Secret remedy aids sobriety in tea or food
Miss Mary Roberts of San Francisco recounts how a hidden odorless Golden Specific was secretly added to coffee to cure her brother’s drunkenness. She praises the plan, urges women to write Dr Haines in Cincinnati for a free trial, and notes the remedy is tasteless and mailed in a plain package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Roberts
Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco
Cal
Haines
J. W.W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
N.Y
S. J. Simpson
South 4Th St
San Jose
Cali
R. V. Pierce
Hbahon
Frances Baumann
Golden Cross Association
Bagg Street
Detroit
Mich
City attorney found guilty in bribe case over water contract
Grand Rapids, Dec 5. City attorney Sent. K. Salsbury was found guilty Wednesday of accepting a bribe tied to a contractors’ scheme to supply the city with pure water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Mich
K. Salsbury
Nine-member committee to revise Methodist hymnal meets in Cincinnati
The revision committee, chosen by the last general conference, gathers in Cincinnati to select 400 hymns from 1200 and add 200 new ones for a compact 60 hymn book. Members include Upham Cobern Cooke Nutter Quayle Smith Simpson and others. sessions run about ten days in private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Samuel I. Upham
D. D
Madison
N. J
Charles M. Stuart
Evanston
Ill
Camden
M. Cobern
Denver
Colo
Richard J. Cooke
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chas. S. Nutter
St. Albans
Wm. A. Quayle
D.D
Kansas City
Charles W. Smith
Pittsburg
Calep T
Winchester
Middletown
Conn
Philadelphia
Striking the Right Spot by Dr Chase Nerve Pills Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills claiming to restore nerve force and overall health. A user from Indianapolis reports relief from back pain kidney issues and weak nerves after using the product. The note lists prices and dealer details in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
A. W. Chase
W. G. Curry
No. 338
Douglass‘ste
Ind
A. W. ‘Chase
Huder
Arig
Chase
Death toll rises from gas leak at Brownsville tenement
Two people are dead and a third near death after illuminating gas escaped from a disconnected tube at Morris Plottkin’s tenement at 1776 Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn. The victims include Mrs. Rebecca Plottkin, 73, and her granddaughter Sarah Mesinkoff, 12. Joseph Cohen and Morris Plottkin were hospitalized. Cohen died. Investigators link the tragedy to a disconnected gas stove tube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morris Plottkin
Pitkin Ave
Brownsville
Rebecca Plottkin
Morris
Joseph Cohen
Cohen
Plottkin
Heartless Doctor in M'KESPORT Child Burn Case
Mary Greenaway a 4 year old foreignborn girl was found badly burned in the Bowery of M'Kesport. Police rescued her to City hospital where she cannot recover due to lack of medical care. A physician refused to attend citing poverty. The case is tied to poverty neglect and Humane Society action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’keesport
Mary Greenaway
Bowery
Humane Society
MOS & G
Policyholders League of Indianapolis Incorporated
The Policyholders League of Indianapolis was incorporated on Wednesday with capital stock of 10,000 dollars. It aims to provide legal advice on interpreting insurance policies forms and riders and to supply information on the standing of insurance companies. Directors include C. W. Faber of Dayton, D, C. I. Brainard of Peoria, Hubbell of Davenport, and Alvin T. Coate of Indianapolis.
