City and County Notes Brighten With Spring Hopes
Local items report signs of spring plowing in county, a brisk livestock market, and active politics as county candidates announce themselves. A barn theft near the national road spurs a chase to Terre Haute, while church meetings in Spencer draw hundreds and a new fair plan uplifts community expectations.
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J. R. M. Allen
John Cowley
Ladoga
Ashby’s Mills
D.L. Southard
Fletcher
Lawrence
Ind
Floyd Township
J.T. Darnall
J. B. McCormick
Grand Lodge K. of P
Indianapolis
A. Black, Jr
R. M. Black
Henry Renick
Mt. Sterling
Jake Bickrell
Danville Union
Ada Ballard
Greencastle
College Avenue
M. i
Bowman
Heould
M. T. Lewman
Otho Allen
Washington
James Raines
Stone
L'Erre Haute
Illinois
Ben Friday
Harry Williams
F. P. Nelson
Evans
A.J. Frank
Spencer
Indiana
Elder Holt
Elder Frank
Crawordsville Review
Chicago
Agriculture Bureau of
Kokomo
Springer estate in Jeffersonville called a base fraud
The Springer estate excitement in Jeffersonville Indiana is described as a base fraud by Mr William A Morgan a well known citizen whose wife is an heir He attended a St Louis meeting as a representative of the heirs and gave a strong negative assessment of the estate after an interview today
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Jeffersonville
Inp
South Sea Island
Wm.a. Morg
St - Louis
Morgan
Heirship scheme questioned as meeting exposes fraud
Morgan reports at a packed meeting that the Springer estate is worth under 50 000 dollars and that 250 heirs across states were misled by biased reports. He cites forged leases, hidden agendas, and moves to drain funds while warning creditors and jurists of a "credulous" public being preyed upon.
Alluring Patent Medicines And Scattered Local Incidents
A collage of small items notes public meetings in Oberlin Ohio aimed at driving out tobacco dealers, endorsements for St Jacobs Oil by Rev Gilmour of Cleveland, a tale of a wallet recovery in Augusta, Georgia, and various claims for Dr Pierce’s Smart Weed and Scofield’s Blood and Liver Syrup. Also mentioned are a coffin-bound Sutton Vermont schoolmaster, a Welstfeld Mass church quip, and a violent incident in Tuscumbia Alabama.
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Oberlin, O
Is It Lard or Butter In Our Markets
Farmers flood markets with white lardy looking butter. Wells Richardson Co Per fected Butter Color yields golden color year round. Color difference can raise price by three to six cents per pound. Paper finds many uses from buckets to roofing and textiles.
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Well’s
Richardson & Co
How to Get Well and the Kidney Word
An advertisement extols Kidney-Wort for diseased kidneys and clogged bowels, claiming it renews the whole body by expelling poisons. It notes many testimonials and describes a sensational idea of sending children by express for treatment, with owners praising Hop Bitters after long illnesses deemed incurable.
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Rochester
New York
Ucica Herald
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Ublic
Hanna & Black
Public Square
John Cawley
John T. Craig
Howe & Vermilion’s
Vandalla
C. Bieler’s
North Side Square
Wysong's
Wysong’s
Greencastle Foundry
Culver
South Depot
Golden Rock Rye
Phoenix
R. L Higert
Prop
Conrad Cook
West Side Public Square
Castle Mills
Gene’ 5 Mill
South Greencast
Sey
Gar C. W. Talburt
Sexarmers
Gay Brick Chapel Agricultural Association
THE
Springer Estate
Gillispie
Wilmington
Delaware
Union
M. C. Springer
Kansas
W. T. Bogher
Springer
Stockholm
Johnson
Fort Wayne
Beck
Charles Christopher Springer
Sweden
St. Louis
Dan Johnson
Seymour
Thomas O. Springer
Chas. Christopher
Hurst Hotel
van Wert
Kentucky
Mr. Morgan
Christopher Springer
Dayton
Ohio
Gilmour
Cleveland
Augusta
Pierce
Jamaica
Sutton, Vt
Tuscumbia
Ala
Express
Drs. Ellis & Smythe
George Bicknell
Sme
Atade
Smark
Olliver
Columbia Streets
Undertakers
Putnam
East Washington Street
Putnam County
East
Washington St
Inn
Mulholn, Hanna & Black
T. G. Bowman
John Burley
T. G. Bowman & Co
Growman & CO
East Sides
Dobell & Cooper's Furniture Store
E. Washington ST
J.T. Dobell
M. J. Cooper
Benson
Seabury & Johnson, Pharmaceutical Chemists
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