Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Promote Quick Headache Relief
An advertisement extolls Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as fast relief with no opiate ingredients. It claims safety when used as directed and cites testimonials from J I Bush of Watervliet NY. Also notes a 25 dose, 25 cent guarantee and mentions local notices about pensions, probate, and Harrisburg mayoral election in Adams County news.
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Miles
Dr. Miles
J. I. Bush
Watervleit
N. Y
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Adams County
Milton Slinghoff
Littlestown
Francis Keefer
McSherrystown
Dr. Meals
Harrisburg
Capitol City
Notice on Conewago Alley damages report McSherrystown
Court to confirm the January 27 1908 report assessing damages and benefits from opening Conewago Alley running behind and parallel to Church Street. The schedule lists a total of $11600 with Paul Overbaugh receiving $1000. The court will rule in 30 days unless exceptions are filed.
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John Eltz
John Keefer
John A. Kline
Adam Leonard
Frank Krichten
Joseph Fink
John L. Daugherty
Joseph Koefer
F. X. Little
Annie Leonard
Sebastian Weaver
Isabella Neel
C. J. Delone
Lewis Krichten
Jennie
Mary Golden
Ignatius Lawrence
Pius Neiderer
Joahnah Overbaugh
Paul Overbaugh
Gettysburg Man Hurt in St. Louis Trolley Incident
Samuel Bushman of Gettysburg on a Western trip slipped while boarding a trolley in St. Louis. He grasped a railing to avoid a fall but was dragged for half a block. His throat ailment prevented him from calling for help. he suffered multiple cuts and bruises and plans to leave for Gettysburg next Friday.
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Samuel Bushman
Gettysburg
St. Louis
Bushman
Reopen Planned for Miller's Hall After Condemnation
Factory Inspector Quinn visited New Oxford on Monday to approve plans for reopening Miller's Hall after a prior condemnation. The hall will be altered with two Pitt Street side windows enlarged to the floor and connected by safety fire escapes to the ground, with similar changes planned for the Center Square front.
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Quinn
New Oxford
Miller’s Hall
Pitt Street
Man feigns throat wound to avoid wife’s allowance
In Paterson New Jersey on February 25 George R Reade a silk weaver tried to fake a throat wound. He dipped his razor in catsup and smeared his neck but his St Bernard licked away the sauce and he confessed he was not badly hurt. His wife fainted and is under medical care.
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Reade
Paterson
N. J
George R. Reade
St. Bernard
Edison Under The Knife In New York Hospital
Thomas A. Edison, 61, underwent an ear operation at the Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat hospital to relieve left ear trouble. Dr. Arthur B. Duel performed the procedure, opening an abscess in the middle ear. The operation was not considered serious and a prompt recovery is expected, with Edison remaining about a week. Mrs. Edison accompanies him at the hospital.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Arthur B. Duel
Mrs. Edison
Mr. Edison
Denounces the President by Maryland Republican
Delegate Dick of Allegheny county denounces the caucus endorsement of the president and Taft. He blasts Collector Stone and Attorney General Bonaparte and accuses Roosevelt of a third term bid. He says he would vote for Bryan if nominated, rather than Roosevelt. No fellow Republicans respond.
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Maryland
Roosevelt
Taft
Annapolis
Allegheny County
Collector Stone
Bonaparte
Bryan
Snyder Didn't Get a Cent in Capitol Contract Case
In Dauphin County Court amid cross examination of former Auditor General Snyder, he says he did not know the contract schedule specified quantities for the 5.5 million capitol furnishings bid by John H. Sanderson and denies any intent to defraud. Former Governor Pennypacker testifies that there was no whitewash plan and questions Lewis's claim about a letter drafted in a conference with Snyder and others.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
James Scarlet
The
Commonwealth
Snyder
Capitol
John H. Sanderson
Huston
Pennypacker
Sanderson
Shumaker
Scarlet
Philadelphia
Stanford B. Lewis
Carson
Lewis
Thaw in Asylum to Stay Probable Life Sentence
New York February 25 Harry K Thaw seems doomed to spend the rest of his life in an asylum for the insane Alienists who have examined him since commitment to Matteawan asylum deem him a paranoiac and a progressive illness likely to leave no route to freedom Dr Ferris head of the state board of lunacy testified and maintains the dangerous lunatic opinion.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteaw
Ferris
State Board of Junacy
Thaw
Jermone
Priest Shot Dead At Communion In Denver
Denver, Feb 24 Father Lee Heinrichs was shot and killed during early mass at St. Elizabeth's church by Giuseppe Guarnaccio an avowed anarchist. Guarnaccio confessed he aimed to kill priests and fled the scene before being overpowered by police and bystanders. He was jailed in solitary confinement and claimed he held a general grudge against priests.
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Denver
Colo
Lee Heinrichs
Giuseppe Guarnaccio
St. Elizabeth's
Guarnaccio
Leo
Daniel Cronin
Cronin
Michael Delaney
Italy
Central America
Death by own action in Slatedale tragedy
Emma Fink of Slatington chose fire to end her life at Slatedale Pennsylvania after visiting her mother’s grave and viewing the ruined home. She poured coal oil on her clothing and set her skirts ablaze, dying from burns shortly after. Her ill health was noted as a contributing factor.
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Allentown
Emma Fink
Slatington
Slatedale
Not Responsible for Panic Warns Rail Labor Leaders
Cleveland leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen object to wage cuts amid a railway panic. They say train workers are paid by miles and trips, and any cut harms living standards while freight demand declines. They warn workers will resist reductions to maintain current wages.
