Mysterious Pearl Bryan Murdercase Engulfs Cincinnati News
Scott Jackson a dental student confesses to involvement with the Pearl Bryan case, accusing Alonzo Walling and William Wood of acting with him. He details the plan to remove the girl, the effort to conceal her identity, and where the head may lie. Walling and Wood are arrested as investigations continue in Cincinnati and Greencastle Indiana.
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Cincinsa Atr
Scott Jackson
Pearl Bryan
Ft. Thomas
Alonzo Walling
Jackson
Wood
Miss Bryan
Indiana
Stanley
Greencasle
Ind
Walling
Suspension Bridge
Kentucky
William Wood
South Bend
Cincinnati
Greencastle
Turnkey Underwood
Central Station
Underwood
Cinccinnati
Indianapolis
Pearl
Louis & Hays
Bryans
Sister
Alex Bryan
Greencastle High School
Eight District Convention May 20 in Hartford City
New Eighth district Republicans meet to set convention sites and delegate dates. Hartford City to host the congressional gathering May 20 while Bluffton hosts the delegate selection on March 19.
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Hartford City
Muouwaci
Ind
Republican Central Committees
New Eighth Congressional District
George F. McCulloch
Bluffton
Bloody Hungarian Polish riot leaves three dead in Whiting
In Whiting Indiana on February 7 a saloon brawl turned deadly as a Hungarian mob attacked Jos Maovitik's saloon. Three men died Emory Szanjo Steve Mutcha and John Makin. John Thomas was wounded and may die. Ringleaders arrested at Hammond jail after police forced entry.
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Warirne
Ind
Adams Street
Whiting Road
Whiting
Maovitik
Maovitiks
Moavitik
Stanjo
Mutcha
Dobbins
Lowenthal
Emmet
Hammond
High Water Interferes with Rail Traffic in Pennsylvania
Weary rains and melting snow push rivers rising fast causing widespread damage. A land slide blocks the mail train at Bridgeville New Jersey and a tunnel flood of ties and lumber traps the Oxford tunnel on the DL&W. A Sayler’s Lake bridge on the L&N fails under a passing mixed train but no injuries occur. Dams burst across the region as Delaware Lehigh and Bushkill rivers surge.
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Pennsylvania
Easton
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Bridgeville
N. J
Oxford
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Sayler’s Lake
Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad
Delaware
Lehigh
Bushkill
Indiana News Roundup From Indianapolis and Surrounding Cities
Short, fragmented reports from Indiana towns dated February 7 1895 cover Scott Jackson’s misconduct in Indianapolis at the dental college and his mother’s reaction, a kidnapping attempt in Utica Miss Pitcher, a conference between Wilmot and Brush on Western league prospects, a new Hoosier race circuit planned from Terre Haute to Bay City, a Cuban agitation effort in Indianapolis, and the deteriorating condition of William H English with his daughter by his side.
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Scott Jackson
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Dental College
J. R. Lotshaw
New York Street
Costa
Jackson
Dental College
Lafayette
Jessie Pitcher
Utica
Misa Pitcher
Darlington
Miss Pitcher
Wilmot
Brush
IndiaNarouts
Walter Wilmot
Minneapolis
Johon T. Brush
Mr. Brush
New Hoosier
Terre Haute
Elkhart
Toledo
Saginaw
Bay City
W. T. Beauchamp
Smith Graves
English
Inpranapolis
William H. English
Walting
Compromised Indiana Insurance Suit Ends After 12 Years
In Ricmono Samuel Replogle settled with Home Insurance Co for 1300 on his barn policy amid a dispute over an additional policy. The case reached the Indiana Supreme Court twice before the company paid Replogle. In Indianapolis Building Inspector Banting condemned school Nos. 10 and 11 after long-standing safety concerns. Pupils were dismissed and No. 10 must be removed for replacement. No. 11 may be repaired for safe use.
