Kentucky Miracle Judge Rice Testifies on Pink Pills
The Covington Kentucky Post recounts Judge John M. Rice of Louisa Lawrence County who retired after rheumatism and liver failure. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring his health after years of illness and says the pills saved his life. They are sold by druggists or directly by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY at 60 cents a box or six boxes for 2.50.
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Covington
John M. Rice
Louisa
Lawrence County
Kentucky
Sixteenth Judicial District of
Ife
Frankfort
Washington
John
Hot Springs
Ark
Waukeshaw
Wis
Dr. Williams
Kentucky Post
Congress Extends Officer Rights to Former Confederates
The House passed Senator Hill's bill restoring army and navy officer eligibility to those who served in the Confederacy after prewar commissions. Boutelle opposed, denouncing the measure as impractical, while Wilson of South Carolina defended Southern loyalty. The bill passed despite Boutelle's lone opposition.
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Washington
Hill
Senate
Venezuela
House
Boutello
Maine
Cummings
New York
Wilson
South Carolina
Boutelle
Hull
Town
Annapolis
West Point
Grosvenor
Mason and Dixon
United States Senate
Walker
Stonewall Jackson
South
Appointment of Executor for Eleanor Reed Estate
Notice announces Daniel L. Crumpacker appointed Administrator with will annexed by the LaPorte County Circuit Court Clerk for the estate of Eleanor Reed late of LaPorte County Indiana deceased. Estate described as solvent. Dated Westville Ind March 13 1696.
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LaPorte County
Iniliana
Eleanor Reed
Daniel L. Crumpacker
Yvestville
Ind
Burlington Route California Excursions Descriptive Pamphlet
The Burlington Route runs personally conducted excursions to California leaving Chicago every Wednesday. Through cars with carpets, upholstery, bedding and toilet rooms, plus complete conveniences. Special agent in charge. Route via Denver and Salt Lake with Sunshine all the way. Write for pamphlet to T A Grady excursion manager 211 Clark St Chicago.
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Burlington
C. B
Q.A. R
California
Chicago
Denver
Salt Lake
T. A. Grady
Clark St
Chicapo
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve Claim Ad
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve praises a wide range of skin ailments and guarantees satisfaction or money back. It promises a cure for piles and sells for 25 cents a box, available from I. T. Scott.
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I. T. Scott
Mills Attacks Weyler as Scoundrel in Cuban Debate
In Washington on March 23 the Senate approved a crime assault bill with judicial discretion and a resolution seeking Cuba dispatches from 1875 to 1878. Mills denounced General Weyler as an atrocious scoundrel and villain while Congress grapples with Cuba resolutions and conference committee tensions.
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Washington
Senate
Mills
General Weyler
House
Boutelle
Cuba
Two Houses Clash Over Cuba Intervention at Conference
The text describes a legislative standoff where both houses, after large majorities, favored Cuba friendly expressions. Two paths emerged: the House accept Senate resolutions as is, or modify by omitting the third intervention provision.
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Cuba
Senate
House
Spain disclaims responsibility for Madrid column urging war
WASILINGTON March 23 The Spanish government officially disclaims responsibility for a Madrid El Epoca column that called for the United States to stop discussing the Cuban insurrection or declare war. The government says the article may harm Spain and was not officially inspired.
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Spain
Wasilington
Madrid
el Epoca
United States
Cuban Rebel Archives Captured In Sancti Spiritus
Washington reports Spanish forces captured all archives of the insurgent government in Sancti Spiritus province. The seizure may hurt morale more than military but a cablegram to the Spanish legation confirms the loss of documents and records.
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Washington
Sancti Spiritus
First National Bank of West Plains Opens in Missouri
Washington March 25 The comptroller of the currency authorizes the First National Bank of West Plains Missouri to begin business with capital of 50000 dollars.
