Local Forest Crime Returns to Chicago and Town News
Local notes report Forest Crime’s return to Chicago after visiting friends and relatives here. The column covers visits by Armbrister of St Paul, Grace Day of Indianapolis, Dora and Meta Zech of Lawrenceburg, and others. births, marriages, retirements, and society events. a divorce trial date. church, revival, and civic notices. and remarks from Daniel Webster on farming civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. D. Armbrister
St. Paul
John W. Brown
Dora
Meta Zech
Lawrenceburg
Edward
Will McConnell
Dorothy
Zola
New Castle
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Recovery
A Missouri style testimonial mix touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing female troubles without surgery. Mrs. Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs Alvina Sperling of Chicago credit the remedy with restoring health after doctors advised operations. The ad notes the product has helped thousands for thirty years and invites letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
E. Pinkham
Alvina Sperling
Claybourne Ave
Chicago
Two Inky Ways
A man who ran a single ad paid a dime and found no customers. He believed advertising was a fake, thinking one hammer tap would drive the nail in. The piece suggests success comes from frequent ads rather than a lone notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iunspot Obscure
Local News Bits From The Standard Bulletin
Clyde Barnard travels to Indianapolis. Mrs. Joseph Kitchin visits a doctor in Anderson with plans for a later return. James Brunton renews his Standard subscription. Mrs. W. W. Bonner recovering after hospital stay. Grandmother Mrs. Mary E. Falconbury dies. grandsons Rey and Clarence Kendall travel from New Castle. A senior class quartet is formed under Miss Ogle. Ten colored sailors pass through town en route to San Francisco. Dr Harry Hopkins and P L Doles plan three week trips through Oklahoma and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Barnard
Indianapolis
W. L. White
Parsons’ Undertaking House
Joseph Kitchin
Anderson
Hunt
Kitchin
James Brunton
Standard
W. W. Bonner
Deaconess
Rey
Clarence Kendall
New Castle
Mary E. Falconbury
Ray
Clarence
Home Falls
Ogle
Robin Smiley
Robert Thomas
Giles Gray
John Crooks
Newport News
San Francisco
Pacific Fleet
U. S. S. South Dakota
Court House Tower
Harry Hopkins
P. L. Doles
Hopkins
Abpentone
Oklahoma
Mr. Doles
Winfield
Kansas
Laura Vandenster
Wayne McCoy
Texas
Galveston
Oxford Undergraduate Recites Memorized Oration
An Oxford undergraduate in public speaking falters mid performance after two sentences, reciting a list of dignitaries then collapsing into a moment of blank despair. He laments his own faltering memory saying he feels pretty sic himself in a quip noted by Lloyd's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Pitt
Fox
Gladstone
Lloyd’s Weekly
The Eminent Surgeon Explains Ear Graft Method
A famed surgeon cites removing the ear with a knife to minimize suffering while explaining an ear grafting case to an inquiring friend. The remark comes from a Chicago Tribune report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Save Money by Buying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Promote Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a cost effective cure for colds. Claims sure cure quality in every bottle and warns neglected colds can lead to serious conditions. Advertises price 25 and 50 cents at Batterton's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batterton’s Drug Store
Peruna Editorial Embraces Public Sale and Open Claims
Dr Hartman proclaims Peruna is an ethical public medicine and vows to sell directly to people. The publisher pledges full disclosure of ingredients, welcomes testimonials, and asserts Peruna as a great household remedy with plans to expand internationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hartman
Peruna
Perina
Mental Arithmetic and a Witty Exchange
A Baltimore Sun quip contrasts a paradox of marriage with a playful exchange about old love notes. A wife recalls finding the notes and questions which husband wrote, leading to a joke about who is the bigger fool.
Hurrah for Ireland Joke Triggers Quiet Riot Aboard
An Irishman aboard a ship expresses joyful cheers for Ireland prompting amusement from passengers and disgust from an Englishman. The Englishman replies with Hell, to which Pat quips that every man for his own country. The exchange ends with light humor reflecting national loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Hell
Pat
Electric Bitters touted as cure all remedy
W C hiestler of Halliday Arkansas praises Electric Bitters as a medicine that cures stomach and liver troubles and restores energy. The seller promises blood purification and nerve toning with a money back guarantee if no improvement, priced at 50 cents at F M Henry Co. drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Chiestler
Halliday
Arkansas
F. M. Henry & Co
Warning to hunters printed on muslin for sale
A warning to hunters printed on muslin is offered for sale at this office at a price of five cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunsters
Notice of Application for Liens by Ralph Gidley
Ralph Gidley will apply to the Decatur County Indiana Board of Commissioners at the next regular term starting the first Monday in March 1908 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption for one year. He seeks permission to operate a lunch counter and restaurant in Greensburg in a two story brick building on Main Street with the described real estate frontage and room measurements. First publication January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gidley
Board of Commissioners
Decatur County
Indiana
Main Street
Greensburg
City of
Said
Washington Township
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Grace Day
John Livingston
Mary Fee
Clarksburg
DePauw University
Greencastle
Edgar Mendenhall
Paul Harold Mendenhall
Kingston Literary Society
Cora List
Franklin
Claude Marsh
Foley
J. H. Batterton
Robert Rollins
Opera House
Privett
South Franklin Street
George Burk
George Drake
Mary Sager
Morristown
St. Marys Catholic
Lucretia Davis
James G. Davis
C. C. Hadley
Appellate Court
Hanley
Memphis, Tenn
Times
E. A. Johnson
Jackson Township
Sardinia
Westport
Frank Gaston
Bessie Hayes
Rushville
Hazel Lawson
John Huber
Florida
Mollie Parker
Adams
Bert Snell
Cincinnati
Ed Shields
Louise Wittenberg
Catlettsburg
Kentucky
H. L. Wittenberg
James Marlow
W. Edgar Lanham
William Dugan
Thomas Castor
Harris City
Will V. Evans
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Ed Butler
Mrs. Marshall
Arthur Donnell
New York City
Middlebranch
H. W. Meyer
Thomson
Board of Trustees
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home of
Knightstown
John M. Stevens
Lizzie Hamilton
Helen Baker
New York
Europe
Elmer Sefton
Clinton Township
Sefton
Orlando Lee
Elmer
Jeff C. Davis
Davis
Larksburg Pike
Rev. A. Murphy
Liberty
John Goebel
Shelbyville
James Ford
W. Forsythe Street
James McCormack
Marshaltown
Iowa
Falconbury
James Withers
Jimmie
Shelby County
J. W. Turner
Pap
Thomas Post G. A. R
Herman Kennedy
Rush County
Elsie C. Seright
Sandusky
David Seright
James Mobley
John Wifey
Gainesville
Chicamauga
Nora Bentley
John Bentley
Milford
Odgen
Daniel Webster
Scott
New York Sun
Joining the Great
Chamberlain
Bright’s
Peruna Editorial NO. 1
Baltimore Sun
The
Associated Charities
Citizens Bank Building
Emma B. Sefton
Foundry and Machine
W. Hilland
Prop
West Side Square
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