Vigorous Crusade Against All Patent Medicines
A public campaign is described targeting patent medicines nationwide. The movement stresses regulation and consumer protection, urging strong enforcement and stricter oversight to curb quack remedies.
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
7
A public campaign is described targeting patent medicines nationwide. The movement stresses regulation and consumer protection, urging strong enforcement and stricter oversight to curb quack remedies.
Thomas Bending and wife moved to a farm seven miles east of Logansport. Mrs. A. B. Fitzer hosted the Georgetown Ladies' Aid society. Norbert Porter remains ill with grip. Albert Klepinger plans to open his sugar grove as soon as weather allows. Christian Endeavor topic for March 8 is The wise use of time. Rev. Fife will fill appointments at Georgetown this weekend. James Gordon and wife moved to the Wiley farm north of Georgetown. Stella Granthane visited from Logansport with Mrs. Mowdy. Mrs. Caldwell and children visited Georgetown friends. Mrs. Thomas Deitrech and B. E. Hurly noted missing cigars. Hurly ill. Nelson Hinkle staying in Clymers. villagers remark on his dice hat. Mrs. Emma Anderson and Lottie Wandrie with families visited Logansport. Mrs. M. A. Kesch and Mrs. John Hurly visited sister Mrs. Williamson in Logansport and attended Ed Hannegah’s funeral. A social with sherbet, cake and almonds followed. Attendees included Kistler, McCombs, Wooley, Mayfield, Frushour, Agness, Thornburg, Conn, McDonald, Thomas, Sweet, Lawrence, Mayfield, Dodt, Hicks, Fisher, Skillen, Hilbert, Hendee, Day, Grant, Fry, and Beckley.
Bethlehem Sam Ford of Metea has been very ill as grip infections affect several local families. The sale of George Shirey drew a good crowd Tuesday. Rev. Bolton to teach at Bethlehem Presbyterian church Sunday at 11. He stayed Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Dan Redder of Metea. Residents plan Harry McDowell's sale next Tuesday. Dinner will be served by the Cumberland society.
Clymers residents and nearby towns report visits and illnesses. Names include Ben Hardy, Bruce Reed, Miss Mae Cummings, Miss Maud Sly, Miss Nellie Champion, and Mrs. Letta Slagle. Travel notes mention J B Rice in Delphi and Burt Anderson in Logansport. Typhoid illness concerns Bruce Reed. several locals share meals and visits with relatives in Logansport and Walton.
Flora Mrs. Walter Snider and Beecher Sharp visit towns on business. A newborn girl to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis. Miss Vivian Shigley and mother in Delphi. Sheriff William Pullen in town on business. Bert Julan, known as Harry D. Julian, a Lafayette man who shot himself, is remembered here. Michael and William Fisher plan a patent hog feeder factory. Street viewers assess damages for South Willow street improvements. Gra McMahon from Logansport plans moving to North Dakota with family. Delegates to Frankfort congress from this locale listed. School board urged to study safety measures after a deadly Ohio tragedy. daily fire drills recommended.
Royal Centre resident Robert Conn will depart Sunday morning for Laverne Iowa and Clermont Minnesota. A spring mood pervades the town as events unfold with others returning from visits and hosting gatherings.
Community roundup from Rock Creek noting ill health cases including Grandma Stephens and Mrs. Dick Lemon, visits by relatives such as George Brow and Bertha Appleton, plus local events like a ciphering match at Center school house where Flora boys won. Various residents visited kin across Deer Creek, Twelve Mile, and Flora areas.
Lake Cicott updates as Mrs. D. H. Ringer recovers after a short illness. Rural carriers seek a flying machine. Mrs. Bert Good remains on the sick list but shows improvement. Uncle Mat Rhinehart has been poorly for a month. Harry Henry to work J. N. Fisher farm this season. Pay car settled with ice packers Friday. Wm. McLellan moved to Hayes farm north of Idaville. Dr. Sonder of Lafayette visited farms midweek. Clint Townsley visited home then returned to Idaville. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hanawalt and Clint Henry visited relatives in Logansport and Anoka Junction. Schools nearing vacation as youngsters plan outings. Rumor says E. J. Geer “Dock” may start double harness work. A washout on the fill east of town halted trains but was likely contained. James York sold personal property and will turn farm to Samuel Linn on shares. York’s health only slightly improved.
Official notice lists ward and township meeting sites and times across Cass county Indiana to select delegates and alternates for the Marion congressional convention on March 12 1908. Meetings run March 10 16 at multiple schoolhouses centers and urban rooms with 8 pm sessions in several wards.
Under a set of party rules the township and ward meetings will elect delegates and alternates to the district meeting. Each ward has a specified number of delegates and alternates with voting limits noted. Delegates and alternates are chosen by direct ballot of Republicans gathered in each township and ward meeting.
Local market columns list daily corrected prices for grain live stock and produce across multiple towns including Logansport and Royal Center with figures for wheat corn oats butter eggs and poultry. The Pennsylvania timetable shows intercity passenger arrivals and departures linking Chicago Logansport Cincinnati Louisville and other hubs with notes on sleeping and parlor cars.
L Ert Slack Franklin, a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, visited the city yesterday and met with county Democratic leaders. The young candidate is gaining support among the younger generation and is viewed as having a good chance at the nomination.
In effect schedule shows northbound service with times around 1 05 a and 9 33 p, indicating a daily or near daily pattern. Readable fragments suggest a late night and early morning operation under the dec 1 timetable.
A fragmented timetable shows Fast mail Express with Sunday exceptions and multiple daily times listed. It references Frank J. Reed as G P A with additional times 2 58 p an 2 15 a m.
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co lists daily train departures from the interurban station to Pérad Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne and intermediate points with multiple morning and afternoon times. Limited cars operate and a nightly 11:05 p m service runs to Boyd Park only. Weekday terminals depart Fort Wayne at 9:30 a m and Lafayette at 8:30 a m. R T Gunn is superintendent of transportation.
Timetables show multiple daily departures from 5:00 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. with limited service at Tipton and connections to Elwood Alexandria Fairmount Anderson Middletown Muncie and other stations. Interchangeable coupon books offer 12 dollars worth of transportation for 16 dollars and 60 cents good across 32 traction lines in Indiana Ohio and Michigan totaling 1 807 miles of track.
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