Women of Spiceland Beautify Town Through Civic Club
Spiceland Indiana July 10 The Tuesday club driven by public spirit persuades men to clean streets and alleys. They publish letters to merchants and press town board to mow gutters and improve public spaces. The club operates a self sustaining sprinkler wagon and plans prizes for best lawn and garden improvements. Members include Mrs. Jennie Unthank Miss Mary Scovell Miss Emma Stubbs and many others with Alice Newby as president.
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Caroline Baker
Florence Ballenger
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Cora Test
Lizzie Sisson
Emma Stafford
Jennie Woods
Leone Pierso
Sarah Kirk
Effie Hall
Bertha Hiatt
Hattie Gordon
Susannah Evans
Virginia Cory
Myrta Baily
Emma Bell
Susan Baily
Lucy Wilson
Rebecca Unthank
Trice Stuart
Susan Bally
Chicago Population Figures for 1908 Published
Chicago announces an estimated population around 1,420,000 for 1908. The directory notes a rise from the previous year and provides figures tied to city growth and demographic estimates.
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Chicago
Lightning Strikes Fort Wayne Dairy Cows Milked Clean
A Fort Wayne dairy reports lightning struck 75 cows as maids prepared to milk. The shock knocked people and cows down but all cows were milked clean by the storm. The incident is described as a local oddity amid other rural notes.
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Fort Wayne
Mob Vows Lynching as Crowd Surrounds East St. Louis Jail
A mob of about 500 rallied at the East St. Louis city jail from evening till after midnight seeking to lynch Charles Russell, held for an alleged assault on Miss Anna Pryant. Police with riot guns defended the jail and held the crowd until early morning, when the mob dispersed after 1 am.
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East ST. Louis
Charles Russell
Anna Pryant
Indianapolis Artists Busy Season Across the Region
Indianapolis artists are dispersing for summer work with only a few remaining at home. Gruelle works on a large Gloucester marine scene while Steele and Stark focus on portraits and Indianapolis scenes. The local art market shows strong demand and high selling rates for marine and city views.
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T. C. Steele
California
Adams
Brookville
Ind
W. G. Forsythe
Corydon
R. T. Gruele
Ilinois
Peoria Heights
Gruelle
Gloucester
Mass
Folk
Indianapolis
R. T. Gruelle
Violin Dreams and a Hospital Shadow
Henri a 19 year old aspiring violinist in a dreary New York studio falls in love with Franks a crippled girl living opposite in Liberty Hall. After she is hospitalized for an operation, Henri’s soulful playing helps her recovery and leads to his later fame in Boston and a church wedding with Ralph as best man.
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Henri
Franka
Ralph
Liberty Hall
Madonna
Chopin
Raoul
Germany
Miss—Miss
Franxa
Lfe
Bernard
Steinert Hall
Boston
Trinity
Natural digestion the key to curing indigestion says pink pills
A promotional piece argues that Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People restore digestive function rather than force artificial digestion. It cites a Chicago man Arthur McLaughlin whose chronic indigestion pain improved after three boxes, and claims the pills cure indigestion and blood or nerve disorders. The Medicine Company offers the pills at fifty cents a box or two dollars fifty for six, via Schenectady New York.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Willams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Free band concerts at Riverside and Brookside parks Sunday
Community bands perform at Riverside Park and Brookside Park this Sunday with marches overtures waltzes and medleys. Program includes Barker overture Morning Noon and Night Suppe Medley over ture Merry Melodies Calanthe Florodora Day Dreams Clorinda and Cotton Blossoms among others.
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Riverside
Brookside Parks
Barker
Calanthe
Haines
Stuart
Rollinson
Clorinda
Cccssscuss
Aecees Wittmark
Covenees Smithy
March music titles and performers from New England era
A fragment listing period band selections and composers such as Clarke Medley The dazzler Waltz The chaperons and The Mississippi bubble with mentions of Haines selections King Dodo and La Muscovite attributed to Fulton, alongside miscellaneous garbled phrases.
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New England
Clarke Medley
The
Chaperons
Witmark
Haines
Sultan of Sulu
Clarke
Barnard Medley
Herbert March
Clorinda
Neat Ben Eae
King Dodo
Maurice March
Fulton
Chicago University strike halts work on six buildings
Three hundred workmen at Chicago University walked out on Friday over non union labor on one building, stopping work on six structures and creating a campus disruption.
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Chicago University
Chicago
Summer complaint cures with Chamberlain's remedy
A Lansing Iowa Journal excerpt notes a family case cured by Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The writer recommends keeping a bottle at home for summer illnesses and states the product is widely sold by druggists.
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Chamberlain
Lansing
Iowa
Journal
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