Dr Miles Heart Cure Moral Booster Works Wonders
In a testimonial from Rev P Milligan at Genda Springs Kansas a pastor recounts doctors declaring his wife near death yet after using Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine plus Nerve and Liver Pills she improved and eventually recovered Her story praises the remedy and notes the druggist guarantee refund if the first bottle fails Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind
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Miles
Rev. P. Milligan
Genda Springs
Kans
Adams County Orphans Court notices June 1908 accounts
Legatees and interested parties notified that numerous administrator and trustee accounts will be presented for confirmation at the Adams County Orphans Court on Monday June 15 1908 at 1030 am. Accounts listed include Hartman Bucher Butt Spahr Zeigler Sheely Thom asq Thomas Beck Bucher Biggs Warner Oyler Bucher.
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Orphans’ Court
Adams County
J. Frank Hartman
J. W. Bucher
Jacob Hartman
Franklin Township
J. L. Butt
William Stallsmith
Rachel Stallsmith
Straban Township
Clayton A. Spahr
John K. Zeigler
Daniel A. Thomas
Jacob Winand
Huntington Township
Samuel D. Beck
Sabina Keck
Gettysburg
Adam F Bucher
Annie M. Bucher
W. M. Biggs
Basil Biggs
Catharine Warner
Silas Warner
J. C O. Oyler
Zachariah Oyler
Menallen Township
Jacob F. Bucher
Jesse Bucher
Berwick Township
Twenty-Fifth M E Conference Adjourns After Major Reforms
The Baltimore session of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church adjourned after May 6 to June 2. Key actions included changing presiding elder to district superintendent and relaxing probationary membership rules. The body narrowly rejected a Mothers Day proposal from the Presbyterian assembly. New bishops elected: Anderson, Nielsen, Quayle, Smith, Lewis, Hughes, McIntyre, and Bristol, with postings across New York Chicago Sioux City and more.
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Baltimore
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Board of Bishops
W. F. Anderson
New York
Board of Education
Freedman’s Aid and Sunday Schools
J. L. Nielsen
Nast Theological Seminary
Berea
W. A. Quayle
St James Church
Chicago
Charles W. Smith
Pittsburg Christian Advocate
Wilson S. Lewis
Morningside College
Sioux City
Edwin H. Hughes
de Pauw University
Green Castle
Ind
Robert McIntyre
First Church
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank M. Bristol
Metropolitan Church
Washington
Courting Room Planned at Christ Presbyterian Church
Chicago church officials announce a new adjunct aimed at young members a dedicated courting room with cozy corners screens chaperones and dim lighting to foster acquaintances between young men and women the pastor calls it an essential safety alternative to beer gardens and other unsuitable venues.
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Chicago
Christ Presbyterian Church
Two Miles at Sea Girl Is Rescued
Atlantic City June 2 Miss Bessie McLaughlin of this city was rescued two miles from shore after a three hours battle with heavy seas aboard the yacht Olga. Captain Luke Conover sent small boats to her rescue as twenty passengers cheered at her return to the rail. She said she entered the surf at Gramercy Place and was swept seaward by the tide. She knelt in prayer after the rescue.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Bessie McLaughlin
Olga
Luke Conover
Gramercy Place
Nervous Collapse Claims Suspect Murderer Coffman
Rev. A. Coffman who killed his wife at Meadowdale parsonage two weeks ago died in Fairmont West Virginia hospital from nervous collapse. He faced trial for murder in court this week and was believed mentally deranged after last week’s violence led to confinement in a padded cell.
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Fairmont
W. Va
A. Coffman
Meadowdale Parsonage
Reading Girl Dies in Carbolic Acid Crisis
The lifeless body of sixteen year old Elsie J. Eckman was found by her brother Ellis Eckman at her parents home in Reading Pennsylvania. Death resulted from carbolic acid taken in a personal crisis. Parents are heartbroken and no motive is given.
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Reading
Elsie J. Eckman
Ellis Eckman
Sunday bats out a few base ball evangelist jars dignity of presbyterian preachers
In Pittsburg on June 2 Rev Billy Sunday an evangelist and former baseball player addressed Presbyterian ministers. His remarks angered some clergy at First Presbyterian as he attacked modern ministers calling them fudge mollycoddles and salary quacks. He urged tearing down seminaries and said he was a surgeon to cut out the church’s abscess.
