Doan’s Kidney Pills Praised by Local Man
Mr Jno Bloom of 1071 Hershey Avenue reports severe back pain after the war era with frequent episodes of misery. His wife bought Doan’s Kidney Pills at Havercamp’s drug store and he says the treatment was satisfactory and his trouble has not returned. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
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Jno. Bloom
Hershey Avenue
Hershey
Dean
Havercamp’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Doan’s
Leaped for Liberty Ends in Broken Ankle Fire Escape Jump
Samuel Stevens leaped from a four story building to a fire escape crossing a fifteen foot alley in Chicago. He injured his left ankle when he landed on the adjacent fire escape, was pursued by police, arrested after hobbling down, and taken to the county jail hospital. A stolen valISE and traveling salesman Weatherwax’s check were also linked to the pursuit.
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Chicago
Samuuel Stevens
Stevens
Wabash Avenue
Massison Street
O'Neil
Central Detail
Prize of a Competence. Bellinzaghi risks hundred thousand
A New York Herald dispatch from Mexico City reports Italian Dr Angel Bellinzaghi may win the 100000 prize offered by the Mexican government for a serum curing yellow fever. His serum reportedly saved American Kilpatrick in Vera Cruz, with Diaz backing trials at Vera Cruz and San Sebastian hospitals achieving about 85 percent success.
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New York
Herald
City of
Mexico
Angel Bellinzaghi
Gulf
Tehuantepec
Vera Cruz
Bellinzaghi
Diaz
Government Board of Health
Actress Lithograph Draws Mixed Reactions
The description notes that the lithograph of an actress is apt to be a stuck-up thing. The remark hints at media commentary on celebrity vanity and artistic portrayal in a society column.
Bryan's Tour of Indiana Per the Gas Belt Campaign
Bryan completed a day of appearances across Indiana visiting Noblesville Arcadia Tipton Elwood Alexandria Marion Hartford City Muncie Winchester Richmond Newcastle and Anderson. He spoke for about 30 minutes at most stops from car platforms or nearby stands addressing trusts and praising large crowds amid Republican strongholds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Bryan
Indianapolis
Noblesville
Arcadia
Tipton
Elwood
Alexandria
Marion
Hartford City
Manete
Winchester
Richmond
Newcastle
Tried to poison a family in Ottumwa case
Emerald Hamilton seventeen year old girl from Ottumwa Iowa was found guilty of attempting to poison the family of W L Sargent a leading druggist and was sent to the Mitchellville reform school. She had been employed by the Sargents and had been dismissed for larceny. She laced cheese with fifteen grains of strychnine before supper but Sargent detected the poison and saved his family with an emetic. The girl confessed but showed no remorse.
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Ottumwa
Emerald Hamilton
W. L. Sargent
Mitchellville
Sargents
Sargent
Wyatt Ridgeway Vanishes After Leaving With Cash
Redkey Indiana man Wyatt Ridgeway proprietor of a grocery and meat market left October 1 with about $500 in cash to buy cattle. He rode a bicycle in shirt sleeves and was last seen noon October 1 five miles south of Redkey. Fears of foul play due to disappearance. In Kankakee Illinois, Miss Daylor Seriously Injured by Sweet Potato Stove Blast.
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Kankakee
Ill
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
A vintage ad promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes druggists refund the money if it fails and bears E. W. Grove's signature on each box.
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E. W. Grove
For Sale Two Iron Settees and Two Front Chairs
For sale two iron settees and two front chairs suitable for lawns. Inquire at the office.
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Prompts Cough Cure Claim
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for persistent coughs and related illness. It claims to purify blood and boost vitality, describes the product as temperance medicine, and cites a Sumner Iowa customer letter praising its effects. It also promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for bad taste.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
H E Curtis
Sumner, Bremer Co
Iowa
R. V. Pierce
Board in Session at Muscatine School Meeting
The Muscatine school board met last night with President Hunt presiding and directors Morgridge Little Hutchinson Koeckritz Appel and Franklin present. 4 152 school children ages 5 to 21 were enumerated with 2 057 males and 2 095 females. Bills amounting to substantial sums were approved and paid while action on crowding rooms and a South Muscatine room rental was deferred for one month. The resignation of janitor Mrs Sarah Hart was accepted and William P Boone chosen to fill the vacancy at Butterville.
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Muscatine
Board of Education
Hunt
Morgridge
Little
Hutchinson
Koeckeritz
Appel
Franklin
A. K. Raff
E. Reinemund
South Muscatine
Miss Erb
Fourth Ward
Sarah Hart
Butlerville
Wm. P. Boone
Notable early 1900s scattered news from across the US
Items include the McKinleys leaving Canton for Washington, a Saline Kansas theft rumor debunked, Chicago attorney dying, a Westchester auto service plan, Janel Fuller obituary in Joliet, Carl Schurz resigning Civil Service post, a Minneapolis conductor robbed in Chicago, Japanese and Chinese officers attached to German forces, Townsville NSW floods with 2 dead, Saris exposition tickets selling, New York's oldest citizen Benjamin Prine, Buddle horseman Marie Doble granted divorce, and a London bishop famed as a scholar amid a tent incident in Chicago.
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New York
Janel A. Fuller
Ilinois Field
Joliet
Ill
Carl Schurz
National Civil Service Reform Association
Charles Swanson
Minneapolis
Chicago
Townsville
Senjamin Prine
Med Tuester
Marie Doble
Buddle
London
England
Oe Hanna
Methodist ministers plan fight to annul Michigan marriage laws
A committee of Methodist presiding elders will travel to Lansing to oppose current Michigan marriage laws. Ministers and citizens back a push to retain present statutes. Resignations among local clergy might occur as factions clash over the issue. In Racine a city police chief faces a $10,000 suit from Henry F. Corbett over vagrancy arrests and a separate case tied to an attempted killing. In Kalamazoo Rev. George D. Adams is offered the presidency of Des Moines College, a Baptist institution with a promising future.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Michigan
Lansing
Racine, Wis
Edward Schumacher
Henry F. Corbett
Milwaukee
Corbett
Schumacher
R. B. Cheney
Kalamazoo
George D. Adams
First Baptist Church
Des Moines
Travel Guide Offers Burlington Line Ticket Service
Going to Paris the notice explains convenient rail and steamship connections via New York. Agents of the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Railway offer to render service and arrange tickets through all stations on the line.
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New York
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
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W. P. Boone
Butterville
McBride & Cope
Cnce Pacagalneese
Thompson Bros
Bae Henry Gelas
A. Cassabaum
C. H. Gobble
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Como
Vou
Bnaa Dea Aeuem
Ee Bronner Bros
Noyenhuis Bros
Cecce
E Brown
Joba SE
Appiliius Ccsecwesesa
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Manf. Co
Lee
Electric Light & Power Company
East Second Street
ST. Joe's
Paris
Hood
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Bexton Co. Ark
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Cardus
E. B. Townsend
Fea Mtna
WEA
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