Meeker the Teacher of Meek Courage and War Record
The account recalls Moses H. Meeker, a stern school teacher who beat students with a ruler and forced recess. He later served in the Union army, inspired a Confederate deserter to amputate fingers to avoid draft, and became a long‑tenured preacher with few choir conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie
Board of Education
Moses H. Meeker
George Slocum
Missouri
Amsterdam
Silver Street
Robert J. Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Wealthy suitor asks for daughter amid Dakota bonds
A Chicago capitalist questions a young man and Ethel's future as the suitor boasts of a Dakota start. The man cites bond issues totaling $250,600 for internal improvements, claiming to oversee contracts as county treasurer and urging “integrity is the keynote to success.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ethel
Dakota
William
Wall Street Daily News
Umbrella Dispute Averts Street Scene In Rain
A large man accuses others of taking his umbrella in a doorway on a busy street. Pedestrians apologize and a handful offer their umbrellas while the man selects a silk one, then the crowd resumes their path as the incident ends.
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Chicago Tribune
N. C. Dodge
Detroit Free Press
Cat weighs rat at two pounds in Vermont mill
In Scranton Vermont, A Lapell discovers his familiar mill cat placed a two pound rat on the scales. He cannot confirm if the cat himself weighed the rat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lapell
Lapell
Scranton
An Appropriate Diet and Curbing Imitations
A dialogue references sponge cake and saving it for later as more appropriate for visiting relatives. The piece warns against imitations of Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic and promotes the genuine remedy sold by S A White with claims to cure dyspepsia costiveness bad breath piles pimples ague malaria and other ailments.
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United States
Scientifia American
Canada
Eongland
France
Germany
Aman &Co
Amigrican
Avery
Maria
Mr. Jinks
Jinks
Toa cure Rheumatic Pain with Volcanic Oil Liniment
Instruction claims a poultice method using Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment with thick flannel bound around the limb and heated by a hot iron or flame. Advertises sale at 8. A. White city drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McLean
8. A. White
City Drug Store
Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy Promises Cure and Fresh Breath
Catarrh cured with Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy and nasal injector offered. Price 50 cents. Sold by J. W. Hughes in Sullivan and T. S. Bedwell in Dugger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
J. W. Hughes, Sullivan
Bedwell
Dugger
On Its Way and a Few Local Quips in Harlem
A pair of humorous lines appear from a street scene in Harlem describing a tramp dining on peas with a spoon and a landlord quipping about rent and ocean control. The snippets reflect light satire on daily urban life and housing struggles.
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Harlem
Atlantic Ocean
Woman Registers On Last Day In Political Change
On the final day of registration a woman with a bone handled umbrella entered the Fourth precinct of the Second ward and asked if women could register. The clerk confirmed yes, and she admitted she expected trouble, noting she might have to fight to vote but left the scene surprised by the ease.
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Cleveland
Sycamore
Papa
Buffalo Express
Detroit Free Press
Curiaco
Lake
First Cavalry Regiment
Knights of Labor
Sylvester Gaunt
Beef Butchers Assembly
T. B. Barry
Barry
Fowler
Kent
Packer
Fulmer
HE. B. Harper
Swift's
Gaunt
Butcher
Harper
Dolan
Hately
Botsford
Board of Trade
General Board
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
Cragin & Co, Libby, McNeil & Libby
Shoeneman & Co
Pfaelzer & Co
O’malia Company
White Wine of Tar Syrup Ad In Carroll County Mo
Reverend J D Craig of Miami Station Carroll County endorses White Wine of Tar Syrup for colds and sore throats noting quicker relief and clearer voice. Crowder Reed sells throat ailment remedy with Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure advertised as safe for coughs colds and lung diseases sold by S A White for fifty cents and one dollar.
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Victor F. Lawson
The
Daily News
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Ill
Chicago Weekly News
America
J D. Craig
Miami Station
Carroll Co
Crowder & Reed
Sleepless Nights Worried by Cough Prompt Cure Ad
A brief notice for Shilohs Cure promoted as the remedy for sleepless nights caused by a terrible cough. Available for sale by J. W. Hughes and T. S. Bedwell in Dugger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
J. W. Hughes
T. S. Bedwell
Dugger
Farm Price List Snapshot from Local Market
Local market quotes show hay 3.00 to 5.50 per ton delivered and wheat 0.65 to 0.70 per bushel. Flour at 4.25 per barrel. Beef cattle fat 2.45 to 3.14 per lb, stock cattle 2 to 3 cents. Hogs 4 cents, sheep 3 cents, corn 0.25 per bushel. Butter 10 cents, eggs 16 cents per dozen, hens 5 to 6 cents per lb, roosters 2 cents, spring chickens 51 cents, turkeys 5 to 6 cents per lb. Feathers 20 to 35 cents per lb, ducks 5 cents, geese 3 to 4 dollars per dozen, dried apples 24 cents per lb.
Prohibition Vote Figures Lag Behind Claims in Ohio
Abstracts from seventy counties show a Prohibition total of 6,086 votes in Ohio, averaging 301 per county. If eighteen counties hold firm, the Prohibition tally would reach about 26,500, down 2,000 from last year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Secretary of State
Woman Burned to Death While Herding Cattle
Miss Maggie Feeley aged 23 was burned to death in Essex township Kankakee Illinois after her clothing ignited from a fire she had built to warm herself while herding cattle in a pasture.
