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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
4
Town officials criticized for slow paving despite a $1,600 gravel contract with Coyner Gravel Co. Only 300 yards delivered though 3000 yards paid for. A 4th Street grading order remains unstarted as sewer completion meets excuses. Residents urged to begin street work before winter.
A historic roadside notice urges every Indiana citizen to recognize their tax payments fund state machinery. It warns against duplicated payments and emphasizes annual shared costs to sustain public operations.
The article argues that citizens must vote to support economical county and state governance. It highlights Indiana as a model of debt reduction and tax relief, noting a seven and a half million dollar debt cut, lower levies, and reforms that trimmed local taxes and state ward costs.
The piece explains how New York New Jersey and Illinois dairies sent milk to Paris in 1900 and kept it drinkable for 15 to 21 days after milking. Extreme cleanliness and keeping milk very cold prevent bacterial growth. souring occurs as bacteria convert milk sugar to lactic acid.
Sorrel is a persistent weed in sandy soils causing poor crop stands and red tinted fields. It forms mats from underground runners, grows about a foot high with sour leaves, and is hard to eradicate. Cultural control through successive cover crops and thorough destruction of plants and seeds is advised.
A reflective overview praising The Chicago Record-Herald for its vast array of features. It highlights foreign news cables, New York dispatches, market coverage, sports pages, editorials, humor, society notes, reviews, fiction, women’s pages, fashion, meals, Great Lakes news, and other departments, all presented as a premier metropolitan newspaper package.
The Western Historical Association adds a seven volume history of the Louisiana Purchase priced at 160 000 dollars. It will cover pre statehood history and state by state social political and industrial focus with editors named for Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas North Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Montana Wyoming Colorado and more.
The Methodist Church of the South meeting in Dallas adopted resolutions appreciating World’s Fair officials for granting, conditionally, space for religious movements. Rev Samuel Linday is secretary of the World’s Fair building and exhibit committee as officials plan to revisit the topic soon.
The Charleston Exposition closed after a period of overall success, with finance noted as the main drawback. Organizers reported strong attendance and achievements, but financial results fell short of expectations, prompting review of funding and costs.
A trader is said to have earned a million dollars in the May corner at the Chicago Board of Trade. He appears confident and bullish about his success and future prospects.
Brigadier General Leonard Wood remains on good terms with Dame For tune and is expected to be promoted to major general in July as two vacancies open in that rank.
The report calls the term a standing headline amid ongoing talk of rising automobile deaths. It notes the claim that killings linked to cars increase over time, reflecting public concern and media framing.
A Boston man who recently wed a ailing wealthy young woman is now happy after using Dr King's New Life Pills. The ad touts cures for jaundice biliousness malaria fever ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Gentle yet effective at 25c a box from C E Elliott drug store.
Andre Castaigne, the noted French artist, visited Edgar Allan Poe’s grave in Baltimore and gathered grass and weeds to take back as keepsakes for Poe’s friends in France.
A reader testimonial praises Chamberlain Cough Remedy for saving a child from whooping cough and possible pneumonia and croup, noting it helped avoid serious illness. The message is presented as a letter from H. Strickfaden, editor, Worlds Herald, Air Haven, Washington, for sale by GC Ia Elliott.
The Republican candidate for Portland Oregon mayor, George H. Williams, lived a long useful life. He helped frame Oregon's constitution forty four years ago and served as a judge in Iowa ten years earlier. He was a U S senator when Roosevelt was seven years old.
An old advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles and skin ailments. It urges readers to use the salve from R Meredith of Willow Grove Delaware and warns against counterfeit products.
A principal speaker at a Dolgelly steddfod cites 1871 Welsh speakers at 100 persons, dropping to 911,280 by ??, a loss of 95,811 despite population growth. The report highlights a significant language decline over time.
An old advertisement promises relief from headaches by taking one Krause's Headache capsule before bed. It claims the head will be cool and clear within a half hour and notes a price of 21 cents sold by John Giffords.
A German designer named Ganswendt built what was called the biggest balloon about twenty years ago. Its capacity reached 20 000 cubic yards and it weighed 21 tons. It could lift an estimated 31 tons into the air.
The ad notesWise is the girl whose self interest leads her to Rocky Mountain Tea promising vigor and honeyed affection. It also promotes Foley's Kidney Cuthearts and kidneys health, sold by C. H. Elliott and John Gifford.
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