Dyspepsia Relief Ad Promises Plump Health
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick remedy for indigestion and weight gain. It claims the tablets supply peptones and diastase to digest flesh forming foods like meat and bread, rebuilding natural stomach tone for thin, dyspeptic individuals. Sold in the United States, Germany, and Britain at 60 cents for a complete treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otuart
Staten and
Genesia
Cirpat Britain
Kalla
Senate Draws Purse Strings in Salary Debates
The article reports Senate opposition to salary growth and perks, noting a trend toward resisting pay raises. Senators argue incumbents resist resignations without raises, while some cite examples like the state tax board salaries and a janitor asking for a pay bump. The piece highlights heated debate and skepticism about ongoing salary increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Court House
Parks
Robbed Landlady and Wild Fire Incident Report
In Marion Indiana a lodger accused of setting a fire in his room led to a confrontation as the landlady, attempting to put out flames, was robbed. In Connecticut, a girls basketball game in New Haven saw Waterbury high school players from Boardman Training Academy clash violently, with fights, injuries, and officials unable to separate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girte
Denby
Conn
Teskga
Waterbury High School
Boardman Training High School
New Haven
Anderson
Hale
Rickety Children and Scott's Emulsion Aids
An ad describing rickets in children with loose joints bow legs and soft bones. It cites Scott's Emulsion as a remedy supplying hypophosphites to strengthen bones purifying cod liver oil for flesh and nutrition and offers a free sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Chicago Candle Strike Paralyzes Downtown Offices
Chicago February reports a bitter strike by elevator men and janitors after managers refuse arbitration. Buildings burn coal and switch to candles as electric power is cut, nonunion workers guarded amid anticipated riots and clashes while police deploy to protect sites.
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Chicago
Riot Call Quells Money Mad Crowd at Lolis Institution
In Lolis Missouri on February 11 investors seized the International Investment Company offices. A run formed as hundreds crowded the building, causing peril as elevators failed and stairways filled. Officers strained to hold the crowd back while patrons pressed to cash checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lolis
International Tetestment Company Company
Ammceium
Nulsen
Tnved
Tors
Check No 13 Hoodoo Retired by Toledo Street Official
Street commissioner Frank Van Loo retires check 13 after a string of accidents and fatalities befalling holders. The department notes three deaths in six years linked to the unlucky check and multiple near misses among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Frank van Loo
Piven & Brass
Ctty
Thin Reysen
van Lao
Stutesman Seeks Pink Undershirt Amid Quarantine
Representative Jim Statesman confronts a bizarre misadventure as his prized pink undershirt is quarantined after a washerwoman incident. A forged photo of a man of similar build circulates, while a statue linked to the tale stands in the local cemetery.
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Stutesman
Jim Statesman
Stuttsman
Mn Relahter
Meighter
Reignter
Jiady
Mb Moye
Drunkenness Cure Promises Hidden Remedy Trial
A New York woman claims a tasteless odorless remedy cured her father’s drunkenness quickly without his knowledge. She advertises a free trial and urges readers to send for a harmless package from W. Hittnes, 19 Glenn Building, Cincinnati Ohio, to begin treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Armstrong
Matuer
W. Hittnes
Ohio
Large Conscience Fund Raises Questions About Stamp Deceit
A historical note describes a conscience fund in Hinleton Virginia where 12 cents prompted scrutiny of treasury mail. Stamps and envelopes were found, with conspiratorial mentions that some contributors sign or omit signatures. The piece outlines how funds are handled and transferred to the treasury, with unusual totals and later adjustments to the public moneys fund.
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Vubtic
Strasury Department
Hinleton
Wilder
Uy Uy
Shun
Mumey
Etter
Sold Wife for a Dollar: Bigamy Case in Colhoute Canada
In Colhoute county court under County Crown Attorney Kerr, George Albert Reynolds of Percy, near Dartmouth, and Annie Clark faced charges of inciting bigamy. The pair allegedly married in November 190, procured a marriage license under false pretenses, while Walter Reynolds, aged twenty six, later pled guilty to bigamy after an unusual scheme involving selling a wife and child effects for a watch.