Prison sentence looms for Frieze in Gray murder case
Martin Frieze may plead or be sentenced for complicity in the William Gray murder. Two men charged with murder could be moved to the state prison from Marion county. Judge Alford has granted James Johnson, convicted in the Joel Combs killing, permission to stay jailed until next week to settle affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Frieze
William Gray
Marion County
Alford
James Johnson
Joel Combs
Salesman Faces Police Court Over Unauthorized Draft
F. S. Wempe, traveling salesman for P. P. Monarch whisky of Louisville, will appear in police court on December 10 charged with presenting an unauthorized order for $15 to J. Kiersdorf at 4568 Meridian Street a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Wempe
P.P. Monarch Whisky Company
Louisville
J. Kiersdorf
Meridian St
Third Time Was Fatal for Bechtold in Lancaster
John J. Bechtold aged 80 was killed instantly when struck by a locomotive in Lancaster Pennsylvania on Wednesday marking his third fatal encounter with trains after previous incidents. He had a history of being struck by railroad trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
John J. Bechtold
Bechtold
Paris theater stage collapse injures six
A stage fell in the Boulevard theater Paris injuring six people. Other notes include Mrs. Joseph Warner of Palmyra missing and Arthur Grissom of New York City dead on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Warner
Palmyra
N. Y
Boulevard Theater
Paris
Arthur Grissom
Smart Set
New York
Pittsburg
Weight in gold sheds light on Vanderbilt heir
A humorous calculation suggests an eight pound baby born to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt would be worth 20,700 times its weight in gold. The note compares the heir’s potential fortune of 59 million dollars to a pile of eight pound gold babies worth about 42,411.47 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pound
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Senate Bills Introduced in Washington on Wednesday
A list of senator sponsors and proposed measures includes Hoar on presidential protection, Hare on laying a submarine Pacific cable, McEnery on a New Orleans public pump, Carmack on a Greenville Tenn public building, Stewart on excluding Chinese, Fairbanks on extending Chinese exclusion and Oklahoma statehood, and Elkins on New Mexico statehood. Other items cover New Castle and Portland public buildings, Japanese and Filipino inclusion, various public works, deportation of alien anarchists, and related projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEnery
New Orleans
Carmack
Greenville, Tenn
Stewart
Fairbanks
Oklahoma
Elkins
New Mexico
San Francisco
Quay
New Castle
Siona
McComas
United States
Lodge
Philippines
Foster
Tacoma
Burroughs
Scott
Grafton
Trial of William Rice Set for December 10
Judge Stubbs will try William Rice on December 10 for allegedly stealing a $20 bill from his employer Joe Tobin a saloonist at 1202 Indiana Avenue Senate. Tobin says he dropped the bill and a porter picked it up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubbs
William Rice
Joe Tobin
Senate Ave
Tobin
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George W. Clark
Lynn
Mass
W.E. Trench
Pritchard
Rubbles
Shermerville
Chicago Dispatch
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
St. Paul
Railway Combine
W.K. Vanderbilt
Northern Securities Company
Atlanta,Ga
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Stork
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
H. J. Huder
Washington
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Senate
Wednes
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Hare
Pacific Cable
Simon
Portland
Ore
Department of Commerce
Morgan
Pacific
Foraker
Ida ‘McKinley
Hanna
Zanes- Nicaragiah Canal
Fredoma
Reater
Plainfield
Por Sale
Deutsch Tailoring CO
Nols Street
Vories’isusiness
Hes
F. P. Smith & CO
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Fi- American
Nanciai
Omega
TRE Indianafolis Gas Company
Ictior
Ren F Gapn
Falt Druggins
Chichester
Chiraigal
Madison Secace
Pri
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Expresa
Reinhart
DR. Reinhart
Mysicians
Capitol Medical Institute
Stevenson Ridg
Lewin Price
Acme
W. Merkel
Pennsylvania St
Home Cure
Unos &G
UNO Cylinders
Manila Drug Co
North Clark and
Indiana Sts
Herry J. Huder
Corner Penn
Wash. Sts
Chas
Ith
Talbot
W. Lambert
Blake
Michigan
J. It Leist
Germania
M. Lichty & Co
Talbot Ave
Brown
Lass
Bates House
Washington St
Brown’s
Ferger’s Occidenta Pharmacy
Cor
Washington and
Illinois Sts
Dragzist
Marvel
Marvel. CO
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Sloan Drug CO
DR. Carter & CO
Yehn Block
Menon
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