Still Hanging Fire Over Township Crossing Bid Delay
The township delays a crossing project east of Otis awaiting Lake Shore I R consent to reduce the planned fourteen foot cut to twelve. Rail authorities show no sign of reply, while the railroad expects about $20,000 in outlays and possible damages due to delay. The piece urges re-advertising bids and notes railroads and other corporations pay a large share of township taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Road
Otis
Shunk
Lake Shore i. R
Physician Heals with Foley's Kidney Cure
Dr Geo Ewing of Smiths Grove Kentucky testifies to kidney and bladder relief after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He claims three bottles cured enlarged prostrate and bladder trouble and he prescribes it in his practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Ewing
Smith's Grove
Foley
E. T. Scott
Pearls Found in the Kankakee River
The Kankakee river yields pearls with small but high quality specimens found near the Baltimore and Ohio bridge. Dredge operations and pearl hunters have spread news. Walkerton jeweler W. E. Sanders reports buying about $10 of pearls recently. Individual stones range from $10 to $80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Baltimore & Ohio
Walkerton
Gale
W. E Sanders
Procter McCarthy Divorce Suits Filed in Superior Court
Attorney W. W. Pepple filed two divorce actions in the superior court naming four Michigan City residents. Belle Procter sues George A. Procter for cruelty. they wed July 19, 1904 and separated July 10 last. She seeks alimony 500 and custody of son Lawrence four months. In the McCarthy case G. R. McCarthy vs Charles McCarthy details not fully given. dissolution sought and restoration of maiden name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Pepple
Superior Court
Michigan City
Belle Procter
George A. Procter
G. R. McCarthy
Charles McCarthy
Lawrence
A Touching Story of Saving a Baby Girl
Geo A Byler of Cumberland Maryland writes of his baby daughter health miracle from Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. After two physicians gave up she improved with four bottles and is now in perfect health. Trial bottle free at I T Scotts drug store with 50c and 1 00 guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Byler
Cumberland
Dr. King
I. T. Scott’s
LaPorte Maccabees Lose Banner to Capital City Tent
The State banner held by G. H. Terpany tent No. 25 La Porte, K O T M, will pass August 11 to Capital City tent Indianapolis after four years of La Porte leadership. Many Laporte Maccabees plan to attend the ceremony as they bid to reclaim the banner, which Indianapolis has grown to dominate with a 700+ membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Terpany
Laporte
South Bend
Indianapolis
Capital City
Did It Ever Occur to You About Marrying for Need Not Love
A speaker warns that few young unmarried men in small towns can support a wife or family. He argues marriage should require provision for a family, not just affection, or the result will be divorce or poverty. He jests that wealth comes with age wisdom.
Local notes reflect visits, reforms, and odd facts
Mrs. Herman Warnke returns from Iowa while Miss Marjorie Mann visits Valparaiso. A barber shop is redecorated. several families travel to North Judson and Michigan City. a $100,000 suit over the Walter Leeds estate is filed. The Monon plans a Michigan City excursion August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Warnke
Iowa
Marjorie Mann
Valparaiso
Monon
Michigan City
Indianapolis
Greencastle
W. FE. Wickersham
Charles Esheart
Carl
North Judson
Amelia Leeds
Offlay W. Leeds
Walter Leeds
Japan's War Indemnity Bill Near One Billion
The article estimates Japan's war expenditures since February 1904 at 585 million dollars, excluding a 150 million loan on the market and empire revenues spent on military needs. It cites likely needs for relief, lost trade, and wear on gear, projecting a total near a billion before Togo's victory. It argues Japan could seek recompense from a world court as payment for losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Manchuria
Togo
Peculiar Disappearance Attributed To Dr King’s Pills
J. D. Runyan of Butlerville Ohio reports the peculiar disappearance of painful symptoms of indigestion and biliousness to Dr King’s New Life Pills. He calls them a perfect remedy for dizziness sour stomach headache constipation etc. Guaranteed at EH T Scott’s drug store priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Runyan
Butlerville
Dr. King
EH. T. Scott’s
M E Church Services With Morning And Evening Talks
The pastor will preach morning and evening on topics of broad interest. Morning subject What it Costs to Neglect Christian Work. Evening subject How Jesus Organized His Kingdom. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Epworth League 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
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Epworth League
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised for Ulcers and Sores
Wm Bedell of Flat Rock Michigan reports using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for ulcers sores and cancers and calls it the best healing dressing he has found. It soothes heals cuts burns and scalds. 250 at HE Scott’s drug store guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bedell
Flat Rock
Mich
Bucklen
HE. T. Scott
Plymouth People Buy Oklahoma Lots in Fool’s Paradise
