Saved His Life by a Fortunate Early Discovery
A historical testimonial touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as saving hundreds from consumption by clearing germs and poisons from blood. The ad cites improved lung health, stronger blood, and recovery from severe colds, with a patient from Audubon County praising lasting relief after two years without recurrence.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Fisher to California after Indianapolis season
Chauncey Fisher star pitcher for the Indianapolis ball club plans winter play in Oakland Cal after the season ends and exhibition games. He may join Cincinnati next season, per Mr Brush, amid strong in season work. Braz reports a child injured by a bell in a Lambert street school building. injuries serious but not fatal. Conrad Amspaugh, a wealthy stock dealer, collapsed and died on a Decatur street after selling hogs.
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Indianapolis
Chauncey Fisher
Indianapolis Ball Club
Oakland
Cal
Brush
Cincinnati
Fisher
Braz
Williams
Lambert Street
Decatur
Conrad Amspaugh
Katharine Stutsman Dies After Fall at Home
Miss Katharine Stutsman aged 68 slipped on a kitchen floor and died a few hours later from internal injuries. The accident occurred yesterday in Gosurx. Key details identify the victim and the sequence of the fall leading to death.
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Gosurx
Katharine Stutsman
Aed
Various Local Notices From Indiana Region
Fragmented OCR text reports multiple local items: Samuel Park, a geoneer in Tamilton county, allegedly dies at 78. Hasamond police order saloons closed at midnight. factory work limited in Muncie due to heat. Dr J T Strong of Plainfield dies after 30 years practice and university directorship. Northwest Indiana Conference in Valparaiso with about 10 ministers, Bisoy Merrill presiding. Professor AJ Hunter of Hanover to oversee a $300,000 estate in Pittshore. Wells county grand jury fails to indict Fred Lueele and Mahek Moore for murder of Rich Harrington of Elkhart. in Rash county John Leisure removed from seat during joust incident, serious injury described. Randolph county commissioners arrest tramps near Winchester for road work.
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Samuel Park
Tamilton County
Hasamond
Muncie
J.T. Strong
Plainfield
Butler University
Northwest Indiana
Valparaiso
Aboust
Bisoy Merrill
AJ. Hunter
Hanover Coffee
Fis Reed
Fakhen
Pittshore
Wells County
Fred Lueele
Mahek Moore
Rich Harrington
Elkhart
John & Leisure
Arlington
Hash County
Jefe
Conmu-Siaguers
Randolph County
Winchester
No Moaney For Ourelia Police
In Jimaha city council action the majority vote blocks pay for the last month. Officials note the supreme court will pass upon the validity of the new policy before police salaries are affected. The AL BP. A. of Dimnalia orders the move, with council members and officers withholding pay pending court ruling.
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Omalpa
Jimaha
Aegacnst
Giscas
AL BP. A
Dimnalia
Hinshaw murder trial defense to open with Smith speech
Indiana notes report the Hinshaw murder case near Daxvinnt with crowds in the courtroom. Defense lawyer Charles W. Smith will open the defense once state witnesses finish. Neighbors testified about the parsonage room and a pistol found about a week later near Mrs. Hinshaw's body. The state aims to show the crime was possible despite the defense claim.
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Daxvinnt
Hinshaw
Charles W. Smith
Thomas East
Wilson Ends Life in Chicago Hotel Room
W. W. Wilson of Indianapolis was found dead in a McCoy's hotel room in Chicago. He shot himself in the brain, a revolver nearby, a letter addressed to A. Wilson of Indianapolis lay on the dresser. He cites a misspent past and says he sees no future to make up for it.
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Cutcaco
W. W. Wilson
Indianapolis
McCoy’s
A. Wilson
St West Ohio Street
Tndiannapolis
Murderous attack on Pennsylvania yardmaster Whitlatch at his place
Sept 12 Couvmies reports a tramp attacked W H Whitlatch, yardmaster for the Pennsylvania Railroad, declaring he came to kill him and others for aiding in the Chicago railroad strike. The assailant, who claimed railwayer status, refused to give a name and said he cannot find work since the strike.
