Peculiar Properties of New Medicine
An advertiser touts Cooper’s New Discovery as a cure for internal parasites and stomach woes. He claims the medicine expels tapeworms and tones the stomach, citing a Chicago case where 14 year old Jessie Birdsall recovered after seven years of illness. Mrs Birdsall endorses the product and identifies T C Basye as the local agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Jessie Birdsall
Ida Birdsall
Carroll Avenue
Chicago
Democratic Editorial Association Denounces News-Fairbank Bias
A statement from the Democratic State Editorial Association rebuts Republican reporting by the Indianapolis News Fairbank organ. It asserts resolutions favored an early state convention and local option liquor laws while denying liquor interests influence, and condemns Republican papers for falsehoods about Democratic motives.
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Indianapolis
Fairbank
Republican State Machine
Democratic Editorial Association
Democratic State Central Committee
Association
State Committee
Indianapolis News
Democratic State
Taggart
Death of Jesse Raymond Halsey at age two
Jesse Raymond Halsey died at 5 p m on March 21 1908 after a brief illness. He was born in 1905 and was the beloved son of John and Kate Halsey. The bereaved parents are urged to find comfort in faith and strive to live a Christian life in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Raymond
John
Kate Halsey
Heaven
Obituary of Henry Hoffmeier A German Immigrant Leader
Henry Hoffmeier born in Han over Germany on April 26 1831 died March 27 1908 at 76 years 11 months 1 day after five months of illness. He came to the United States at 21 settling first in Cincinnati Ohio then Grandview to raise a family. He married Charlotte Pistler then later Susan Richey after the death of his son and wife. He left a daughter a granddaughter two sisters and many friends. The funeral was held at Grandview cemetery at 2 pm conducted by I O O F. Reverend L W Gross and Reverend Lawberg assisted.
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Henry Hoffmeier
Hanover
Germany
Cincinnati
Charlotte Pistler
Grandview
Susan Richey
Grandview Cemetery
I. O. O. F. Lodge
L. W. Gross
Lutheran Church
Lawberg
Methodist Church
Real Estate Transfers and a Notable Editorial Blast
Real estate transfers list numerous deeds across Chrisney Rockport and Richland City, detailing buyers and property descriptions with prices. An adjacent editorial comment railes against plutocrats and calls for wage-serf conditions, followed by an advertisement for Bees Laxative Cough Syrup marketed to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel M. Miller
George E. Bruce
Sarah J. Wilkinson
Chas
Cordelia Skelton
Chrisney
Samuel F. McLaughlin
Henry Ray
Higenmann Land and Investment Co
Jd. W. Burns
Rockport
C. Hartley
Jemima Chrisney
Mary C. Shrodes
John C. Jolly
Richland City
L. B. Clark
George
Bertha Pace
Wi Nw
Ella Lloyd
Martin Leissler
Nancy E. Brady
George W. Jackson
George L. Bauer
John W. Bauer
Henry C. Grigsby
James M. Johnson
Kerilla Wedgspeth
K. K. Kendall
Gentryville
W. C. Grivot
Henry Meiring
St. Meinred
Medcalf
Logan B. Clark
Mary C. Lyman
Sarah BE. Ruston
Nelson B. Bennett
J. L. Harris
T. C. Basye
Beginning to See in The Portland Oregonian Opinion
The Portland Oregonian labeled a Republican paper and claims the tariff harms wages while plutocratic policy enriches Morgan and Standard Oil. It cites Dioglegism, unemployment nationwide, Thaws and Evelyns, Stanford Whites, and sexual exploits as outcomes of wealth and power.
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Portland Oregonian
Atlantic
Pacific
Wall Street
Morgan
Standard Oil
America
Gladys van
Not Greedy Bury Cricket Club Ends Season On Home Ground
A London Express note recalls a Bury area cricket club final match as its sole professional takes seven wickets and works the pitch at interval. Spectators quip that Tom is not greedy but aims for both bowling prize and bat prize, even planning to pinch the pavilion in pursuit of rewards.
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Bury
England
Tom
London Express
Waiters tipping waiters as a custom observed
A gray headed man recalls a New York Sun anecdote about waiters tipping each other after meals. He describes a restaurant scene where a shift of staff dined and every waiter tipped the next server, noting the practice as a sacred custom among waiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Turkish Farchery and the Shocking Horse Shoeing Method
In Colonel J. P. Robertson's Personal Adventures a bizarre Turkish practice is described. A rope loop is placed around the horse and fastened to hind fetlocks, pulling the animal onto its side to remove old shoes and fit new iron plates. The horse, bound and propped, is then stood up after the farrier completes the shoeing.
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J. P. Robertson
Scale tailed apus crab reappears in British ponds after fifty years
The scale tailed apus once thought extinct in Great Britain is found again in two ponds near Southwick Whirk cudbrightshire. The creature measures about two and a half inches, resembles a king crab with a semicircular carapace, and swims on its back. Noted naturalists totted vast leg counts and historic estimates, including 1,802,604 by Schaffer.
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Great Britain
Hampstead Heath
Preston Merse
Southwick
Whirkcudbrightshire
Schaffer
Latrebe
London Graphic
German Universities Doctor of Philosophy process at Jena
The University of Jena outlines the PhD requirements including life sketch in Latin or German maturity certificate three years of study good reputation a handwritten German thesis and oath that it is original. Candidates pay 240 marks and face an oral exam focusing on the thesis with two optional subjects, then 280 copies are distributed before conferment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of
Jena
Insect Hypnotism in Hive and Moth Folklore
A hypnotist narrates that insects practice hypnosis. He claims a queen bee can hypnotize her hive via a humming sound and that the death's head hawk moth uses a similar note to lull bees and plunder the hive. The report cites the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Free Consent of the People and Connecticut Constitution
The New York American cites Rev. Thomas Hooker of Connecticut who in 1633 asserted that authority rests on the free consent of the people. It notes the 1688 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut as the first written constitution creating a near perfect democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hooker
Connecticut
Hartford
Hooker
New York American
Delicate Task in Telling Truth in Newspapers
A quip contrasts the orator and editor on truth in reporting. The editor concedes difficulty in conveying truth without challenging credibility, reflecting on journalistic limits and responsibility.
His Ambition Ex Convict Theme Sparks Witty Exchange
A visitor tells Crowbar Claude that life as an ex convict is unavoidable. Claude replies with a sharp, tongue in cheek desire to embrace that path, showcasing a dry barroom wit in a brief exchange.
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Crowbar Claude
Exchange Echoes Generosity and Witty Refusal
A brief dialogue shows a man wishing for poverty to secure marriage, while a woman retorts that her generosity makes him unlikely to wed. The banter highlights social expectations and romantic bargaining in concise exchanges.
Man driven to drink by bad luck warned by prosperity
The Chicago Record Herald notes that a man provoked to drinking by misfortune might also be ruined by wealth, a caution about fortunes and vice.
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Chicago Record. Herald
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Jessie
A. D. Moffeet
Elwood Record
Democratic State Editorial Association
J. C. Gorman
Princeton Democrat
Royal E. Purcell
Vincennes Sun
L. O. Miller
Paoli News
W. T. Goodwin
Lawrenceburg Register
W. H. Glidewell
Brazil
John F. Mischell
Greenfield
Pharos
J. E
McDonald, Ligonier Banner
Henry A. Barnhart
Rochester Sentinel
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell, and
T.C. Basye’s Drug Store
Indiana
Center St
Baker City
Ore
Standard Oil Company
Derbilt
United States
T. C. Pasye
Roc Brown Mf’g. CO
Louis
Creeneville, Tean
Washington Star
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