filipina Spits at Spanish Officer on Manila Bridge
An English naval observer recalls a Pasig River incident in Manila where a Filipino spit at a Spanish officer. The American sentry promptly restrained the scene, handed the pistol to the officer, tackled the offender by the neck and seat of the trousers, and dumped him into the river before resuming his patrol.
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Manila
Pasig River
Pasig
Soap and Ointment Offer Free Sample by Mail
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. It claims relief and speedy healing for skin troubles in young and old, even after other remedies fail, offering free samples by mail via a postcard to Cuticura Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Lucky Man Reflects on Old Flame and Fate
A row of casual banter about Maud the widow prompts a quip on luck and mortality. The piece blends dialogue with a jab at criminal lawyers and ends with an odd product plug for Marine Eye Remedy and a quip about a streetcar conductor.
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Maud
Indian Citizens Back Wilson Policy in War Notes
A telegram from Indianapolis signed by 100 prominent citizens across parties backs President Wilson’s war policy. It asserts the US will support any steps to protect American rights and ships, while opposing harsher rules of war and weaponized changes in international conflict. The list names many Indianapolis residents.
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Indianapolis
Germany
Wilson
White House
Washington, D. C
Woman Killed by Falling Tree in Tent at New Goshen
A middle aged woman, Mrs. John Baker, was killed when a tree toppled onto a family tent at New Goshen near a mine. Isaac Jackson, fifteen, was stunned but recovered. Crews had to saw the tree and remove limbs to rescue the body as storms felled trees across local roads.
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Clinton
John Baker
New Goshen
Isaac Jackson
Newcastle Petition Seeks Extended City Lines
A petition signed by more than 1,700 Newcastle citizens was filed with the T H I E Traction Company in Indianapolis asking extension of their streetcar lines. The current service uses a single car on South Fourteenth and Main streets from the factory district to the business district. Cambridge City officials appoint Dr R C Leslie head of the Indiana State Baseball League after a meeting. Leslie accepts the role and is regarded as knowledgeable about the game.
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Newcastle
T. H., I. & E. Traction Company
Indianapolis
Fourteenth
Cambridge City
Indiana State Baseball League
R. C. Leslie
Leslie
Rushville Man Dies After Meat Choke At Hospital
John Henderson aged sixty four of Manilla Rush county died at Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane in Madison after choking on a piece of meat. He is survived by two sons.
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Rushville
Southeastern Indiana Hospital For the
Madison
John Henderson
Manilla
Rush County
Farmers Ban Fishing Along Government Ditch Near Petersburg
Farmers west of Petersburg along the old government ditch have organized and forbidden fishing or trespassing on the land bordering the ditch, a noted fishing spot in southern Indiana, where locals enforce the ban on access.
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Petersburg
Indiana
Evansville Invites State G A R Encampment for 1916
Mayor Benjamin Bosse extended a cordial invitation to Louis King commander in chief of the G A R of Indiana to hold the 1916 state encampment in Evansville Indiana, signaling civic support for the event.
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Evansville
Benjamin Bosse
Louis King
Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana State School Census Shows Increase in 1915
The Indiana office of state superintendent Charles A. Greathouse reports 763,622 children ages six to twenty in 1915, up 2,239 from 1914, with white males 388,447 and white females 364,023. Colored students declined slightly, 8,094 colored boys and 8,058 colored girls. County tallies show 15,608 gains and 13,269 losses overall. Columbus news notes Mrs. Belvier R. Foster pursuing her husband, barber Foster, from Cincinnati. he is held awaiting a Cincinnati warrant.
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Indiana
Charles A. Greathouse
Ernest L. Welborn
Columbus
Belvier R. Foster
Cincinnati
Washington Street
Foster
Wwotmaan
DePauw Player Injured In Fraternity Outing Fall
DePauw University reports Phi Kappa Psi outing at Eel River falls left quarterback Anderson with a dislocated ankle and severe foot injuries. He slipped from a twenty foot ledge while bathing and diving but is not expected to miss football next fall.
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DePauw
Sipene Eet
Nerney Mead Anderesity
Ball- Cout
Misses Wedding Ceremony by Brazil Justice of the Peace
George E. Law, a longstanding marrying squire of Brazil who has wed over 4,060 couples, remains in critical condition with blood poisoning in the hip of his ailing leg. A possible amputation looms as last week he declined to marry a pair, the first time in fifty two weeks and the first in sixteen years he had to turn away a couple.
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Brazil
George E. Law
Law
Vice President Hands Diplomas at Wabash Commencement
Crawfordsville Indiana March George S Mackintosh president of Wabash College read the graduates names as Vice President Thomas Marshall handed diplomas at commencement exercises. The graduates stepped forward to receive their diplomas from the vice president.
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Crawfordsvile
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Wabash College
George S. Mackintosh
Thieves Steal Ginseng From New Albany Farm Bed
Ginseng roots with an estimated value near 1010 dollars were taken from a cultivated bed at the Indiana Reformatory property north of New Albany. Hlovudhounds were used in the pursuit of the thieves. Levi H. Scott, superintendent of schools, oversaw the site.
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New Albany
Levi H. Scott
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Heat Prostration Claims Elderly Evansville Woman
Mrs. Sarah Powell, 65, suffered heat prostration after lying in the sun about two hours in her Evansville yard. Physicians report her condition is critical due to advanced age.
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Evansville
Sarah Powell
New Christian Church Under Construction at Bicknell
A new Christian church is being erected in Bicknell at a cost of $14,000 with $500 donated by the Sunday school members.
Resolutions Back Wilson Policy in Green Castle Epworth League
The Greencastle district of the Ep worth League adopted resolutions praising President Wilson s international stance and calling for a peace policy and nationwide prohibition. Roy Manion a 23 year old Indiana State Normal student from Brownstown drowned trying to swim the Wabash River in Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Greencastle
Epworth League
Wilson
Wabash
Roy Manion
Brownstown
Indiana State Normal School
Wabash River
Soldiers Who Wear Veils in German Southwest Africa
British expedition under General Botha fights in arid German Southwest Africa where water is scarce and supplies must be carried. Soldiers endure 122 degree heat, wearing veils and goggles. many Boer burghers blistered and hospitalized. Desolate desert, sweltering shade, and tents define daily hardship for troops and horses alike.
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German Southwest Africa
Botha
Delays Are Dangerous as Jones Acts First
A witty exchange contrasts thought and action with Jones known for acting before thinking. The mayoral-era style quip suggests caution about impulsive moves and the value of delay.
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Jones
William Penn Chairs Restored by Blind Women at Independence Hall
Two chairs once belonging to William Penn, fragile with age, were repaired by two blind inmates from the Pennsylvania Industrial Home for Blind Women. The work in Congress Hall preserved the cane bottoms and woodwork, ensuring the relics remain safe in the east room.
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William Penn
Philadelphia Ledger
Pennsylvania Industrial Home For
Independence Hall
Congress Hall
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