Tragedy on the Heath: Mother and Child in Peril
A tale unfolds of a mother tied to a telegraph post who faces a deadly train near a bare heath as her child sits on the rails. A sudden rescue by a passerby doctor ends the immediate danger, revealing a backstory of overwork and a plea for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
Shiriek
Quile
Wong
Gambapie
Boyking
Baby
Ohita
Andy
PNS
Oon
Boykins
Gorse
Trude Somers
Don
Mummaly
Gill
Ger Trude
Doctor Returnbeers
Indiana Flood Toll and Local Crimes Report
The Indiana flood devastates Vincennes and surrounding towns with thousands displaced and hundreds rescued, while freight wrecks near Princeton kill workers. In South Bend and Shelbyville, shootings and a fatality by a traction car are reported as officials note housing demand, new schools, and a planned oil bore venture.
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Vincennes
Mount Carrimony
Grayville
Prince Westport
la Illinois
Westport
Mary Tréssler
Brown
Fair Grounds
Indiana
Anderson Gore
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Porter
Elizabethtown
Mulberry
Laketon
H George
Conan
Mount Vernom
Mitchell
Doctors Failed Kilgore Kidney Case Promises Cure
In Kilgore Ohio on April 11 a man named John T. Riegle reported long suffering from aggravated kidney disease. After doctors failed he used Dodd's Kidney Pills and says they cured him completely. He urges others with kidney trouble to try the remedy.
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Kilgore
John T. Riegle
Dodd
Iie
Doda
Edward Eggleston’s youth and voyage to Minnesota
A brother recounts Edward Eggleston’s 18th year illness surfacing as consumption and his sending to Minnesota for health. He traveled the Mississippi with a profane captain who doubted his recovery and urged a return home to choose burial. Later, Eggleston gained fame and travel opportunities.
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Edward Eggleston
Minnesota
Mississippi
Eggleston
Unpaid Fare Admonition by Old River Captain
An elderly captain on a Mississippi steamer refuses to charge fare to a preacher, insisting he never pays for a corpse. The conversation shows the captain’s life rule and his blunt joking dispute over the man’s fate, revealing a stark, dark humor amid travel.
Army Trials and Grapes Nuts Triumph Over Illness
An Ohio infantryman recounts a long battle with stomach and bowel disease during service in Cuba and the Philippines. After multiple hospitalizations and failing medicines, he credits Grape-Nuts with restoring his health, gaining 40 pounds, and returning to work. The testimonial ends noting medical professors would have prescribed Grape-Nuts, and mentions the book The Road to Wellville.
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7Th Infantry
Cuba
Philippines
Calulute
States
Manila
Barnes Hospital
Washington
Postum Co
Battie Greek
Wellville
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THE
Heavenly Twins
Gertrude
Dell
Mansell
South Bend
William Horn
Horn
Feldman
Madison Township
Japan
V. G
George Layton
Baptist Church
Waldron
Freigho
Noller
Simonds
Frank Hickey
Moody Rose
Sorento
Crathis
Aline
Janeis Cook
John J. Cody
St. Joseph’s Parochial School
Princeton
Willis J. Wilson
Boston
Massaretes
A. Brown
Wilson
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