Peruna touted by women as cure all across U S
Frail and sickly women from Los Angeles to Marshall share testimonials praising Peruna as inexpensive and certain relief. Miss Ida B Wood and Miss Mattie Ketchum credit the tonic with curing headaches backaches and dizziness, urging others to use it rather than costly doctors. Dr Hartman promotes a free care program and a women’s health book available from the Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida B. Wood
Los Angeles
Cal
The
Young Women's Union
Mattie Ketchum
Marshall
Tex
Hartman
United States
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Bratis
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
Martinsville Interurban Cars Begin Running
Martinsville interurban service starts running to Mooresville with hourly schedules. A traveler boarded first, but the conductor did not record his name. A special car runs to Washington and Illinois streets at half-hour intervals, while tracks beyond Mooresville are being improved for faster service into Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Mooresville
Kentucky
Washington
Illinois St
Indianapolis
Births Deaths Marriages in Center Township Area
Hartzell and Florence Ball Center township report a boy. Alfred and Emma Duvall 1139 Harlan St. Dov. Willis and Mina Peelle 79 Fletcher Ave a boy. Harry and Bertha Morris 879 W Walnut St a girl. Edgar and Jennie Colbert 21814 Geisendorf St a boy. George H. and Mary Brown 25 Hancock St a boy. Irvin and Agnes Conway 820 N West St a girl. Willam E. and Elnora Kimmel 114 Chestnut St a boy. Thomas and Lizzie Spaulding 50 S and Capitol Ave a girl. Frank and Melinda Sharitz 813 Lord St a boy. William and Laoma Franklin 410 W Eighteenth St a boy. William and Anna Schmid 1215 W Market St a boy. Beriah N. Pierce 66 Union State Hospital paralytic dementia. Christian G. Schad 52 616 Cincinnati St meningitis. Otis Berry 1 1172 Kentucky Ave fleck colitis. T Russell Ball 144 days Center township marasmus. Margaret Bretgman 2 2168 N Pennsylvania St enterocolitis. Joseph Garbeck and Alouise Ros. Wm H Marquis and Norah E Belt. Erwin D Ross and Nellie Taylor. John B Vanilund and Louise E Boyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartzell
Florence Ball
Center Township
Alfred
Emma Duvall
Harlan
Dov
Willis
Mina Peelle
Fletcherave
Harry and
Bertha Morris
W. Walnut St
Edgar and
Jennie Colbert
Geisendorf St
George H
Mary Brown
Hancock-st
Irvin
Agnes Conway
N. Westst
Willam E
Elnora Kimmel
Chestnut-st
Thomas and
Lizzie Spaulding
S&s. Capitol-ave
Frank and
Melinda Sharitz
Wiliam and
Laoma Franklin
Eighteenth St
William and Anna Schmid
W. Market St
Beriah N. Pierce
Union State Hospital
Christian G. Schad
Cincinnatist
Otis Berry
Kentucky Ave
T. Russell Ball
Marasmus
Margaret Bretgman
Pennsylvania St
Morgan firm reports 72 percent of Monon stock deposited
A J P Morgan & Co circular dated Aug 2 says 72 percent of the preferred stock of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville railroad has been deposited with the firm under the agreement to transfer control of the Monon system to the Southern Railway and the Louisville and Nashville road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville Road
Desperate balloon ascent ends in fire in Indiana
At Bourban Bourbon, Indiana on August 2 aeronaut Calloway tried to save a paying crowd by releasing a burning balloon. A helper’s mistake sparked the blaze as the craft rose 2000 feet. the parachute failed to save him and the balloon collapsed, though Calloway landed safely. The day also brought local crime and business notes across towns including LaPorte Kokomo Muncie and Martinsville with fires looting and political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calloway
Tierra Wirma
Robber F Trotter Breaks Jail After Station Hold Up
Danville Indiana August 2 Fred Trotter 19 charged with robbing North Salem railroad station broke jail by removing two iron grates, after just completing a sentence at Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ind
Fred Trotter
North Salem
Indianapolis
Tinplate mill workers face wage cut vote and closure
In Elwood and Marion reports, workers oppose wage reductions at a tinplate mill. The Elwood plant may vote down the proposal to cut wages, risking the mill's closure, while Marion notes the tinplate mill, with about 500 employees, ordered to close due to workers’ refusal to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Seventeen Funerals in a Day at Deputy Indiana
An epidemic of dysentery rages in Deputy Indiana as disease mostly strikes children born around 1899. Authorities report as many as seventeen funerals in one day, with older residents also affected but fewer cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
Hoosier Newslets Dominate Patchy Indiana Items
