The Red Milk Wagon
Annie Bradley, a Kansas farm girl from Clayville to Logan’s Addition, battles poverty and class prejudice. After family pressure to drive the milk wagon, she runs away toward Kansas City but dies when a train strikes her as she seeks a better life. Her father grieves while Dr Heyward expresses remorse.
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Clayville
Kansas
Logan
Bradley
Annie
Dr. Heyward
Mrs. Bradley
Hiram
Farmer Bradley
Jim
Kansas City
Mellons
Corcuector
The Man for the Place on Brander Ranch
Col Brander tests a job applicant by asking about cattle herding. Mike claims four years on the New York elevated. Brander ends the interview with an engagement.
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Col. Brander
Mike
New York
Chicago Journal
Expensive Education Prompts Butchers Campaign
The Louisville Courier Journal notes beef packers plan an education campaign while claiming the public has already learned the full lesson and paid the bill in full for their education.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Not a Fault Edith Papa Won't Refuse You
A playful exchange from the Detroit Free Press hints at a character described as generous to a fault. Dialogue references Edith and Papa with light humor about refusal and fault.
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Edith
Papa
Tom—yYes
Detroit Free Press
Take Thought as a Wary Prescription for Worry
A Home Health lecture promotes taking thought as a remedy for anxiety. Dr. Reeder advocates deliberate focus, two minute thought intervals on chosen objects, and training to control worry to improve health and peace of mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Health Club
Christ
Rest and Recharge for a More Productive Return
A brief exhortation to take a 15 minute rest to awaken refreshed and ready to work with renewed energy. The guidance suggests that this short break will enable greater output and improved focus upon returning.
The Hippocratic Oath A Guide For Young Would-Be Doctors
A reader asks for advice on studying medicine and the role of the Hippocratic oath. The article notes the oath’s ancient origins and enduring ethical principles, urging aspiring physicians to study it carefully before choosing medicine. It highlights its historical use, modern absence, and ongoing guidance of medical conduct based on its core vows.
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Asclepiades
Hippocrates
Apollo
Aesculapius
Hygeia
Panacea
Salerno
Temperature myths and a home remedy claim
A reader from La Porte Indiana asks Dr David H Reeder how high a fever can rise before it becomes fatal. The reply cites a physician noting fatality around 107 degrees and mentions a vegetable liquid remedy claimed to prevent rapid temperature rise.
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Hawkeye
David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
Health correspondence to Dr. David H. Reeder
Readers may write for information on health subjects. Send letters to Dr. David H. Reeder in Laporte Indiana with full name and address and four cents postage required.
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David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
Indiana House approves railroad regulation bill in special session
In Indianapolis on February 23 the House passed the Newhouse railroad commission bill to create a three member commission to fix freight and passenger rules and regulate car service and switches. The measure awaits governor’s approval and carries penalties for violations with salaries set for commissioners and staff.
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Indianapolis
Ind
House of Representatives
Newhouse Railroad Commission
Senate
Railroad Commission
Indiana House of Representatives
House
Buick
The Schaf er Murder Grand Jury Moves Dismissals
Bedford Indiana February 25 Deputy Prosecutor Fletcher dismissed perjury charges against newspaper correspondent George W Riley and "Dude" Cook in the Schafer murder case. The actions follow questions over evidence and prior arrests linked to Frank Evans Elmer Browning and the grand jury proceedings.
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Bedford
Ind
Sarah Schafer
Fletcher
Smith
George W. Riley
Dude” Cook
Elmer Browning
Sanderson murder trial tale in Bluffton starts with confession
Bluffton Indiana February 24 William Cook faces murder charges in the Sanderson case. State witness Samuel E Mory testifies Cook claimed he might die soon and would sacrifice himself to save five others, revealing quarrel over cattle and threats to kill.
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Otto
Committed to the asylum after arson attempt
William D. Wendling of Salton was caught by his wife trying to burn his four month old baby in a stove. He then set oil on the floor and ignited it, aiming to use the infant as kindling. Believed deranged by financial losses, he was committed to an asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
William D. Wendling
Salton
Wendling
Lancashire Thread Spins Vast Mill Tally
Edward Irving notes Lancashire cotton factories produce immense daily thread. He claims 155 million miles of thread spun each day and enough in a month to reach the moon. He adds 18 day output would span from the sun to Neptune and at 310 working days yearly would take 500 years to reach the nearest star.
