Indiana Leads Laporte County Schools at St Louis Exposition
Laporte County schools earned high honors at the St Louis exposition with a grand prize for the Indiana display. County Superintendent Bunnell displayed village and county school work in an oak cabinet at the courthouse for public viewing. Art work from Laporte schools also received top honors and portions of the written work will join a permanent exhibit in the Indianapolis capitol.
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Bunnell
Court House
Knox
Porter
Laporte
Dis couraged Prophet and The Captive Child sermon
The Methodist church outlines Sunday services with sermons on The Discouraged Prophet and The Captive Child. Sunday School and Epworth League follow, plus midweek prayer and Junior League sessions, inviting all to attend the three services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
The Only Way Clau d Watts Resigns Gatekeeper Post
Claud Watts resigns as night gatekeeper to avoid bringing his father John Watts to the penitentiary in Michigan City. The next night John Watts, former Marion city clerk, enters the gates a convict under sentence of two to fourteen years for embezzlement. The son hoped to avoid reunion as he left the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Claud Watts
John Watts
Marion
Aod
Indiana and Michigan City to receive public building funds
Indiana is allotted nine appropriations totaling 286000 for the Omaihua building bill with potential additions. Michigan City is slated for 875000 for a building and 312000 for a site, as Speaker Cannon backs the 15000000 public building bill with likely congressional approval for Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Indiana
Michigan City
Speaker Cannon
Congress
De King’s New Discovery Cures Coughs Colds and Consumption
A reader from Oaklandon Indiana cites a personal recovery from consumption after using De King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The ad touts germ-killing claims and offers a trial bottle free with guaranteed prices of 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Huntley
Oaklandon
Ind
de. King
E. T. Scott
Local Circuit Court Actions and Domestic Dispute Updates
Sutherland and Smith sue Pianett Manufacturing for $1000 on behalf of Otto Keeplan alleging a 1904 work injury left his hand permanently impaired. Stella Lulla faces shoplifting charges as a county jail release proceeds. Russell vs British American Insurance dismissed by compromise. John H. Marr sues Lake Shore over a fatal La Porte horse incident. John Gill pleads guilty to larceny and receives penitentiary terms. Cora Will seeks divorce and alimony from Rudolph Will with a restraining order shielding saloon sale. W. W. Pepale secures a Lake county restraining order pending further action.
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Sutherland & Smith
Pianett Manufacturing Company
Otto Keeplan
Keeplan
Stella Lulla
Russell Ve
British American Insurance Company
Hickey & Wolfe
Russell
John H. Marr
Laporte
Lake Shore
Fred Waack
Marr
Lake Shore Company
Cora . Will
Rudolph C. Will
Will
W. W. Pepale
Tuthill
Lake County
Electric Bitters Claims Cure for Malaria and Fever
Electric Bitters is touted as a pure tonic medicine especially beneficial for malaria. It is said to cure the disease without quinine's after effects. A customer from Henrietta Texas testifies it saved a brother's life and the product is sold at BE. T. Scott's drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.S. Munday
Henrietta
Tex
BE. T. Scott’s Drug Store
New Supervisors Elected For Road Districts In New Durham
Four road supervisor districts held Saturday elections under a new law. District 1 saw Andrew Bard win with 28 votes over Matthew Austin and Robert Brooks. District 2 chose David Rapp with 52 votes. others trailed. District 3 favored Wm Warnock who won 17 of 18 votes. District 4 ended with Herbert Cathcart 38 to Bert Topper 15 of 53 ballots. All races reported quiet and the winners deemed competent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Durham Township
Andrew Bard
Robert Brooks
Matthew Austin
Bard
Austin
Brooks
David Rapp
David Cassler
Wm. Krueger
John Shifkoski
John Morman
Rapp
Cassler
Krueger
Shifkoski
Morman
Bert Topper
Cathcart
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments
Mercury in catarrh remedies damages smell and system. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Buy genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure made in Toledo Ohio and sold by the Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Th. Hall
Teachers Salary Bill in Indiana Legislature
A bill to regulate public school teacher salaries will be introduced by the State Association of Teachers. Minimums start at 50 dollars a month for first year and rise with years of service and license length, with penalties up to 100 dollars for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Association of Teachers
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
How Long to Sleep In Different Ages
The piece states that by age fifteen most need ten hours sleep and by age twenty nine hours, then varies by individual with a minimum six to eight hours. Eight hours helps prevent nervous derangements in women and ample sleep supports brain growth in children, especially if excitable or precocious.
Stop It A Neglected Cold May Lead To Bronchial Trouble
A neglected cough or cold may lead to bronchial or lung trouble. Foley's Honey and Tar offers relief and protection from serious effects of a cold.
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Foley
Pneumonia and La Grippe Cures Advertised
Coughs cured quickly by Foley's Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes. Fence pests for 60 days at $11 per 100. Thomas Keel, 1 mile southwest of Weetville. 2h. re
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Foley
Thomas Keel
Weetville
Union Revival Services in Westville Churches
The Methodist and Christian churches of Westville plan a two week union revival beginning Monday January 23 at 7 15 p m at the Christian church. Each service will be joint with pastors and congregations from both churches aiming to lead attendees to accept Christ and seek the Kingdom of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist and Christian Churches of
Westville
Christian Church
Christ
God
Mothers warned over opiate cough syrups risk
The notice warns that many children are being poisoned and dramatizes the dangers of cough syrups containing opiates. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe alternative free of opiates or poisons for coughs, croup, and lung trouble.
