Soldier Dead Memorial at Westville Amid Showers
Westville held its annual flower offering to fallen soldiers despite heavy rain. Martin Post 216 G.A.R. led a 9:30 cemetery march with the Door Village drum corps, then gathered at the M.E. church for a patriotic program led by Elder D. M. Wood of Valparaiso. A brass chorus sang as the address honored Civil War veterans and Lincoln’s Union aims, followed by a poem of endurance and tribute to aging veterans who bore the blue.
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Westville
Martin Post
G.A. Ri
Door Village
M.E. Church
D. M. Wood
Valparaiso
Gettysburg
Lincoln
Jamor
Army
Sheathad
Eilent
Hiasiother
Norf
Thorne
The Spender’s Grip On American Life
The article argues that the false gold standard of spending beyond means harms families and society. It cites absconding clerks and Chicago youth as examples, noting pressure to imitate wealth in hotels, restaurants, and homes. It warns the cycle fuels discord, erodes savings, and risks social upheaval. Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago
America
Chicago Tribune
England's tariff plan stirs debate in Parliament
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain proposes a sweeping tariff shift to tax food and curb German and American trusts. The plan favors imperial reciprocity and colonies for imports, risking higher living costs but buoyed by Chamberlain's popularity. Parliament's fate remains uncertain as Liberals Irish and many Tories may oppose. Death of Mrs. Finnette M. Pinney noted with details of family ties and funeral in Valparaiso.
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Chamberlain
England
United States
Germany
Peel
Dr King's New Discovery Proves Cures Coughs
Testimony from Beaterville Virginia claims Dr King's New Discovery cured three year bronchitis after other doctors failed. Claims show relief for lung and throat troubles including consumption pneumonia and grip. Available as trial bottles free and regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. King
T. J. Maid
Beaterville
E. T. Scott
County Sets June 13 Bid Date for Five Bridge Projects
County commissioners fix June 13 as bid date for furnishing material and labor to build new bridges at Davis Bremner Huncheon LaCrosse and Runymede. Plans include iron bridges and one pile bridge. Huscheoo bridge over Mahler ditch will be 90 feet long.
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Davis
Bremner
Huncheon
LaCrosse
Runymede
Huscheoo
Mahler Ditch
E. S. Smith Offers Yellow Soy Beans For Sale
Yellow soy beans advertised by E. S. Smith as a soil renovator. Readily available to improve soil quality and structure for farming.
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E. S. Smith
Chamberlain's remedies advertised for colic and bowel issues
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted summer aid for children with diarrhea and notes it saves many children's lives. It also promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a fast healing antiseptic liniment for cuts bruises and burns sold by E. T. Scott.
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E. T. Scott
Chamberlain
Ossified Man Eli Green of North Judson
North Judson resident Eli Green, known as the ossified man, was struck by a widespread body hardening after a rain workout in Streator, Illinois. Doctors worldwide have studied him, with painless punctures and visitors from clinics and museums. he supports a wife and six children by selling candy and newspapers at a small stand.
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North Judson
Eli Green
United States
Streator
Ill
Green
Resolutions of Sympathy for Mrs. W. E. Pinney
Board of Directors of the State Bank of Valparaiso adopted resolutions mourning the death of Mrs. W E Pinney wife of a fellow member and bank president. The resolutions praise her integrity and service and extend sympathy to her husband daughter relatives and friends. Copies to be sent to the family and published in city and county papers. Directors John Wark Stephen P Corboy Paul Nupnau Leslie R Skinner.
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W. E. Pinney
Finnette M. Pinney
Brooklyn, N. Y
Valparaiso
Finnette M. Morrison
Chas. Cole
Jacob Herrold
LaPorte
State Bank of
State Bank
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted by Local Drug Store
A local advertisement urges readers to use Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns wounds and ulcers arising from accidents. The notice touts the product as the best on earth and lists E. T. Scott’s Drug Store as the supplier.
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Bucklen
E. T. Scott
Foley's Kidney Cure Ad Claims Universal Healing
An old advertisement warns that those with kidney or bladder trouble must use Foley's Kidney Cure to positively cure all kidney and bladder diseases and notes it is for sale by all druggists.
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Foley
Indiana Masons elect new officers in Indianapolis
At the Indiana grand Lodge meeting in Indianapolis the officers elected include Grand master Capt. W. E. English of Indianapolis and Deputy grand master George E. Grimes of Ladoga. The year saw 2211 new members, 552 deaths, eight new lodges formed, and longtime grand secretary William H. Smythe among the deceased.
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Indiana
Grand Judge of Free and Accepted Masons
Indianapolis
Capt
W. E. English
George E. Grimes
Ladoga
Alfred Emory
Evanaville
L. V. Cramer
Madison
Martin H. Rice
Calvin W. Prather
William H. Smythe
Worst of All Experiences
Mrs S H Newson of Decatur Alabama details three years of severe indigestion and bowel trouble. After doctor visits failed she tried Electric Bitters, claiming miraculous improvement and full recovery. The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for liver kidney stomach and bowel issues, priced at five cents and guaranteed by E T Scott Druggist.
