Beveridge Urges Honest Republican Rules and Money Reform
Senator Albert J. Beveridge in Wabash Indiana denounces money influence in nominations, urges that party machinery win elections, not nominate pet candidates, and calls for clean primaries, unbossed conventions, and policies aligned with Lincoln era ideals. He warns against bribery by liquor and railroad interests and defends Indiana not for sale.
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Wabash
Ind
Indiana
Lincoln League
Albert J. Beveridge
Republican Party
Indianapolis
Republican State Committee
Kentucky
Beckham
State Committee
Lncoln
Roll of Veterans reveals Civil War pension burden and origin of funds
In an annual report Secretary Garfield notes the year ended June 30 shows 49634 pension losses with 45768 from death and a net roll reduction of 18600 to 967371. Civil War pensions total 528099 with 256168 widows. Spanish War pensions number 19031 with 1100 widow pensions. The piece contrasts Britain funding for exhausted veterans with U S care and asserts no American soldier is left without support.
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Garfield
England
Edward
United States
Obituary of Sarah M Fisher A Indiana matriarch dies at 61
Sarah M Fisher born April 3 1846 in Decatur County Indiana died February 7 1908 after a long illness. She married Alfred G Fisher March 2 1865 and survived by Albert Edward Hattie Jones Martha Love nine grandchildren two sisters Elizabeth Miller and Mary Parks. Funeral February 9 conducted by Rev F M Westhafer and Rev A Murphy at South Park Cemetery.
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Sarah M. Fisher
Decatur County
Indiana
Alfred G. Fisher
Albert
Edward Fisher
Hattie Jones
Martha Love
Little Sallie
Elizabeth Jane Miller
Mary Ann Parks
Fisher
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mt Pleasant
Westport
F. A. Guthrie
F. M. Westhafer
Milroy
A. Murphy
South Park Cemetery
A Friend in Need Quails Benefit From Spare Grain
Farmers are urged to feed starving quails hidden on the farm rather than shoot them. Quails destroy insects and weed seeds and aid crop health. A simple bundle of grain in their haunts could save lives and come back many days later.
Many Sleepless Nights Owing to a Cough Relieved
Will J. Hayner of Burley Colorado Bulletin reports his wife suffered years of persistent coughs with sleepless nights. After trying many remedies a friend suggested Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Three doses ended the cough and it has not returned. Available at Batterton's drug store.
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Will J. Hayner
Burley
Colorado
Bulletin
A Troubled Mood Bends Youthful Hearts
A reflective piece shows how trouble weighs on individuals, not the hurt itself, but the way it is faced and understood. It explores resilience, interpretation, and personal response within a character driven vignette.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Sufferer
A Manning Iowa woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after years of severe female ailments and costly treatments. The letter extols the remedy's ability to restore health and urges other sick women to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Siamese Twin Trees on Gilliland Farm Near Hope
Two beech trees, about twelve inches in diameter, grow as a double trunk five feet apart at the base and joined at fifteen feet, forming one tree seventy five feet tall. Believed blown together as saplings and later grafted by nature, the phenomenon was photographed by The Indianapolis Star Sunday and noted in the Hope Journal.
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Philip Gilliland
Hope
Nature
Indianapolis Star
Hope Journal
Notice of Private Sale of D Tackett Estate Assets
In Decatur county Indiana the executor John P Thomson will sell at private sale the notes and debts due the estate of D Tackett deceased starting February 24 1908. Bids may be placed at the office of Davison Wilson over Citizens National Bank Greensburg Indiana or at John P Thomson in First National Bank building over Carter Co store. Terms are cash in hand. Davison Wilson attorney.
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State of Indiana
Decatur County
Marine
D. Tackett
Davison Wilson
Citizens' National Bank
Main and
Broadway Streets
City of Greensburg
Indiana
John P. Thomson
First National Bank
Carter & Co
Etn
Notice of Liquor License Application in Greensburg Indiana
Ralph Gidley will apply to the Decatur county Board of Commissioners at the next term starting March for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a small quantity with on premise drinking. He seeks permission to run a restaurant and land sales business from his two story brick building on Main street in Greensburg. The described parcel lies in First Ward Washington Township with detailed lot lines and room dimensions provided.
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Ralph Gidley
Board of Commissioners
Decatur County
Tudiana
Main Street
Greensburg
Indiana
City of
Said City
Washington Township
Eee Sane
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Roll of Veterans
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D.oon
Bald Estate
Arles W. Woodward
C. G. Miller
Circuit Court
Jane Davidson
Ank Bird
Goddard & Craig
T Union Trust Company
Greensburg, Indiana
Walter W. Bonner
J. H. Christian
W. H. Robbins
Chas. Zoller, Sr
James M. Woodfill
James B. Lathrop
Frank Robbins
Isaac Sefton
Barrington Boyd
Studebaker
New England
Corbett & Rohe
IU Scholes
Indianapolis Business University
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J. Heeb
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