A Terrible Mistake Ends with Hope for Harley and Marcia
Marcia Lessinge survives a night storm after unknowingly wronging her husband Harley. The pair confront fear and truth in a Clyde island tale of mistaken suspicions, reconciliation, and renewed love as a storm drives them toward home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meg
Aunt Meg
Clyde Island
Marcia
Harley
Marcia Lessinge
Harley Lessinge
Theodore
Hal
Lessinge
Theo
Theodore Raynor
West Fourth Street
Clyde
Manna L. Crocker
Interior Department Defends Pension Rescission Action
A statement from the Interior Department supports Secretary Noble's move to rescind Commissioner Tanner's order raising pensions from $2 to $4 per month for certain veterans. It argues pension ratings must follow statutory medical exam findings, warning arbitrary increases threaten lawful budgeting and fairness among all pensioners.
Pictures and Painters In Paris Shows Westward Interest
AtmMA Takema described as lively fifty-something artist in his studio. A small Paris sale fetched 100 francs then resold for 18 000 francs after M Meissonier’s verification. Jos Bonieva over seventy studies Buffalo Bill Indians for a large canvas. Rosa Bonheur’s 1847 landscape sold in London for 2 500 guineas, last bid 2 400. Marius Tissot works Life of Christ in watercolor series of three hundred pieces, a third finished. two journeys to Palestine for color. The set to be published in a lavish volume. Each drawing about eighteen by twelve inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Drouot
Paris
M. Meissonier
Jos Bonieva
Buffalo Bill
London
Mile
Rosa Bonheur
Brunel
Messrs. Agnew
M. J. Tissot
Christ
Palestine
Tanner's Answer on Pension Re rating Decision Criticism
Pension Commissioner Tanner defends his April 25 order overruling by Assistant Secretary Bussey. He accuses Bussey of bias and misinterpretation, questions Bussey's qualifications, and insists the March 27 law grants him power to set minimum pensions of four dollars per month for qualifying cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasutneron
Interior Department
Noble
Tanner
Department of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
United States
Dalzell
Manderson
Washmeron
Bussey
Kentucky
Patent Office
Civil Service Commission
Pension Office
Pension Board of Appeals
Army
General Bussey
Harrison
Red Cross Relief Nears End in Johnstown
Red Cross relief in Conemaugh Valley near completion with Miss Clara Barton addressing Johnstown citizens. Over 20 000 persons aided, 3000 families supplied, six houses furnished, and relief funds for classes 4 and 5 of 4300 people finalized. Kremer says all funds will be distributed in two weeks as a women's benevolent association is organized at the Red Cross Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hannan
Board of Inquiry
Kremer
Red Cross Hospital
Women’s Benevolent Association
Fools or Spies Singled Out by Socialists
The Socialist Labor party convention ended on Thursday as delegates visited Waldheim Cemetery to honor Anarchist graves. A resolution on the flag incident declared those who hissed the American flag were fools or police spies and aimed to provoke press hostility toward Socialists. The Brooklyn seat was set for the board of appeals and New York for party organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CircaGco
Socialist Labor Party
Waldheim
Brooklyn
Board of Appeals
New York
Carriage Builders' Association Ends 17th Convention in Syracuse
The closing session in Syracuse on October 18 featured Col Albert A. Pearse of Boston urging highway improvement and good roads for the carriage trade. Delegates backed a uniform bankruptcy system and urged Congress to pass the Lowell bill. Resolutions called for patent law reforms and Chicago chosen for next year’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
The
Carriage Builders’ National Association
Albert A. Pearse
Boston
Congress
House of Representatives
Chicago
Schlitz sues Iowa officials over seized beer ruling
The Schlitz Brewing Company sued Johnson County sheriff and Temperance Alliance members for 10000 in damages after a small beer quantity seized from a car shipped in. The case aimed to set a precedent for damages against officials under prohibitory law but was dismissed by Judge Shiras for lack of jurisdiction, ruling the suit violated Iowa law under U S Court protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Schlitz Brewing Company
Johnson County
Temperance Alliance
Iowa
Shiras
Indianapolis man tries to kill wife in court
Henry Smith, facing a charge of threatening his wife's life, lunged with a knife in Judge Judkin's Indianapolis courtroom. He stabbed his wife in the throat, she fell insensible, and bystanders restrained him. Smith asked for the knife to end his own life, expressing no regret except the wound not being fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Henry Smith
Judkin
Pension reforms urged by Commissioner Tanner in 1889 report
The 1888-89 annual Pension Bureau report to the Interior Secretary shows 489,725 pensioners at year end with 53,675 added and 16,507 dropped. Average pension was $131.18. total pension payments $58,275,113 and overall disbursements $89,151,968. Tanner calls for legislation to adjust rates and to pension all veterans with disabilities regardless of service connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Pensions
Bureau of Pensions
Tanner
United States
Secret Service Year in Review Details Counterfeit Busts
The Secret Service annual report cites 437 arrests this year for counterfeit offenses, with 81 possession and 97 passing counterfeit coin. Of those arrested, 86 were convicted, 60 pleaded guilty, 68 discharged, 47 awaiting grand juries, and 44 acquitted. Impressions include securities 477,031 face value and notes 434,974 in imitations, plus coin facsimiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bell
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
United States
