Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Sold as Medicine in 1900s Ad
Advertisement promotes Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a health remedy for general debility mood disorders nervous exhaustion and aging. Claims it strengthens the blood fights illness and prolongs life while warning against substitutes. Produced by Duffy Malt Whiskey Co Rochester New York with a medicinal booklet free and a price of 1.00 per bottle.
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Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
New York
Sheriff Metzger Loses Voice Over Severe Cold
Sheriff Metzger has temporarily lost his voice after a severe cold contracted while escorting prisoners to Jeffersonville last week. Doctors say the condition affects his throat but is not believed to be permanent, though he remains handicapped in performing duties.
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Metzger
Jeffersonville
Freight rate reform plan for Indianapolis rail access
The Shippers' Protective League and 11 member organizations push a bill to regulate freight rates, with the Commercial Club backing a three point shift toward equitable fuel costs. A railroad commission proposal appears likely in the next legislature. Chamberlain’s health story notes improvement after Egypt trip. Local notices report thefts and police responses with several bicycle and auto thefts noted.
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Shippers’ Protective League
Indianapolis
Railroad Commissants
DEXTRO CANDIES Digestible sugar for all stomachs
A vintage advertisement touts Dextro Candies as made from a special digestible sugar. It claims candies suit both children and adults with weak digestion, promising improved strength and energy and ease for those who cannot tolerate ordinary sugar. Sold in 10, 66 cent packages by grocers and druggists.
Baby by Given Due Explanation in Lecture to Unmarried Women
In a lecture aimed at unmarried women, a discussion explains the anticipated baby due date and related expectations. The speaker outlines social norms and potential legal or marital implications, emphasizing personal responsibility and future planning for mothers-to-be.
Why Do Babies Cry Says Scientist In Study
The article notes Dr C N Torlan presenting findings to graduate nurses on why babies cry. It lists cries caused by hunger discomfort temper and habit with identifying signs. A second item reports Dora Clay Brock appealing after a court hearing on the will case in Richmond Kentucky with Cassius M Ulis implicated.
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Billy” Shakespere
la. m
Benedict
C. N. Torlan
Torian
Dora Clay Brock
Richmond
Apr Uy
Nintyake Tourney
Colb
Cassius M. Uli
Birth and Marriages and Building Permits Listed
Birth notices include Cha les Ac and Anna Weber a girl for Arthur and Ke Drover. Hagar Ts and Haret Thompson a girl. J. o and Mary Herves a girl. William and Alive Syed a girl. and more. Marriages listed include J. Murphy and Margaret O’Leary. Samuel Coy and Thomas J. Auer ner and Lydia Stee ran A. Wartind. Building permits show multiple dwellings and additions with costs such as 200, 150, 1,200 and 700 dollars for properties on New Jersey st, Langlesave, Terrace ave, California st, and more.
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Chaales Ac
Anna Weber
Veltae Ave
Arthur
Ke Drover St
Hagar Ts
Haret Thompson
Albert
Frima Marshall
Roll
Bia Henley
Cine
Mary Herves
William and
Alive Syed
Shy Wirl Hering
Franktase
W. “Digestey Xovenman
J. Murphy
Margaret O'Leary
Som
Samuel Coy
Thomas J. Auerner
Lydia
Steeran
A. Wartind
Jeure
Leah
Twenty nine men killed on the Missouri at Pensacola
Aboard the battleship Missouri on Wednesday an explosion in the after 12 inch turret and handling room killed twenty nine sailors during gun practice. Captain W. S. Cowles led rescue efforts as water flooded the magazines to prevent further blasts. A court of inquiry will examine causes, including powder handling and turret design, amid recent safety changes since the Spanish American War. The dead include Lieut. W. C. Davidson and several junior officers and sailors.
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Pensacola
Missouri
W. S. Cowles
Roosevelt
Cowles
Gulf
Cant. Cowles
Mixsouri
Texas
Brooklyn
Washington
Gridley
Ahhosen
Grider
Despey
Manila
Walter Brown Faints After Guilty verdict in Federal Court
Walter Brown collapsed fainting after the jury found him guilty in a federal case alongside Charles Tider in Indianapolis. The verdict carried a prison term of at least five years and a heavy fine. Medical staff attended Brown through the night as he weakened, with attorneys planning appeals next week.
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Hig Hote
Walter Brown
Charles Tider
Lelie
Atin
Chale Palate
Witen
Kiktart Bank
Abe
Bradrick
Crown
Anersian Rial
Liv
Like to Own a Money Making Brain Worker
A promotional style passage questions profitable brain work and links brain health to proper nourishment. It argues that a brain worker consumes mental energy daily and must replenish it, stating that only a specific food provides the essential elements for brain workers.
Marlette Bank Cashier Messer Missing Amid Merger Rumor
In Marlette Michigan the cashier Messer Moser is missing as the Apel H Williams merger unsettles local banking. Farmers report overdrafts and pending balances. longtime cashier Megson allegedly confronted him about the matter for a week. The new bank lines up stable but concerns linger about personal ties.