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Lancashire
England
Edward Irving
Neptune
Governor Hanly Signs Requisition for Tennessee Murder Suspect
Indianapolis February 23 Gov J F Hanly signed requisition papers on the governor of Tennessee for the return to Indianapolis of Preston Bell wanted here for the murder of Abe Welch on December 25 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
J. F. Hanly
Tennessee
Preston” Bell
Abe Welch
Lang on church garment to ease churchgoing
Andrew Lang in Longman's Magazine proposes a universal church costume a cheap full body garment with a cape so that no one feels ashamed to attend services without frock coat or tall hat. This proposal aims to remove social barriers to church attendance.
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Longman’s
Andrew Lang
Mr. Lang
Death of R. C. Wilkinson
Evansville Indiana February 22 prominent attorney and Republican politician R C Wilkinson died of blood poisoning He served in the Union Army in the regiment of the late Col Alfred Dale Owen.
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R. C. Wilkinson
Evansville
Ind
Alfred Dale Owen
The Gillespie Murder Revisited by Old Witness
An elderly neighbor near the Gillespie murder scene reports he witnessed the shooting on the fatal night. He recalls seeing Jim Gillespie with a shotgun crossing the street and disappearing into the Barbour gate area shortly after the flash.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Miss Gillespie
Jim Gillespie
Gillespie
Jim
Barbour Gate
Barbour and
Seward Houses
Donahue Sentenced to Hang for Northrup Murder
Crown Point Ind February 23 Edward Donahue a veterinary surgeon was found guilty of murdering Arminter Northrup a Benton Harbor Mich businessman Donahue lured Northrup from Benton Harbor to the sand dunes on October 5 1904 killed him and fled in the victim s carriage He was captured December 25 with his mother in Syracuse New York after a hard struggle The jury imposed the death sentence and Donahue received the verdict with little emotion
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Crown Point
Ind
Edward Donahue
Arminter Northrup
Benton Harbor
Mich
Donahue
Northrup
Syracuse
N. Y
Hoff man glass machine revolutionizes tableware production
Indiana worker E. E. Hoffman has patented a new glass making machine that completes and handles ware in one piece at one process reducing skilled labor to one man and trimming staff to about one third. The Cicero unit is drawing wide attention for its impact on tableware glassmaking.
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Richmond
Ind
E. E. Hoffman
Indiana
Hoffman
First Reichine
Cicero
Grand Rapids Central League Team Sold for 4500 Dollars
John Ganzel of New York and Phillip Arnold of Louisville have agreed to purchase the Grand Rapids Central League team from Isaac Mautner of Fort Wayne and John Heenan of Terre Haute for 4500 dollars.
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South Bend
Ind
John Ganzel
New York
Phillip Arnold
Louisville
Isaac Mautner
Fort Wayne
John Heenan
Terre Haute
Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Byers Settled in Indiana
Richmond Indiana February 25 The estate of Mrs Elizabeth Byers who died in Cambridge City has been settled with her two sons as equal heirs. Personal property inspection revealed nearly $4000 cash concealed in a belt discovered by the sons.
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Richmond
Ind
Elizabeth Byers
Cambridge City
Marion county infirmary deaths puzzle for Indianapolis colleges
In Anderson Indiana on February 24 doctors at Indianapolis medical colleges urge Superintendent Heagy to explain the fate of bodies of persons who died at Marion county infirmary for dependents as none have recently been received.
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Anderson
Ind
Marion County Infirmary
Medical Colleges of
Indianapolis
Heagy
County Asylum
Indiana Post Office Burglarized Again
Cincinnati Feb 24 The Laotto Indiana post office was burglarized for a second time in three weeks. Earlier in January the same office was looted and Post Office Inspector in Charge Little received word that burglars returned for another visit.
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Indiana
Cincinnati
Laotto
Ind
Richmond Businessman George Wiggins Dies by Suicide
Richmond Indiana February 25 George Wiggins 50 prominent business leader head of Wiggins and Co dealers in harness and manufacturers of horse collars killed himself by shooting through the head at his home the cause of death self inflicted tragedy shocks local business community
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Richmond
Ind
George Wiggins
Wiggins & Co
Maj James Carlton Dies At 73 In Bedford News
Maj James C. Carlton president of the National Mexican War Veterans association died at 73 in Bedford Indiana from a paralytic stroke. He was a member of Scott Legion.
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Maj. Carlton
Bedford
Ind
James C. Carlton
National Mexican War Veterans’ Association
Scott Legion
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Schafer
Grand Jury
Sanderson
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