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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
8
An old advertisement extolls Dr. Pierce’s All Healing Salve as a cure for ulcers and running sores. It cites ingredients like bloodroot and black cherry bark, claims refined preparations in Buffalo, New York, and urges readers to send fifty four cents for a sample by return mail. It also promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to regulate stomach and bowels.
Bluffton High School plans a basketball schedule with Montpelier for April 18 at Bluffton and May 23 at Montpelier. Other games include Hartford City April 25 at Hartford City, May 16 at Bluffton, and Upland May 2 at Bluffton. A joint meet with Bluffton, Montpelier, and Hartford City is set for May 9.
Four of the twelve road contracts were awarded to Neal Paving Co of this city totaling 29 675 dollars with asphalt and crushed stone materials to be used along the routes. Other bids ranged from five to twelve thousand dollars for various streets and county roads. The board adjourned to April 18 to appoint superintendents for the new gravel roads. The article also notes a regional oil boom with 8 000 producing wells in the Illinois field and about 8 000 drilling and pumping workers in Indiana and Illinois combined.
Blackford and Wells counties announce a Wednesday April 22 convention in Bluffton to nominate a prosecuting attorney to succeed A. G. Emshwiller. Ethan Secrest of Hartford City is the only candidate mentioned for the office.
Speculation ends as John Mitchell lately retired UMWA president reveals plans to start a paper in this city to foster industrial peace between miners and operators. First issue due soon. Mrs James McGarry of Roll visited briefly, en route to Poneto, as her husband, a gauger for the Indiana Pipe Line Co., transfers districts and plans to move there once a house is found.
Lyon & Healy released an extensive free list of pianos including Steinway, Weber, Lyon & Healy, Washburn, Sterling, Huntington and other brands. Many are lightly used from showrooms or artists studios with deeply reduced prices to clear hundreds of instruments in 30 days. Monthly payment options available. C L Smith traveled to Marion for business today.
Judge J F McClure finds remonstrance sufficient by a sixteen name majority and denies the license, making Fall Creek township in Henry County dry for two years. He also rules Friday signatures can be filed and counted, affecting many pending cases statewide. Mrs George Spaulding and Miss Hen Sims visit Ft Wayne as Mrs Sims recovers at Hope Hospital. Jack Winings of Montpelier attends city business. he presided over the Blackford county delegation vote at the Eleventh district Republican convention.
After twenty four hours the Huddleston chicken case jury was dismissed by Attorney John Bonham in the judge’s absence. Jurors reported a six to six deadlock and were sent back with hopes of an out of court settlement. The case has cost the state a substantial sum.
City Clerk Willis B. Redding announces his candidacy for county clerk, pending Republican county convention. Voters are urged to recognize his record as city clerk and vote for him, with supporters citing his vote getting ability and proven management of city affairs.
The ad promises at home telegraphy training under railroad men, citing a March rule limiting hours and a 15000 workforce shortage. It claims guaranteed placement with wages from a monthly start and rapid raises, led by instructor F McArdle and other railroad veterans in Chicago.
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