Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advert
A 19th century style ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. It cites backache and nervous symptoms and includes testimonial quotes from Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania praising relief after use. It notes the product has thirty years of use and claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other female issues.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Mrs. Pinkham
Power of Deceiving and a Beaming Irish Smile
A Brooklyn woman and her model servant Nora clash over deceit. Nora answers with a cajoling Irish line asking what the power of deserving was given for, ending the tale with a gentle moral about truthfulness.
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Brooklyn
Nora
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Cuthura Cures Longstanding Eczema Suffering
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a 55 year battle with severe eczema. After trying many remedies he used Cutiura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills for eight months and reports a complete cure. His friend Nelson R Burnett of Tipton Iowa confirms the testimony.
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Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Cods Cause Headache Referenced in Historical Note
From October to May the text notes Cods as the most frequent headache cause. Laxative Bromo Quinine claimed to remove the cause. E W Grove on bow twenty five quotes a German saying about words and misinterpretation.
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E.W. Grove
Tuberculosis in Cattle Warns of Milk Risk
The state veterinarian urges use of the tuberculin test to detect bovine tuberculosis. Temperature rise after tuberculin indicates disease. no rise means freedom. Testing should occur in spring, before cattle graze pasture. Infected animals must be reported and may be slaughtered under inspection or kept for breeding under conditions.
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Lafayette
Complains of Soup Lands Man in Jail in Kokomo
William Mudd filed a complaint after a five-cent bowl of soup led to his imprisonment in Kokomo. The case centers on alleged improprieties surrounding the sale and accompanying legal actions.
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Kokomo
William Mudd
Cheaper Light and Power in Crawfordsville Move
Crawfordsville begins a push for cheaper city electric light and power. The municipal plant, 17 years old, lacks capacity and has high rates. The Commercial club backs hiring an electrical firm to assess needs and costs and prepare contract specs. The plant’s appraised value was $57,000 after a $46,000 offer, which the council refused. strong local sentiment favors keeping municipal ownership.
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Crawfordsville
Commercial Club
Circuit Court
Five Councilmen Override Mayor MeeKee Veto in Logansport
In Logansport the five council members backing impeachment charges against Mayor George P. MeeKee passed two ordinances over his veto by a 5 to 2 vote when the meeting reconvened Monday night. The action marks the first clear success for the opposition in their bid to challenge the mayor.
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Logansport
George P. Mee- Kee
Good Samaritan Hospital Opens in Vincennes
The Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes opens for the sick with Miss Jedith Wills as superintendent and Miss Willis as a veteran nurse. A two story buff brick building on a central city block cost Knox county more than 50 thousand dollars to construct with a 10 thousand dollar land purchase. The Clarke Gibault Hospital association aided by public support furnished the hospital and memorial wards cost 200 dollars each.
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Vincennes
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jedith Wills
Willis
Knox County
Clarke Gibault Hospital Association
Man Jailed After Refusing Soup Charge Payment
A man jailed in police court after avoid paying an $11 cost for soup. He claimed the allegedly tainted soup tasted like dishwater and favored by a dishrag. Having paid for the soup in advance, he then ordered a sandwich and refused to pay.
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Owm
Newspaper Man A. M. Gibson Dies in Wabash
A. M. Gibson, a renowned Indiana newspaper man, collapsed and died en route to the Plain Dealer office where he served 29 years from printer to city editor and business manager. He held the offices of coroner and later county recorder, succeeded by George F. Ogden. Gibson was a Civil War veteran in an Ohio regiment.
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Wabash
M. Gibson
Indiana
Plain Dealer
Wabash County
George F. Ogden
Myr
Gibson
Ohio
Noblesville Man Seeks Receiver for Dismal Oil Company
A petition filed in the circuit court by A. T. Hinshaw seeks the appointment of a receiver for the Dismal Oil company. Hinshaw alleges insolvency and requests disposal of the property to satisfy his several hundred dollar claim. The company consists of local residents who have prospected for oil in the Hortonville field for months.
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Noblesville
A. T. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Hortonville
Teacher Wed Plans Alter Lewis Creek School Day
Miss Ruth B. Jones and Han over native Lowry C. Southerland filled marriage blanks in Shelbyville. Principal Melvin Jackson learned the bride would leave teaching and become a wife. Trustee Jesse Wertz arranged to have Miss Ida Roan finish the term.
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Shelbyville
Lewis Creek
Young Men's Institute Council Formed in St Andrew’s
John T. Lysaght and C. A. A. Slinger of Indianapolis have organized a Y M I council at St Andrew’s Catholic Church in Richmond. Local members will travel to Indianapolis for the degree on March 25, marking the order’s twenty fifth anniversary there. a class of about 359 to 400 is expected.
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Richmond
John T. Lysaght
C. A A. Slinger
Young Men’s Institute
Indianapolis
Y. M. I. Council
St. An Andrew’s
Tndianapolis
Impeachment Trial Session Adjourned After Ordinance Action
The passage details council and court actions surrounding a mayor’s impeachment. A change of venue was pursued by Council Wetherington’s lawyers with Judge Vinton of Lafayette set to preside. The meeting split into an adjourned session and a planned impeachment session that was not convened.
Student Hurt in Bob Sled Accident Near Alexandria
A bob sled overturn injures four high school students on the way to Miss Elsie Maxwell's home east of the city. Miss Maxwell dislocated shoulder and wrist, Lewis Prost suffers three rib fractures. All occupants were thrown into a roadside ditch.
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Alexandria
Elsie Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Lewis Prost
Pioneer widow Elizabeth Vorhees dies at Pa texe home
Princeton report states 75 year old Elizabeth Vorhees widow of Holmes Vorhees died at her Pa texe home from apoplexy. She was considered a county pioneer and widow of a once wealthiest man in the area.