Farmers say sexes are killing their pigs in Mount Vernon while Muncie reports hospital movement success and a public building site is eyed by a government agent. Rushville man George Bram, 28, dies by accidental rifle discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Muncie
Reese Mill
Greensburg
Louise Wamsgour
Federal
Rushville
George W. Bram
South Bend
Laporte
Sadie Welter
Madison
Wheeling
Cincinnati
Lightning strikes home injures daughter in Washington
A lightning bolt hit Michael Land's house in Washington injuring his 11 year old daughter who stood nearby. Her dress caught fire but she was not shocked, according to witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael Land
Local Firms Named in Incorporation Notices
Incorporated notices list Overland Telephone Co in Borden with 21,000 capital Terre Haute Transfer Co in Terre Haute at 15,000 LaPorte Harness Co in LaPorte at 20,000 reflecting capitalization by new corporate filings and regional business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Telephone Company
Borden
Terre Haute
LaPorte Harness Company
LaPorte
No Fight Planned for Corbett McGovern Event in New London
States attorney Solomon Lucas announced in Norwich that the Corbett McGovern prize fight scheduled for August 29 in New London would not occur. He warned that if anyone attempted the event chief justice Torrance would come to New London and those principals would be arrested. Local residents had pressed for action amid possible disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Solomon Lucas
New London
Canada
Corbett-McGovern
Torrance
Supreme Court
Woman Insane On a Train At Rochester
On the Empire State Express to Rochester a woman from Fredonia New York Mrs Mary Wethey went berserk in a coach seizing items from racks tearing clothes and grabbing hair until restrained by male passengers. She was taken to the Homeopathic hospital after an ambulance arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Empire State Express
Mary Wethey
Fredonia
N. Y
Auburn
Buffalo
Mrs. Wethey
Homoeopathic Hospital
Rockefeller Revisits Moravia Birthplace In New York
John D. Rockefeller toured his boyhood region near Moravia New York visiting the Rockefeller homestead where he was born and spent his early years. He rented a rig from a livery stable and later called on cousin Watson L. Vanduyn before sharing reminiscences with the party on a Moravia porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
WN. Y
John . D. Rockefeller
Moravia
Duryea
Rockefeller Homestead
Mr. Rockefeller
Watson L. Vanduyn
Shot In a Fight Injures Ferl Wilson in Street
Ferl Wilson of 804 W Washingtonst was shot Friday night by John Stewart of 1005 Indiana Ave. The bullet hit him on the right side between ribs and was removed at City hospital. Wilson expected to recover in a few days as Stewart and accomplices clashed with a crowd before Stewart opened fire.
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Ferl Wilson
Washingtonst
John Stewart
Indiana Ave
Jobes
Wilson
Stewart
Tenie Hull
Bridge Collapse Delays Freight Train on St Francis River
The St Francis river bridge on the St Louis Memphis and Southeastern line collapsed Friday as the focal freight crossed. The engine cleared the span but tenders broke away, sending the rest of the train into the river. Conductor Frank Pomerosky was hired and brakeman Brower and William Gregory were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau, Mo
St. Francis River Bridge
Hunter
St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern Railroad
Frank Pomerosky
Brower
Wm. Gregory
Trade War Looms Over Winnipeg Department Store Plans
Winnipeg reports Marshall Field & Co of Chicago plans a huge departmental and distributing store in the city. The chief opposition is expected from the tud iom bay company with an anticipated fierce trade war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Tudiom Bay Company
Building Permits Reported For Multiple Properties
G L and M Sullivan at 1116 Calhoun street file permit for an addition costing 200 dollars. B Van Wil on Oxford street near twenty second street seeks a dwelling permit for 1,600 dollars. Ada E Berry at 31 Beville avenue requests a cottage permit costing 1,250 pounds. Robert Roberts at Twenty Fourth and Talbott streets applies for a double frame house costing 4,400 dollars. Marion R Scoville at Lexington avenue and Olive street seeks a double frame house for 1,500 dollars. Indianapolis Savings and Investment Company at 525 Coffey street applies for two cottages costing each hit. H A and Lottie Wetzel at 2624 North Capitol avenue request an addition costing 200 dollars. H Brinkman at Harlow and Marlow streets files for a double frame house costing 1,200 dollars. Cal M Brush at 2462 Station Street seeks remodeling costing 900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L
M. Sullivan
Calhoun St
B. van Wil
Oxford-st
Ada E. Berry
