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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as non alcoholic and a tonic and alterative for thin impure blood. It urges readers to consult their doctor and follow medical advice regarding its use.
The quarterly figures show Blackford County poor outside infirmaries costing 1288.74 in the last quarter of 1907. In 1900 the county population was 17218 with 542 families aid recipients, 226 people. Aid reasons included unemployment, sickness, old age, widowhood, and disability. Pensioners totaled 39 with occupations spanning farmers to laborers.
Mrs Alfred Spaulding of South Washington Street died Saturday night around 10 30 after a brief illness. Three physicians attended, death due to a complication of troubles. Funeral at 2 PM Wednesday at the residence with Rev A M Hackleman officiating. Survived by husband two brothers Mrs Ella Jordan and Mrs Mattie Collins. Debba Matlock married Spaulding December 24 1895. No children. She was fifty.
London authorities report two mail bags from New York containing securities worth about 500000 were stolen in transit late last month. One bag, to St Louis, sailed on the Majestic. the other, to Brooklyn, aboard the Philadelphia. Receipts were taken and attempts were made to keep the loss secret during the inquiry.
Farmers busy with corn and oats as ground is broken and crops emerge. Neighbors swap visits while Wm Spaulding and wife called on L Lambert. Canvassers for saloon remonstrance traveled the area. some residents abstain from signing cards. Mrs A S Simonton raises chickens laying 90 chicks from 120 eggs. Andrew Jackson promotes garden truck planting. A medicine peddler recently sold 150 dollars worth of remedies in the neighborhood.
London dispatch reports in March two mailbags containing securities and valuables worth about 500000 vanished in New York Harbor. Postmaster Edward M. Morgan and Postal Inspector Walter B. Mayer said there have been no complaints or inquiries and doubted that such losses could occur without notice.
In Congress the agricultural appropriation bill leads the Senate agenda this week, followed by District of Columbia and pension bills. The House plans a full week on the sundry civil bill, with two smaller supply items to come. The currency caucus is set for midweek, with a forecast that a currency bill or the free land bill could pass. The naval bill occupies the Senate today.
Notice 18 states the clerk of the circuit court of Blackford County has appointed an administrator in administration proceedings. The document records the appointment and directs affected parties to follow related legal steps under Indiana probate rules.
In Kokomo Indiana on April 27 Judge J F Elliott gave Worley Osborn a life sentence for the murder of Fairy Mc Clain Miller. Osborn expressed acceptance of his fate saying he has no choice of work in prison and intends to be a model prisoner. He harbors no resentment toward those involved in his conviction.
National League game reported with Cincinnati defeating St Louis 4 to 0. American Association results include Toledo 3 0 Columbus 5 Kan? Bex Aby with 8 Minne.
Thirty villagers dead or missing as a mountain slide hits Notre Dame de Salette on the Lievre river. Rescue teams from Buckingham race to the scene amid limited communications and vanishing hope for survivors.
The national unemployed convention announced for Friday in New York seeks to attract broad public attention to the need to provide work for hundreds of thousands out of work and to pressure Congress to act before adjournment.
In Stinesville Indiana Benjamin F Little and L O Pickens druggists were fined 50 dollars each after circuit court convictions for running a blind tiger liquor operation. The Good Citizens League of Bloomington supported temperance efforts leading to indictments.
The sundry civil appropriation bill carries 105715.69 dollars. Secretary Taft leaves for the canal zone for three weeks. The General Society Daughters of the Revolution meets in New York. Six Mexican battalions are ordered to Tapachuita on the frontier. The battleship fleet sails from Santa Barbara and anchors at Monterey on May 1. King Manuel to tour provinces after May 6 oath. Notre Dame de Salette landslide near Buckingham Ontario kills thirty. Wallace Polk shoots wife and wounds daughter then dies. Eight state conventions elect delegates to the national convention. Republican conventions planned in Pennsylvania Vermont West Virginia
The Golden Medical Discovery claims to strengthen the frail and revive energy. It purports to purify the blood and cure indigestion liver and bowels disorders plus bronchial catarrh and skin afflictions. The ad also pitches Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy with nasal cleansing and offers free medical advisement and a pamphlet from Dr. Pierce Buffalo New York.
A well known divine with pious discourses was invited to lecture in a small town but it was found he had prior engagements elsewhere. The Rev. Mr. is unable to give his advertised talk and the B minstrel troupe offer a substitute entertainment a farce with a ticket exchange option for those who paid for the original show.
S Woolever of LeRaysville New York says a twenty year health sentence was completed with Backlen’s Arnica Salve marketed by Bonge and Maddox drug store. The ad claims the salve heals worst sores boils burns and cuts quickly.
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