Palmer's Lotion touted as permanent cure for eye ills
A testimonial from Huntington West Virginia claims Palmer's Lotion permanently cured granulated eyelids after trials with famed oculists in Boston Albany and New York City. The lotion is praised for skin eruptions and compliments Lotion Soap. samples available by mail from Saian Palmer at 374 Pearl Street New York City.
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Palmer
V. BM. Green
Huntington
West Virginia
Boston
Albany
New York City
Saian Palmer
Pearl Street
The Marches Speak on Musical Pedagogues
Readers in Baltimore hear a dialogue about a daughter’s music education and practice methods with Mrs Proudleigh and Mrs Nexdoughre noting a child’s footwork. The column reflects social chatter in a Baltimore American page fragment.
Careless Cold Cure Advertised in Unreliable Capsule
An old newspaper fragment promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure with a bold claim to refund the “adj druggistsic fund money” if it fails. The text also includes fragmented quotes about Miss Newrich and Mrs Chaperan debating knowledge and the soul, all amid Indianapolis News chatter.
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Adj
Tisos Cure Praise and Ad Lines From 1900 Notes
A mixed run of testimonials and advertising lines from 1900 including Winsley of Vanburen Indiana praising Tiso's Cure for ailments and a Detroit Journal quip on style and creditors. Also mentions a gum and a feast described in a tongue in cheek manner.
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Tiso
Win
G. Ensley
Vanburen
Ind
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Cheney Co
A Detroit Journal style ad extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to pay 100 dollars if it fails and cites testimonials, with Toledo Ohio firm F J Cheney & Co as the address.
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Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Be aware of counterfeit Vascarsts Candy advertisements
An OCR fragment promotes a laxative candy with health claims and cautions readers about imitators. The ad stresses natural movement and quick relief, warning of fake products and urging caution to avoid poor health outcomes.
Economic Pity Sparks Dye Quality Claim
An odd advertorial notes pity in saving money only with strict economizing. It touts Prixam Faneness Dyes as producing faster, brighter colors than any known dye, claiming superiority for those seeking vivid results from A. W. Hare.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed By Many
An advertising claim extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best remedy for female ills and urges readers to request guidance from Mrs. Lydia Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. The piece argues other medicines are inferior and warns against dealers pushing competing products for profit.
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Lydia J. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Charles E Miller Confesses to Burglar and Forgery
In Frankfort Indiana on December 27 Charles E Miller confessed to safeblowing and forgery crimes. He led a double life as a trusted dry goods executive manager at A E Miller & Co and stood high in society before arrest. He admitted multiple forgeries and related thefts, with police and public turning on him as details emerge.
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Charles FE. Miller
AL Affen
Miller
Ison
Miler
Tee
Lip
A. E. Miller & Co
Dry Poods
Ind
Charles HE. Miller
Viret
Narrow Escape From Sewer Water In Logansport
William Joreen nearly died after a cable line he was leasin g into a manhole was swept by a sudden sewer water surge. Firemen pulled him from the rushing flood as the line kept him from entering the basin, saving his life.
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Logansport
Ind
Willian
Joreen
Manahole
Tfe
Starmeo
Local Education Leaders Meet in Madison County
A fragmented report lists: Tisthinagpetis Indi Dey as fore Saari, General Association of Ene Wana State Peachers with officers Hi Uk Bresen and Lebanon secretary, Miss Lethe Vaneht of Massassalles as executive chair, and Lawrence McTernan as superintendent of Madison County schools.
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Tisthinagpetis
Indi
Dey
Fore Saari
Mean
Briday
Ene Wana
Peachers” “Association
Ehoutes Otligers
Dort
Bresen
Af Vielpe Perpikoeny
Wieses 22
Hart
Lebanon
Miss Lethe Vaneht
Massassalles
Woman Seeks Divorce Claiming Husband Is Black
Miss Rose Looker applies for divorce from Jdebn Breckenridge alleging his race as Black. Earlier term denied. color claim not raised then.
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Poten
Rose Looker
Jdebn Breckenridge
Phietey
Local Couple Weds Amid Jail Context In Muncie
Miss Bertha Arthur of Anderson married inmate Dobber Ricky in Muncie on a Friday afternoon. Ricky, soon to be sent to state prison for a recent Bowles robbery, will depart the county jail within days. The bride returned home that Friday evening.
North Baltimore Glass Co to Expand Terre Haute Plant
Contracts have been set for an addition to the Terre Haute plant. The project, totaling a substantial sum, will enhance capacity and equipment. The facility will be among the best in the country and will specialize in manufacturing all kinds of bottles.