Beville-ave
Robert Roberts
Twenty-fourth
Talbott-sts
Marion R. Scoville
Lexington-ave
Olive-st
Indianapolis Savings and Investment Company
Coffey-st
H. A
Lottie Wetzel
N. Capitol-ave
H. Brinkman
Harlow and
Marlow-sts
Cal M. Brush
Station St
Mrs Soffel Retains Lawyer in Divorce Fight
Mrs Kate Soffel, imprisoned for aiding the Biddle brothers escape, has hired counsel to oppose the divorce suit filed by her husband ex-Warden Soffel in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kate Soffel
Soffel
New York Doctor Charged With Libel Over Suicide Case
Dr George Bar ney arrested in New York Aug 2 on libel charges after a Brooklyn paper alleged he spread a report that its managing editor tried to blackmail him for 5000 dollars. He could not post bail and is held for a hearing on Aug 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Barney
Emma King
Brooklyn
Barney
Lafayette Is The Hobos Paradise Report
Amos W Butler of the State board of charities notes rising tramp confinement. Six months this year saw 3,232 confined versus 5,209 for the prior year. Of the last six months 23 were female, four under 16. Total cost: 34,484.99. Butler condemns jails and asylums as tramp boarding houses. Tippecanoe county housed more travelers than any other county in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos W. Butler
State Board of Charities
Butler
Tippecanoe County
A. J. Cottingham Praises Remedy After Illness
A. J. Cottingham visited Washington County Arkansas to see his sister and suffered severe dysentery. He used Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and was promptly cured. He wrote the manufacturers praising the medicine. Resides in Lockland Arkansas. Remedy sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Cottingham
Washington County
Ark
Chamberlain
Mr. Cottingham
Lockland
Markets Report From Indianapolis Union Stockyards Auction
Receipts totalled 300 cattle and 2,000 hogs at Indianapolis Union Stockyards. Prices varied widely: good export steers 1,200 to 1,500 lbs average, common to fair bulls 275 to 350, hogs mixed, heavy packers 6 7 to 7 65, sheep receipts 70 with lambs 4 75 to 5 75, feeders and stockers listed by weight and condition. Prices show range across cattle hogs and sheep with prime fat cattle and heavy hogs drawing stronger bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Union Stockyards
Grain market notes with varied prices and inspections
Wheat and corn prices show weakness with multiple grades listed. No. 2 red wheat at 644c, No. 4 white corn at 61%c, oats weak with No. 2 white at 31%c. Inspections report wheat and corn car counts by grade, with rejected and unmerchantable lots and totals for each commodity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Hay
Clover
Rye
Market quotes for dairy eggs cheese and poultry in Chicago
Butter prices for extras firsts seconds daisies coolies and packing stock listed with c per unit. Eggs omitted. Cheese varieties including Swiss drum limburger and brick shown with price ranges. Poultry prices posted for live chickens springs turkeys geese ducks with per unit or per dozen values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Young Americas
East Buffalo Live Stock Market Report
East Buffalo New York August 2 cattle receipts light market dull with prospects lower for eli but prime fat stock. Hogs receipts 16 cars market opened slow about 5 to 10 cents lower then weakened further with late sale ranges noted and varied prices. Sheep and lambs receipts light with dull demand for lambs though sheep steady and prices listed for various grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
N. Y
Eli
Wall Street Opens Firm Amid Mixed Copper and Rail Moves
The New York stock market opened firm with broad buying in a number of active issues. Readings and Amalgamated copper rose on war talk and smelters’ hopes. Atchison and Missouri Pacific showed mixed starts. Trading was quiet with a slight decline in Illinois Central and U P preferred, while sugar rose and overall market closed irregular after bank statement pressure. Sales totaled 135,600 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reading
Eric
Pennsylvania
Smelters’ Committee
Preferred
Sla. m
Ilinois Central
U. P
Atchison
Chicago & Alton
Missouri Pacific
Southern Railway
Wabash and Steel
Southern Pacific
Amalgamated Copper
Wabash
St. Paul
Illinois Central
Colorado
Steel
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Cattle and Hogs Mixed
Cattle receipts 100 head with market unchanged. Hogs receipts 3,000 with market weak to lower. bulk sales 7.45 to 7.65, heavy 7.70 to 7.75, packers 7.40 to 7.60, mid 7.40 to 7.65, light 7.00 to 7.50, workers 7.49 to 7.50, pigs 6.75 to 7.00. Sheep receipts none. muttons 3.60 to 4.40, lambs 3.75 to 6.00, wethers 3.00 to 4.60, ewes 3.46 to 4.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wheat and grain futures tick up in Chicago markets