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Cleveland, O
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
William C. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Wall Street
Aged Woman Sets Fire in Desperate Act in Cleveland
In Cleveland on February 24 Mrs. Augusta Stray, 73, killed herself by setting fire to her clothing. She believed she was a burden to her grandson, who lived with her after losing his job and supporting a large family. She poured kerosene on her clothes and struck a match.
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Cleveland
Augusta Stray
Reprimand Causes Death by Own Action in Tamaqua
Tamaqua. Pa. February 24. Charles Riegel seventeen years old committed death by his own action at his home by hanging. It is alleged he ended his life due to a reprimand.
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Tamaqua
Charles Riegel
Stewart B. Mills
Middletown
N. Y
Death Benefit Association of the Sons of Veterans of the United States
Bethlehem
First National Bank
Hattiesburg
Miss
W. T. Smith
J. W. Harper
Myra Silverdale
Norfolk Conn
New York
Edward Gaylord Bourne
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Isaac R. Trimble
Baltimore
W. A. Davis
Santa Rose
N. M
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
Murderer Confesses in Mrs Bodis Linked Killing Case
Steff Sabo admitted killing Mike Bodis after claiming Mrs Bodis urged and funded the slaying. Bodis body was found in the Schuylkill River. Sabo is in county prison and Mrs Bodis faces complicity charges in Pottstown.
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Pottstown
Steff Sabo
Mike Bodis
Schuylkill River
Bodis
Sabo
Farmlands Offered to Unemployed Men from Pittsburg
Sixteen unemployed Pittsburgers with families depart for Monroe Louisiana where they will receive a farm home tools seed and a chance to buy the land they till. The state offers similar inducements to forty additional families with transportation paid. All arrangements are overseen by J L Knoepffer secretary of the Louisiana state board of immigration who is in the city.
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State of Louisiana
Pittsburg
Stocks and Pillory Revived in Harrisburg Ills
In Harrisburg Illinois on February 25 D H Dillon paroled gambler tied to a telephone pole all day for refusing to pay a fine from running a poker game. Chief Pridwal says the punishment was advised by Judge McKenzie who fined him. Dillon to be chained daily until the fine is paid or work on city streets.
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Harrisburg
D. H. Dillon
Chicago
Pridwal
McKenzie
Cheff
Dillon
Tragic family murder in Medina ends with suicide
Louis Barber aged 45 killed his sister Mrs Jerome Lewis 55 at their Medina home after a quarrel over a trivial matter. He beat her with a poker crushing her skull then shot her and wounded himself fatally. Barber is under arrest though unlikely to recover.
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Rochester
N. Y
Louis Barber
Jerome Lewis
Medina
Barber
New Foundland
Winfield S. Riblet
Erie
Thomas B. Carl
Bradford
Ludlow
Warren
John Olson
Roosevelt
Allen Parker
Nashville
Tenn
Tullahoma
Oscar Anderson
Baby
Decaturville
Camden County
L. Asbury
Seattle
Wash
Stinson
Roe Decter
Winterset
Stuart
Thos. W. Marshall
West Chester
Frank L. Smith
Norristown
Norristown State Insane Hospital
Woman uses alleged gold cure on drunk husband in Iowa
In Gowrie Iowa Mrs Ivan Oldgrey claims a cure for liquor addiction by beating her husband with a horsewhip while he slept and sewing him between blankets. He bears extensive bruises but says the thirst is gone and vows to sign a pledge when freed.
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Gowrie
Ivan Oldgrey
Erie businessman Hangs Self in Barn
Condensed news items from February 19 note the suicide of Erie man Winfield S. Riblet, a noted local business figure, in a barn near his home. other tragedies and legal actions span Pennsylvania to Illinois with fires, drownings, murders, and public notices.
Quotations Baltimore Wheat and Corn Prices Report
Market notes show weak demand for wheat No 2 at 93 42 93 5 cents, steamer No 2 at 8 8 8 8 percent, corn firmer with mixed spot at 60 44 to 66 0 percent, oats steady with several grades listed from 53 to 68 cents. Butter firm at 34 34 cents spread, eggs steady with Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia prices around 20 to 22 cents.
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Baltimore
Southern
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Peed West Virof Co
Binia
Cattle and Hog Prices Steady to Lower at Pittsburg Market
Pittsburg stockyards report cattle steady with choice at 5.60 to 5.75 and prime 5.30 to 6.50. Sheep steady with prime wethers 5.75 to 6, lambs 5 to 7.40, veal calves 8 to 8.50. Hogs lower with prime barrow and gilt around 4.50 to 4.80, pigs 4.40, roughs 3.50 to 4.
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Pittsburg
Union
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Richard Steffy
Margaret IF. Miller
W. A. Taughinbaugh
J. P. Krepps
Frank Kriehten
A+ Leonard
John Kline
Junterstowe
Gettysbure
Latter Place
Felty Farm
Garbald
Dayton
Laench & Drumgold
York & Penna
McCormick
Deering
Keystone
Oliver
Briar Bey
MKS
Mella Ainn
G.R Thompson
W. A. Lute
HOG
Deutrick
Harrisburg Auto School
Third & Hamilton Sts
Care
Harrisburg Automobile Company
Irem
Mr. Bushman
Edison
William H. Johnson
Rebecca Johson
Elizabeth Barnum
East Orange
E. L. Dodder
Hamilton
Glade
Omaha
Neb
Ward Hanahan
Kansas City
Kan
New Castle Upon Tyne
Eng
Dayton (O.) Motor Car Company
Comptroller of the Currency
Kansas
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