Blackford County Splits Over Reeves in Republican Bid
Blackford County backs its own Reeves for Eleventh District Congress, with delegates to Lockwood if Reeves drops out. Factional rift between machinists and yaller laigs shapes delegate lists, while Reeves eyes cross-faction approval and Marion contest dynamics. Joint farm meeting at Portland closes after modest Blackford turnout.
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Billy Blodget
Indianapolis News
Blackford County
C. A. Reeves
Lockwood
Reeves
Galler Laigs
Steele
Machinis
Yaller Laigs
Galler Taigs
Rauch
Postmaster T C Palmer and Harner in Texas New Mexico land prospects
Postmaster T C Palmer and Vern Harner of Hartford City returned from a three week trip through Texas and New Mexico. Harner bought land in Ochiltree county near the county seat, with prices $5 to $17 per acre, and Palmer plans to close on a half section nearby. They toured ranch country, met a 6500 acre host, endured a blizzard at Amarilla with deep snow drifts, and believe opportunities exist to double money in two to five years on Texan and New Mexican lands.
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T. C Palmer
Vern Harner
Hartford City
Texas
New Mexico
Harner
Ochiltree County
Illinois
Palmer
Amarilla
Tex
Mr. Palmer
Pure Food Law stamp to appear in all US drug stores
The Pure Food Law requires every drug store item under its scope to bear the official stamp starting March first 1908. Extensions were granted to allow full compliance as the law phased in last year amid large scale labeling and purification efforts. About two percent of patent medicines observed locally required replacement with purer sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Comiissumer
Preparing for Big Season at Baltes Stone Quarry
Workmen at the Baltes stone quarry east of the city operate a large steam shovel to strip and uncover stone for next spring and summer output. Indications point to the largest season in the quarry’s history with the busy quarry and crusher, famed as one of the state’s best, attracting sustained activity next season.
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Baltes
Township Board Lets Contract For Wood and Road Equipment
The township advisory board met to consider bids for wood road plows and drags. W D D Cook and Geo Humphery Jr won bids for wood contracts with 140 and 16 cards respectively at $1.90 to $2.15 per card. Daniel Wolf, visiting his daughter Mrs Charles Wickersham, fell ill about a month ago and was able to be out to an extent.
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W. D. D. Cook
Geo. Humphery Jr
Cook
Humphery
Daniel Wolf
Charles Wickersham
Governors to meet Roosevelt on conservation work
Governors from states and territories accept invitations to a May 13–15 meeting in Washington to craft a practical working basis for conserving the nation’s natural resources. Roosevelt to preside. delegates named, sessions in the East Room. no fixed program, but a unified plan for rivers forests irrigation drainage and resource preservation.
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White House
Washington
United States
New York Post
Unite States
Lea
Delaware
George Gray
Lst
Roosevelt
Mimiber
East Re
Ced
Inkat Waterways Commission
American Society of Civil Engineers
Bath to send largest schooner afloat to sea
Bath Maine prepares to launch the six master schooner under construction for a Portland company. The vessel would surpass the Thomas W Lawson as the largest afloat, following its recent loss and fitting out at a Bath yard.
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Bath
Portland, Company
Thomas W. Lawson
Miner Beats Wife Over Snowball Feeding in Danville
In Danville New Jersey February 21 John Owens a miner returned home to find his wife feeding snowballs to their eighteen month old child suffering croup He scolded her and struck her Mrs Owens had him arrested and he paid a fine He then took the baby to his mother declaring No woman who feeds a croupy baby snowballs can rear my children Now the wife threatens habeas corpus to recover the child.
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Danville
John Owens
Owens
Night riders terrorize Gracey Kentucky in 1890s raid
In Gracey west Christian county a group of twenty five masked night riders seized the telephone exchange captured Marshal Waters and whipped James Wooten a white man at a hotel. They forced him to leave town by morning after warning the town to drive negroes to work. Wooten suspected as a detective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
Gracey
Wooten
Ensign and Mrs Booth Held Over Infant Death Case
Ensign Robert Booth and his wife, in charge of the Salvation Army post in Rock Island, are held by the coroner on suspicion of murdering their two weeks old son. The baby was found dead with a neck wound. Booth claims unknown attackers killed the child after leaving a razor on a table. The mother reports dreaming of a snake attack and killed it with a knife. Police consider possible infanticide in an insanity scenario. The mother is eighteen. The couple recently came from Mon month tf.
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Rock Island
Ensign
Robert Booth
Salvation Army
Booth
Cotple
Fran Monmonth
Illinois division elects UMWA officers at Peoria meeting
At the nineteenth annual Illinois division UMWA meeting in Peoria ballots elected officers John A. Walker as president John Farrington of Streator as vice president Jans Radford of Springfield as secretary treasurer The miners refuse wage reductions and coal production curtailment with the new schedule set for April first A joint conference with the Illinois Coal Operators association is scheduled for Friday.