Chicago wheat climbed modestly with September at 69 7/8 cents and December at 184 1/4. corn rose 4 to 5 7/8 cents with September at 56 1/2 and December at 84 1/4. oats up 4 4 1/2 cents with September at 32 1/3 and December at 30 1/2. September pork traded at 16.92, lard 10.95, ribs 10.57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commodity prices and dairy products report from New York
NEW YORK August 2 price list shows Mess pork at 18.50 to 19.50, lard 11.02, Butter Creamery 28 4 cents, Elgin imitation creamery 18 cents, dairy 2 cents, factory licenses. Cheese large 9 1/2 cents, small 10 cents, part skimmed 7 cents, full 24 1/2 cents. Eggs 19 1/2 to 20 cents. Tallow 6 1/2 to 7 cents. Dressed poultry lists turkeys 15 cents, chickens 12 to 22 cents, fowls 11 1/2 to 13 1/4 cents, ducks 15 1/2 cents, geese 6 cents, springs 20 to 22 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elgin
Vic
Cincinnati Cattle and Hogs Market Report
Cincinnati market report shows cattle receipts at 42 with steady trend and prices from 4.90 to 6.85 for good to extra butcher steers. calves 6.00 to 6.75. Hogs receipts 81 slow with good to choice packers 7.30 to 7.50 and mixed packers 7.30 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 2,749 steady with lambs 6.10 to 6.15 and extras up to 3.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chicago Live Stock at Union Stock Yards Aug 2
Cattle receipts 300 strong with prices for choice to prime at 8.50 to 8.85 and fair to good 6.50 to 7.75, stockers and feeders 2.50 to 5.25, cows 1.50 to 5.50. Texans absent. Hogs receipts 10,000 weak with light 7.00 to 7.55, mixed 7.06 to 7.75, good to choice heavy 7.60 to 7.82, rough heavy 7.15 to 7.40, pigs 4.00 to 7.00. Native sheep 3.25 to 4.00, native lambs 3.50 to 5.75, western sheep 3.75 to 4.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union Stockyards
Godo
The Josbing Trade Poultry and Produce Prices
A dense list of prices for poultry, eggs, dairy, meats, fruits, vegetables, canned goods, and various staples. Includes and ranges for Springs, turkeys, ducks, geese, eggs, butter, cheese, hides, tallow, flour, bran, oranges, lemons, coconuts, potatoes, onions, beans, corn, coffee, sugars, syrups, rice, canned peaches, blackberries, raspberries, pineapples, coconuts, and more with per unit or per case prices. Names of vendors or firms not clearly identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Valencia
Illinois
Canteloupes
Indiana
Deckers
Banket
Osage
Meat prices and varieties in 19th century ad copy
A dense list of meat products with percent values and prices across categories such as hams, bacon, sausage, fresh pork, and pickled pork. Items include sugar cured hams from Indiana, cleared bellies, breakfast bacon, shoulder and lard, fresh loins, cottage hams, spare ribs, beef tenderloin, and pickled bonelets with price per barrel and per hundredweight references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
California
Apothecary Supplies Price List From Historic Market
The list catalogs drugs, chemicals, and medicinal bottles with prices per ounce, gallon, or pound. Items include morphine, opium, quinine, morphine, cocaine muriate, camphor, salts, and various oils, with prices ranging around dollars and cents for each unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castile
Unclear Fragment: Local Notice Mentioning The Bun
Fragmentary text references sapall liners and a sting severas with no clear context or identifiable events, people, or organizations. Unable to determine a coherent news item or factual details from the readable portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severas
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. Hartman
Miss IA B. Wdd
Joseph Garbeck
Alouise Ros
Wm. H. Marquis
Norah E. Belt
Erwin D. Ross
Nellie Taylor
John B. Vanilund
Louise E. Boyer
Hoosier State
Atronaut Calloway
Bourbon
Aeronaut Calloway
Gurr Oak
William Tolton
Tolton
Miller City
Standard Oil Company
Gas City
Kokomo
Charles Cline
Bernice Murden
Erastus Johnson
Fremont
Tonawanda Paper Company
Niagara
Logansport
Cass County
Anderson
William Cassady
Elwood
Valparaiso
Herman A. Melville
Chesterton
Flora Way
J. H. Smythe
Morgantown
Morton E. Stone
Carr Haase
George D. Breedlove
Trotter
Tinplate Mills
Hoosier
Evansville
Warrick County
Kirkin
CBS Var
SY OU
Rney
Lafayette
City Grain Market
Chicago Grain Market
Josbing
Fruits and Vegetables
Java
Rio
Santos
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Caracas
Dilsworth’s
Gates
Dominions
Columbia A
Windsor A
Ridgeway
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Golden
T Windsor
Hidgewood
Idney
New Orleans
Louisiana
Carolina
Kingan & Co
Slack
Jackson
Esceeenrenseneenseee
Beeecore
West Virginia
Yng
Connellsville
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