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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1899
Page
6
Fragmented OCR yields unclear legal or civic notice
Unclear text from OCR appears to reference legal or civic topics with missing names places and dates making precise summary impossible. The readable fragment hints at regulatory or official action but lacks decisive details for a specific item.
Coffins Filled with Stones Unearths Bitter History
Unclear fragmentary note hints at burial ordeals and harsh punishment. readable terms include coffins stones and a mentioned place or group, suggesting a grim historical incident or ritual context with limited corroboration.
Transfer of Chartered Men Across Regions
A brief note describes transfers of chartered personnel across regions. It lists affected teams and organizations, noting changes in assignments and scheduling implications for upcoming events. The fragment emphasizes coordination and timing without detailing outcomes or names.
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Unable to extract a clear, readable event from the provided fragments. The text appears garbled and unsalvageable for a reliable summary.
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Diate LM
Marret
Pown Prowned Time Peeves as upider Tras town
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Leven and foetal waned eat popsets, with unclear proper nouns and places. No coherent events or names identified to form a reliable summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leven
Town Devastation Reported After Major Fire
A large blaze swept through Washington County causing extensive damage to homes and businesses. Fire crews battled the flames as residents surveyed the wreckage and authorities began comprehensive assessments.
New York Bay Victim Identified amid unclear details
An identified body from New York Bay triggers police inquiry as investigators seek missing person links. Details are incomplete due to garbled text, but authorities describe the case as a fatal incident with potential connections to ongoing searches.
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New York Bay
Teepe
Tha
Tasias Dkebsard Dolyisena eoMhetla
Watt
Pune
Tisi
Ledeine Belise
Unclear fragment reports fatal shooting near Hloornmnetom
Fragmentary text describes a fatal shooting during a hunt with references to Henry and a brother. Details are garbled and names unclear, with phrases about a hawk and a feud.
Four Military Prisoners Escape From Castle William
Four soldiers serving sentences at Castle William escaped under guard supervision near Governor's Island. The escapees are Frank Harvey, 80, Second Artillery. Michael J. McCarthy, 62, Eleventh Infantry. Fred Simonds, 24, Seventh Archers. and Carl Decker, 24, Seventh Artillery. The men had access to cells during the day and work details in the kitchen. The search continues along New York river fronts by armed guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Willian
Governor's Island
New York River
Frank Harvey
Nee
Second Artillery
Michael J. McCarthy
Eleventh Infantry
Fred Simond
Seventh Archers
Carl Decker
Seventh Artillery
McCarthy
Simonds
Undiminished Trade Activity Amidst Price Firmness
Trade reports show exceptional firmness at high levels with limited business mortality and continued industrial activity. Subdued bylines mention slowdowns in some branches of trade while overall demand remains steady, reflecting cautious market sentiment and sustained prices across key commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brade Street
Tor
Fireworks Blaze Destroys Two New York Factories
A large fire engulfed two fireworks plants near New York causing extensive damage. Hundreds of buildings and property were affected as flames spread across the sites. Fire crews evacuated workers and rescued several children as employees battled flames amid scattered explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Het Sun
Charlign Works
War clouds over England and floods devastate Kansas
A chaotic mix reports Britain preparing for action as World War I tensions rise while floods in southern Kansas cause massive property losses and two deaths. Other items note wheat crop prospects in Europe, a robbery injury case, a Vermont university lawsuit, and a Cleveland streetcar strike halting fourteen lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Peek
Nerley
Goddard Darry Tills
Cassatt Elected President Of Pennsylvania Railroad
A special meeting of the railroad board elected A J Cassatt of Philadelphia unanimously to succeed the late Frank Thomson as president. A prior wreck near Grandview, Maine disrupted service and injured several, with over forty people reported involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satt
Thomson
Pennsylvienia Railroad
A. J. Cassatt
Philadelpha
Frank Thomson
Grandview
Japan to Return Warships and Strike News from Ohio
A Japan sourced report claims all captured Chinese warships will be returned to China. Japan would require China to invest in new vessels to be built under Japanese supervision. The Japanese government plans to limit repairs by private dockyards to emergencies. Also mentioned are depopulation concerns from plague in Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ohio
Dy Tapan
China
Pormosa
Freight Handlers Strike Over Wages At Local Plant