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Couvmies
W. H. Whitlatch
Pennsylvania Road
Mr. Whitlatch
Chicago
Isos
Oil lease battle near Van Buren grows tense
Mannox Sept 12 reports a dispute between Grant County Oil Co and Olio Oil Co over a lease near Van Buren. Both claim the lease and have derricks on site. Grant County Oil yesterday moved 19 teams to remove opponents’ members but faced resistance. The lease is highly valuable and a lively confrontation is expected before a charter is settled.
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van Buren
Grant County Oil Company
Olio Oi Company
Coupaty
Anderson Seeks Suspect After Farmstead Tragedy
In Anderson on Sept 12 a year-old girl, child of Joseph Pence, was fatally harmed by a slipped blade while napping. The assailant, described as a Suian, fled across fields into nearby woods. The event shocks a farming community already hearing of industrial moves. A separate note reports Culver boiler and Hayworth Smelter works locating in town, with 5,000 jobs promised after a purchase by Anderson Land Co, and a separate civil suit filed in Elwood for damages from a Lake Erie and Western Railway tram incident injuring occupants and killing a horse.
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Anderson
Joseph Pence
Lemgoh
Elwoon
W. Edwiss
Anna Aurelius
Lake Erie and Western Railway Company
Wreavkars Ut
Edwina
Chile
Avalanche in the Alps leaves ten dead and land cover expanded
Breve reports an Altels glacier avalanche striking Spitalmatte killing ten residents with no tourists among victims and two square miles of land buried. Three hundred cattle lost. upper Gemini pass blocked. Also in San Francisco, Durrant trial proceeds with strong testimony linking him to Blanche Lamont’s disappearance and death, including ring evidence and cross-examinations.
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Breve
Spitalmatte
Gemini Pass
San Francisco
Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Hia
Emanuel Church
Noble
Blanche
Maud Lamont
Kansas Insurance Man Caught After Three Years Absence
Richard C. Mead of Atchison was arrested in New York after fleeing three years ago with his clerk Blanche Riddell and $30,000 entrusted for loans. Mead abandoned his wife and four children in Atchison, with funds largely belonging to Riddell’s mother and grandmother. The couple escaped first to England then to Newark before arrest.
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Kansas
England
Atchison, Kan
Richard C. Mead
Atchison
Blanche Riddell
New York
Mead
Kansas City
Miss Riddell
Engpee
Newark
McKinley and Foraker Unite in Ohio Senate Move
Cincinnati observers report Governor McKinley endorses ex-Governor Foraker for U S senator and urges swift legislature elections. Analysts see a national-interest bid signaling Ohio backing McKinley for president, suggesting a coordinated push amid political tension.
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Cincinnati
McKinley
Foraker
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania Democrats Nominate State Officials in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Democrats adjourned the state convention in Williamsport after naming Benjamin F. Myers of Harrisburg as state treasurer and a slate of Superior Court judges including Armon Yerkes Bucks County J S Moorehead Westmoreland C H Noyes Warren P P Smith Lackawanna Oliver P Bechtel Schuylkill and Christopher Magee Allegheny.
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Williamsport
Benjamin F. Myers
Harrisburg
Armon Yerkes
Bucks County
Moorehead
Westmoreland
C. H. Noyes
Warren
P. P. Smith
Lackawanna
Oliver P. Bechtel
Sebuykill
Christopher Magee
Allegheny
Death of Consul Munchmeyer From Yellow Fever News
The state department received a cablegram from Vice Consul Dawson in San Salvador announcing Consul Munchmeyer’s death from yellow fever and that his widow was attacked by the same illness. Munchmeyer was appointed February from West Virginia. his predecessor Pollock also died of fever.
