Cascarets Health Claim Ad Promotes Digestive Aid
An advert extols Cascarets as a proven daily aid used by millions, claiming time-tested benefits for digestion and bowel health. It warns against imitators, notes the product is vegetable and reliable, and invites readers to send ten cents for a gold plated trinket and to order from Sterling Remedy Company in Chicago or New York.
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Sterling Remedy Company
West Pocket
CCC
Bok
Chicago
New
Indianapolis
Daugherty Kidnap Case Echoes Through Indiana History
Rochester Indiana remembers the Martha Daugherty kidnapping of her younger sister Almeda in a 36 year old case. Almeda, age 10, was taken after their mother died and later lived in orphanages and homes near Springfield and Bloomington before a long, mobile upbringing. The tale includes marriages, moves to California and Oregon, two children, and a startling discovery on a photograph’s back revealing the names Almeda and Aggie.
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Rochester
Ind
Martha Daugherty
Almeda Daugherty
Martha
Almeda
Danville
Bloomington
Springfield
Martha, Daugherty
Quivey
James L. Graves
Monticello
Lyons
Ore
Alta
Willie
Santa Rosa
Cal
Ruth
Arive
Aggie
Daugherty Family Mystery Brought to Peru Visit
Martha Graves claimed an uncle named Daugherty but refused to name him. Mr Graves advertised for Quivey Daugherty or Huffman relatives. Huffman is Almeda’s sister, Mrs James Huffman, though Martha denied her existence. The family scattered after deaths. Almeda Graves left May 16 for the east, arrived in Peru last Saturday, visiting her sister Jane Huffman one and a half miles south of the city.
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Daugherty
Martha
Almeda
Mr. Graves
Quivey
Huffman
James Huffman
Almeda Graves
East
Peru
Jane Huffman
Zeppelin Dreadnought Aura Fears Rise Across England
London June 2 reports confirm the Count Zeppelin dirigible sailed 850 miles before an accident. The incident does not lessen the airship's speed, maneuverability, or aloft endurance, and it carried nine men. Alarmists fear a German air fleet visit, reviving long standing tales of mysterious airships over Eastern England with speculation of other secret German aircraft.
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Count Zeppelin
England
Berlin
London
Memorial veteran dies after parade prophecy comes true
Evansville Indiana June 2 A 77 year old man John S Gibson marched in the Memorial day parade and then died at home Monday night of heart disease fulfilling his own prophecy that this would be his last march.
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Evansville
Ind
John S. Gibson
Budweiser Crown Caps Promise Same Keeping Quality
The statement guarantees Budweiser storage stability with Crown Caps equal to corks and emphasizes easier opening for trade and home use. It notes Budweiser is bottled exclusively at the St. Louis home plant.
Order of Owls Grows Rapidly in America
In South Bend Indiana on June 2, John W. Talbot president of the local nest reports 41 new nests added to the Order of Owls across the United States. The nests spread along the Atlantic seaboard from New York City to New Orleans with about 11,000 members in principal cities including New York Atlantic City Philadelphia Wilmington Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Jacksonville Mobile and New Orleans. Supreme officers plan a late month tour by steamer from New York to New Orleans visiting each newly organized nest.
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Ind
John W. Talbot
Nest of Owls
Atlantic Seaboard
New York City
New Orleans
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Norfolk
W. Va
Savannah
Jacksonville
Fla
Mobile
Supreme Officers
Atlantic Coast
Lambs Gambol Audiences In Chicago Minstrel Event
A June 2 report from Chicago details the Lambs Gambol at the Auditorium. Stars like Henry Dixie Vincent Serrano Frank McIntyre Richard Carle and Charles Evans performed with DeWolf Hopper and Raymond Hitchcock in a lavish minstrel, burlesque, and dramatic program. Auctioned leather programs with 70 autographs drew bids including $633 for David Belasco while locals enjoyed the varied acts and backstage reunions.
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Chicago
Henry Dixie
Vincent Serrano
Frank McIntyre
Richard Carle
George Ade
Lambs
Pittsburg
Augustus Thomas
Willis McCres
Chicagzo
David Belasco
New York
Prison release sparks mental health concerns in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on June 2 Antonio Burkhart from Blair county was freed after jail breaking and soon appeared insane on Preble avenue. He was moved to the Claremont city home sane ward. Similarly Paul Sherer, recently freed from the county workhouse for vagrancy, showed odd behavior and was sent to the same institution's insane ward after examination.
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Pittsburg
Antonio Burkhart
Blair County
Western Penitentiary
Preble Avenue
Claremont
Senator Victim of Embezzler At Sea Linked to Washington
Boston June 2 government officials hunted a embezzler tied to a prominent United States senator. Secret service and immigration men aboard the Red Star liner Marquette checked 55 passengers at Quarantine but found no clue. A tip suggests the suspect, with a Washington home, fled to the vessel. The case reportedly involves more than a $150 theft and may trigger a larger sensational story. Searches extend to incoming liners in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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Boston
United States
Red Star
Marquette
Secret Service
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Navy Yard Machinists Strike Looms in Brooklyn Yard
June 2 reports say 7,000 machinists at the Brooklyn navy yard may strike over wage cuts tied to the 1907 panic. The union threatens to halt all work unless demands are met, as other potential strikes involve 4,000 excavators, 5,000 garment workers and 2,000 tailors.
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New York
Taft
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
Negro shoots after being refused beer in Evansville incident
In Evansville Indiana on June 2 William Hall a Black man confronted a group of white youths drinking beer. When they refused he fired into the crowd wounding Eurie Peck in the leg and Annis Peck in the shoulder before officers intervened and arrested Hall. The youths had intended to lynch him. A separate Denison Hotel ad appears with dining and music noted.
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Evansville
Ind
William Hall
Eurie Peck
Annis Feck
Hall
Elopers Marry After Elopement in South Bend
Glen Ade and Martha Scott wed in South Bend after eloping from Kokomo. Justice William B. Wright performed the ceremony and remarked they showed no nerves. Parents opposed the match due to age differences: Ade age 4 and Scott 21. Ade claimed Lafayette business. Scott planned a visit to Logansport.
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Ind
Glen Ade
Martha Scott
William B. Wright
Kokoma
Wright
Ade
Kokomo
Lafayette
Scott
Logansport
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