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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1891
Page
6
A Bloomfield newspaper page shows extended town notices, editorial notes, and obituaries. It reports Mrs. Allex G. Thurman’s death in Columbus, Indiana, a plea from editors, and details on postmaster gatherings, campaign talk in Ohio, and tributes to sportwriter Leonario WarnBuR.
Train No. 8 from Chicago derailed near Hicksville Ohio at 2 31 PM. Two men Thomas Waterstone and A G Mathers die. four seriously hurt and several more injured as cars detach and crash. Vice President King uninjured. Investigation blames operator fatigue and switch error.
Toledo reporter F J Smith operating a Mergenthaler linotype at The Commercial achieved a world machine composition record by setting 47 900 ems of corrected matter in exactly eight hours. He used the regular copy for the next morning's edition. The previous record stood at 45 400 ems in Brooklyn.
Henry McDonald an eighty two year old former Civil War soldier arrived in Columaus Indiana from Tennessee. He walked barefoot to seek the signature of Comrade Henry Palmer on his pension papers amid hardship and poverty.
An affidavit alleges John G. Bullock as the father of Laura Mikels child after a preliminary hearing. Bullock bonds, Mikels' troubled past, and cautions about a possible scheme to obtain money are reported amid calls for a fair investigation and accountability.
Ottawa reports Premier Abbotts concern as sentiment grows for annexation or bankruptcy. Prominent Tory and Liberal supporters push union with the United States citing trade failures and US market access, with organizers moving across Ontario and upcoming elections making union an election issue.
Secretary Rusk reports Colonel C J Murphy's Berlin mission to boost American Indian corn as a cheap nutritious substitute for rye in Germany. He notes cordial reception from Minister Phelps and a rye and corn bread mix praised as a satisfactory substitute at lower cost than rye bread.
In Washington Indiana investigators probe a large alleged county fund shortage tied to Auditor Lavelle with up to 97000 dollars unaccounted after a courthouse fire. A dynamite cartridge shipped from Chicago arrived after the fire but Lavelle says a conspiracy targets him and claims innocence while letters and shipments are examined.
On October 21 the Omaha and Denver fast express ran into an open switch near Moxmouth Illinois. Five killed and fifty to sixty injured as passengers were hurled from berths and trains crashed. Engineer Emerson among the dead and the train cars were piled and darkened after the impact.
Alice Chez zam, twenty, committed suicide by morphine after the state took her child from her care. An abandoned mother, she pleaded as the board of children's guardians removed the child, then died in the evening despite a visit and offers to help. Her home was near Colfax, Indiana.
The Meares County grand jury in Bloomington is investigating the White Cap outrages. Luther Jones, whipped and near death, testified recently and several leading locals were allowed to present defenses. The jury’s findings will take days, with Jones not expected to live.
A Panhandle line collision at Mingo Junction near Steubenville Ohio killed two men and injured four. The express baggage car burned, and victims William Marshall and Joseph Weather perished. Several postal clerks and crew were treated for injuries while a track segment’s protectionlimited two trains on the same yard.
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