Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Through Pure Blood
Ancient metaphor links soil and sunshine to health while praising Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal cure for blood troubles. Letters claim restored strength, appetite, and relief from rheumatism, dyspepsia, and catarrh, with testimonials from Susie E. Bronx Lynn HIN WW B. Seerry and Mrs. J.S. McMatu.
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Hood
Susie E. Bronx
Astor Hin
Lynn
Mase
B. Seerry
Denver
J.S. McMatu
Stamford
Pitts cure liver ila, the non narriatingal and cathartic
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for bile and liver issues. Claims to purify the blood and aid digestion. Uses marketing language typical of nineteenth century patent medicines. Includes no verifiable medical claims.
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Pitts
Hood
Notable Political and Personal Mentions
Senator N. B. Scott of West Virginia rose from apprentice to manager and later president of his company after 12 years as a glassmaker. President Krueger shows extreme pain tolerance, once pulling a tooth with kitchen pincers. Cornelius Bliss says he is done with politics, abandoning gubernatorial ambitions. Senator Hoar resists deference to age as Capitol workers and streetcar conductors avoid aiding him in changes.
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B. Scott O
West Virginia
Krueger
Cornelius Bliss
Interior
New York
Senator Hoar
Capitol
Massachusetts
Jewelry styles featured in Jewelers' Weekly notes
Fashion notes describe green glassware with silver tracings and a pink emerald studded friendship heart. Ivory watch cases with silver mountings, chamois lining, and sterling pennant match safes in college colors are shown. Nautical silver safes appeal to sportsmen with fly, guns, and dog images. umbrella handles hold multiple small compartments for matches and money.
Rough Rider Buge Taylor Endorses Peruna Cure
Buge Taylor, a Rough Rider, proclaims Peruna the best catarrh cure on earth and says it cured him. The anecdotal endorsement appears in a promotional item likely boosting the tonic.
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Buge Taylor
Earth
Indianapolis Street Railway Franchising Blocked by Court Order
Judge Leathers of the Marion county superior court issued a temporary restraining order preventing the board of public works and the city council from granting a franchise to the Indianapolis Street Railway Co. The order, obtained by Charles F. Smith and John A. White, notes an emergency due to ongoing talks on terms and schedules a further hearing for next Saturday. The complaint claims the recent legislative act allowing the franchise is unconstitutional.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Leathers
Marion County Superior Court
Board of Public Works
Common Council
City of
Indianapolis Street Railway Co
Charles F. Smith
John A. White
Escape of life convict Ferriter from Northern Indiana prison
John Ferriter, a life convict from Marshall County imprisoned since 1897, escaped Thursday afternoon after being boxed in a large shoe box on a dray bound for shipment. He knocked the driver down, seized the overcoat, and fled into a nearby lumber yard with a supposed Confederate accomplice.
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Laporte
Ind
John Ferriter
Marshall County
Indiana
Ferriter
Ferrier
Young Bride Twice More Weds After Fourth Divorce
Eva Stinnett of Throx Indiana, age 22, who just received her fourth divorce, has married Walter M Partlow again. Judge Mount urged her not to return, yet she wed for the fifth time within three weeks of release.
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Throx
Ind
Eva Stinnett
Decoration Day in Wabash Under Odd Fellows Plan
Decoration Day in Wasbasi Indiana will be directed by the Odd Fellows order which invited and secured Danville Indiana's Enoch G Hogate to deliver the address. Last year Knights of Pythias led the ceremonies with Congressman James E Watson as orator.
Patents Issued to Indiana Inventors in March List
Washinctox March 17 Patents granted to Indiana residents include Christian Eickman Indianapolis spring appliance for shafts Nathan K Garhart Indianapolis electric controller Theodore HIT Haberkorn Ft Wayne air strainer and dirt ejector for air brake mechanism Mareard IL Roberts Indianapolis hat August C Rosenbrook Brook adjustable jewel bearing for watches Isham Sedgwick Michmond traction engine Isaac M Warner assigner to E Conley Elk hart fence post Nathaniel M Worth Indianapolis electrical device involving hermetically incased conductors.
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Christian Eickman
Indianapolis
Nathan K. Garhart
Theodore Hit. Haberkorn
Ft. Wayne
Mareard IL Roberts
August C. Rosenbrook
Brook
Isham Sedgwick
Michmond
Isaac M. Warner
E. Conley
Elkhart
Nathaniel M. Worth
Indiana Soldier Killed in Philippine War
Indiana report confirms Ralph Van Buskirk died from wounds at the battle of Caloocan in the Philippine Islands. He enlisted in Company E of the 1st Washington regiment and was a nephew of Elder D. R. Van Buskirk of Greensburg. He planned to enter the ministry.
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Greensburg
Ind
Ralph van Buskirk
Caloocan
Philippine Islands
Young van Buskirk
Washington
D. R. van Buskirk
Indianapolis police pension law takes effect. trustees chosen
In Indianapolis on Monday night the police force elected trustees for the new pension fund and presented Senator Martin Hugg of Marion with a diamond stud worth 165 dollars. Several speeches followed the ceremony marking the law’s implementation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Martin Hugg
Marion
English Channel Rail Link Proposed By Engineers
A plan to connect England and France by railway is discussed with an idea to lay a roadbed on the channel bottom and use wheeled trestles to rise above the water. The notion is presented as an astonishing achievement of the era. The feature also notes a quip about Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and a jab at a newspaper editor over museum correspondence.
