Indicted Words Against The Indianapolis News Attack State Politics
Crawfordsville Review laments the Indianapolis News for slanderous attacks on Indiana leaders including Bookwalter Beveridge Taggart and Ralston. It claims the paper uses sly tactics to blacken reputations and threaten families, urging readers to see the danger of such coverage. Newcastle Times notes the Times seeks respectable Republican voices.
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Crawfordsville Review
Indianapolis News
Bookwalter
Beveridge
Taggart
Ralston
Messrs
Indiana
Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
Bell
Roberts
Indigestion and Constipation Promoted by Rocky Mountain Tea
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for indigestion and constipation and claims it will regulate the bowels and purify the system. The pitch urges a thorough trial at 35 cents per tea or tabloid dose. Cook G Co.
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Hollister
Cook G Co
Indiana Newspaper Endorses Marion County Indictments
A hastily formed Indiana press stance says indignant bosses pursue fair play after defeats. The piece notes Republican business leaders in Indianapolis would back a mayoral rival over Tom Taggart and the Indianapolis News editor if voting were limited to business and church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lican
Indiana
Marion County Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Tom Taggart
Indianapolis News
Indiana State Geologist Barrett praised for state benefit work
An Indianapolis writer extols Edward Barrett, Indiana state geologist, for transforming the department. He cleared a prior deficit, expanded soil survey with federal help, and boosted mining, cement, stone, clay, and petroleum industries.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Edward Barrett
Indiana
Geological Department
Barrett
Purdue Agricultural Department
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Stands Five Years Later
Mrs M Shelley of Danville Indiana recalls how Doan's Kidney Pills relieved backache and lumbago, noting continued kidney health five years after initial use. The ad advertises 50 cents and urges buying Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Danville
M. Shelley
Tennessee St
Ind
Doan
Progressive State Geologist Barrett Earns Wide Recognition
The state figure, Mr Barrett, is praised as the most wide awake and progressive state geologist in the country. His work is noted for practical impact and broad influence among colleagues and followers.
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Barrett
State Pays Off Its Loan of 400000 in 1915
The Indiana State Finance Board paid off a 400000 loan to Merchants National Bank and Indiana Trust Company. The loan, at 2 percent, was issued Feb 18 as temporary relief pending tax collections from county treasurers later in the year. This year no May advance calls were made, and counties were allowed to hold cash until final June settlement. The treasury notes unusually strong finances in June 1915.
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Willis S. Thompson
Indianapolis
Ind
State Finance Board
Merchants National Bank
Indiana Trust Company
Deadbeats Go Ten Hades Says Reed Evangelist
A revival preacher at New Ross proclaims a harsh brand of religion requiring debt payment. The evangelist, identified as Reed, declares that moral duty includes settling debts as part of his revival message.
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Hades
Reed
New Ross
Debt and faith clash in Indiana revival sermon
In Indianapolis Rev. C Fenwick Reed denounced debt evasion during a packed Reed tabernacle service. He peeled off his coat and warned that avoiding payment condemns a person despite religious pretensions, urging creditors and debtors to reconcile with God.
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Indianapolis
Ind
C. Fenwick Reed
Reed Tabernacle
North Beville Avenue
Church Federation
Reed
German War Enlistee Denied Service Due to U S Citizenship
A Virginia merchant Hans Schlichting recounts his attempt to join the German army from Amsterdam to Berlin. Officials refused because he is an American citizen. He notes crowded barracks, booming industry, and a hopeful view of Germany’s victory, with plans to return to Brooklyn next month.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
A. W. Schmidt
Newkirk Ave
Germany
Hans Schlichting
Winchester
Dover
Rotterdam
Bentheim
Hanover
Amsterdam
Berlin
Soldier at Ypres Finds Joy In Battle Before Death
An Irish soldier dying in a rough Ypres field hospital tells Lieut. H R Watson that dying at home would remove the joy of death. He speaks of a fighting family history spanning Alma to Waterloo and notes a brother wounded in service. He says death makes all men equal at the end.
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London
Ypres
H. R. Watson
Highland Light Infantry
Abu Klea
Island Iwhana
Alma
Waterloo
Glencoe
Choir to Lead Welsh Army in Battle Horns Replaced
Cardiff reports the Welsh Army of 40 000 will march to battle with a Welsh Army Male Voice Chorus substituting the usual brass band. The choir features top singers from the Welsh valleys and will lead regimental performances.
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Cardiff
Wales
Welsh Army
Printed Stationery Boosts Personal Image and Practicality
The ad urges readers to order branded stationery with name and address on lots of 250 to 1000 with envelopes. It argues fashion drives want of personalized printing, claiming correct name spelling, accurate addresses, and fewer mail errors, with options in plain or fancy and single sheets or folds.
Powdered hellebore seen as effective fly control method
A Greencastle Herald report notes U S Department of Agriculture scientists found powdered hellebore kills fly larvae in manure when mixed with water and sprinkled over piles. It does not harm manure or vegetation, while adult flies must be trapped or swatted.
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Department of Agriculture
Benefited by Chamberlain's Liniment claims
Edward Craft of Elba New York says he used Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatic knee pains and stiffness last winter and believes nothing else gave him as much relief. The advertisement notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Edward Craft
Elba
N. Y
Local Social Notes From River Heights and Nearby
Mrs Lottie Barker and children spent Tuesday night with Earl Barker. Ruth and Bessie Dean called on Moyne Crosby last week. Moyne Crosby visited Dean home over the weekend. Sam Crosby and family and Iva Dwiggans and family visited R T Young on Sunday. Mrs Frank Sanders is visiting Cloverdale this week. Mrs Charles Dean is visiting Indianapolis this week. Charles Young went to Fort Wayne Monday to enter school.
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Rel River Heights
Lottie Barker
Earl Barker
Ruth
Bessie Dean
Moyne Crosby
Charles Dean
Sam Crosby
Iva Dwiggans
R. T. Young
Frank Sanders
Cloverdale
Indianapolis
Charles Young
Fort Wages
Freckle Remedy Promises Freckle Free Complexion
Freckle face readers are offered a no risk cure using ethine double strength from a druggist. An ounce or less is claimed to remove freckles and yield a clearer complexion with a money back guarantee if ineffective. The ad stresses a prescription sold under guarantee and promises low cost if successful.
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Newcastle Times
the Times
Willis
Thompson
H. Askew
Greencastle, Ind
E. Wash. St
Man
James W. Andrews
Bath, Mo
The
Greencastle Herald
ASRS
Bulletin
United States Department of Agricuture
O. F. Overstreet
Peace Building
South Vine Street
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway
Papa
Mamma
Cook Drug Co
Washington
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