About six hundred freight handlers quit work at the airport, wait, and Paynestown warehouses to press for higher wages. Meetings produced resolutions calling for a 25 percent pay hike, claiming grievances and delays in loading and unloading, and immediate adjustment of claims. The strike halted operations and mobilized support as workers refused duty unless pay and conditions improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
Dai
Eight Injured In Gosport Collision Between Trains
The Vincennes express on the Dudinnag and Vincennes division of the Pennsylvania trend collided head end with a freight at Gosport Indiana on a curve near a bridge. The engineer and fireman of the passenger train leapt to the embankment and were unharmed. Charles A. Wood the freight engineer, and his fireman, were injured. The locomotive was telescoped. Seven others received injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gosport
Ind
Vincennes
Dudinnagols
Peninylvania
Resport
Pssenger
Tran
Imhiurt
Poor Wheat Outlook But Corn Is Rising Statewide
A Kansas Department of Agriculture bulletin reports 40 percent of wheat acreage in poor condition due to winter and spring droughts, with 61 percent in fair to good status. In the eastern three-fifths of the state corn conditions show an encouraging, improving trend and favorable prospects. Also noted is a legal notice: Indiana district school duties law killed by mistake, nullifying parts of township reform and affecting school regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Vie Drorard
Indiana
Man Kills Wife and Her Mother Then Ends His Own Life
In Canyon City Colorado Isanuel Roberts killed his wife and her mother in their home. George Lewis is mentioned, and Roberts then killed himself. Reports say Roberts blamed his mother in law for their troubles after a separation of about eighteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isanuel Roberts
Alps
Greorge Lewis
The
Chatter
Canyon City
Colo
Rab Ts
Hee
California Commission Keeps Seal Herd Reduction On Track
Despite objections from the United States Government, California authorities have decided to continue reducing seal herds. Work will proceed at rookeries not under Federal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
California
Gen. and aide killed by Aguinaldo guard in Philippines
Reports say General and his aide Lieut. Buses Tiamon were assassinated by Aguinaldo's guards at the head of Aguinalde. In other news, big fires destroyed three Whitworth ordnance works shops in Newcastle-Upon-Pyne, with damage around £2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguinaldo
Found
Tiamon
Aguinalde
Armstrone- Whitworth Ordnance Works
Newcastle-Upon-Pyne
Storm Toll Tops 150 In Midwest Destruction
A severe storm swept across TPastines Minn Llucson and Ney Pichmiond Wis killing about 150 people in New Richmond. A Marietta Torpedo Company plant explosion killed two men and left the facility ruined. The Canal Commission appoints nine members led by Rear Admiral John G Walker to study a Panama isthmus route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tpastines
Minn
Llucson
Ney Pichmiond
Wis
New Richmond
Marietta Torpedo Company
Marietta
Ohio
Canal Commission
John G. Walker
Canuas
Edison Portland Cement Company Incorporation Reported
The Edison Portland Cement Company, authorized capital 11 124,000, was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey. Thomas Edison is named among the incorporators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Portland Cement Company
Trenton
Thomas = Edison
French Cabinet Resigns After Adverse Vote in Chamber
France again lacks a ministry as the Dupuy cabinet resigns following an unfavourable vote in the chamber of deputies. The move plunges the government into uncertainty and requires a new formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Dupuy
Chamber of Deputies
Tierman Neb Town Devastated by Turmide
A Turmide wrecked Tierman Nebraska leaving few structures standing and many lives disrupted. Rescue crews surveyed the scene as residents faced extensive damage and uncertainty in the aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tierman
Neb
Manila Barriers Seize Refugee Influx At City Gates
Authorities turn back about a thousand refugees aiming for Manila fearing overpopulation and famine. Aid is scarce with small rations issued by American officials as refugees recount being stripped of supplies by insurgents. Insurgent forces may abandon uniforms to deceive rival troops amid reports of communist societies forming in northern Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luzon
Tragedy Near Scottsburg Ends in Double Suicide
John T Mount former Windlay township trustee fatally shot his wife in a barn near their home four miles west of Scottsburg and then killed himself. Their son found the bodies. the wife died at the scene, Mount died shortly after. Mount had resigned recently due to health and mental derangement treated in Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Mount
Pindlay Township
Ind
Scottsburg
Paine
Mount
Windlay Tewinship
Louisville
Labor League Opposes Army Clothing Sweatshop Contracts
The Tufted Labor League of Philadelphia objects to government contracts for Army clothing. They claim work would be done in filthy sweatshops and urge President McKinley to halt awards worth about 3 million to 5 thousand workers at the Philadelphia arsenal amid a rising labor dispute. A separate report notes a pleasure party on a Stockton catamaran overturned, twenty riders fell into the river, two were drowned, others rescued after a struggle in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor League