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Ricmono
Ind
Samuel Replogle
The
Home Insurance Co
Supreme Court
Mr. Replogle
Inpranapolis
Banting
Man Falls Forty Feet From Freight Bridge
Horace Kendall of Fowter Indiana stepped from a Monon freight train while it glided past Surrey. He lost his balance on the bridge and plunged about forty feet into the Kankakee river sustaining fatal injuries. English in Indiana listed in critical serious condition with slim chances of recovery.
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Fowter
Ind
Horace Kendall
Here
Monon
Surrey
Kankakee River
English
Inprawaro
Wm. H. English
Disaster at East Bristol Bridge Twenty Workmen Drowned
A night collapse of the East Bristol bridge over the Pequabuck river sent four dozen Hartford workers into the water. Witnesses heard cries as the outer end sank. ten to twelve men are believed lost while the rest escaped. The wrecking train aided salvage as a new bridge neared completion.
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Bristol
Pequabucck
Hartford
Forestville
Pequabuck
Anti-Prize Fighting Bill Clears Senate for White House Signature
Washington February 7 The Anti Prize Fighting Bill to ban prize fighting in territories and the District of Columbia passes the Senate without division after House approval. The measure makes pugilistic encounters a felony with penalties of one to five years and defines the term in Sec. 2. It now goes to the president for signature.
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Senate
Washington
Territories
House
District of Columbia
Fire and Flood Hit Bound Brook New Jersey
Six feet of water in Bound Brook blocked firemen from fighting a devastating blaze. Early Thursday the fire reached a peak with flames visible from Plainfield seven miles away. Communications were cut, and reports say many lives are lost in the disaster.
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Boundbrook
N. J
New York
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Plainfield
Corean minister chosen for Washington post departs in December
Sohkwang Pott was named minister of Corea at Washington and left for his post on December 30. A separate report from Schoharie, New York, notes Justice Mayhem denied a new trial for Rat Shea. The national convention of House smiths and Bridge Builders of America wrapped up in Pittsburgh and will meet in Buffalo in February 1897.
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Corean Legation
Sohkwang Pott
Corea
Washington
Sub-Treasury
New York
Majestic
Umbria
Robbins
New York Assembly
Hartford
Ohio
Brainard
Morton
Shumway
Bay State Agricultural Society
Boston
Fred H. Bruns
Lyon County
United States
Germany
Perkins
State Department
Schuylkill River
Norristown
Conshohocken
Wyoming Valley
Wilkesbarre
Weather Overview For Kentucky Ohio Indiana
The bulletin notes Kentucky Fair conditions with colder weather in the eastern portion and northerly winds. Ohio is fair with slightly colder temperatures in the southeast and northwesterly winds. Indiana is fair with slightly colder conditions and northerly winds.
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Washington
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Market quotes across cities on grains meats and livestock
Cincinnati Wheat No 2 red and futures seen around 7? range with other grains mixed. Chicago and Toledo report prices for oats corn and rye with bids for cash and May and July futures. Pittsburgh and Baltimore share cattle hogs sheep and lamb values for feeder and fancy grades observed across markets.
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Cincinnati
New York
Toledo
Baltimore
Buffalo
Hocs—Yorkers
Sentimental Wedding Gift Ideas From The Era
Guidance on choosing brides gifts emphasizing embroidery and keepsakes. Suggestions include a richly embroidered wedding certificate on heavy satin, a white kid prayer book with gold thread, a keepsake bag from a gown fragment, and decorated lamp screens with wedding music scraps. Ends with a quirky walnut parsnip nut recipe.
Almond Sheets and Roach Remedies from a Curiouscook Column
The note describes browning almonds in a hot oven and forming a half inch thick almond sheet, then cutting it when set. It also offers a cockroach treatment using plaster of Paris mixed with meal and sugar, and a fallback red lead and sugar solution if needed, all in a dated, instructional tone.
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Paris
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