08 Dec 1888
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Newspaper
Boonville Enquirer
Location
Boonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1888
Page
1
Parsing a rambled 19th century column: references to a Montreal pianist, Midwest blizzards, Oklahoma settlers, puns about Hexel, plans for Washington in March, Gen Harrison, a bare knuckles bout between Jake Kitwain and John L. Sullivan, temperance crusade reach, potential Civil Service appointment for Knott, a New Year eclipse, California action, Chicago voting outcomes, mugwumps, and whisky ration surplus of 95,009,000.
Report says the trial trip of the pneumatic gun car slings dynamite nearly a mile and was successful, with no explosions recorded. No further details are provided beyond the stated success and safety.
Reported chatter suggests Emperor Wilhelm II suffers ear ailments with talk of a possible growth. The rumor notes great uncertainty about succession and health, reflecting instability amid Europe.
A remark notes the long gap since the Whitechapel Fiend has appeared on stage and highlights the allure of sensational, spectacular treatment of the Jack the Ripper story as a dramatic theme.
A reflective saying that men rarely control more than six feet of earthly ground and inherit after death. The idea urges modest achievement and warns against grasping beyond one’s means or possessions.
Two brothers named Diils from Markle Iai pursued a ten day fast driven by religious zeal. Their continuous religious exercises during the fast grew so intense that confinement in jail became necessary to restrain them.
A village tale says a man near Burlington, Kin, is father to eighteen children. Ten or more work as farm hands or servants for others, while he rides a pony collecting their wages as his sole occupation.
The Indianapolis Benevolent Society marked its 53rd anniversary at English's Opera House in Indianapolis. President-elect Harrison presided as receipts for the year reached 3423.58 with expenditures of 3129.36. The society provided 480 meats and 1254 lodgings in the year and offered work to 809 men and baths to 12175.
Dickerson, shot during a failed escape from Mr. Scott who misidentified him as the Chicago murderer, confesses to a great crime yet hides his true name. He carries $4100 in proceeds, refuses habeas corpus, and prefers jail over release while refusing to name an accomplice.
Gen Palmer and Adjutant General Koontz signal Democratic veterans will exit the Grand Army of the Republic to form a Democratic Veterans Association. Koontz cites unequal reception of Democratic soldiers and party politics within the G A R as grounds for withdrawal and new organization efforts spanning Indiana and other states. Koontz says the new group will be benevolent, require Democratic membership, and aim for a large national following.
A letter from W S S Ropixson of Kemp Lone Oak says S B 5 35 cured his son of a blood eruption after “bad blood.” A Conumpr a S C resident O E Auenes claims two years of muscular rheumatism cured by S B 5 5 and endorses the medicine. A Swift Specific Company note offers a free treatise on blood and skin diseases.
Ballot fraud figure Dudley of Indiana is beyond doubt guilty of all charges and faces prison. Some West Virginia Republicans show sympathy toward him. In Indiana LaPorte contemplates an incandescent electric light plant.
Indiana in DraNa Pollis November 27 scene centers on World reports of last election corruption. Judge W Q Gresham, arriving in this city, denounces the machine and corporate leaders. He argues respectable men must reform laws or rebellion will rise. prominent financiers and reformers are blamed for poll corruption.
Rose Eytinge lauds Western women in Bellard's Magazine noting their strength foresight and business skill. She cites a New York born woman who earned five to six dollars weekly supporting kin then secured government land in Oregon and built wealth through farming stock and crops. The piece extols mothers empowering families and predicts the sons and daughters will prosper from such pedigrees.
An ad copy extols the Youth's Companion yearly issue with six serial stories and 150 short stories plus illustrated tales, travel sketches, articles, and weekly supplements. It claims wide home readership, holiday issues, and a value price of 1.75 dollars a year with free travel to January 1st. The passage ends with a reader praising Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as effective and gentle.
The statement vows continued fight against the Republican party and pride in gains made in the old burnt district during the late campaign, pledging to carry on business at the old stand.
A nostalgic poem recalls Somerset hills and old home scenes with family memories. The piece blends rural imagery of dawn, orchards, and harvest with a midlife reflection on youth and aging, closing with a moment about Jo Mary Jane Pap and a local legal notice fragment from The Century.
An Evansville Courier interview discusses potential Republican moves in Congress to affect Southern conditions. It covers representation by population, voting rights for African Americans, and a proposed method to distribute electoral votes by state popular votes.
In a Thompson Avenue residence in Long Island City a tiny newborn weighed fifteen ounces at birth and grew to a pound and a half in a month. The infant, with a mouth so small it barely took nourishment, required a straw-sized tube for feeding. The mother, Mrs. Henning, a tall muscular woman, has fourteen children. The baby’s limbs and nails were minuscule and the child was described as fully developed for its size.
Swelling of ankles or feet not from rheumatism may signal heart weakness says Prof DeCosta. Shortness of breath and left side lying pains may occur. Dr Miles New Cure offered. Also note gas illumination spreading on three Muncie streets by G C Wrides.
Advertises Syrup of Figs as nature s laxative to cleanse the System and relieve biliousness costiveness headaches colds fevers indigestion piles and related ailments. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company San Francisco with local outlets Burtis Bros and Wildes. Peru forms a board of trade with 65 members.
A Huntington County man starts a skunk farming venture. Also advertised are Miles Nerves in Liver Pills claiming nerve action and English Spavin Lotion promising to remove hard lumps and blemishes in horses with savings advertised. G O Wilds Drug Gist in Boonville Indiana offers samples and sales.
The latest fashion in ladies hats is sure to stir excitement among the fair sex as gossip follows a bold departure from established styles. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is promoted as a cure for female ailments, offering a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. The Chicago anarchists have reorganized.
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