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New Bank For
Missouri
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
First National Bank of
West Plains
Cuban Story of the War Letters From Captain Valeros Describes Cuban Victories
A letter from Captain C S Valeros, aide to General Maximo Gomez, to N R Johnstone of New Haven recounts a brutal month of fighting, 400 miles of marching, 31 encounters with the enemy, Morro del Rey’s rail line battle, and shortages of ammunition as the Cuban patriots press the war effort. Also included are election-day scenes in Terre Haute and Indianapolis notes on a political confrontation, a biographical sketch of Willis W Wright, and a railway accident at Hillsdale with an oil-tank car crash in Illinois.
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New Haven
Boston
Standard
C. S. B. Valeros
Maximo Gomez
N. R. Johnstone
Conn
Valeros
Yale College
Havana
New York
Johnstone
Matanzas
Morro del Rey
Gomez
Imparcial
Terre Haute
Hillsdale
Eight Hour Day Plan Set to Begin May First
The American Federation of Labor executive council will hear the sub committee report proposing May 1 as the nationwide start date for the eight hour day. Carpenters are named to pilot the test and a strike of overtime working carpenters is planned when the eight hour plan takes effect.
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Indianapolis
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
W. C. T. U. Drops San Francisco From Next National Convention
National WCTU officers decide not to meet in San Francisco for the next national convention. They cite the push of the National Suffrage Association on the Pacific coast and railroads’ limitations. A Kansas area location is favored, with St. Louis as a probable alternate.
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Curiaco
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
San Francisco
National Suffrage Association
Pacific Coast
Kansas
St. Louis
McBride Drops $25,000 Suit Against 49 Citizens
In St. Paul a Mitchell South Dakota dispatch reports Robert McBride withdrew his $25,000 lawsuit against forty nine local citizens for destroying his printing outfit about a month ago. McBride still says The Mail will be resumed here soon.
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ST. Pau
Mitchell
S. D
Robert McBride
McBride
Knox College plan aids working students via vacant lots
President J H Finley of Knox College drafts a program modeled on Detroit Mayor Pingree potato patch plan. Vacant college and city properties will be lent to students to farm for profit, growing potatoes and garden produce. A trial run is set for this spring.
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Galesburg
Llls
J. H. Finley
Knox College
Pingree
Detroit
Professor photographs his own ribs by Roentgen ray
Cleveland report confirms Professor D. C. Miller of Casco School of Applied Sciences achieved a full back and rib X ray. He lay face down on an 8 by 12 inch plate for an hour with Crookes tubes positioned over his back and clothing on.
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Cleveland
D. C. Miller
Casco School of Applied Sciences
Wisconsin Supreme Justice Paralyzed at Home
Madison March 24 Supreme Justice A W Newman was stricken with paralysis at his home yesterday. Physicians say he will survive if another attack does not follow.
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Wisconsin
Supreme Justice
Madison
A. W. Newman
Young Attorney Whelan Bar Admission Denied in Terre Haute
Jeff J. Whelan formerly of Crawfordsville was refused admission to the bar by the Terre Haute Vice County Bar association after a report from the examination committee found him lacking in basic legal knowledge. He contends the ruling damages his reputation and bars practice statewide.
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Terre Haute
Willis W. Wright
Indianapolis
New Castle
Johnson
Watson
Rushville
Bundy Rotunda
Richmond
Congressman
Mooreland
Stranghan
Vice County Bar Association
Crawfordsville
Henry van Cleave
Claude Johnson
Schuyler Kennedy
Whelan
Pioneer Augustus Reed Nearing Death After County Crisis
Augustus Reed of Blue Lick, 81, a former Jeffersonville area county commissioner, is dying at home. He served during the stormy period over the Charlestown to Jeffersonville courthouse move, which sparked the county’s first Republican victory twenty years ago.