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Kankakee
Ills
Maggie Feeley
Essex Township
Ohio and Mississippi Railway Spring Resorts Listed
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway line highlights several Springer Resorts celebrated for scenic beauty and curative waters. Among them Sailor Springs Illinois near Clay City, Louis on the Springfield division, Indian Springs Indiana near Shoals, and French Lick and West Baden Springs Indiana near Mitchell offer waters claimed to cure skin and kidney diseases dyspepsia scrofula rheumatism and other ailments plus brain and nerve tonic effects. Round trip tickets to these Springs are offered at low rates via principal offices. contact an O M agent for details.
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Ohio & Mississippi
Sailor Springs
Ills
Clay City
Louis
Springfield
Indian Springs
Ind
Shoals
French Lick
West Baden Springs
Mitchell
Ohio & Mississippi Railway
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Business Directory
U. Hultz W. Fanny -At-Law
Sullivan, T
Indiana
TOK. Sherman & Son
P. H. Blue
Sullivan
Westside
Steverchaney
Joshua Beasley
C. Chaney
Sol Goodiman
L.stewart’s Sons’ Insurance Agency
R. V. Railsback
Maple & Railsback
Attorneys-At-Law
Upstaire
Northside
Tt. Beasley
A.B. Williams
Beasley & Williams
L'Uriac Sullivan
Northwest Corner Public Square
Jai Hays
H. J. Hays
Hays & Hays
Farmers’ State Bank
Public Square
H. Kalley
A. A. Holmes Kalley
J W. Shelton
Shelton & Bays, Lawyers
J.S. Bays
Sulivan County Bank
Geo. W. Buff
Judicial Circuit
Jas. Lir Berry
Young Building
Sr. Coulson
T. K. Sherman & Son
CP Riggs
J. L. Berry
T J. Humphreys
Justice OF the Peace
McCammon, Wolfe & Co's
Commercial Row
Stewart’s Sons
Moncey
Ww. H. Bucher, D. D.S
B. Allen
AS. A. Catlin Watchmaker and Jeweler
Southwest Corner Public Square
Evansville
Terre Haute
A.B
Os Low
Lle
Swansville
Ft. Branch
Princeton
Vincennes
Carlisle
Paxton
Ey Sullivan
Shelburn
Farmersh
F. Branch
Farmersb
Mt. VerNon Brranca
Wong
Mt. Vernon
Wadesville
Poseyville
Cynthiana
Owensville
Somerville
Oakland City
Petersburg
Washington
Fort Branch
D. J. Mackey
Jos. Hilert
P.mceneney
Tors
Om No
Southside
Sullivan, Ind
Burton Bros
West Post Office
Indiana & Llivds Souteery 2
Effingham
Soversman Dieterich
Wheeler
Newton
hJund
Willow Hill
McLanes . Robinson
Gordons
Senta
P.m
Palestine
Riverdale
Merom
New Lebanon
T Janet
Flora
Lyonton
Pf Yum
Dwits ‘Citys
P.H. Blue
W. B. Hallsted
UC & Minsissippi Railway
Union
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Sun Daily
Dam
Olney
Seymour
N. Vernon
Cincein’ati
Lou’vilie
Wam
Joel
N.vernon
Lopmil
Odin
Sandoval
Pittsburg
Baltimore
New York
Lews
Cairo
New Orleans
Eree
PROMS
Lee
Baltimore, 3D
Charles A. Yoweler CO
Boston Transcript
T. 8
Bedweil
the Centtunyy
Maraszine
OF Lincoln
John G. Nicolay
Col
John Hay
Lincoln
Robert T. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Hunt
Longstreet
I. M. Law
Chickamauga
LD. A. Hills Sherman
Howard
Slocum
Q. A. Gillmore
Ff. Smith
John Gibbon
Horace Porter
John 8. Mosby
Grigg
IAE
Denison
Worcester’s Dictionary
UB. Lippincott Company, Publishers
Market Street
Philadelphia
Frank R. Stockton
George W. Cable
Mary Hallock Foote
Uncle Remus
Julian Hawthorne
Edward Eggleston
Russia
Siberia
George Kennan
Siberian
Eggleston
American Coloeries
J. M. Buckley
D. D
Christian Advocate
Chicago Daily News
West
Associated Press
TUE Century CO
New-York
NEW York Observer
the Ideal Magazine
Sr. Nicholas
London Times
U.S
Little Rock
ST. Nicholas
Louisa M. Alcott
Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Badeau
Grant
Juan
Juanita
Frances Courtenay Bay
Jenny
James Otis
Theodore R. Davis
Naval Academy
George Eliot
Julia Magruder
Victor Hugo
Brander Matthews
J. S. Brooks
Nora Perry
Harriet Prescott Spotford
Jon Miller
H. H. Boyesen
Washington Gladden
Alice Wellington Rollins
Trowbridge
Frederick Sthwatka
Noah Brooks
Grace Denio Litchfield
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
M. BR. Ehath More Mapes Dodge
Sr. Nicrotag
Century CO
Burdette
Bennie Gibbs
Gibbon
Mr. Grayson
San Francisco Chronicle
Harper’s Weekly
Vermont
East Side
Mr. Featherly
Bobby
New York Sun
Charley
Hubbard
Jonas D
Massachusetts
Mr. D
Detroit
Wie
Gramp
Ant Luke
Pop
Wilkes County
Ark
Whetstone
Dauber
Tlexas Siftings
Marmets
Packers
Powderly
Indianapolis
McCabe
Court of General Sessions
Fred Briggs
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