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Marlette
Mich
Apel H.—Williams
Marlette State Bank
Mohas Tew
Amd Ounpoud
Megson
Bee
Tis New Bank
Gas rate battle stalls gas shutoff in Greenfield
Amid injurious processing, Greenfield officials fought to stop Greenfield Natural Gas from cutting supply. The company offered gas at a meter rate of 3 cents per 1000 cubic feet to avert shutoff, but Indianapolis faced delays and could not obtain gas at that rate.
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Indianapolis
Greenfield
Death notices for two local residents reported
Autopsy on the young artist Minals Daner reveals death by intestinal trouble after weeks of illness. Coroner Tulewller has not located her relatives. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Charlotte Rosa at her daughter's home, 616 N Alabama, with burial planned in Lyon, Indiana.
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Minals Danerher
Mlinnte At
Tulewller
Ross
Charlotte Rosa
Holson
Alabamast
Lyon
Ind
Waighed Boy Burn to Death in Chicago Street Tragedy
Eleven year old Harry Gunason was fatally burned on live electric wires at the Northwestern elevated rail Senter street station. He slipped while climbing to the shed roof, his clothing ignited, and he dropped to the pavement. About 100 bystanders watched.
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Chicago
Harry Gunason
Senter St
Indiana News Bits Highlight Local Plans and Incidents
Indiana high schools prepare graduation orations while Greensburg Democrats discuss forming a sick hat marching club. An derson builds a two story block on Madison street. Union county likely sends a solid Taylor delegation to the Republican state convention. Kokomo’s J H Youngman leads a gum and extract factory. Sum mit tville’s Crystal window glass plant reopens for summer. Col Frank Hecker, now Panamanian commission member, once lived in Logansport. Richmond Knights Templar plan a large delegation to Indianapolis centennial May 1. A barrel dispute near Hells Crossing prompts action, while Meridien street property owners urge opening a thoroughfare. Elkhart observer notes $19.46 public conscience money paid to a priest. Indiana Grand Lodge UWM votes insurance rate hike per supreme lodge. Brazil miners suffer injuries from a fuse mishap. A lone highwayman robs a Mafi an neighborhood, wounding Harry Pollard. Two pugilists McClellan Jackson and Walkin Robinson clash in Laporte. News covers street encounter with violence, river currents, and odd debris after flood.
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Greensburg
Charles Downham
Madison Et
Anderson
Taylor
Union County
Republian
J. H. Youngman
Kokomo
Summittville
Col
Frank 2. Hecker
Panamannal Commission
Logansport
Richmond Knights Templar
Indianapolis
Rome Itown
Hells Crossing
Atem
W. F. Stanton
Till Department
Elkhart
Stanton
Indiana Grand Lodge of United Workmen
Fort Wayne
Supreme Lodge and
Fraternal Congress
Alen Payne
Thomas King
Brazil
Payne
King
Harry Pollard
Pollard
John McClellan Jackson
Laporte
Walkim Rovinson
Chicago
Winlues
Robinson
Qekeon
Duckson
Van
Salt
Bedgord
Galite
Palmer
Gina
Unclear OCR fragment on Mee Dunlap and workhouse case
An OCR fragment details Mee Dunlap, an assistant supervisor at a workhouse, with references to rounds, Judge Alford, and a plea of guilty for petit larceny. The text is garbled, but notes a request to place someone in the workhouse and mentions a former writer for Iwent newspapers.
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Anne
Joe Ey
Alferd
Uamin
Kounds
Thyndlana
Rounds
Alford
Ley
Would-Be Oxford Students Begin Rhodes Scholarship Exams
Would-be Oxford students including George E B Hamilton and Charles A Robbing from DePauw University and Fletcher B Wagner of Harvard began Rhodes scholarship exams at Oxford on Wednesday. The tests were conducted in the state superintendent of public instruction's office and synchronized nationwide. Papers will go to the Washington DC education commissioner and then to the Rhodes Scholarship trustees in London Indiana which holds two scholarships for three years at an annual $1.0 annuity.
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Rhodes
George EB. Hamilton
Barlham Collers
Charles A. Robbing
DePauw University
Fletcher B. Wagner
Harvard
Oxford University
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commissioner of Education
Washington, D. C
Sthodes’ Scholarship Fund
London
Indiana
Colored man sues officer after injurious dance hall incident
Henry Cheatham, a colored man, sues Patrolman Henry Christ for assault and battery and provocation in Squire Smock's court. The dispute arose at a dance hosted by the colored lodge of Odd Fellows where Christ allegedly attacked Cheatham.
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Henry Cheatham
Am. Davite
Squire Smock
Henry Christ
Colored Lodge of
Music Fire Destroys Barns and Music Studio
A fire on Wednesday evening consumed a rack of barns near Park Avenue and MG Street, owned by BoB. Rady, William Fo Jungelaus, and William Nerlke. The composer of music, identified as Teta Bas at BIN Ranly, reportedly kept a desk full of manuscripts in a nearby room. The origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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Phek
Park-ave
Bob. Rady
Willian Fo Jungelaus
William Nerlke
bin Ranly
Man Declared Insane After Apparent Attack Fear
John Wilkinson aged 35 was declared insane on Wednesday after believing an occupant upstairs planned to pour acid on him. He held a three pound mattress above his head until exhausted, prompting police to wrap blankets around his head at the station to keep him cool.
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John Wilkinson
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