In Plymouth several residents purchased town lots in Oklahoma that were to be developed. The drawing occurred last week and deeds issued to holders, but the plots reportedly sit on mountain tops lakes or rivers. Some buyers plan projects like toboggan slides or frog-hatcheries. Over a thousand dollars in land was sold to Plymouth buyers, per the Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Oklahoma
The
Independent
Indiana Pickle Crop Drives Farm Profits
Indiana harvest begins as growers produce 1.125 billion cucumbers for pickles yearly. The pickle trade adds about 1.025 million dollars to Indiana farmers and is praised for converting practical know how into real earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Tragedy at Hamlet Ends in Double Loss of Reed Couple
In Hamlet Indiana a 69 year old man David Reed killed his wife Mary JF Stockwell Reed and then drowned himself after a feud over separation. The double tragedy occurred at dawn with a deadly shooting followed by suicide as investigators gather facts for the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Ind
Hamlet
David Reed
Mrs. Reed
Reed
Mary JF. Stockwell
Lansing
Mich
Obituaries from Michigan City and surrounds
Mrs. Carl Vernett of Hammond dies at 23 at her parents home in Michigan City leaving husband and two year old son with siblings Peter Osos and others. Mrs. Marie Baedrt dies in Michigan City aged 75 after asthma illness leaving several children. Clara Levenhagen, 20, dies at La Porte after a week of illness, worker at Fox woolen mills, leaves four sisters and three brothers. Margaret Patt, 65, of Three Oaks Mich dies leaving two daughters and a son. Ann Eaton Jones, 58, longtime Valparaiso resident, passes away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Vernett
John Osos
Michigan City
Peter Osos
Pekowiak
Marguerite
Aloysius
Matthew
Hammond
Marie Baedrt
Fred Reffle
Deceaad
Reaffa
Fred Schlack
Midh City
Osto
Ida
Aurelia Baedrt
Germany
Clara Levenhagen
Laporte
Fox Woolen Mills
Elsie
Gusta
Patrick Bowes
Fred Lyman
Wiliam
Charles
John
Margaret Patt
Three Oaks Mich
Nicholas Bates
Iden Hettle
Pinhook
Electric Bitters Earns Public Confidence, Cure Claimed
A Columbus Ohio woman, Mary H Waltere, says Electric Bitters cured her after months of fever, pain, weak nerves, and stomach failure despite various doctors. She reports rapid relief and full recovery, with guaranteed sale at E T Scotts drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Waltere
St. Clair Ave
Columbus O
E. T. Scott’s
Laporte County Schools Report Details Salaries and Terms
County Superintendent Bunnell prepares a detailed Laporte county schools report for the state superintendent. The document will show exact salaries and term lengths to help compute the average teacher pay in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunnell
Laporte County
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana
For Sale Miss Mason Room Carpet Shuttle Eureka
For sale a hand shuttle Eureka carpet room named Miss Mason located at the corner of Ridge and Washington streets. 2t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Miss. Mason
Ridge and
Washington Streets
Quick Relief For Asthma Sufferers
Foley's Honey and Tar offers immediate relief for asthma sufferers in severe stages and can effect a cure if taken promptly. E T Scott druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
E.T. Scott
Flies Banned by Carpolic Acid and Camphor Remedy
The Goshen News fly editor says that twenty drops of carpolic acid evaporated from a hot shovel banishes flies faster than fly paper. A small piece of camphor gum held over a lamp will do the job equally well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen News
Laporte Women Form Pure Food Cooking Club
Fifty prominent Laporte society women organize the Laporte Pure Food Cooking Club to provide cooking lessons and detect adulteration in food supplies. A later goal is a training school for house servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Pure Food Cooking Club
State Law Bars Sale by Lot and Chance
The legislature enacted a law prohibiting merchants and non merchants from raffling or distributing goods by lot for payment. The practice has spread in many cities and stirs gambling tendencies, so the state imposes severe penalties on violators.
Ready For Business Undertaking Opens In Valparaiso
E B Hughes of Valparaiso establishes an undertaking office in the I P Herrold building opposite Cattron block. A stock of caskets is on display. Hughes, a graduate embalmer with proper certificates, names Mrs J M Hill as local agent. The move signals a lasting establishment in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E B. Hughes
Valparaiso
I. P. Herrold
Cattron Block
Hughes
J. M. Hill
No Institute Pay Sparks Teacher Pay Dispute
The state superintendent of public instruction rules teachers receive no pay for attending county institutes this year. A 2 percent increase on examination for attendance is allowed, seen as sufficient compensation to educators for their attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
County Institute
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Smoke Waltons Straights, Gems and Duchess
B. H. Stewart
R. E. Hubbard
Myrtle
Goldie
Will Trost
D. E. Kelly
Indiana Bar Association
Haskell & Barbar Car Works
New York Central Road
Fassett A. Cotton
Marshal Warnke
Weiler
William
Geo. Weiler
Ed. Greiger
Joseph Lawton
Portage Township
Porter County
John IL. Conboy
Wanatah
Wanstah
Galesburg
United States
Solomon Foreman
C. Day
Bourbon
Sam Jones
Elgin Chatauqua
M.E. Church Services
Ann Eaton Jones
Publicis
Rame Law
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