Diverse 1900s News Snippets Range From Divorces To War Vessels
Chicago grants over 300 divorce decrees in Jane year. Ohio Democrats push independent ticket. New York bats display 42 bird species. Mark Twain finishes The Surviving Innocent Abroad and travels abroad. Duluth cyclone toll rises to fourteen. Kingston woman survives fall from well while drawing water. US orders warships to Tangiers over Morocco dispute. Seattle scholar Groves named to help locate Debs cooperative colony site. Denver gold mining congress backs miner protections against Spanish land grants. Senator Mallory seeks Cabinet headed Public Health Dept. Ohio Rep Lenz proposes pension for Union soldiers at one dollar per day per service day. Pensions commissioner halts 100 veteran cases.
Dismissed pension official seeks reinstatement
Photographs of Murderer Theodore Durant in prison garb are being sold in San Francisco by his parents to fund his continued fight for life. The report notes dissension during the Cleveland administration and ongoing efforts to overturn the dismissal.
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Cleveland
Theodore Durant
San Francisco
Cal
Joseph Chamberlain
Colonies
House of Lords
The Hustler Survives and Hustling in Business
A Hancock Democrat job printing note extols a hustler who thrives by advertising and steady effort. It praises the bold, amiable approach to business, contrasting him with slower rivals who obstruct or doubt him. The piece emphasizes enterprise, community support, and the value of consistent, vigorous pursuit of opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock Democrat
Porter Sick and Local News from Knightstown Area
Porter is reported sick with ble ary J Henley was at Knights rday. Many residents and visitors are noted with travel, visits, sales, and health. The piece details illnesses, relocations, sales, weddings, balls, and local happenings around Rushville Greenfield Knightstown and surrounding towns with several named individuals and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rank Porter
J. Henley
Knightsrday
Cox
Death by suicide at Knightstown farm
William L Newsom colored committed suicide at his residence near Knightstown by cutting his throat with a razor at 1 o clock Wednesday morning. He had worked in the fields the day before and, after retiring, told his wife he would kill himself. He died instantly. relatives attempted to intervene but could not stop the self inflicted wound. He had a prior head injury in Fairmount five years earlier and long term head pains, with speculation mental illness contributed to the act. He leaves a wife and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Newsom
Knightstown
Fairmount
William H. Newsom
Installation of Officers in Carthage Lodge No 255
At the regular meeting of Carthage Lodge No 255 I O O F officers were installed N G Jesse F Tweedy V G John Tarbet Sec Oliver E Hill Treas Wm S Johnson Ward Fear Tweedy Con John P Downey L G A C Jones C G R S Whitton R BS N G Albert Earnest L BS N G Will A Hill R BS N G Micajah C Jessup L BS V G Chris Whitton R BS S Harvey Jessup L BS 8 E Walker
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Carthage Lodge No
N. G
Jesse F. Tweedy
V. G
John Tarbet
Oliver E. Hill
Treas
Wm. S. Johnson
Ward
Tweedy
John P. Downey
L. G
A. C. Jones
C. G
R. S. Whitton
Albert Earnest
Will A. Hill
Wheat harvest nears end as farmers push cuttings
Farmers near Rushville report wheat activity with several local mentions. Irvin Price and wife spent Saturday in the area while George Ewing and family visited Peter Siler on Sunday. Peter Siler lost a horse to last week's heat, and Owen Souder with wife and child visited homefolks Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Siler
George Ewing
Owen Souder
Lynn Creek Valley Sunday rain and local visits
A Sunday rainfall noted in Lynn Creek Valley with visits from J B Tribby’s mother from Indianapolis and Conrad Kizer and family from Carthage. Rev John Ralston preached at Riverside, services canceled at Franklin church due to the storm. J B Tribby recovered from a heart ailment after Friday night. Caution issued about counterfeit silver coins flooding gas belt towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Tribby
Indianapolis
John Ralston
Little Blue
Riverside
Conrad Kizer
Carthage
Franklin Church
Polly Beckner
Morristown
Bob
Hornet
M.plank
Posey Township
Illinois
Carthage Model Mill Opens with Best Flour in State
The Carthage Model Mill is completed and running with a daily capacity of sixty barrels of flour. President G H Lemon of Richmond City Mill Works calls it the finest mill of its size in Indiana. Proprietor C G Clark promises strong trade in flour, corn meal, and buckwheat flour and will accept wheat on deposit, exchange, or purchase at top market prices.