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English Channel
France
Hostetter
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claim in Oath
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio swears the firm will pay 100 dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice claims the remedy is taken internally and works on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and 75 cent price.
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City of Toledo
Lucas Counstr
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. D
Distilled Water Debate Cited by Matah and Colonels
In the Indianapolis Journal excerpt a matah warns distilled water is poisonous and a colonel agrees. The dialogue blames interference with nature and notes the distillery was never meant to idle on water.
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Natuah Nevah
Watah
Indianapolis Journal
Free Sample Offer for Allens Foot Ease in New York
You can obtain a free trial of Allens Foot Ease by writing to Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York for a powder that you shake into shoes. It claims to cure chilblains sweating damp swollen feet and aching feet and to make tight shoes comfortable. It also says it cures corns bunions and ingrowing nails. Available from all druggists and shoestores. 25 cents.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Coughing Leads to Consumption Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a quick cure for coughing and claims it stops the cough at once. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and notes large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents with a warning to act quickly.
Trains Collide In Meuwade Trolley Crash Kills Man
At 8 o'clock Thursday evening a Lake Erie & Western freight train crashed into a street car in Meuwade Indiana. Ernst Doliarway 23 is dead and Clarence Witherholtz the motorman and John Dawson a passenger are injured. The injured were buried beneath debris but both are expected to survive.
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Meuwade
Ind
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Ernst Doliarway
Clarence Witherholtz
John Dawson
Pa and Willie on why a bad actor is a ham
In a brief exchange from the Catholic Standard and Times, Willie asks why a bad actor is called a ham and his father answers that he is “so often served with eggs.” The pun frames a domestic moment with a theatrical metaphor.
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Little Willie
Standard and Times
Lane's Family Medicine Promotes Daily Bowel Health
An ad states Lane's Family Medicine aids daily bowel movements to promote health. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and of curing a sick head ache. The price is 25 and 50 cents. A noted quote warns that frankness may ruin a man but duplicity always dishonors him.
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Lane
Chicago Daily News
Child Fatally Trapped in Folding Bed at Home
In Muxcre, Indiana, on Sunday afternoon the two year old child of Mr and Mrs Rudyard Smith was nearly fatally injured when caught and suffocated in a folding bed. The bed was left closed and hidden by the baby’s absence before the tragedy was discovered after a long search. The child has a serious but hopeful chance of recovery.
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Muxcre
Ind
Rudyard Smith
Fatal cattle quarrel ends in knife attack in Indiana
In Kokomo Indiana on Tuesday evening Cy Kelly a known live stock dealer and John Miller a Howard township farmer argued over cattle weight. Miller drew a pocketknife and stabbed Kelly in the left chest piercing the lung near the heart. Kelly is in precarious condition and Miller has been arrested.
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Kokomo
Ind
Cy Kelly
John Miller
Howard Township
Miller
Kelly
Five sailings weekly to Havana from Port Tampa
Adams Shipping offers five weekly sailings from Port Tampa to Havana with routes via Key West or direct ships. Apply to L. A. Bell, 205 Clark Street, Chicago. Various quips and ads accompany, including patent cures and jokes from period newspapers.
Indiana State Laundrymen Meet Renounces Trusts
The Indiana State Laundrymen association held a Monday meeting with 75 reporters and visitors from Chicago Louisville Lexington and Springfield. A resolution to abstain from forming trusts or combines was discussed for several hours and adopted.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana State Laundrymen’s Association
Chicago
Louisville
Lexington
Springfield
Corypos Sees Revival as Mills and Quarries Reopen
Corypos Indiana March 17 reports a hopeful year as stone sawmills large rock quarries and the Vitrified Brick Co resume operations. Negotiations near completion to erect a distillery.
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Corypos
Ind
Corydon
County Commisioners Insure Courthouse and Infirmary
Warthorp City Indiana March 18 The county commissioners for the first time insure the courthouse and county infirmary with 50 000 on the courthouse and 3 500 on the infirmary. Policies cover nearly 50 companies and run for three years.
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Warthorp City
Ind
Gregg Heirs Inherit $75,000 From Cadiz O Relative
DItutsBorn Indiana March 16 Richard Gregg Pressley Gregg and Miss Mary Gregg of the Salem neighborhood have fallen heirs to 75000 dollars through the death of a great uncle at Cadiz O. This Gregg family has one sister married with one child who will eventually inherit all the wealth.
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Ditutsborn
Ind
Richard Gregg
Pressley Gregg
Mary Gregg
Salem
Cadiz O
Gregg
A K Burger Dies of Heart Failure in Noblesville
A K Burger collapsed and died on a Noblesville street at age 58. He was the father of Mrs. A D Buck, wife of the presiding elder of the Noblesville district of the Christian Holiness church.
