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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1899
Page
7
A collection of advertisement blurbs notes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a quick cure for nervousness, Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh, and Ely's Liquid Cream Balm with a spraying tube. It also promotes Smith Premier Typewriter and its global use, plus shipping details and art catalog requests. Coal production stats compare Britain and the United States in 1858.
An advertiser asserts twenty years of experience in nervous and blood diseases such as varicocele and prostatic conditions. The Electro-Vacuum or Dry Air Treatment is promoted as a permanent cure with no blood loss. Readers are urged to visit Odd Fellows Building offices for examination and to request a free publication "Diseases of Men" by mail.
A Morristown district farmer Louis Burkher aged seventy shoots himself after dynamite blast destroys his home leaving a note blaming cruel treatment of his wife. A Jeffersonville fire devastates three story business blocks and a car works shift supervisor Williams dies after excessive drinking. Multiple accidents and crimes reported include train fatalities two notable weddings anniv and a preacher resigning in Jeffersonville. a Marshall county grasshopper catching machine inventor. Evansville ex police chief Newitt dies. and Terre Haute car works reducing staff signaling possible shutdown.
A Newcastle special reports final arrangements for a large shovel plant by Gaar Miller Wiggins of Richmond and Mouch Wess of Newcastle. The project will start immediately with a payroll of 10000 dollars per month and new housing for workers. This marks the second major factory locate in town after the Safety Corn Shredder plant.
A fire gutted a building owned by Frank I Burke. property losses total over 12900 with no insurance. The Nagle heirs and Adam Spieth are named as chief losers alongside Burke. Williams of Frankfort Ivy is noted. A separate notice states window glass plant plans expire September 1 and the proposed merger is abandoned after court injunctions kill the project.
John Baptist, an Armenian passerby in Indianapolis, recalls Armenian atrocities by the Turks and notes his past as photographer to the Sultan. He studies at Kimberlin Heights Tennessee and plans to enter Medien College of Indiana. Shelbyville special.
The report notes Anderson has annexed Park Place, while police headquarters consider a patrol system. Nearby, South Bend seeks a manual training school and Muncie faces gas leaks harming streets. George Mack of Goshen suffered double wrist dislocations in a fall. Marion Y M C A operates street cars on Wednesday to aid its finances.
A scrambled clipping reports Fred Fox son of Judge Henry C. Fox of Richmond returning home from the Cubs where he served months as postmaster at an inland town. It also notes a lighthearted remark about Columbia City's toot owl orchestra and other local items.
Experiments with a new electric wood seasoning method claim to expel sap and replace it with insoluble matter, increasing wood tenacity and vertical compression resistance. Demonstrations describe a dynamo setup with borax resin and soda solution at 100 degrees, drawing sap away as borax and resin fill the log.
In Japan the art of flower arrangement holds esteem equal to music poetry and printing. A Japanese practitioner follows numerous well defined rules learned through long patient study. Mastery requires training and critics’ approval, with men and women alike pursuing this essential accomplishment for culture.
Saint Johns Academy at 135 W Maryland Street Indianapolis resumes class work under the Sisters of Providence. The institution offers full education across graded departments with a strong music program and painting studios. It emphasizes boarding school reputation, central location, disciplined environment, and refined society.
An 1895 ad style notice claims deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and catarrh. It promises a cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for catarrh deafness uncurable by the remedy. Also mentions Piso’s Cure, Mrs Winslow’s Syrup, and a Marquette railway summer outing promotion.
Letter from Mrs J F Sherrys of Camden New Jersey praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for relief from debilitating menstrual pain uterine and ovarian distress after a severe hemorrhage and near death. She credits the remedies with restoring her health and vigor.
Mrs Brown of West Point Pleasant New Jersey reports irregular menstruation resolved after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits two bottles with regular cycles and recommends the medicine to others.
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