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Washington
State Department
Dawson
San Salvador
Munchmeyer
West Virginia
Pollock
Jacksonville Board of Trade urges U S to recognize Cuban belligerents
The Jacksonville board of trade adopted resolutions calling on the United States government to recognize the Cuban revolutionists as belligerents. It also urged Florida senators and representatives to use every means to secure recognition soon after Congress assembles.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jacksonville Board of Trade
United States
Florida
Congress
Verdigris River Flood Threatens Independence Waterworks
Independence Kansas reports river cresting at several feet above a shut down waterworks. Fears of a water famine arise as the Verdigris floods the pump house and cuts fire protection. Rail service halted with trains from Kansas City unable to reach town. Avansta Me horseman Nelson pleads guilty to assault in Kennebec county court.
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Independence
Kann
Kansas City
Avansta
Charles H. Nelson
Waterville
Nelson
Superior Court
Kennebec County
O. G. Bunker
Spathite Iron Co Organized in Alabama Boosts Tennessee Output
New Tron Company Nashville reports that at Sheffield Alabama the Spathite Iron Company has been organized, leading to reorganizing the Tennessee company and expanding output at Iron City. Spathite iron is chosen for foundry and stove making.
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Nashville
Sheffield
Ala
Spathite Iron Company of
Alabama
Tennessee Company
Iron City
Spathite Iron
Vast Grand Army Reunion Draws 300000 In Louisville
Louisville hosts a grand army encampment drawing about 300000 visitors. A 4000 strong crowd attended a grand campfire at Music Hall with speeches by Henry Watterson and Colonel R T Jacobs. General Buckner and General Lawler framed reunification themes while parades and campfires drew participants across Louisville Phoenix Hill Park and nearby towns. Several veterans collapsed from heat. Captain Nordstrom suffered a broken leg after a fall. Over 300000 people were estimated to witness the daylong events.
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Louisville
Grand Army
Music Hall
Henry Wattergron
Citizens Committee
Phenix Hill Park
Phoenix Hill Park
Walter Evans
Marmaduke Bowden
J. M. Thayer
Nebraska
Campbell
Ohio
Simon Boliver Buckner
Kentucky
Fort Donaldson
Buckner
National Park
Captain Leathers
Caldwell
Weisinger
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Walker
Indianapolis
Harrison
Nordstrom
Tenth United States Cavalry
William Janecke
Department of Missouri
Caisson Explodes Killing Five Militiamen in Louisville
Louisville report describes a caisson blast during a battery march to Phoenix Hill. Five soldiers dead Corporal A. L. Robinson Private Charles Biechner Private C. Woops Private A. McBride Driver W. Adams. Two wounded Sergeant Fred Conn Private E. William Hobbs. Injuries severe for Conn, Hobbs likely to recover. bodies found scattered across a residential square. Military honors planned with Captain David Castleman in charge.
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A. L. Robinson
Charles Biechner
C. Woops
A. McBride
W. Adams
Fred Conn
E. William Hobbs
Norton Infirmary
Fred Cohn
Hobbs
Hutchins
Louisville
David Castleman
Castleman
Chicago
Conn
Fatal Affray After Strong Cider Drinking at Mount Auburn
In Pana Illinois on September 12 Claude Swick of Mount Auburn and Joe Mooney of Bolivia fought in Mount Auburn after a dispute fueled by hard cider. Mooney attacked with a knife, Swick defended himself and fatally wounded Mooney. Swick was discharged after a preliminary trial, ruled to have acted in self defense. Also reported are sympathies for Cuban rebels observed by a Times correspondent in Matanzas and a mob-violence risk tied to a separate rape case in Centerville Missouri, plus a note that Americans have cornered the Birmingham cycle tube trade with orders for millions of feet of tube from Toledo Ohio.