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A. K. Burger
Noblesville
Ind
A. KH. Burger
A. D. Buck
Christian Holiness Church
Fire Hits Sollinger Pants Factory in Jeffersonville
A morning blaze at the W Sollinger and Son pants factory in Jeffersonville Indiana began in the heating apparatus and spread within the building housing the factory and O Schuller dry goods store. Estimated losses reach ten thousand dollars.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
W. Sollinger & Son
Sollinger Company
O. Schuller
Gold Found in Wild Cat Creek Sparks County Excitement
In Frora Indiana on March 15 residents report gold particles discovered by Allen Trille along Wild Cat Creek. He observed glittering sand grains and identified them as gold, stirring strong local interest in the southern county.
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Frora
Ind
Wild Cat Creek
Allen Trille
Mrs Cordell Convicted In Winchester Eight-Year Prison Term
In Winchester Indiana on March 18 the Cordell case ended with a jury verdict sentencing Mrs Cordell to eight years in the female prison.
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Winchester
Ind
Cordell
Janitor Punishes Pupil Sparks School Custom Debate
In Thornstox Indiana on March 15 Lemuel Morris a school janitor punished pupil Bert M Carthys. Morris was arrested for assault and battery fined one dollar and costs and will appeal. The article notes a long standing school practice of janitors whipping students.
Revival ends with 41 added to church in Sixtos
Elder Mc Kinney completed revival services at the Christian church in Sixtos Indiana on March 17 announcing 41 additions to his congregation.
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Sixtos
Ind
McKinney
Christian Church
Meningitis Epidemic Claims 42 Lives in Union Township
The spinal meningitis outbreak in the Black Hawk neighborhood Union township Evansville Indiana has caused 42 deaths to date. Physicians expect the epidemic to persist until spring.
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Evansville
Ind
Black Hawk
Union Township
Miner killed by epileptic seizure in Warrick county shaft
Evaillsville Ind March 18 David B Hall foreman at the Deforest coal mines Warrick county was seized with an epileptic fit Thursday and fell down the mine shaft He was killed instantly
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Evansville
Ind
David B. Hall
Warrick County
Grain-O: A Coffee Alternative That Helps Sleep
Grain-O offers a non stimulating beverage that nourishes and aids sleep. It looks and tastes like coffee and is recommended for nervous persons, young people, and children. Available in 15 and 25 cent packages at grocers.
Tobacco production in Cuba cited by Detroit Journal
The Detroit Journal notes that Cuban tobacco is already being produced in Cuba to some extent, reflecting adoption of tobacco industries locally.
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nCah
Cuba
Detroit Journal
Crescent Hotel Opens in Eureka Springs with Weekend Rates
Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens February 23 amid Ozark mountains and famed medicinal waters. The prospectus highlights mild climate, scenic views, cheap excursion rates, and through sleepers via the Frisco Line with contact for J. O. Plank manager at the Century Building or the Frisco Ticket Office in St. Louis.
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Crescent Hotel
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
Frisco
J. O. Plank
Arcade
Century Building
N. Broadway
St. Louis
Not a cent penny auntie joke in column
A Philadelphia North American humor item centers on a pun about a rich aunt leaving nothing. The quip plays on the term penny and auntie in a light exchange.
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Philadelphia
Among the Ozaria The Land of Big Red Apples book review
An attractive and interesting book on fruit-raising in the Ozarks southern slope South Missouri scenery. It appeals to fruit-growers and to farmers and home-seekers seeking a farm and home. Mailed free by J E Lockwood General Passenger Agent Kansas City Missouri.
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Ozaria
Missouri
America
Ozarks
J. E. Lockwood
Gen
Pass. Agt
Kansas City
Paternal Finesse in Political Economy Quip
A Chicago Daily Record snippet shows a father explaining his son is enrolled in an exhaustive course in political economy to keep him from meddling in family affairs. The remark captures a light, humorous take on generational curiosity and parental control.
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Chicago Daily Record
Memorial Address to Be Delivered by Col. Jewett
Col. Charles L. Jewett, late judge advocate of the army of the Pacific at Manila, will deliver the Memorial Day address in New Albany Indiana on March 16.
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New Albany
Ind
Charles L. Jewett
Army of the Pacific
Manila
Indiana banker gives 25000 to Butler university fund
In Indianapolis on Tuesday Joseph Erwin a Columbus banker donated 25000 to Butler university's Bible class department with the condition that friends subscribe 75000 more. A Fat Woman Dead. Sersoue Indiana March 16 Mrs Hen
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Inpianaponis
Ind
Joseph Erwin
Columbus
Butler University
Sersoue
Hen
Stoner Divorce Ends Then Wife Weds In Court
Valparaiso March 15 Mrs Hattie Stoner was granted a divorce from J P Stoner on Thursday. Seven minutes later she married John H Harry who had waited in the courtroom for the ceremony.
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Valparaiso, Ind
Hattie Stoner
J. P. Stoner
John H. ‘Harry
New Factory to Rebuild at Urrasa Site in Upland
Teeter and E. King plan to build and operate a handle and spoke factory on the site of the former heading factory in Urrasa Indiana. The previous plant was destroyed by fire.
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Urrasa
Ind
Upland
L. A Teeter and
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