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Terre Haute
Ind
North Baltimore Glass Co
Weigand Abelehauser Celebrate Sudden Wedding Anniversary
Logansport Indiana December 23. Mr and Mrs Weigand Abelehauser lifelong residents celebrated a sudden wedding anniversary. Guests were noted for their obesity. Flehe who weighed out after dinner age recated 1500 pounds.
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Logansport
Ind
Weigand Abelehauser
Flehe
Farmer Hurt as Tree Limb Breaks Neck in Fodder Wagon
Indianapolis report states Charles Hiltenx, a known farmer, was riding a load of fodder when a limb struck him under the chin and broke his neck. The accident occurred Thursday in Indianapolis Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Hiltenx
Lutu G Jenkins suit settled for about four thousand
The case of Lutu G Jenkins against Sheriff Henry Busching bondsmen and six Ripley county citizens over the hanging of her husband William Jenkins on September 3 1597 was settled for about $4 000.
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Ostood
Ind
G. Jenkins
Henry Busching
Ripley County
William Jenkins
Santa Claus on Fire in South Bend Event
Santa actor Richard Nichols was burned on the face and his clothes caught fire while portraying Santa Claus in South Bend Indiana on December 27. Guests panicked as the incident occurred during the event.
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South Bend
Ind
Santa Claus
Richard Nichols
Blue Goose Clubroom Attacked in Burlington
In Flora Indiana on December 27 a group attacked the Blue Goose clubroom in Burlington. They smashed windows and doors, dragged kegs of liquor into the street, and emptied them.
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Flora
Ind
Burlington
Electric Line From Greensburg to Versailles Planned
Indiana capitalists from Indianapolis Versailles and Greensburg form a company with 100000 capital to build an electric railway from Greensburg to Versailles. About 18 stockholders involved with more expected. Board of directors chosen and articles sent to the secretary of state for approval. The route traverses favorable terrain and connects numerous small cities and villages.
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Greensburg
Versailles
Ind
Dee
Indianapolis
Aa Himber
Viluwres
Tooting of Whistles on New Chicago Line
Muncie Indiana December 24 The first train on the Mimneie extension of the Chicago Indiana and Eastern road arrived Thursday evening amid much whistle blowing. The three car passenger train brought in four passengers and took out several. The line connects with Pan-Handie trains to Chicago at Converse and will extend to Richmond and Cincinnati in the spring shortening the trip. The completion before January 1 earns a 870 000 subsidy here.
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Muncie
Ind
Mimneie
Chicagee, Indiana & Eastern Road
Matthews
Chicaro
Converse
Richmond
Cincinnati
Union City Veteran J H Stine Dies From Skull Fracture
Maj J H Stine, winner of an eld war title, fell in Union City Ind and fractured his skull. He lies in critical condition at his home near Historical Farm, a estate noted for bearing a tree from each major battlefield. Stine long served with the U S Treasury in Washington DC and authored The History of the Army of the Potomac.
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Union City
Ind
Gas Explosion Destroys Teese Building in Redkew
A gas explosion at the Teese building housing Moots restaurant injures Police Officer Charles Hassling and damages the structure. Several pedestrians suffer from flying debris while two clerks incur burn injuries to hands and face. Total damages run to about 82,000 for the building and 1,000 for the restaurant.
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Redkew
Ind
Teese
Moots
Charles Hassling
Columbus man sues in U S court over alleged whitecap incident
Jennings of Columbus filed suit in the United States court alleging about 20 men and women in Washington caused him S200 000 in damages by assault on January 30, 1800 and persecution of him and his family forcing them to flee the state.
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DL OA
Indianapolis
Ind
Jennings
Columbus
United States
Vnst
Melbe
Washington
Indiana church trustees reject offer to make Ridgeville normal a church school
Munete Indiana December 28 Trustees of the Indiana Christian church conference met and regretted Dr Garvin's offer to take Ridgeville normal college and convert it into a church school. The present conditions were found to have strings and must be unconditional to be accepted.
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Munete
Ind
Indiana Christian Church Conference
Garvin
Ridgeville Normal College
Restaurant man hides money as mice tear it apart
In Terre Haute Indiana on December 26 Mc Peak took SiS80 from his safe and hid it in a cigar box under the counter for safekeeping. Mice tore the bills to pieces and carried fragments to their nests.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Mc Peak
Fatally Burned Trying to Save Home in Bragg Fire
WL De Pond of Bragg, a small village south west of this city, died after being fatally burned while attempting to save his residence from a blaze that destroyed the house.