United States Treasury
Collision on Burlington Route Kills and Injures Dozens Near Gibson
A rear end collision between eastbound and westbound Burlington & Missouri River trains near Gibson, Nebraska injures at least fifty passengers and demolishes two engines and three cars. Tremont House owner Peter Reuland dies en route to hospital. other victims include Mary Butler and Charles Lavre with severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxfa
Neb
Burlington & Missouri River
Gibson
Omaha
Peter Reuland
Tremont House
Mary Butler
South Omaha
Charles Lavre
Craig
Engineer Gillespie
Harry S. Weller
Barbed Wire Trust Forming to Control Market
In CincaGco on October 19 the Herald reports a secret meeting of barbed wire manufacturers. A powerful trust may be formed with eleven of forty-two mills in a cartel agreeing not to sell to the remaining thirty-one. Washburn of Washburn Moon Co pledges not to license outside the combine, with the trust covering patent defense expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CincaGco
the Herald
Washburn
Washburn & Moon Co
Worcester
Mass
Express Robbery in Millsport Tied to $6,000 Haul
In Lamar County Millsport a robbery netted about $6,000 from an agent alone at night. Walter Abercrombie, a young white man, is charged after detectives brought him to Birmingham. The case emerged a week after the incident and the seized packages were worth the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imrmingham
Ala
Millsport
Lamar County
Walter Abercrombie
Brotherhood Addresses Omissions At Annual Locomotive Engineers Session
Chief Arthur presided as 26,000 members gathered in this city for the annual session. He stressed lawfulness and warned against hasty law changes, noting strikes as a last resort. Benefits paid this year reached 306,000, total to date 2,608,169. Omission of federation and Burlington strike drew disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Arthur
Burlington
Jury Briber Squeals Confession in Cronin Case
Bailiff Mark I. Salmonson, held on 10 000 bail, was released after admitting possible confession amid jury bribery accusations. Tred W. Smith sought bail but no bondsman appeared and his lawyer denied any confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Mark I. Salmonson
Salmonson
Tred W. Smith
Smith
Indiana Farmhouse Murders Linked to Heir Loot
In Trader's Point area seven years ago two elderly women named Foreman were murdered for a several thousand dollar estate. Mrs. William H. Manbaum confessed that her husband, then in the State Insane Hospital, killed them and claimed he was also one of the Manheim bank robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Foreman
Trader's Point
William H. Manbaum
State Insane Hospital
Manheim
Montana vote count narrows to Silver Bow contest only
Helena Montana October 17 The tally across counties is done and only Silver Bow County may still contest. Democrats hold a three to one majority on joint ballot with one tied seat. if Tunnel precinct is upheld the Republicans gain four Silver Bow seats and a five to one joint ballot majority. Hearing set for November 7.
Ohio Twins Born with Arm Amputation in Dayton
A Dayton married woman gave birth to twins, a boy and girl, the boy’s left arm severed before birth and fully healed at birth. The rest of the newborns are healthy. The report also lists deaths, crimes, legal actions, and local incidents across Ohio, including bank misappropriation, cave-ins, fires, indictments, and thought suicides or accidental deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Fremont
Emmett V. Rupers
First National Bank
St. Paris
United States Circuit Court
W. Crooks
Massillon
Ribstock
Pennsylvania Company
Youngstown
U.S
John Stobart
Pomeroy
Adams
Wellington
Gorham
Lancaster
Joseph Warden
Alliance
Salem
Isaac G. Hituen
Greenville
Hine
W. Scott Wetsn
Bucyrus
Horn
London
Sam Putop
Mt. Verrion
Marcus Hyman
Millersburg
Euman Drypex
Sprigg Township
Adams County
Akron
Rnopa Cone
Wayne County
North Star
Darke County
Richard Mendenhall
Misgood
I. N. Medford
Williams’ Center
Williams County
Oscar Hoover
Columbiana County
Elizabeth Eyes
Aaron Noel
Portsmouth
Lizzie Dawson
Lucasville
A. T. Noel
John Keiser
Wyand
Stobart
Joan Wesley Marks
Wooster
Pelee Island
Pat Donohue
Charles Burdge
Piqua
Zack Brown
E. A. Geach
Columbus
McSweeney
Norwalk
Akirona
O’brien
Harry Fricu
Toledo
Brown
Tuscarawas County
Joseph Schwartz
Common Pleas Court
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
Ohio
Marietta Water-Works
Seasongood & Mayer
W. A. Heinlin
Kirk Warner
Crawford County
Bycyrus
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ER. W. Mathews
W.S. Heade
Attorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
Cambridge
Notary Policic
C. Steele
Monte Av
Fred, L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Old National Bank
J. Mr. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
W. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Aplo
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
M. D
Providence Hos
National Medical Dispensary
Washington,d.c
Hutchinson's Block
Main Street
Ambridge
Hotels
Joseph Morton
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Jyé
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Mill Street
An & Son
Deg Goods
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Hotel Berwick
Camsridge
H. F. Hunt
Miraler
G. W. Broom
Ohto
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride
Police
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
N.Y
Patie
Son Harries
Wall’s Drug Store
Ss. McPhee
Boots and Shoes
West Main $T
Cambridge, C
Eells
Ilis
John Moss
Steubenville Strees
Murray
Preason
Mareia Lessinge
Atmma Takema
RED Cross Relief
Johnstown
the Carriage Builders’ National Association
Brewers
Secret Service
Barbed Wire Trust
Hartranft
Cherokee Commission
Pennsylvania
Indian Territory
Judge Little
Arkansas
Lucien Fairchild
Wisconsin
Cronin
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