Democracy Will Win In Indiana Says Adair In Campaign Talks
Indiana Democrat John A M Adair declares the party will win the state race due to its record. He cites debt paid down, state institutions praised, and advances in public schools and higher education. He plans an early national campaign, noting his confidence after meeting voters across two thirds of the counties. Republican Goodrich led a costly campaign but lost, with McCray’s prospects questioned.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
John A. M. Adair
Ralston
Crittenberger
Cook
Butler
Washington
Adair
Leonard B. Clore
Goodrich
McCray
Mr. Goodrich
Close Senate nominating fight hinges on official tally
Watson and New seek the senatorial nomination in a tight primary as both sides claim roughly a 1000 vote lead. Officials will certify the count, with the convention likely to witness a bitter contest due to the close result and past counting incidents. Watson is reportedly ill at home, his Rush county support suggesting sizable backing among allies.
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Watson
New
Rush County
Fortunate Youth’s Hidden Real Estate Revealed
Charles S Bergquist started as a polite check room boy at a Minneapolis estate and saved tips to invest in real estate. He died at twenty three from an accident after four months of friends recounting his property purchases, leaving his mother to locate land and a bank account.
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Minneapolis
Mint
Charles S$. Bergquist
Tie
Ant
Hegan
Sandy
Shave by Auto Light Delays Timely Train
Clayton Missouri residents witness a rapid shaving attempt by Tegethoff near a barber shop. A power failure halted the shave until Leo Tegethoff positioned a car headlight to illuminate his father’s face. The elder Tegethoff then completed the shave and caught his train.
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Clayton
Pegethorf
Tegethoff
Tegelhoff
Leo
Tegethoft
Humphreys Free Medical Book In Celebration Of Sixty Years
Advertises a revised edition of Dr Humphreys' Manual of All Diseases. It promises minute details on care and treatment of the sick with Humphreys' Remedies and marks a sixty year celebration of the work.
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Humphreys
Mayapple root as laxative and liver aid in old remedy
An advertisement touts vegetable calomel, extract of may-apple root, as a gentle liver stimulant and laxative. It claims not to salivate, promotes Sentanel Laxatives with may-apple powder (podophyllin), and offers a free physician trial package from Sentanel Remedies Co in Covington Kentucky.
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The
Sentanel Remedies Co
Madison Ave
Covington
George M Sanders jailed in Vevay faces rape charge
George M Sanders known as Santoros is jailed in Vevay on a rape charge connected to Pearl Forwood, age fourteen, with Swiss county reward money paid by Cincinnati police before transfer. Mayor Crozier of Madison aided the arrest, claiming a share of the reward, while Sanders professes innocence and recounts his movements since October. The case involves his wife Destie Sanders and the Forwood family, with multiple sentences issued and a May court date looming.
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George M. Sanders
Santoros
Vevay
Heady
Pearl Forwood
Pleasant Township
Fairview
Sanders
Cincinnati
Reveille
Blodvett Place
Ta Vevay
Easton
Columbus C. Sisson
Tannthalst
Switzerland County
Mayor
Sam P. Smith
Crozier
Mexico
Forwood
Cost of War Debts in Europe Says Van Hise
University of Wisconsin president C R Van Hise warned in a recent address that England France and Germany hold debts totaling about 34 billion dollars with annual interest in the hundreds of millions. He predicted postwar social transformation in Europe driven by prewar debt and wartime measures.
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Europe
England
France
Germany
C. R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
United Kingdom
United States
von Lise
Forests Left In the United States
Leonard Lundgren notes in Engineering Magazine that pre white settlement forests spanned 800 million acres with about 5.2 trillion board feet of lumber. Today 500 million acres remain containing about 2.9 trillion board feet with an annual cut near 43 billion. Private ownership dominates 76 percent, national forests hold 7 percent, and 3 percent sits on other public land.
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United States
Leonard Lundgren
Engineering Magazine
Money to Burn Confederate Currency Transformed for Lamps
A clever dealer accumulated Confederate currency over years and sold it to a major company for a high price. Electrical firms needed a special carbon material from paper pulp or seagrass to produce incandescent lamp components. The Confederate money served as the raw carbon source for these early batteries or lamp elements.