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S. H. Newson
Decatur
Ala
E. T. Scott Druggiat
His Last Hope Realized
An article notes a settler in 1889 Oklahoma who survived a severe bout of diarrhea after using Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. The neighbor provided a small bottle, the dose eased agony, and the patient slept soundly within an hour. Sold by E. T. Scoot.
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Sentinel
Gebo
Mont
Oklahoma
Fortune
E. T. Scoot
Foley's Honey and Tar Praised by Asthma Sufferer
Daniel Bante of Otterville Iowa says after trying many remedies he found immediate relief with Foley's Honey and Tar and will keep it in his house. He recommends it to others. For sale by sll Deuggiste.
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Daniel Bante
Otterville
Iowa
New York
Foley
Sll
Deuggiste
De Kings New Life Pills Offer Headache Relief
A historic ad claims De Kings New Life Pills quickly end sick and nervous headaches. It touts blood purification and vitality, stating the pills cost 25 cents with a money back guarantee if not cured, sold by E. T. Scott Druggist.
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E. T. Scott Druggist
Ten Years in Sed
R A Gray J P Oakville Ind writes in a medical notice about a decade bedridden with kidney disease. He states Foley's Kidney Cure relieved him after other doctors failed. Forsale by all druggists.
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R.A
Gray, J. P
Oakville
Ind
Foley
All Druggiete
Graduates by Town in County School System
A list of graduates by district shows numerous names across towns including Cass Clinton Dewey Galena Hudson Noble Pleasant Springfield Hanne Lincoln New Durham Scipio Union Wills Cass Cool Spring Union Westville Kankakee New Durham Noble. The compilation records graduates such as Grace E. Bull Chas F. Rogers Benjamin Drollinger Elizabeth Creager Ora Downing Nellie Burdick and many others, reflecting a broad countywide cohort.
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Cass—Freada Gloor
Blanche Shurte
Leota Aker
Cora Spangler
William Guse
Warren Hanger
Harry Pinney
Julius Rosenbaum
Edwin Kalis
Ernest Eggert
John Grace
Herbert Frederick
Hildegarde Kuss
Grace E. Marks
Olga F. Eichoff
Mary M. Pietz
Waldo Eichoff
Homer Shaw
Arthur Bowman
Henry L. Hoover
George E. Miller
Ray D. Redding
Lizzie Robbins
Clinton
Claire Condo
Kittie Vader
Hanne
Ella Baske
Flora Clark
Fred Greinner
Howard Garner
Millie Hunsley
Sophia Hunsley
Ina Hunsley
Herbert Marka
Glen Murten
Johnson
Elizabeth Creager
Oner R. Pollock
Kankakee
Ora Downing
Edwin Hecker
Raymond Hook
Dan Linborg
William Ludtke
John Mansfield
Edna Pratt
Edith Pratt
Eddie Woodard
Lincoln
Benjamin Drollinger
A. D. Snyder
Clara Schultz
Fiona Smith
Harriet A. Schultz
Anna Swanson
Hazel B. Wiltfong
New Durham
William Augustine
Ruth Curren
Susie L. Beahm
Fred J. Hildebrand
Theodore M. Dunlap
Ella Morman
Earl Payne
Samuel Poston
Leelia Rogers
Ralph Snyder
Scipio—A. Conry
Bert Conry
Rollo Conry
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Myrtle Garwood
Mabel McGuigan
Frank Munich
Union
Will Brown
Grover Craft
George Gooda
Edith Haskin
Clarence Kline
Mable Love
Clara McGregor
Grace McCormick
Glenn McKenzie
Marie Shillinger
Laura Tonagel
Beatrice Travis
Emulus Trayie
Hattie E. Wise
Schuyler Wickham
Brook Travis
Wills
Mabel Grove
John Jones
Harry Miller
Alta Robbins
Cass
Wm. E. Etter
Clarence E Freyer
Bertha Gloor
Grant Hollett
Clarence R. Kuss
Wylda Shorte
Edward Thineman
Adelina E. Wagner
Wm. L. Woolfe
Cool Spring
Agnew Merchant
Wm. E. McKenzie
Westville
Lee Long
Hanna
Ira Rosenbaum
R. W. Canfield
Lizzie Barnes
Grace Brewer
Walter W. Walt
Flora Hildebrand
Henrietta Zahra
Noble
Burl Nickell
Edward Thomson
Margaret Wills
Dangerous Carp Ravage Farm Near Kankakee River
A North Judson News report describes high spring waters driving carp upstream to a farm along the Kankakee river. The carp damaged fence lines and crops, harassed livestock, and ruined eggs at the chicken coop, curbing the farmer’s prospects for the new season.
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English Lake
Kankakee
North Judson
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Eli Green, the Ossified Man
John Wark
Stephen P
Corboy
Paul Nupnau
Leslie R. Skinner
Masons
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