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Colhoute
Canada
Kerr
George Albert Reynolds
Percy Township
Dartmouth
Annie Clark
Walter Reynolds
Michigan
George
Walter
Rosenesth
Ulm
Warkworth
Annie Reynolds
Indiana roundup of odd local incidents and events
Across Indiana towns, reports include vaccination of Brooklyn’s mayor, a man finding a missing axe blamed on Indians, Valentine sales rising, a Goshen suicide, Kokomo tax sales, temperance talks, a man seeking arrest by himself after intoxication, a hotel fire stunt in Greensburg, a shoe party fundraiser in Goshen, a polo lesson accident at a school, a sobriety check on Greenfield streets, a South Bend gambling tale tied to a race, and a Loganport fatal heart attack with vivid clothing notes.
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Brooklyn
Inp
Miller
Columbia City
J. J. Jonnaon
Martinsville
Goshen
William
Bachelor
Topekt
Kokomo
J. Fenimore Cooper
Muncie
John Alien
Greensburg
Hard Couselle
510 & Ton Wm
Goghen
Young Ladies’ Home Mofasionary Society
The
Presbyterian, Church
Elwood
Fred W. Gravy
Pipe Creek
Gehoal
Greenfield
Banday
Tribune
Knightstown
Aouth Bend
Nilon Aporte
Josette
New Are Leane
Bouth Bera
Houms
Jose
Blood Flower Spell Cast On Young Girl
A girl in Trenton recounts being given a macabre "blood flower" by a Morose woman and claims a long sickness followed. She cites a doctor confirming a spinal issue, while the woman and family say the events are folklore. The tale centers on alleged witchcraft and medical claims from years past.
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Trenton
Fami
Dora
Snd Aghout
Justav A. Schoenig
Wale
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Schoenig
Ring Found In Ragged Pile Triggers Dispute at Cotton Broadage
In North Adams on February 11 Vern Cummings reported a ring found at Cotton Broadage on Lincoln Street while sorting rags. The ring, a large diamond piece, was handed to Mark Cotton by a worker who later refused repayment. Sawyer Conch plans legal action to recover the ring.
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North Adams
Vern Cummings
Padice
Cotton Broad Ragehop
Lincol-St
Mark Cotton
Sawyer Conch
Indiana Briefs Report Far Flung Local News
Indiana items note ex congressman Cowgill near death in Lafayette remonstrance targeted saloons outside business districts Wayne county coal shipments to other areas Home telephone workers strike for nine hours pay plus 3250 for nine hours Greenfield Harvey Craig jailed after stealing livery outfit to Indiana oil fields Fort Wayne railroad expansion to include new stations at New Castle and Cambridge City Ohia river up to five miles wide Cypress Bottoms forces families to move to hills between Evansville and Paducah
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Wababh
Cowgill
Lapayette
Hartford City
Wayne Paper Company
New Albany
Linemoon
Home Telephone Company
Greenfield
Harvey Craig
Hagen
Indianaolla
Prizon
Muncie
Paducah
Ohia
Cypress Bottoms
Toledo Women Endorse Zoa Phora Promoting a Cure for Women’s Ailments
Prominent Toledo women praise Zoa Phora as a safe quick remedy for womb troubles and other female ailments. Letters from Mrs. Palm and others urge readers to contact them for details and endorse the tonic’s energy boosting and curative claims. The ad promotes Zoo Phora for sale at one dollar per bottle and references Dr Pangely’s advice.
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Wwe Ava
Mattle Palm
Dorn
Metzxer
Orchant St
Andrew Dettinger, Jr
Ambrie
J. Brown
Detroit Ave
Turk
Wisconsin
Aisa Gortrete Osborne
Wayne Bt
J. Phillips
Spring Grove Ave
Mina
Julia Saelzier
Clara E. Stuck
Post St
A. Freeman
Oakwood Ave
K. 8. Clary
Oak St
Mina Emma Tipping
Broadway
O. Tyner
Nevada St
Ian Phoera
Tha Zoo Photo Co
Kelamaseo, Mich
Dottie
Pangely
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New York
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Indiana Briefs
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Fitzgerald Building
Monument Tane
East Market Street
Indianapolis
Ags
Indianapolis Gab CO
Penosulvant
Mme Maive Leon
St James 1
Serepi
Hiia
Indiana Screen Ena Mfg. CO
Cornell Av
Zoa Phora
Ko J Kyle
Renton Claypool Building
Clothing ON Credit
Rosenboom
Pennsylvania St
Jon
Greece
Ger
Universit
Buillinz
E.J. Heed
Lestite
Union National Bank Cor. Penn. and
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Auemy
Cincinnati
Mada
Gouth
Gaton
Polais East
INDI
Aapolis
Ask. St
Unlan
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Freneh
J. H. Greer
J.H. Greer
College of Medicine and Surgery
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