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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
4
The piece notes heavy talk on railway rates and tariff reform as pivotal future issues. It highlights a looming lively Congress session, pressures from reporters for sensational exparte coverage, and the looming battle between monopoly and consumer protection in tariff schedules.
Jeff Millholland and family visited her brother in Huntington county on Sunday. Stanton Reeser returned to Pennsylvania to resume work after visiting his parents. Geo Hall moved his house from Winters farm to Seaton farm. Mrs Daniels and Miss Good of Dillman visited Ms O H Tracy last Thursday. Jackson township Sunday school works toward a convention next Sunday at Jones grove. Elmer Wilkins returned home from Ohio last Friday.
Advert says hot weather and bad drinking water worsen piles. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve claimed to stop pain, draw out soreness, and cure. Promotes the genuine product bearing FE C DeWitt & Co Mc Donell & Jordan.
All the Sunday school pupils of the Church of Christ are asked to assemble at the church tomorrow afternoon to arrange for Childrens Day activities.
An old ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co is backed by Walding Kinnan & Marvin and other wholesalers who vouch for Cheney's honesty and firm finances. The cure is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is sold by druggists with five cents per bottle. Family Pills are recommended for constipation.
A union fraternal decoration service is being organized by city lodges for June 18. JL CO OF, IO R M, BK of P, and M W A form committees to run the undertaking as a united front. No badge or regalia will appear on the day, but all members of secret societies are welcome. Committees will reconvene next Friday night to finalize plans.
The Firemen's Band held an outdoor concert and ice cream social in the city building last evening. Despite cool weather the crowd stayed for two hours as the band performed its best selections. The Porto Rican Serenade by Mr. Arnold drew acclaim and the event netted about 30 pounds for the band. The group thanks the public and the Sorosis D. C. Club and E A. Smith for support.
Farmers celebrate favorable corn weather as plans include planting with new power planter. Local activities feature church, club meetings, visiting relatives, and decoration day events. Notables include Mrs. Milo Moore hosting Y M L Thimble club and Dr. L A Spaulding’s Decoration Day appearance.
Do Not be Imposed Upon Foley and Co Chicago originated Honey and Tar for throat and lung relief. Due to its merit many imitations arise. ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse substitutes. It is mildly laxative contains no opiates and is safest for children and delicate persons. Emschwitler Drug Store.
Town and Country quotes a harsh impediment to Goodley becoming a successful golfer. The line attributes his failure to a strict upbringing that valued truth above all else. The remark highlights a moral barrier rather than physical skill.
Rain disrupted plans but Decoration Day services at the Methodist church honored Civil War soldiers and Spanish American War veterans. The Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps, and volunteers paraded with the Fire Department band to the cemetery where flowers were laid on graves of Wm. C. Johnson and James R. Courtney. A Dean's Ointment advertisement closes the report.
Travel agents announce numerous round trip rates for Barnum and Bailey circus excursions to Muncie Fort Wayne Bloomington and other Indiana towns. Special rates apply to Milwaukee Kokomo and Chautauqua Lake trips with sales through September. Regional offices closed today due to the funeral of D J O Day in Lima Ohio.
Travel notices for Toledo to St Louis Clover Leaf Route at 5.09 dollars with return by May 29. LE and W offers monthly sale of colonist tickets. Washington Indiana based agents provide route details for Denver meetings in July 1905 and Grand Army encampment in September.
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