Cupid's Window tales from a wedding clerk at law
Marriage Clerk William Berner describes his window as Cupid's door to life and love. He recounts thousands of licenses issued since 1904 and the varied couples who arrive eager yet anxious to wed. He notes ages, costs, jokes, and the shift toward earlier marriages, with marriages peaking in June and October and some couples treating vows as mere preludes to a longer story.
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William 3. Berner
Mr. Berner
Searles
Evolve
Counsess
Harry Reeman
Wwe
Jie
The Covenant Keeper. Lippe endorses Postum coffee substitute
Rev Frederick Lippe of Hope FP Osage County testifies Postum fulfilled every promise. After three days he sensed no taste difference, after two weeks preferred it to coffee, after three weeks insomnia improved, after two months dyspepsia and piles relieved. He and his family now drink Postum and would not return to old coffee. Public notice includes Crawford’s Road to Wellville reference and attribution to Mr and Mrs C W Post.
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Frederick Lippe
Hope FP
Osage Ca
Ford
Red Hook
Wellville
Mra. C. W. Post
Cure Report for Catarrhal Gastritis with Dr Miles' Nervine
A.D. Slack of the L and G Ny RR in San Antonio Texas describes two years of severe catarrhal gastritis and heart strain. After trying many doctors he reports relief after eight bottles of Dr Miles' Nervine and Heart Cure, costing about $8 compared with prior spending of two hundred dollars.
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Miles
A.D. Slack
L & G. Ny RR
San Antonio
Texas
Mile’ Nervina
Mites Medical Co
Eikhart, Ind
Silence on Roosevelt plan hangs over coal fields
Aged newspaper column warns of possible coal strike as mines near April peace pact expiry loom. It notes Temple Holding Company gains control of reserves and union funds swelling to over a million dollars, with John Mitchell guiding efforts to avert war while publics brace for potential price spikes.
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Pennsylvania
Coal Trust
Ain
Trust
Temple Holding Company
Aronriter
John Mitchell
Aumayr
Vost
Ino Gladiators
Insi
Retail Lumber Dealers Meet In Canapolis In January
The twenty second annual meeting of the Retail Lumber Dealers association will be held at the Claywood hotel in Canapolis on Tuesday and Wednesday January 19. About 40 members are invited from ten lumber yards. A theater party is planned Tuesday night for members visiting lumbermen and ladies. A rail excursion to San Antonio Galveston and Shreveport departs Wednesday night via MLK and T railway. Officers Will C Pulse president D A Peterson vice president Hi U Scearce secretary. The first session starts 10 30 a m Tuesday with reports from officers and committees. At 2 p m Union B Hunt chairman of the railroad commission will speak on topics of interest to the association and officer nominations will occur.
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Claywoo
In- Canapolis
Turaday
San Antonio
Galveston
Tex
Shreveport
Oflcers
Asagelation
Will C. Pulse
Greensburg
D. A. Peterson
Warsaw
Hi U
Scearce
Mooresville
Union B. Hunt
Rairoad Commission
MITCHELL VISITS THE WEST
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers meets in St. Louis with Mine Operators’ Association representatives. He notes no definite result from the talks but expects a favorable outcome and plans for a full delegate attendance next week. He cannot confirm if the Brazil district’s 19 percent increase vote signals the convention’s possible demand.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
St. Louis 10 Center
Southwest
Kay
Brazil
Mitchell
York Flaced On Trial In Brother’s Murder Case
York faces trial in Lawrenceburg Ky for the August murder of his brother James R. York near here. The report also notes a long feature on Russian czar satire flooding St Petersburg with verses about spring and winter, and the imagined imperial calendar plot.
Wound in Head Linked to Death of Albert Pierce
A damaged report states a head wound from 12 years earlier contributed to Albert Pierce death at TG Madison Ave. Pierce, aged percent, died after being struck by a stone wielded by a blacksmith when two years old. He later lived with a large skull defect yet learned music and embroidery.
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Albert Pierce
TG Madison Ave
Pierce
Invalide
Barker's Suggestion Taken For Elmer Smallman's Care
The Charley Organization in the City aims to fund a home and education for Elmer Smallman, who lost a leg after a fall at City hospital. His mother died during the incident, his father struggles, and T. J. Barker of 18 Central Ave offers to contribute weekly cents toward the effort.
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Charley Organization Society
Elmer Smallman
City Hospital
T. J. Barker
Central Ave
Marion County Plans Bond Issue for Voting Machines
The Marion County Commissioners seek funds to buy Vor ink voting machines. A $10 set aside for 130 machines reverted to the treasury on January 1. They will ask reappropriation or bond authority for about 0,007. Bids rejected earlier showed $50 to $150 per machine, and officials aim to secure lower prices than competing firms.
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Marion County
SOO
Te Fotiity
President Harper Failing Health Alters South Trip Plan
Chicago reports say President Homer Harper remains in a critical condition and plans for a southern journey have been dropped. Attendants say he lies in bed almost constantly as family and university circles fear the end may be near. Dr. Bill Ings has refused to authorize the proposed trip.
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Secippe
Chmago
Homer Ta Jagain
Harper
Bill‘Ings Haz
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