Pioneer Editor Gen Reud Williams Dies at 72
Gen Reud Williams editor of the Warsaw Indianan and Daily Times is dead after freezing injuries from a night storm. He returned from Indianapolis and wandered from the depot in a snowbound daze. Williams served as a Civil War general and mentored the paper with lifelong Republican loyalty. He leaves a son who has managed the office in recent years.
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Reud Williams
Warsaw Indianan
Daily Times
Winona Park
Indianapolis
Republican Party
Williams
Reeviol Art Calendar For 1905 Delights For Mothers
The Reeviol Art Calendar for 1905 features six sheets of heavy enamelled paper with color designs of babies and children on one side and child life drawings on the reverse. It includes spaces to note a baby's sayings and doings and is marketed by the Resinol Chemical Company of Baltimore Maryland. Requests can be sent postpaid by two wrappers from Resinol soap or one wrapper plus 15 cents, or for 40 cents a calendar with Raisinol Soap.
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Reeviol
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
Rentnol Soap
Minister as Editor and the Threatening Subscriber
An editor leaves his paper with a minister. A subscriber writes a fierce note threatening violence for overdue letters. The minister jokes that he would seek help from his church to "operate on" the editor if the subscriber arrives to maul him.
Crumpacker Aims to Create Two Indiana Federal Districts
Congressman Crumpacker plans to introduce a bill to divide Indiana into two federal districts north of Indianapolis. He argues the change would bring speedy trials closer to poor litigants and requires new judges, prosecutors, and marshals with courts in Muncie Fort Wayne South Bend LaPorte Hammond Evansville New Albany Terre Haute and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Crumpacker
Indiana
Indianapolis
Crumpacker
Crumpscher
Anderson
Michigan City
Thale
Florida
West Virginia
Muncie
Ft. Wayne
South Bend
LaPorte
Hammond
Lafayette
Elss
Evansville
New Albany
Terre Haute
Wanted Men and Women for Advertising Firm
Wanted men and women in this county and adjoining territories to represent and advertise an old established house of solid financial standing. Salary to men 21 weekly, to women 12 to 18 weekly with expenses advanced each Monday by check from head quarters. Horse and buggy furnished when needed. Permanent position. Address Blow Bros. Co. Dept. 5 Monon Bldg Chicago Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blow Bros. & Co
Dept
Monon Bidg
Chicago
Til
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Colds and Prevents Pneumonia
An old advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures colds and prevents pneumonia, asserting medicinal benefits for respiratory relief. It promotes the product as a remedy with preventive claims linked to lung health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Mrs. F. R. Liddell Dies of Consumption at Twenty Nine
Mrs. F R Liddell wife of Attorney Liddell of Laporte died Thursday morning of consumption She was twenty nine a native of Laporte Her maiden name was Nellie Riley She is survived by her husband one daughter her mother two sisters and four brothers
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F. R. Liddell
Attorney Liddell
Laporte
Nellie Riley
Pioneer settler Daniel Lindahl dies in Jackson Township
Daniel Lindahl a Porter county pioneer died at his Jackson township home Monday night. Born in Sweden he came to the United States in 1856. He was 60 years old and survived by his wife and two children.
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Daniel Lindahl
Porter County
Jackson Cownship
Sweden
Michigan City man dies in St Louis from 2060 volt shock
George Beltz of Michigan City was killed in St Louis Missouri when he touched a telephone instrument with crossed wires delivering 2060 volts. Death was instantaneous.
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George Beltz
Michigan City
St. Louis
Obituary notices for Thomas O Riley and Dorothy Norris
Thomas O Riley aged 72 died at Holy Family Hospital Laporte on January 9 as a resident of Stillwell he leaves four sons and two daughters. Dorothy Norris aged 8 died Saturday at the county infirmary of general debility.
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Thomas O'Riley
Holy Family Hospital
Laporte
Stillwell
Dorothy Norris
County Infirmary
LaPorte Plant Barns Destroyed by Fire
The Laporte plant of H. J. Heitz company Pittsburg Pa located on the eastern edge of the city was totally destroyed by fire Monday morning. Loss cited at 75000 with 38000 insured. Origin unknown. A night watchman on duty all night and fire was discovered at 21 7 15. Books and office furniture saved. Company undecided on rebuilding though about 75 men employed.
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Laporte
H. J. Heitz Company
Pittsburg
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Rebuilds Skin Health
Harriet Howard of New York says she suffered from salt rheum and eczema for years until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed her skin. The advertisement promotes it as a quick cure for cuts burns and sores and notes availability at E. T. Scott’s drug store.
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Harriet Howard
Fatal Train Crash Claims Man Near Wanatah
Frank Strand of Washington township Porter county was struck and killed by a Pennsylvania train near Wanatah Friday morning. The 30 year old dredge worker, unmarried, was en route to Wanatah to trade when the accident occurred.
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Frank Strand
Washington Township
Porter County
Pennsylvania
Wanatah
Strand
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Owen Wilson
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Cruumpacker
Knights of Pythias
K. of P’s
Rathbone Sisters
K of P. Hall
Jon. N. Kelly
M. W. Lewis
A. Roy micKellips
Electa Daggy
H. B. Herrold
K. of P’s and
Rathbone
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