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Princeton
Elizabeth Vorhees
Patexe
Holmes Vorhees
Mrs Richards Phillips Dies of Pneumonia in Flood Attic
In Cane Ridge flood area the 40 year old Mrs Richards Phillips died after contracting pneumonia while helping her distressed family in the attic. Weather forced the family to take refuge there for days before her death. The body was wrapped in tarpaulin and moved by skiff to Purcells on the Evansville and Terre Haute railway, then transported to Petersburg.
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Decker
Richards Phillips
Cane Ridge
Phillips
Purcells
Evansville
Terre Haute
Petersburg
Confesses to Chicken Theft in Shelbyville
Shelbyville youth 17 year old Andrew Driscoll of Fairland is jailed on chicken theft charges after admitting to the prosecuting attorney a pattern of multiple thefts tied to a larger group. Authorities believe a gang of 12 youths is operating in town and plan arrests.
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Shelbyville
Andrew Driscoll
Fairland
Driscoll
Police Judge Wills Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
Cloverport Kentucky police judge J H Wills offers to answer inquiries from backache kidney and bladder sufferers about Dean's Kidney Pills He testifies it is the best remedy he has known and will gladly respond to questions Sold by all dealers 50 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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J. H. Wills
Cloverport
Wills
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
HER CHOICE OF DEMISE
Mary grieves for a lost neighbor and recalls a boy’s death by trolley. In her sorrow she expresses a wish to die of a disease rather than a damage, a child’s blunt hope amid a town’s mourning over the accident.
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Mary
Salter Seeds Promote Dakota Grown Macaroni Wheat
Salter Seed Co from La Crosse Wisconsin markets Dakota grown Macaroni or Kubanka wheat as pure and drought resistant. The notice claims high yields of 40 to 80 bushels per acre in good regions and 40 to 60 in arid lands with no rust or insects. Send 10 cents for a seed book and free samples including various grasses and oats.
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Salter
Department of Agriculture
Dakota
Mich
Wis
Ohio
Penn
Neb
Kan
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Victoria
William Oats
Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
C.J. Broughton
Quincy
Chicago
W. H. Rogers
Usor
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
T. C. Currie
Callahan Block
Milwaukee
Old-Time Quarrel Over Quit Smoking Refusal
A speaker recalls quitting smoking after being asked to, only to be refused upon returning after washing his face for a week. The anecdote centers on personal frustration and the social sting of rejection.
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Eddie
John Muir Sees Wealth Value Quietly in Nature
In a chat with E. H. Harriman, John Muir, noted author and ranchman, claimed he was richer than Harriman. Harriman doubted wealth’s goodness, and Muir replied he’d rather sleep beside a Sierra spring than own the Waldorf Astoria, even if it meant living there.
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John Muir
E. H. Harriman
Mr. Harriman
Sierras
Waldorf-Astoria
Maiden Aunt Probes Suitor’s Background Before Marriage
A dialogue in Success Magazine shows Aunt Keturah questioning Imo about Mr Newnan's family and habits. The niece counters that women who know nothing of a man should not marry him. The exchange highlights caution in engagement choices and curiosity about a suitor's history.
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Mr. Newnan
Imogene
Grape-Nuts Aids Brain Power And Nursing Mothers
A Judy writer and mother testifies that Grape-Nuts improved morning appetite and milk supply, boosted energy for writing, and helped her four children stay healthy. She notes better health within weeks, with clearer thinking and sustained brain work, crediting the cereal and Postum Co. for the claim of a reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Immigration from the South Attracts Westward Settlement
St Paul reports an expected surge of settlers moving from the United States to the Canadian Northwest in 1908. Railrates matching southwestern terms tempt homeseekers, with good winter wheat prospects and favorable weather cited from Cardston and Magrath. Notable yields include Magrath farmers reporting 45 bushels per acre of wheat and 35 oats per acre, plus high hay and potato returns.
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St. Paul
Minn
Canadian Northwest
United States
Canada
Alberta
Cardston
H. Howe
Magrath
Asia
J. F. Haycock
J. F. Bradshaw
Reformed Press Predicted by Prof Elkin for Millennium
Prof W B Elkin of the University of Missouri argues in the American Journal of Sociology that America will become a heaven on earth within 100 years. He envisions a reformed press printed and edited by colleges as a key feature of the millennium.
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W. B. Elkin
University of Missouri
America
American Journal of Sociology
Reduced Colonist Rates On The North Western Line
One way tickets at special low rates on sale daily in March and April from all points on The North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound. Daily tours in tourist sleeping cars via the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line. Double berth only 7.00 through from Chicago. For full particulars write S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago Ill or address nearest ticket agent. Action of Animal Charcoal explains color removal in colored liquids due to nitrogen content in charcoal.
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North Western
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Puget Sound
Chicago
Union Pacific
S. A. Hutchison
Clark St
Ill
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
An 1880s ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from Rinnan & Maggin, Toledo wholesalers claim F J Cheney is honest and capable. The ad notes internal action, price, and availability from druggists.
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Hall
Neither Vielmann and Livery Share, Yet Pub Advice Conflicts
A satirical note warns liquor ages well but people do not. It claims “Brown's Bronchial Tradies” aid singers teachers and clergymen to clear the voice. It mocks social dating, suggesting wealth eases finding a leap year match.
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Brown
Sales soar as 9.2 million cigars sold in 1907
Over nine million single binder cigars were sold in 1907 with sales higher than 9,200,000 in 1906. The item notes demand and mentions dental education as a side comment.
Simple Pleasant Laxative Syrup of Figs and Senna
The Well-Informed world demands a safe pleasant laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, a known valuable remedy. Physicians endorse it for family use. buy only the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. priced at fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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