Labor League of Philadelpha
Chance
Devereux
Jivtgne
League
McKinsey
United States Arsenal
Philadelpha
Stockton
Cal
Namy
Higher Wages for 45000 in Steel Industry
Forty five thousand workers in the iron and steel industry nationwide will receive an average wage increase of 25 percent after a Detroit conference between manufacturers and a committee of the Amaleamiated Association of Tron Steel and Lin Workers. The Stella Volare with the Duke of ABrazil and his polar expedition departed Christiania amid a grateful farewell and royal salute. The Rev Dr W H Peirre D y, pastor of New York's Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, announced his resignation to seek the presidency of Brown University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iom Aaal
Amaleamiated Association of Tron, Steel and ‘Lin Workers
Detroit
Duke of Aberazil
Ine
Italy
Christiania
Faunce
Andrews
W. IL DY. Peance
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Dypt
Brown Univer
Robber Killed During Heist. Woman Also Shot
A robber was killed at his work during a heist in Guthrie O T as a policeman named Taylor shot him. A woman carrying letters addressed to Bishop Jennings decatur Ti was killed in the clash. Brakeman Calkins died as a freight train wrecked through a wooden bridge at Hast land on the Texas Waeifice. Boston Sails for Home after Manila voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Jennings
Decatur
Taylor
Titts
Guthrie
O. T
Texas Waeifice
Hastland
Calkins
Market Quotations From Major Midwestern Points
A blend of grain and livestock pricing across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee with bids for cattle hogs sheep and various grain futures. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with bids and ranges for each region noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cattly
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
New York
Ste Cora
Battle at Las Piñas blocks Manila defenses in fierce clash
American forces under General Lawton clashed with Filipino insurgents in Las Piñas near Manila. Heavy fighting raged all day with artillery and naval support, several officers and many troops wounded, and uncertain Filipino casualties, marking one of the war’s fiercest engagements to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Pinas
Morai
Philippines
Biie Tery
Lis Pinas
Eurteeith
Taantom
Twenty-First Infantex
Wupine Artille
Taanten
Heinns
Jery
Cectin
Ninth Infantry
Twelfth Anl
Twenty-first
Bereh
Nmnigo
Lawton
Gren
Maj
Starr
Lients
Jhonevan
Sonnelly
Im Tree
Tsot
Pie del Vilar
Trias
Manila
Cron
Otis
Gren. Lawton
Paranagina
Cavite
Inter
Telegraphic Brevities Report Wide Range of Local Incidents
Items note Japan may seek Korea from Russia, church denounces faith cures, a Pittsburg trolley collision injures several, Julia Crosby kills her husband in Osceola Iowa, a Baptist minister commits suicide in Cisco Texas, trial begins for Paul Zeltner in Bowling Green Ohio, an Alliance Ohio pair saved by stepping in front of an engine, Dunkirk North Carolina man drinks 160 bottles of soda and dies, famed horse bettor Geo Smith claims large winnings, and John Brown is shot by Gabe Slow in Front Royal Kentucky with Slow acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Corea
Russia
Church of God
Decatur
Pittsburg
Julia Crosby
Osceola
Iowa
Webb
Cisco
Texans
Paul Zeltner
Bowling Green
Ohio
Westenhauer
Isaac Beck
Mary J. Cope
Alliance
Albert C. Allenbrand
Dunkirk
N. C
Geo. Smith
Phil
Gravesend
John W. Brown
Gabe Slow
Wewt Front
General Luna Assassinated in Philippines by Aguinaldo Faction
General Antonio Luna was killed near Cahanateau on June 5 after a dispute with Filipino leader Aguinaldo. Luna had opposed Aguinaldo’s views and halted peace commissioners. his death followed orders from Aguinaldo, carried out by fanatical followers. The incident marks a widening rift as Filipino forces grapple with leadership and discord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Tamit Forest
Aguinaldo
Lune
Farsely
Nho
Ashinglde
Lina
Kahanateau
Mace
Aguiado
Aguinitldo
Tarna
Lam
Sean Tul
Bet Wits
Ducesottse San
War fund spending details reveal limited use of 50 million
The report shows Congress allocated fifty million dollars for the war with Spain, but actual expenditures skewed toward the Navy. Navy allotments include ships, ordnance, coal, and repairs, totaling over 116 million across services, while War Department spends focus on ordnance, clothing, medics, and paymasters, with totals indicating uneven postwar allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Spain
Army
Navy
Iso U
Miest
Rooney
Navg
Navy Department
Buluss
Oslo
War Department
Treasury Department
Bureswoof
OFA
Otis to Receive 35000 troops for Philippines campaign plan
President Melintey and War Department officials outline a plan to bolster American forces in the Philippines to 35000 by shifting two thirds of infantry regiments and some cavalry from the United States while keeping one third for home service. The move aims to meet strategic needs without harming overall service strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melintey
War Department
Melvinney
Grom Orig
Philippines
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