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Meccrie
Deposits Found in Prenathe Province Amid Vermont-Like Peat
Reports indicate new ore deposits located in Prenathe province discovered after years of quiet. Excavations reveal peat-adjacent seams with peat-encased ore and nearby peat loops forming sizable waste heaps. miners describe the dig as promising despite rough, dirty surroundings.
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Prenathe
Dayers
War will produce smaller men says New York Herald
The New York Herald states that the current war will yield a generation of men shorter by about an inch and a decline in average stature. It also foresees a shorter life expectancy, noting a similar effect after the Napoleonic wars.
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New York Herald
If You Wish to Reduce Select Your Luncheon Order
Cleveland restaurant offers a dual menu with a page caption urging weight loss. Other pages list dishes that will add to one's weight, all based on United States government tables as reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Practical Health Hint Gallstones Treatment Advice
Gallstones best treated by surgical removal when possible. If surgery is inadvisable, palliative care includes avoiding starches and sweets, daily exercise, and alkaline remedies. Recommend phosphate of sodium, mineral waters, and olive oil during pain, with specific dosing and timing guidance.
Prayers Restore Seventy-Year-Old Pennsylvanian
Greensburg resident Walter McClackie, sixty eight? seventy, long invalid, reportedly walked again after cottage prayer meetings led by Rev. John Watson and the Youngwood United Brethren church. The healing, linked to prayer, followed readings from Acts and James. He rose, joined in singing, and walked about the room.
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Greensburg
Pat Walter McClackie
Youngwood United Brethren Church
MccCruckle
John Watson
Mr. Watson
Peter
John
James
Mr. McCluckle
Greek man fined for winking at women in Kansas City
George Stamatois, 26, of 510 Main street, tried the Greek custom of winking at women in a Missouri department store. A store detective detained him after he winked at seven girls. Stamatois told the judge the wink is common in Greece. he was fined 50 dollars for mashing.
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Kansas City
George Stamuatois
Main Street
Greece
Stamatols
Stamatois
Charles Clark
North Side
Chirk
Donkey and 006 Walk 3400 Miles Across North America
Edward D P Price undertakes a foot tramp from Chicago to San Francisco in 1914 with a donkey Bunny and collie Prince. The wager required finishing with both animals, no money, and camp gear totaling 100 pounds carried by Bunny. Mayors’ statements verified route credentials.
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Victoria
B.C
Edward DP
Price
Chicago
San Francisco
Mr. Price
Tenderfoot
Bunny
Prince
Lincoln Highway
Commissariat
Hidden cash found in Cedar Falls area estate
More than $7,000 was found hidden in the Lot of George Pound, eight miles north of Cedar Falls, during an estate audit by his administrator. Pound died suddenly and was believed to have left little money after losing over $5,000 in a bank failure twenty years earlier, which led him to distrust banks.
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Cedar Falls
George Pound
Here
Pound
Civil War Letter from Union Soldier Recovered in Bangor
Bangor resident Cal L. E. Cole received a Civil War letter written by his brother on December 2 1864. The brother describes Union pursuit of General Price’s forces into Mississippi. The letter had been missing for fifty years and its location remains a mystery.
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Bangor
Cal
L. E. Cole
Mississippi
Price
New War Secretary Nominee Newton D. Baker Named
Newton D. Baker a former Cleveland mayor and Johnson ally is nominated to succeed Lindley M. Garrison as secretary of war. He is 44, Johns Hopkins graduate, a lawyer, and long-time Democratic leader who retired from politics January 1.
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Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Lindley M. Garrison
Johns Hopkins University
Baker
Prescient Wilson
Johns Hopkins
West Virginia
Johnson
Aged Senator Henry G Davis Dies in Washington
Henry Gasaway Davis, 93, former U S senator and 1904 Democratic vice presidential candidate, died in Washington last week. Davis began public service after the Civil War, served in West Virginia legislature and senate, and became the state’s first Democratic U S senator in 1871. He was valued at about 30 million dollars.
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Henry Gasaway Davis
Washington
Davis
Senator Davis
House of Delegates
West Virginia
United States Senate
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
Ad urges readers to treat colds promptly with Dr King’s New Discovery to prevent bronchial and lung issues. Claims the remedy is trusted by old and young and recommends buying a bottle today from The Herald.
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