World’s largest fish hatchery planned at Put-in-Bay Island
Col McDonald outlines summer fishery plans with 80 million eggs secured for planting across Illinois Ohio and western Pennsylvania. The Albatross will study Behring Sea fisheries and Alaska salmon while new hatcheries at Put-in-Bay Evergreen Lake and Bairds Point prepare to open by fall ahead of the white fish season.
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Lindis
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Submarine Bicycle Feat In Merrimac River Rescue
Lawrence Massachusetts reports a remarkable incident where bicyclist James Webb rode his bicycle underwater after the steamer Carlotta sunk in the Merrimac River. He clung to the bike and rode it sixty feet up a ledge, inspiring cheers and challenges for further underwater records. Ice houses burn near Laporte destroying buildings and cars. foreman’s son Charles Oblis badly burned, likely to die, in a fire of unknown origin.
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Cincinnati
The
Times-Star
Lawrence
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James Webb
Webb
Laporte
Ind
Washington Ice Company
Chicago
Stone Lake
Lake Shore
Fce
Charles Oblis
Oklahoma Boomers Face Hard Times and Local Politics
Destitute families along the northern Arkansas border trek back as wagons return. Guthrie grows while Oklahoma City emerges as a town site. Capt. Crouch elected mayor amid debates on gambling and liquor. Maj. Blaiurd Wilson defends deputy marshals from land grab accusations, saying fraud claims stem from skulkers occupying lands before April 22.
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Guthriesti
Oklahoma City
Capt
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Boomer Payne
Manyor
Oklahoma
Department of Officials
Washington
Couven
Five Hours in a Well Diggers Trapped Dedicates Rescue
Joln Simmons a colored well digger was trapped five hours in a yard well on Lombard Street May 6. Earth and water filled the shaft as workers struggled to pull him free with scantling debris and rope before finally hauling him out at 5 33 PM alive but injured.
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Joln Simmons
Tet West Lombard Street
Simmons
Important mound builder discoveries near Floyd Iowa
Warterstoo Iowa May 3 important discoveries near Floyd Iowa reveal remains of ancient mound builders in a circular thirty foot diameter mound opened to uncover five skeletons. Three males one female and a baby were found. the female skull is well preserved and cited as showing a very low type of humanity possibly inferior to Neanderthal. Other nearby mounds will be examined soon.
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Warterstoo
Iowa
Floyd
Badge disgrace sparks Grand Army feud in New York
In Harlem River park a reception for Maj. William Warner sparked a clash over a Grand Army badge incident. Col Drake’s zouaves allegedly pinned badges on Gov Gordon and staff, provoking outrage from Col Quick and Burrows who vowed court martial and expulsion if true.
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Harlem River Park
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Warner
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Drake
Elizabeth
Gordon
Burrows
New Jersey
Grand Army
Col. Quick
Order
Where the Harrisons Will Summer
President and Mrs Harrison may spend part of the summer in the West Virginia mountains aboard the new West Virginia Central railway at Davis fifty miles south of Piedmont. Secretary Blaine and others support the project, with Deer Park Md arrangements for an early summer stay. Elkins of New York plans a summer cottage at Davis and invites the Harrison family to visit.
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West Virginia Central Railway
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Piedmont
Deer Park
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5. B. Elkins
New York
Sumner
Flag carried by Wayne in 1792 Northwest expedition
Dr. P G Moore of Wawasi Indiana owns a rare centennial relic a flag carried by Brig Gen Anthony Wayne during his 1792 expedition against the northwestern Indians. The flag once belonged to Mary Dixon of Miami County and dates from the era with a linen field and inscription A Wayne Commander in Chief.
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Wawasi
Ind
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Miami County
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Indiana farmer marries eighth wife in Fort Wayne
Aurelius Payne, a wealthy 42 year old farmer of Fort Wayne Indiana, wed 27 year old Alice Culewan his eighth wife in a Wednesday ceremony conducted by Justice France. Payne has buried six wives and was divorced from his seventh.
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Fort Wavyne
Ind
Aurelius Payne
Justice France
Alice Culewan
Cyclone Wipes Stafford Kansas Town With Heavy Losses
A massive cyclone devastated Stafford Kansas killing three people and injuring about thirty as farms barns and the Eureka schoolhouse were destroyed. Survivors sought safety in cellars as debris scattered across the countryside including blown bodies and damaged homes and cattle.
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Rice
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George Dews
William Crawford
Crawford
John Love
Eureka Schol
Fires Sweep Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin Timberlands
Destructive forest fires rage across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin on May 7. Dense smoke blankets Duluth as fires threaten towns within fifty miles, burning settlers homes and timber in the Duluth and Iron Range area west of Thompson and south beyond Barnum. The Northern Pacific corridor also sees fires near Walbridge and Cumberland, with Burnett county reporting unprecedented forest fires as residents fear for safety.