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Pana
Claude Swick
Mount Auburn
Joe Mooney
Bolivia
Mooney
Swick
Centralia
Charles Marion
Boone and Calloway County
Columbia
Marion
London
Birmingham
Toledo
Various World Briefs From Tangier To Norfolk
Consul Barclay reports cholera prevailing in Tangier with average six deaths daily. London firm Harding challenges Jake Gandaur to a World Championship rowing match on the Tyne. Windward crew suffered scurvy. three died on polar expedition. Secretary Herbert approves Iowa side armor after Indian Head test. London court appoints receiver for George Augustus Sala. New York Central train NY to Buffalo covered 48634 miles in 6h 47m at 51 mph. Skeleton said to be American tourist Huth found in AdeAmello glacier Tyrol. Captain Summer released from command of the Columbia. James H Santix, attached to Portsmouth navy yard, reassigned to command of that vestect.
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Barclay
Tangier
Morocco
Co. Harding
London
Jake Gandaur
Tyne
Herbert
George Augustus Sala
New York Central
New York
Buffalo
Vienna
Huth
Ademello
Tyrol
Summer
Columbia
James H. Santix
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Protest Sustains Defenders Victory in Valkyrie Race
The New York Yacht Club regatta committee sustains Mr. C Oliver Iselin and Defenders protest against Valkyrie for fouling during a crucial moment. Valkyrie bore down and swung its main boom, the committee finds, while Defender was given room to pass and the race stands as decided.
Valkyrie Will Not Race Under Crowded Conditions
New York Sept 12 crowds threatened the Valkyrie race as the cup committee warned the third race could be halted if pleasure craft crowded the course. Lord Dunraven asked to withdraw citing danger and interference from steamers and tugboats during start and return. Iselin offered to sail again the Defender race, but no decision yet. An explosion at Beck and Paviance quarry killed George Crow, his body tossed 30 feet and drill blown 200 yards. injuries fatal. Indiana weather forecast: very warm then cooler with southwest winds.
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Mesxole
Jane Term
New York
Ragatta Committee
New York Yacht Club
C. Oliver Iselin
Defender
Valkyrie
Mo Ives
Lord Dunraven
Dunraven
Erie Basin
John Hystop
Hank Haff
The
Mr. Iselin
Iselin
Hontinotox
George Crow
Beck & Paviance
Baseball Scores and Forfeited Game in Western League
Western League recap notes Kansas City and Indianapolis contests with mixed innings and forfeit. Milwaukee and Grand Rapids exchanges show notable hits and errors. Names cited include Laniers Bergen Farland Elliott Bojan Parrott Vaughn Mercer Metviire and Gackley. The passage closes with a literary quote about Ollendorf and Parker indicating a crossreference to Gilbert Parker’s When Valmond Came to Pontiac.
Testimonial for P P P curative claims in 19th century ad
Prof Hicky, postmaster of Wichita Falls, endorses P P P as a cure for a severe leg infection described as fever sore and bone exposure. He credits six bottles of the remedy with complete healing and declares it cures impure blood. Druggist R Tayman corroborates the dramatic improvement from the start.
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P.P
F. Hickey
Wichita Fella
Texas
Hickey
P P. P
R. Tayman
Wichita Falls
Defender Proves Moral Victory in Yachting Debate
The Yachting World notes two races lost, one won, with Defender hailed as the moral victor. It praises Herreshoff’s boat as exceptionally suited to its purpose while suggesting Watson could craft a boat to reverse the outcome if crossing the Atlantic were required.
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LoNdon
Herreshoff
Watson
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Caisson
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Times
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U.S. Gov't
Regatta Committee
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Bojan
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Milwaukee
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Lerror
Brooklyn
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Barrel
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Wilson
Boston
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Mercer and Metviire
Philadelphia
Lueid
Clements and Gackley
Swan Ollendorf
Ollendorf
Gilbert Parker
Valmond
Pontiac
Andrew Lang
Longman’s Magazine
Minneapolis
Detroit
Frazer, Wilson and Straus
Pears and Twineham
Wichita Falis
Huglish
John Hase
Oran
Hood
Saresa
Tam
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