Local Brevities and School Day Fair Notes
Local items list doctors medicines and a new stage career for Miss Elsie Clark. Marriage of Herman Pomrank and Bertha Pasthack near Otis follows a tax of incidents. Wabash railroad excursions announced with dates and fares for home seekers. News highlights include the missing Obediah Burden case and the Valparaiso Dodge Institute sales, plus school day freebies at the county fair and a teacher licensing fee change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Gardner
Marion
Herman Pomrank
Bertha Pasthack
Otis
Miss Clark
Constipation Cure Ad Promises Refund on Failure
Vintage advertisement touts Castarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation with a 10¢ 25e price and a refund offer if it fails to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifc. C. C
Educate Your Bowels With Cascinets Candy Cathartic
An 10 cent advertisement promises relief from constipation with Cascinets and Candy Cathartic. It guarantees a refund if C. C. C. fails, appealing to readers seeking a permanent cure through a pharmacy product.
Diphtheria Strikes Chesterton Community
Diphtheria cases rise in Chesterton with August Hillstrom and Thomas Shade near death. Mrs. John Wiedman, another longtime resident, is very ill after a stroke of paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterton
August Hillstrom
Thomas Shade
John Wiedman
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Advert
An old تبلیغ touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the most wonderful medical discovery of the age. It promises to cleanse kidneys liver and bowels dispel colds cure headaches fevers and biliousness. Boxes cost 10 25 or 50 cents and are sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Scott
Richard
Ines
20Th
Ind. Reg
Laporte
Bennie
John Posten
Pinhook
Geisleman
Chicago
Charles Zigler
County Board of Education
LaPorte Herald
Gage
Avery
Court House
County Institute
C.C. C
Special Attraction Of The LaPorte Fair
The LaPorte Fair Committee promises Prof Page Buckley and his troupe of 40 educated horses ponies donkeys and dogs showing amazing feats. Featuring the great Schoolscene Trial by July Military Drill and Battle scene among many attractions. Fans of horses should not miss this performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Buckley
Inside of a Hundred Homes feature in Ladies Home Journal
The Ladies Home Journal photographed interiors of one thousand attractive U S homes and will reprint one hundred in the magazine. The first article in the series Inside of a Hundred Homes appears in the October issue. Bedchambers reception and dining rooms bathrooms halls and apartments are pictured as used daily with dozens of furnishing suggestions for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ladies Home Journal
October Journal
Journal opens vivid tour of modest homes across the nation
A photo feature shows interiors of affordable houses from state to state. The series highlights what a little money and a skillful touch can achieve, illustrating homes from Maine to California through women’s deft work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ram Maire
California
Journal
Autumn Delineator highlights Trussian blouse-waists and color plates
The October Delineator Autumn number showcases new fashions with Trussian blouse-waists, skirts, novelty millinery, and rich color plates. It features a novelette A Triumph of Mind by Anna Eichberg King, serials Clive Revner adventures, society articles, etiquette guidance, home taxidermy, cosmetics from a medical view, and various needlework and crafts sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Eichberg King
Martin Orde
Clive Revner
Invadi
Augsis
Duke
America
Edith M. Thomas
Jeanie Drake
New York
Grace Peckham Murray
Prison Warden Proposes Work Plan for Idle Convicts
Warden Warley and Indiana prison directors met in Indianapolis to discuss improvements at the state prison. The warden is said to have originated a plan to keep the idle convict population at work, as reported by the Indianapolis News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warley
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Harley
Plan to Drain Swamp Lands for Convict Labor near Prison
A proposal outlines draining about 19 000 acres of swamp near the prison to lease 70 acres, create work for convicts with hand tools, and cultivate onions cabbage and potatoes for state institutions. Advocates say it could employ 500 men and reduce prison costs while producing food. The plan contemplates state purchase if experiments succeed and details provisions for inmate labor and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Cral
Fragmented OCR Disease Advertisements From Historic Paper
The readable scraps describe medical claims and cures with dubious tone and erratic spelling. References to drugstores and sample bills hint at an ad section promoting remedies and priced items.
For Sale Local Property and Workshop Offers
Property listing shows a 7 stall workshop with coal and wood, 5 room house with cistern and water, 24 to 4 acre tract with fertile bays, and an additional 6 room house with land and well. Prices listed with Lutique? Street, Sancta audition area. Contact C. E. Martin at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenea
Orra
Houe
Lee
Sancta
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Westville, Ind
Srothers
Jewl
Gov
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LaPoie, Ad
Meone
Miles
Herrold
P.m
G. W. Flegel
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the Postal Co
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Porter County
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M. E. Church
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Alicia
D. L
Frank Coffin
McKinley
Somerset
McKenna
Coffin
Obediah Burden
Hansings & Burden
Stillwell
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Burden
J. K. Green
Dee Clark
Justin Lennis
Whiting
Tae Monon
Trovel FT
Chay
Tacoma
Tremont
Iowa
Ellsworth Cahoon
Humboldt
Nellie Lowe
Dodge Institute
O. L. Small
Green
Peoria
Ill
Henry Markle
Michigan City
Fowler
Ind
Joseph Reig
Minnie Neiss
Minnie
Crumpacker
New Mexico
Dodge Institute of Telegraphy
John Roberts
Lafayette
12Th Ind. Cav
Martin Post
Gosling
Michief
Heaven
Pietcher Uilton
Jessup
Gaylord Jessup
LaPoorte 1Ua
F. Soveretta Grand Lodge
Springfield
Manemino
F. D. Pease
Nolling Prairie
Rev. Johnson
North Liberty
Cold Harbor
Mich
Rolling Prairie
Wilcox
Stiglitz Park
Forsythe Racing Association
Racing Association
County School Board
Weets
Diptheria
Warden Harley
Feyt
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Luquife Bt
C. E. Martin
Dr. Miles
Yerington’s College
St. Louis
Michigan
C. W. Yerington
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Issouri
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Missouri Immigration
W. S. Rush & Co
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John Deere
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