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Jeffersonville
Augustus Reed
Blue Lick
Board of
Reed
Board of Commissioners
Court House
Charlestown
White Confession in Lafayette Murder Trial
Ever Ett Moline, jailed prisoner, testified that Jesse White admitted killing Mrs Curtis. He described the sequence from choking to hatchet strike and blood spurt, claiming details of how the murder occurred. Moline stood firm on cross-examination.
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White
Lafayette
Jesse White
Everett Moline
Moline
Mrs. Curtis
Man Escapes After Mob Attack at Indianapolis Firm
Scottsburg report says James Beggs of Scottsburg was mauled by four men outside the Chandler and Taylor factory in Indianapolis. He suffered a deep head cut and slashed an assailant on the arm before fleeing, narrowly escaping grievous harm.
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Scottsburg
James Beggs
Chandler & Taylor Company
Indianapolis
Three Terre Haute firm to set summer rate schedule
Terre Haute reports a conference set for April 13 by the citys three telephone companies to fix summer rates. It is expected the original 2 to 3 cent per hundred charge will be restored after last summers bitter rate war that cut prices to 14 cents per hundred and caused losses for all dealers. Veteran J Newton Howren dies at 78 in Liberty after service in the Sixty ninth Indiana and roles as county recorder and sheriff. He lived in the county sixty five years and was active in G A R and Odd Fellows circles.
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Terre Haute
Tce
Liberty
J. Newton Howren
Indiana
Death of an Old Citizen
Willis W. Wright died yesterday morning at 8 30 at his home 883 Clifton Hill Indianapolis a longtime resident. He was known in the community and leaves surviving relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Indianapolis
Willis W. Wright
Clifton
Fire Chief Sues City Over Termination Damages
John Garner, former chief of the Elwoop fire department, alleges he was under a four year contract and that his discharge after refusing to resign violated the contract. He sues the city for damages.
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Elwoop
John Garner
New Hands at Daily Republican in Seymour
Jay C. Smith and Edward A. Remy assume control of the Daily Republican in Seymour with Smith taking the helm. No changes were made to the paper’s existing staff.
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New Hands
Seymour
Jay C. Smith
Edward A. Remy
Daily Republican
Smith
Robbed of Fifty Thousand in Bizarre Home Invasion
Chris Schrage, 76, bound and gagged by two men at his home on South Jefferson street, bound for about 59 000 in bonds and papers, currency and gold. The robbers posed as room renters, warned him not to shout for thirty minutes, and fled. police have no clues.
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Chris Schrage
Jefferson Street
Schrage
Cook County
Chicago
Mysterious St Louis Murder of a Railroad Worker
The dead and decomposed body of Thomas Reynolds, a railroad section hand, was found buried in the cellar of the Cleveland House on South Third Street after missing since March 17. He had head wounds and a rope around his neck indicating murder. the killer is unknown.
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St. Louis
Thomas Reynolds
Cleveland House
South Third Ledge Place
Weather Summary From Washington March 25
The follow nz are the weather and cations for twenty four hours from 8 p m yesterday Indiana and Illinois fair warmer, SW winds. Lower Michigan fair with increasing clouds, much warmer, high SW winds. Upper Michigan cloudy, little or no rain, warmer east, SW winds shifting to colder NW tonight. Wisconsin increasing clouds possibly rain or snow in NW, warmer southeast, colder NW, cold wave tonight, SW winds shifting to NW. Iowa increasing clouds perhaps rain or snow tonight, warmer southeast, colder tonight, W to NW winds.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Lower
Michigan
Upper
Wisconsin
Lowa
Market Report Highlights Strong Rates Across Markets
New York money on call 3.33 percent with bond and foreign exchange activity noted. Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat and corn shifts, oat and potato prices, and fruit and poultry figures. At Union Stock Yards, hogs, cattle, and lambs posted varied but active prices with sizable receipts and range-bound bids.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Hogva
Chicago
Board of Trade
Bulge
Cape Cod
Chicaguo
Union
Texas
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Maple City Bakery
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ARR & Norto Restaurant
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