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Presbyterian
Pittsburg
Billy Sunday
First Presbyterian Church
Sunday
Sharon
Abduction of Mrs. Ferino Reported Near Scranton
Two men entered the isolated Ferino residence in Mayfield and abducted Mrs. James Ferino after threatening her with a revolver and knife. Her young daughter witnessed part of the incident and the assailants fled toward Edgerton. A posse searches woods and nearby areas for Mrs. Ferino.
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Scranton
James Ferino
Erie
Mayfield
Ferino
Edgerton
Carbondale
Toolan
Fire Burns Dairy Barns Wrecking 53 Cows and 6 Horses
A blaze swept the dairy farm of John T. Swartley at Llan wellyn near Glenolden destroying barns and outbuildings. Fifty three cows and six horses perished while three other horses were saved. Fodder and dairy utensils were consumed. Loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
John T. Swartley
Llanwellyn
Glenolden
Vaudeville Lead Dies of Heart Attack in Theatre Fire
Eugene Jepson a fifty year old New York leading man in a Keith's theatre vaudeville sketch collapsed in his dressing room as fire alarms sounded. No audience injuries occurred. the orchestra continued playing and actresses on stage carried on. Fire reportedly started near the moving picture machine room.
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Cleveland
Eugene Jepson
New York
Keith's Theatre
Water Tapers Are Hit By Specialist
Chicago June 2 Water intoxication caused by excessive water use was cited by Dr L D Mason vice president of the American Society for the Study of Inebriety He warned that aquamania can be as dangerous as alcohol abuse noting a friend who spends hours in a tub and drinks large amounts of water causing bodily harm.
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Chicago
L. D. Mason
American Society For the Study of
100 Wedding Guests Arrive Day After Ceremony
Miss Carrie Jane Zerbe daughter of Oliver Zerbe of this city and Charles FE Reiholtz a leading local businessman wed in a secret ceremony May 29 surprising over a hundred invited guests who gathered for a reception after learning of the nuptials.
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Readiez
Carrie Jane Zerbe
Oliver Zerbe
Charles FE. Reiholtz
Non-Suit Argued In Harrisburg Capitol Trial Postponement
In Harrisburg a non-suit motion delayed the capitol trial as Judge Kunkel considers removing the case from the jury. Five defendants face questions on fraud and contract payoffs amid strong defense and prosecution arguments led by Graham Bergner Schaffer and Scarlet. An ex-Governor Pennypacker issue looms in the deliberations. Entire family drowns in Pensauken creek when boat capsizes near Riverton after mortgage payoff celebration.
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Capitol
Harrisburg
Kunkel
Frank Irvine
George S. Graham
Philadelphia
Charles H. Bergner
Pennypacker
Graham
Scarlet
Commonwealth
William Eidleman
Elizabeth
Anna
William
West Pensauken
N. J
Pensauken Creek
Riverton
Delaware River
Eidleman
Bidleman
Florida Turret Test Demonstrates Battle-Ready Design
In Hampton Roads a naval test pitted the big gun and heavy projectile against the Florida turret. Despite severe damage to the 11 inch plate and rivets, the turret showed its mechanisms remained operable. The masts on the Florida endured five Arkansas shots, and experts predicted future battle masts.
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Florida
Arkansas
Army
Hampton Roads
Auto Driver Emanuel Cedrino Killed at Pimlico Track
Italian racing driver Emanuel Cedrino died at Pimlico race track in Baltimore Maryland after a high speed accident. His car reportedly vaulted into the air and somersaulted off the track shortly after a fast practice mile had been completed.
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Emanuel Cedrino
Pimlico
Baltimore
Grand Stand
Firs
Stallion Admiral Dewey Dies Suddenly After Offer Refused
Admiral Dewey a stallion by Bingham out of Nancy Hanks owned by Dr. J. C. McCoy of Kirkwood Delaware died suddenly of heart failure. The horse had a 2.04% record and McCoy had recently refused a $35 000 offer.
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Admiral Dewey
Bingham
Nancy Hanks
J. C. McCoy
Kirkwood
Del
McCoy
Optimist Club Propels North Jersey Prosperity
From 100 pulpits of all denominations optimistic doctrine was preached across North Jersey. Eminent divines expounded a sunny philosophy of seeing the best in everything and making the best of it in business and social life. The Optimist Sunday ties to the newly formed Optimistic Club of New Jersey aimed at combating pessimism and boosting prosperity in city state and nation. The motto is Smile and the pledge to improve conditions and spread positivity.