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G. H. Lemon
Richmond City
Indiana
C. G. Clark
Will King
Frank Porter
Messrs Wolf and Holt
Clark
Porter
Carthage
Walnut Ridge Y P S C E Missionary Session Held
The Walnut Ridge Young People's Missionary Society conducted a 3 p.m. Sunday session on The World wide Need for Missions. Despite rain, the program lasted about an hour and a quarter with songs and audience participation, highlighting nations Japan India Persia China South America Africa Mexico American Indians and urging active duty. Visitors noted.
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Walnut Ridge Y. P. S. C
Japan
India
Persia
China
South America
Africa
Mexico
Jesus
Thomas Chappell
Murray Parker
Clarkson Parker
Local notes and social items from the area
Born Monday a daughter to John Hays. Mrs John Sullivan improves. D N Kennedy receives pension increase. John Brown and wife from near Ruthville visit town. G F Kennedy visits cousin Stella Kennedy near Carthage. Frank Alexander injures finger with ice cream freezer. Junior Endeavor society not organized due to weather. Blue River U B church holds lawn festival last Saturday. Elocutionary and musical at Christian church next Tuesday by Y P S C E. Ted Evans and gas crew at work on new mains. regulator installed. Will Kennedy of Elwood to visit father D N Kennedy soon. Mrs Lina Anderson hosts a party for Miss Augusta Tucker and Samuel H. Moore of Indianapolis with soy cream and cake.
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D. N. Kennedy
John Brown
Hville
G. F. Kennedy
Stella Kennedy
Carthage
Frank Alexander
Junior Endeavor Society
Ladies of the
Blue River U. B
Christian Church
Ted Evans
New Gas Company
Will Kennedy
Elwood
Will
Mra Lina Anderson
Augusta Tucker
Samuel H. Moore
Indianapolis
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Larissa Leno
TAS
Hill & Gear
Pune
Mattie Bentley
Henley’s Grocery
the News
Chicago
Jane
Ohio
Old Democrats
New York
Mark Twain
Duluth
Minn
Sarah Camdell
Kingston
N.Y
Morocco
United States
Tangiers
Lawrence Groves
Seattle, Wash
Denver
Mallory
Senate
Lenz
House
Commissioner of Pensions
Ham
Springfield
John H. Thomas
Messrs Wolcott, Stevenson
Paine
London
Hustler
MGS
Blanche Wolf
H.C. Phelps
A. C. Hill
Coffin
Kenneth
Rushville
Wooten
Uis
Margaret Stuart
Greenfield
Sarah Henley
G. D. Hunt
Hill
Micajah
King
William Johnson
Main Street
Elmer Hunt
Roy Peters
Connersville
Lloyd Henley
Park County
Acton Wednes
Jethro D
Julia Win
Cook
Lafayette
Visiaghter
Omar Binford
Weingart
Robert Henley
George A. Fletcher
Lucy Winston
Philadelphia
Martha Clark
Charlottesville
Kate Cole
Nice
Catherine Derbyshire
Bentonville
J. G. Wolf
Walnut Ridge
Campbell
Chautauqua
Willard Miner
Noah Small
Mr Small
Florence Henley
S. O
Grace Nixon
Nannie Core
O. E. Hill
Minnie Mills
J. Marcus Hadley
Thorntown
Miss Mill
Plainfield
John W
Albert H. Johnson
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Henry C. Phelps
Harriet Sparks
Big Four
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
Falls
Toronto
The
Friends Bible School
John Rohn
Rohn
Hill Bros.’ Corner
Shiveley’s
Irvin Price and
Lynn Creek Valley
Walnut Ridge Y. P. S. C. E
Gwynneville
John Hays
John Sullivan
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