Saloons End in Blackford County After Ballot Victory
A two week battle between saloon and anti-saloon forces in Montpelier, Hartford City, and Blackford County ends with anti-saloon majorities in all wards. If remonstrances hold, nine Montpelier saloons will close as licenses expire between June 1908 and April 1909, affecting E P Fuller and eight others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Hartford City
Blackford County
Herald
Second Ward
Nets
Anti-Saloon League
E. P. Fuller
A. Walburn
David McDowell
J. E. Jackson
Oscar Guldice
John F. Price
Henry Sieppy
Joe Jellison
Richard Cook
Fire at New Avelin hotel kills dozens in Fort Wayne blaze
A blaze at the New Avelin hotel in Fort Wayne on a Sunday morning kills an estimated fifteen to twenty five people as the six story wooden structure collapses into a ruin. The incident leaves many missing with eight bodies recovered and authorities fearing a larger death toll. Infantry and police aid search and rescue amid scorched debris while survivors recount frantic escapes and some leaping to the street for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
New Avelin
Philadelphia
Max Wasson
St. Louis
Frank Baxter
Auburn
E. B. Alty
Wabash
Charles Benjamin
Detroit Neckwear Company
Detroit
Mich
Sarah Hathaway
Mishawaka
Infantry Company D
Battery B
National Guard
Ralph Nipkins
Johnson
Pana
Ill
St. Joseph Hospital
Claude H. Varnell
John Hendricks
Chicago
Hendricks
Warnel
E. M. Matthews
Columbus
Chie Hilbrecht
Anckenbruck
Miss Hathaway
New
Avelin
Jones & Stevens
G. H. Brown
C. B. Woodworth & Co
Postal Telegraph Company
Straus Bros
George Streicher
Lee Ivins
Bass Block
Straus Bank
John P. Strohecher
New York
Chickens May Prove Costly
Cleve Rowe of near Dundee Indiana was arrested in Montpelier on a charge of stealing fifteen chickens from Julia A Wiley a widow near Waugh Schoolhouse. He pleaded not guilty and was held on a $1000 bond for the Tuesday morning 9 oclock court appearance. Wiley identified the birds sold by Rowe from her missing flock. Rowe claims innocence and predicts a tough prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleve Rowe
Dundee
Ind
Rube Rowe
Montpelier
Marshal Reynolds
Squire Nelson
Julia A. Wiley
Waugh
Rowe
Mrs. Wiley
Californian’s Lucky Day Beloved Bucklen’s Arrica Ad
A Tracy California resident touts Bucklen's Arrica as the luckiest purchase of their life. The short note credits the product with positive effects and expresses personal gratitude to the brand in a casual testimonial.
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Bucklen
Arrica
Charley
F. Budahy Tracy
California
Remonstrance Struggle Over Licenses Tangles Montpelier Hartford City
Both factions in the remonstrance struggle prepare for the June license applications by Montpelier and Hartford City saloonists amid claims of illegally signed cards. Proponents say signatures will fail in key wards, while opponents vow to refile and add more to secure a decisive result at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Hartford City
Indiana oil output dips as seven wells add only ninety barrels
Last week in Indiana seven wells were completed with two dry and five yielding a total of 90 barrels of oil per day. Abandonment of old wells rises while new drilling continues, led by activity in the Hoosier state and increasing work as favorable weather persists. Totals show 190 wells and two dry holes across counties including Jay Gibson Grant and Totals.
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Indiana
Hoosier State
Ohio
Hinds
Trenton Rock
Dry County
Gibson
Portland Goes Dry in Four Wards Victory
Portland joined other dry cities Friday night as remonstrances were filed for all four wards showing majorities from seven to eighty seven. The saloonists allege fraud and refuse to admit defeat, mirroring battles seen in Hartford City and nearby centers.
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Portland
Hartford City
Origin of Slackman And The Blackmail Etymology
The piece traces the word blackmail to Scottish border feuds and roaming outlaws who used a protection payment from farmers. It explains the mail as armed guards on coaches and the color black signaling nefarious guardians, linking blackmail to the term blackguard.
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Dickey
Blackguard
London Field
Questioning rigid bedtimes and naps as unnecessary
Ashby-Sterry in London Graphic argues against fixed bedtimes and strict wake times. He suggests adopting natural breaks for sleep like a dog naps, and questions the need for regular schedules when not sleepy.
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Ashby-Sterry
London
Graphic
Dr King’s Life Pills Promise Value to Constipation Sufferers
Cedar View merchant B G Stewart says customers who buy a box of Dr King’s Life Pills receive value equal to their purchase. He claims the product aids constipation and improves well being.
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B. G. Stewart
Cedar ‘View, Mias
Dr. King
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for Women's Health
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a trusted, forty-year record of cures for female ailments. It praises its known composition, warns against alcoholic tonics, and offers free letters of consultation from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York along with accompanying remedies like Pleasant Pellets.
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Pierce
Abe
Dr. Pierce
Ite
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Suregical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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Julia Wiley
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