18 Feb 1891
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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1891
Page
1
An old time advertisement extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a universal remedy for dyspepsia torpid liver and constipation claiming it restores health by improving liver function. The copy asserts the product has never disappointed users and serves as a general family remedy with strong testimonials from a Macon resident.
Indiana lawmakers push nonpartisan police board for Terre Haute with salaries for governor and state officers set. Senate discusses appellate court bill and futures margins while house advances the fee and salary measure. Resolutions honor General Sherman. gas explosion in West Lafayette injures four, two fatally. police shootout in Brazil, one suspect dies. further deaths from Lafayette blast injuries reported.
Reports from New York detail General William Tecumseh Sherman’s rapid decline after a severe lung infection and facial swelling. Family, doctors, and officials governed bedside care as the Civil War hero faded, with funeral plans forming in New York and St Louis. The article chronicles his life, military exploits from Bull Run to Sherman’s March, and the preparation for a grand military procession.
Five table glassware warehouses in Pittsburgh plus mills in Wheeling Fostoria and Findlay seek a United States Glass Company charter with 7 million dollars capital. The move scenes a growing national combine, as other states and industries discuss reciprocity treaties and labor actions while strikes and regulatory debates ripple across the country.
Indiana items from Yorkville to Martinsville, Evansville, and Logansport report sensational incidents. deaths, crimes, and legal actions span suicides, elopements, robberies, and lawsuits. notable names include Maggie Hornbach, Max Gibbs, James McCord, Charles Ritter, Edward Jackson, and Amelia Boleman. Local events cover a foundlings plan, gas explosions, and a railway lawsuit.
On successive days the Senate and House debated and advanced key bills including a Tennessee customs district, government printing office wages, naval appropriations, and a copyright measure. The Senate handled pensions for Gen. Banks and discussed silver coinage, while the House saw action on civil service funding, Indian and legislative appropriations. The week closed with condolences for Admiral Porter and Gen. Sherman and adjournments amid funeral arrangements.
A boiler explosion at the Quebec Worsted company factory in Hare Point yesterday wrecked the engine house and half the building. About 45 workers were trapped with heavy casualties. by noon roughly half of rescued victims were dead and many others injured, with several expected to die.
In the Commons Mr Goschen said Britain will not pursue retaliation against the United States over the McKinley tariff. He hoped Americans would see their mistake and that dialogue could ease trade tensions. In Columbus Indiana a man named Mel McKee shot at George Laforce in a saloon. bystander Peter Lykle was wounded. McKee fled but was captured and jailed to await trial for assault with intent to kill.
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