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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
8
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for bowel and stomach ailments including cramps biliousness and headaches. The copy guarantees relief and states Butterton’s drug store sells them for 25. ml
State Statistician Joseph A. Stubbs reports banner townships Richland Rush Clinton Decatur and Scott in Steuben County average 75 bushels per acre. Jills County leads at 54.0 bushels. Adams Township Madison County is missing from reports. Indiana total 170,926,121 bushels from 418,452 acres. Jackson Township local yields reach 70 to 90 bushels per acre.
An advertisement claims Fiorains bruises burns and similar injuries respond instantly to Chamberlain's Pain Balm and heal in about a third of the usual time. Sold at Batterton's drug store.
A reminiscence recalls the Brookville American’s journey from a single sheet in the 1830s under Joseline to today’s eight page edition. It contrasts early dailies, Civil War debates, and postwar growth, praising the paper’s coverage of local and national news and its role in Indiana’s counties.
In Hawcreek township Indiana the Possum Glory school was closed by Trustee Arthur May, sending pupils to Plessinger. Samuel Gilliland sought a mandamus to keep the Possum Glory house open, but the circuit court dismissed the case on the plaintiff’s motion as patrons adjust to traveling to the Plessinger school.
Family Jars and dyspepsia claims highlight a Greensburg page with ads for Dr. Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide at Magre's Pharmacy and notices praising Foley's Kidney Cure and Honey and Tar. Local residents like Rev W F Scoular receive social notices amid church party recounts.
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as effective for cuts burns ulcers fever sores and sore eyes. A Hope Texas user, D. L. Gregory, reports quick cure of a bad sore and says it is fine for sore eyes. Available for 25 cents at Batterton’s drug store.
C F Collier of Cherokee, Indiana, writes that severe kidney disease left him unable to sit without a cushion and tormented by backache and depression. He credits Electric Bitters with curing his illness and restoring his health, recommending the tonic to others with weak kidneys, liver, or stomach. Guaranteed by J H Batterton. Price of 8 oz?
Miss Lois Carter visits grandmother Mrs Abel Ewing in Elwood while Col M D Tackett stays with cousin Mrs Dot Thompson in Chicago. The 1 0 C F lodge degree staff travel to Westport on December 9 to confer. C W Lynch of Winchester praises Foley's Honey and Tar for his boy's membranous croup relief.
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