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Peoria
Ilinois
United Mine Workers of America
Ir Aident
John A. Walker
John Farrington
Streator
Jans Radford
Thlenois Coal Operators’ Association
Tragic Home Fire Kills Mrs Angus and Two Children Near Parkersburg
In Tallyho near Parkersburg West Virginia Mrs John Angus and her two young children perished in a house fire believed sparked by a lamp explosion. Angus at church miles away rushed home to witness the collapse of the roof and, upon learning of the deaths attempted suicide by leaping into flames but was restrained by neighbors. Searchers recovered parts of the victims in the ruins.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Angus
Tallyho
Angus
Church
Trolley Line Planned From Evansville to Mt Carmi
Carmi Oregon February 21 Judging from present appearances the proposed trolley line from Evansville to Mt Carmi Grayville and Olney will have construction work started soon It is believed the line will cost about 74006 exclusive of rolling stock and promoters seek 25 percent of this amount from residents along the route Already 15000 has been pledged
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Carmi, Or
Evansville
Mt. Carmi
Grayville
Olney
Candidate Ganor Offers Salary to County Homes
Danville Illinois February 21. James Ganor a county supervisor candidate offers to give his $800 yearly salary to the two county children’s homes in response to attacks from an opposing candidate. He proposes the gift if elected.
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Danville
James Ganor
Ganor
Will Stuff Brown Hal's Hide.
Nashville February 21 Brown Hal the champion pacing horse of the world and famed pacer Star Pointer has died at Ewell farm Maury county aged twenty nine. His bones will be presented to his owner.
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Brown Hal
Nashville
Tenn
Hal
Star Pointer
Ewell -Farm
Maury Coun
Supreme Court affirms Cumberland Presbyterian Union
In an Illinois decision on Poe versus Ulrey et al the supreme court upholds the appellate ruling that the union of the Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian churches is legal. The court says faith questions belong to ecclesiastical authority and civil courts cannot affect property vested in local churches and trustees.
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Springfield
Cumberland
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
James Milliken Institute
Decatur
Lincoln University
Lincoln
Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court
Prosecution Stay Placed In Tosa Maru Case In B C
Victoria authorities stayed prosecution of Japanese on the Tosa Maru who failed the new emigration test. Detained Japanese remain in custody while a New Westminster court case proceeds. Colonel Gregory proposed habeas corpus to free the detainees.
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Victoria
B. C
New Westminster
Hunter
Gregory
Dorinian
Fortune Teller to be Hanged in Varal Murder Case
The Alabama supreme court affirmed a Cook County conviction of Herman Billek a fortune teller for the murder of Martin Varal and four Varal children to obtain insurance. Mrs Varal committed suicide upon news of arrest. Billek said he would die bravely if hanged.
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Springfeld
Supreme Court
Cook County
Court upholds injunction banning picketing in Conk County case
In a decision by the Superior Court of Conk County, the picketing ban surrounding the Avearns Payot plant of the Parnes company was sustained. Edward R. Wright and Edward T. Besset of the Typographical Union were fined $1,009 for contempt of court.
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Sprinsfeld
Superior Court
Conk County
Avearns
Cisteoee
Parnes Company
Wis
Edward R. Wright
Edward T. Besset
Typographical Union
Democratic gubernatorial convention set for July in Nashville
Nashville Tennessee February 22 state Democratic executive committee orders a gubernatorial convention to meet July 1 in Nashville. Delegates to be chosen by county committees and instructed by vote of the people. Patterson supporters back plan while Carmack faction opposes. Committee endorses W J Bryan for president.
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Nashville
Tenn
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Patterson
BE. W. Carmack
W. J. Bryan
Joy Proved Fatal in Toledo After Son’s Recovery News
Romeo Burns, a Sylvania lumberman and Civil War veteran, died at home after doctors told him his son, injured in Saturday night interurban wreck in Toledo, would recover. The joy at the news triggered heart failure following his long vigil.
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Toledo
Romeo Burns
Sylvania
Here
Fire at Stoddard Dayton plant destroys auto factory
A blaze of unknown origin engulfed the Stoddard Dayton automobile factory in Dayton Ohio. The mammoth plant burned to total loss with damage estimated at over a quarter of a million dollars. February 22 report notes the extensive destruction.
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Dayton, O
Stoddard
Dayton Automobile Factory
Golden Medical Discovery touted for blood cleansing cures
The advertisement promotes Belanco and Bab y claims that the Golden Medical Discovery can purify impure blood and heal skin and gland conditions. It links open sores and ulcers to blood impurities and recommends Dr. Pierce's All Healing Salve for open sores and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for digestion and bowels. It instructs how to obtain the salve by mail if unavailable locally.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Golden Medical Discovery
Sensitivity to Funeral Streets Spurs Lease Cancellations
A Washington renting agent notes tenants cancel leases citing nerves about funeral streets near churches and cemeteries. He says many families refuse to move from homes on routes walked by funeral parties and cemeteries, calling it bad investment for property.
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Washington
Lsten
Star
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised by Manilla Man
E. S. Lopez of Manilla New York says Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed many severe cuts and saved him suffering and dollars. The salve treats burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles and is sold by Bongze and Maddox.
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E. S. Lopez
Manilla
N. Y
Tana Carpenter
Bucklen
Bongze & Maddox
Ladies Open Air Cure Stunt Delights Bluffton
The Bluffton Banner reports a West Wiley Avenue event where about a dozen women began an open air health stunt in deep snow. The stunt aims to inspire townsfolk, with husbands hoping it ignites broader participation and keeps them from snowbound mornings.
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West Wiley Avenue
Neighborhood Favorite Stirs Local Endorsement
Mrs. E D Charles of Harbor Maine praises Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite offering quick relief for dyspepsia liver complaints and gaunt weakness, claiming it deserves popularity everywhere. The testimonial underscores trust in the remedy within the local community.
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E.d.charles
Harbor, Maine
Electric Bitters
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Joint Institute of Farmers
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Tidaware
Randolph Counties
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Ayer
Lowell
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Kentucky
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Jaws
Tennessee Democrats Act
Belanco
Baby
Orange
Mass
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Pennville
Ind
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