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Barnum
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Norman
Walbridge
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Cumberland
Burnett County
Extraordinary Pension Fraud Case Reported in Missouri
Missouri dispatch reports a pension fraud scheme involving Jacob Little’s widow, then Barnes impersonating the deceased to collect $36 monthly pensions. Barnes married multiple partners across Pettis and Ozark counties, aided by accomplices, with the scheme uncovered after six months of investigation. Mrs Barnes arrested at Somerset and Ritt detained in Springfield.
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St. Louis
Jacob Little
Andersonville
Barnes
Pettis County
Rogers
Little
Sioux Lands Claim Threatens Northern Nebraska Reservation
Report from Yankton Dakota dated May 7 notes white settlers crossing the Niobrara River to occupy land between the Niobrara and Keya Paha rivers within the Sioux reservation. Settlers arrive as individuals and colonies and may organize for defense. Indian title remains until treaty extinguishes it. statehood hinges on this process.
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Yankton, Dak
Niobrara River
Missouri
Keya Paha River
Great Sioux
Niobrara
Multistate News Briefs From May Reports In St Louis and Beyond
A St Louis woman revived from apparent death after her child urged mercy from mamma and a glass revealed a mist in the mouth. Supreme Court in Washington plans May 15 recess and a possible Gaines decision. Terre Haute reports a 1600 foot oil strike with a 1000 barrel daily flow. Missoula concerns over alleged Indian police abuse on the Flat Head reserve. Union County Tennessee sees a baby boom with six births and multiple twins reported in a single week.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Iuth
Myra Clark Gaines
New Orleans
Supreme Circuit Court
Matthews
Gresham
Miller
Hetena
Mont
Missoula
Flat Head Reserve
Flat Head
Knooxville
Tenn
Union County
Walker
Joe Kitts
Mesdames
James Vanderriff
Bud Oxendine
Charles Newton
Ellen Tanner
Post Office Posts Turbulent Switches Amid Party Lines
In Yousestown Ohio on May 7 a shift in postmaster due to administration change has Edward Foulk a Democrat moving the office to his store now run next to his Republican brother George Foulk who has applied for the postmaster job. In Latotte Indiana two brothers, one Democrat and one Republican, run a country store with the Democrat in charge of the post office until recently and the Republican now appointed, keeping the office in the same partnership.
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Latotte
Ind
Stillwell
News in a Nutshell items from around the world
Cincinnati capitalists plan a large cotton factory in Huntsville Alabama. Cotton receipts at Memphis since September 1 total 700201 bales, 56923 more than last year. Fort McPherson Atlanta named for Gen James B McPherson. Various battles and public figures noted with broad global scope. Who and what with dates and places listed in brisk summary style.
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United States
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Oregon
Ben Butler
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New Orleans
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Massachusetts
Boston
Michigan
Dairy and Wool Market Totals Across Regions May 8
Cincinnati and New England market notices show prices for wheat corn wool hogs sheep and lambs. Highlights include Boston and Pittsburgh wool bids and Ohio Michigan Kentucky markets with detailed grade by grade quotations and receipts.
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Harrison's Health Not Brights Disease Claim Says Doctor
In Indianapolis May, Dr Henry Jameson debunks sensational Detroit rumors that President Harrison has Brights disease. He says Harrison shows no kidney trouble and notes only a constitutional pallor from past colic. Other dispatches report fires in Stuttgart and Waldron, Missouri, and several notable appointments and labor strikes across the nation.
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Harrison
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Jameson
Life Instratce
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Bright
Nichols & Shepard Debut New Grain Thresher The Vibrator
Nichols and Shepard of Battle Creek Michigan created a new grain threshing machine named the Vibrator. The invention surpassed the Endless Apron design and established a major shift in threshing technology with rapid production growth and continued innovation by the company.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Notice of Liquor License Application in Greene County Indiana
Richland township residents are informed that Alexander H. Dobbins will apply to the Greene County Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a small quantity for one year at a story frame building in Bloomfield. The premises lie one door north of the Cavins Cavins law office, described with specific lot measurements and location. May 5, 1900.
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Richland Township
Greene County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Bloonsfield
Cavins & Cavins
Alexander H. Dobbins
Notice of Application for Liquor License in Bloomfield Indiana
The undersigned resident of Greene County Indiana applies to the county Board of Commissioners at the June term to grant a license to sell spirituous malt and intoxicating liquors for on premise consumption in a described lot of Bloomfield. The exact premises location is a parcel in lot 15 of Bloomfield bounded by specific measurements and lines as recorded, dated May 1st, Jerome B. Edwards.
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Greene County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Bloomfield
Joomfeld
Inodiana
Jerome BB. Edwards
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