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Optimist Club
North Jersey
Optimistic Club of
New Jersey
Corner In Corn Nets Patten Two Million Windfall
In Chicago on Friday J Ogden Armour and corn king Patten faced the problem of moving vast grain to market after closing wheat and corn corners. Patten reportedly cleared about two million on corn, based on a profit of roughly twenty to twenty five cents on ten to twelve million bushels. Armour’s wheat profits were not disclosed while both men pressed shorts, each holding opposing positions in corn and wheat respectively.
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Patten
Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Jim Patten
Armour
General Stephen D Lee Dies After Speech Visit
Lieutenant General Stephen D Lee of Columbus Mississippi longtime commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans died in Vicksburg at the official residence of the Vicksburg National Park Commission where he was a member Cerebral hemorrhage caused his death He had been speaking to four regiments of Iowa and Wisconsin soldiers whom he had led at Vicksburg forty five years ago.
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Stephen D. Lee
Columbus
Miss
United Confederate Veterans
Vicksburg
Lee
Vicksburg National Park Commission
Iowa
Wisconsin
Carrie Nation
Pittsburg
Frank Stillwell
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Willam M. Simpson
Roanoke
Sadie Butler
Lynchburg
John O’donnell
Newark
N. J
H. B Wiggins Son Company
Bloomfield N. J
Salinesville
Lisbon
Victor Shanley
New York
W. C. Smith
National Exchange Bank
Lexington Ky
Lexington
Ralph J. Lehman
Peter Lehman
Lebanon
Westenburger
Philadelphia
Reading
Pottstown
Boyertown
Stuart
Robert S Conklin
Columbia
Lancaster County
Harriet Belt Stevens
Wilmington
Del
Portland
Roosevelt
David F. Barry
Providence
R. I
Herbert L. Satterlee
Naval Academy
United Conferate Veterans
National Park Cemetery
Jane J. Moyer
Valley
Denville
James A. Patten
Chicago
Northwestern University
James Kaser
Pennsylvania
Sunbury
Calvary Cemetery
St. Paul
Minn
Timothy F. McCarthy
Quake Scare Strikes Allentown City
A strong tremor rocked Allentown Pennsylvania causing panic as residents rushed outside and feared collapse. Windows rattled and chimneys toppled while the quake’s impact appeared strongest in the western city area with a muffled rumble noted.
Parachutist Falls in Passaic River at Hillside Park
Frederick L. Wood an eighteen year old aeronaut from New Haven Conn fell into the Passaic river and drowned after his balloon ascended at Hillside park near Passaic N J. About 1000 spectators watched as he waved an American flag before the fall.
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Hillside Park
Passaic
N. J
Frederick L. Wood
New Haven
Conn
Passaic River
Wood
Textile Mills End Short Time In New England May Output Rise
The close of January through May 1908 signals a turn to full operations in New England cotton and textile centers. Mills that had run on short time for months restarted full schedules, with output rising and about 35,000 workers affected as notice of ending short time goes out.
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Boston
New England
Nation Arrested in Public Scolding Incident in Pittsburg
On Wednesday May 27 Carrie Nation was arrested in Pittsburg Pa on disorderly conduct after allegedly scolding four men in public. Names and locations tied to the incident are not specified in the readable fragments.
Market Closing Prices Report from Baltimore Line
The latest closing prices in principal markets show corn steady with mixed spot values around 74 to 75 cents per bushel, butter edging higher for creamery and prints, and eggs steady with Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia fancy grades quoted around 164 to 164 cents per dozen.
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Baltimore
Southern
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Live Stock Market Report from Pittsburg Yards
Cattle prices rise with choice to prime grades $6.75 to $7.10, heifers and real calves around $6.50 to $6.75. Sheep and lambs show dull demand with wethers around $4.80 to $4.90, culls and common at $2 to $3, lambs near $1.00. Hogs steady to higher with prime heavies $5.85 to $6.90, light workers $5.70 to $5.75, pigs around $6, roughs $4.90 to $4.99.
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Pittsburg
Prine Wethers
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D. F. Steffy
Financial Statement
New Oxford Building and Loan Association
Jase Big
H.J. Smith
O. E. Deatrick
J.K. Weaver
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Weaver
J.L. Wieratt
Treasury
W. F. Eely
R. MB Nyder
M. Hulick
J. R. Weaver
T Auditors
Council
T. E. Bower
Sec’y
M. E
New Oxford
Capitol Defense
State
Allentown
Aeronaut
Charles W. Sharpe
Camden
Atlanta
Kingston
N. Y
Pitman
George M. Park
Alexander Park
Tyler’s Lake
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