Lorimer election denials and Taft calls for reform
Washington officials reveal denials of money in Lorimer election while Hinman hints at a wider "jackpot" system. Havemeyer testifies about church ties to sugar firms. Taft urges stronger pure food and drug laws amid tariff and banking debates. Congressional sessions discuss wool, reciprocity, and senator selection reforms.
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George W. Hinman
Chicago
Congress
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Indiana to Teach Hygiene in Public Schools under 1911 Law
Indiana prepares tentative hygiene curriculum for public schools under the 1911 act. Fifth grade will compulsory teach hygiene basics, disease transmission, vaccination and home hygiene, with leaflets from state health officials for county superintendents. Dr. Hurty says the plan should boost student efficiency.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
William F. King
State Board of Health
King
Board of Health
Board of Education
General Assembly
State Health Commission
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. N. Hurty
Health Board
Hurty
Reeves Settles With Board Over Shortage
Charles A. Reeves paid 1893 to the state board of accounts to settle a shortage found by field examiners who said the Blackford circuit court clerk owed 1810.64 to the county. The total repaid nears 3400. Reeves, who spent days in Indianapolis with the board, leaves Hartford City for Toledo to visit relatives and take a vacation. M. A. Clapper has become Daily Journal editor as Reeves plans a permanent retirement from the paper. The payment will be sent to County Auditor James Cronin Jr. in a few days.
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Charles A. Reeves
Startford City
State Board of Accounts
Blackford
Reeves
Indianapolis
James Cronin, Jr
State Board
M. A. Clapper
The
Indiana Maccabees
Daily Journal
Hartford City
Toledo
Rabies Samples From Eight Dogs And A Cow Sent For Test
Heads of eight dogs and one cow were delivered to the state board of health laboratory for rabies testing but definite results could not be given. Some animals were killed after attacks. one head was not iced and unfit for examination. another dog was shot and brain fragments remaining. Origins included Mt. Ayr Newton county and towns Columbus Rensselaer Evansville Farmersburg Lafayette and Oliver near Evansville where children were bitten. Also notes Articles of Incorporation filed for Mussman Manufacturing company Indianapolis and Stanley Differential Hub company Logansport with respective capital stock and directors.
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State Board of Health
Mt. Ayr
Newton County
Columbus
Rensselaer
Evansville
Farmersburg
Lafayette
Oliver
Secretary of State
Mussman Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
H. H. Mussman
W. G. Miller
D. W. Mussman
H. J. Mauer
Stanley Differential Hub Company
Logansport
E. D. Morgan
G. M. Stanley
Zachary Taylor
Clark Taylor
Joseph Taylor
Earlham College Commencement Highlights Debt Paid and Growth
The fifty-second Earlham College commencement honored the largest class yet with degrees awarded. Charles W. Fairbanks spoke on international peace and justice, while the college announced a successful debt-reduction campaign totaling 58110.75 dollars. Faculty changes included Miss Helen Brown Keyes’s resignation and new appointments.
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Richmond
Earlham College
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Fairbanks
America
Christian Colleges
Robert L. Kelley
Helen Brown Keyes
Elizabeth Conrad
Bryn Mawr College
University of Missouri
Europe
University of Wisconsin
John Rae
Charles H. Haile
Northwestern University
Princeton
Chase
Sakuntala
Notable Caning Feats and Tree Climb for Cherries
State briefs report Knox county board of review member Dan Lane was caned by 83 year old Eliott who has given away 880 canes and impressed figures like William J. Bryan. Homer Percifield, two, was found safe in a cherry tree after climbing a ladder to pick fruit. Grant county wheat is expected to be in the sheaf by July 1 due to rains and good conditions. The Frankfort court of appeals overruled a retrial petition for Joseph Wending in the Anna Kellner murder case.
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Vincennes
Daniel Elliott
Dan R. Lane
Knox County Board of Review
Dan
Elliott
Marshall
Eliott
William J. Bryan
Columbus
Homer Percifield
George Percifield
Marion
Grant County
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Joseph Wending
Anna Kellner
Louis- Ville
Free Advice to Women Promoted by Mrs Pinkham
Women suffering from illness are urged to write to Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. All letters are read and answered by women, with confidentiality guaranteed. The ad promotes Mrs Pinkham's advice and a free 80 page Text Book available by mail.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Advertised As Stomach Ailment Cure
The notice promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a sugar coated candy like remedy to regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels. It emphasizes ease of ingestion and daily use as a tonic.
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Dr. Pierce
Old superstition about curing ague at crossroads
A historical note describes a folk remedy for ague via nightly visits to a crossroad five times and burying a newly laid egg. If the cure failed, people blamed an unlucky accident encountered on the way.
Curious Sleep Aid From Grape-Nuts Highlighted by Minister
A tired preacher shares how Grape-Nuts cereal eased his indigestion and restored sleep after Sabbath duties. He reports calmer nerves, better rest, and reliance on the product at meals, noting his family includes children who will eat it when others refuse.
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Postum Co
Batila Creek
Michigan
Wellville
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Washington
Mormon Church
American Sugar Refining Company
House Committee of
Sugar Trust
Henry 0. Havemerger
Utah Sugar Company
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
United States Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
Bristow
House
United States Senate
House Bfil
Committee On Finance
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Lorimer Investigation Committee
Edward Hines
Harvester Company
William Lorimer
National
New York
Yonkers Refining Companies
National Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey
Henry O. Havemeyer
Horace Havemeyer
Ohio
Harvey Dixon
Orenogo
Illinois Central
Memphis
Tenn
Hutchinson
Kan
South Hutchinson Methodist Church
John J. Daly
Chicago Post Office Department
Leavenworth
Landis
Lee O'Neil Browne
E. 0. Phillips
Chicago Tribune
Adkins
Lyman E. Cooley
New York State Bankers’ Association
Manhattan Beach
National Reserve Association
Aldrich
Monetary Commission
Dell Lovenia Neel Spaete
Boston
Oscar F. Spaete
Detroit
Mich
Gulfport
Miss
Pifario
Wadsworth
Mary Mannering
James K. Hackett
Frank Coffin
Newburgh
N. Y
White House
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Standard Oil
American Tobacco
Christian Seandborg
Frank T. Luce
Dorchester
Mass
Marshall Scofield
Patent
New York Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
Ella M. Hopkins
Catherine Pederson
Minnie Ashley
William Astor Chanier
Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Katherine Brown
Chester ©. Barnett
Fifteenth Cavalry
U.S. A
EF. O. Melcher
Rock Island
Fred A. Allen
New, Haven. Conn
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Georgetown
University Hospital
Kirishima
Haruna
Vickers-Maxim
England
Yoksuka
George V
Westminster Abbey
London
Old Abbey
Anselmo Braamcamp
Republic of
Portugal
Constitutional Assembly
King of State Board of Health
Harry
Colin
Bert Cohn
Food and Drug Department
Greensburg
Sandusky
Milroy
Richland
Cohn
State Board of Medical Registration and
Perre Lafayette Stewart
United Doctors
Stewart
Muncie
State Board of Tax Commissioners
County Boards of Review
River Valley
Earlham College OF Free
Watses F
Coleman
Washington, D.C
Buckstree
Farrs Investments
Houston
Texas
Taylor
Alphonse Karr
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