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Union Cirvy
Ind
de Pond
Bragg
Howse
Infant dies after boiling water accident in Indiana
December report from Wnen City Indiana notes the death of the one month old baby of Mr and Mrs Warren Wall of Gloomingport after falling into a pan of boiling water. The child was dead when found.
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Wnen City
Ind
Warren Wall
Gloomingport
Engagement rumor ties Evanston girl to German prince
Miss Ione Woodward daughter of Mr and Mrs M S Woodward of Evanston is reportedly engaged to Lieut Frederick Bismarck grandson of Prince Bismarck and an officer in the German army The couple met in Peking during the Boxer siege while Woodward and her mother were guests of United States Minister Conger The two are said to have pledged their troth before Woodward left for home
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Ione Woodward
M. 8. Woodward
Evanston
Frederick Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
North Shore
Chicago
Miss Woodward
Peking
China
Legations
Lieut
Bismarck
Woodwards
United States
Conger
M. S. Woodward
Orient
The Poor of New York Annual Report Highlights Causes
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor released its fifty seventh annual report showing 26 000 spent by the relief department for 19 515 people. President T. Re Cutting notes 3 600 cases investigated and closed with main causes listed as lack of work illness shiftlessness intemperance old age and desertion with comments on tenement housing as a root issue.
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New York Association For
Relief Department
Board of Managers
T. Re. Cutting
Engagement by Cable Joins Miss Bristol and Lieut Stacey
Miss Marion Bristol appeared in Atlanta with the Milk White Flag company and Lieut Stacey in the Philippines. A cablegram proposal announced the engagement. Miss Bristol plans to travel to Mana to meet her fiancé after Miss Cristal leaves the company. The couple have long loved each other and corresponded since Stacey’s two year Philippine duty.
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Marion Bristol
Atlanta
Milk White Flag Company
Stacey
Philippines
Cablegram
Cristal
Mana
Miss Bristol
Leutenant
Vermont Passes Anti Cigarette Law
The Vermont legislature approved a broad anti cigarette statute to take effect after January 1. Tobacconists estimate state sales at 12 to 15 million annually and the law mirrors the Jewa law by making manufacturing buying selling giving or furnishing cigarettes a misdemeanor with a 20 dollar fine and up to 30 days in the house of correction.
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Vermont
Montpelier
House of Correction
Slander suit and multiple legal notices from Indiana brief
Local items report L. J. Ramsey sued for $5 by Elizabeth Freeman over name use in a city physician matter in Kukomo. Grover Tilex, 14, drowns in Coal Creek after breaking ice while skating near Coal Creek. W. H. Fulton sues Oscar E. Haldeman for $2,700 over a claimed fraudulent mining deal in Marion. Clarence Warburton, 17, declared insane in Elkhart and sent home due to smoking. The National Bank of Lebanon gains approval to form Citizens’ National Bank of Lebanon with $50,000 capital. A doctor is sentenced in an additional note.
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Kukomo
Ind
L. J. Ramsey
Elizabeth Freeman
Covington
Grover Tilex
Thomas Tiley
Coal Creek
Marion, Jud
W. H. Fulton
Joplin
Oscar E. Haldeman
Walderman
Marion Street Railway
Elkhart
Clarence Warburton
Anderson
The Nineteenth to Twentieth Century Transition
A brief note on the coming century calling it a era of invention and discovery. It cites Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a celebrated remedy for stomach ailments and lists conditions like dyspepsia indigestion flatulency constipation and biliousness. It ends with a humorous cartoon dialogue about snow shoveling on the sidewalk.
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Hostetter
Bent Prescription for Chills and Fever Tea Mix
A garbled note describes a bottle labeled Groor's Tasteless Cann Toxic with claims of tasteless iron clad contents. It mentions Nacure-29 pay and references Indianapolis gas consumers and accusations of stealing red-hot stoves.
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Indianapolis
Medical Examiner Endorses Peruna Remedy For Catarrh
A historical testimonial from Dr Liewelyn Jordan former Medical Examiner of the U S Treasury promotes Peruna as a cure for catarrh. The letter claims rapid relief after one month and urges readers to obtain a free book from The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
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Liewelyn Jordan
Wiewellyn Jordan
U.S. Treasury Department
Columbia Esc
W Pomme
Peruns
Peruna
Kidney trouble warning signs urged by doctor
An important symptom list for kidney trouble is given including back pain scalding urine nervousness and debility. It notes that heavy morning urine with sediment after 12 hours can indicate disease and warns that delay is fatal urging immediate action.
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