Record of the Week A flurry of legal cases and violence
Thirty five years ago John H. Terhune aided in the capture trial and conviction of James McCullough, later seeking executive clemency noting McCullough’s innocence. Percy Nathan of Henderson shot his wife in Evansville after family tensions. James Carver sues horseman John Bronnenberg for ten thousand dollars over a Middletown race where Bronnenberg allegedly ordered a win at any cost.
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John H. Terhune
Anderson
James McCullough
McCullough
Terhune
Michigan City
MeCullough
McSurlough
Percy Nathan
Henderson
Evansville
Nathan
James Carver
John Bronnenberg
Middletown
Bronnenberg
Boys imitate McKinley in fatal Buffalo shooting
Omer Peelee aged 10 and Emil Miller also 10 acted as President McKinley and the agr arhist in a Buffalo tragedy reenactment. Miller obtained his brother’s Filibert rifle for the role and a ball nearly tore through Peelee’s stomach, causing fatal injuries.
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McKinley
Omer Peelee
Winchester
Buffalo
Emil Miller
Miller
Criminal Captured After Jail Break in Illinois
George Brown, the man who attempted to kill his wife and her aunt Mrs William Reed, then cut his own throat and severed his windpipe, and who broke jail at Washington, was captured at Odin Illinois.
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George Brown
William Reed
Washington
Odin
Ill
Elwood plant work resumes at American Tis Plate Co
Local report notes Elwood workers back on the job at the American Tis Plate Company. Other items include a man found dead after a fall near Kukomo, a large turnout for a Grand Army of the Republic bean dinner in Nashville River, and various local incidents from Kokomo to Vincennes.
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Elwood
American Tis Plate Company
Levi Miller
Kukomo
Nashville River
Jackson Wood Post
Fred Cook
Elwood m
Pittsburg
Warner Titus
Lindell
Kokomo
R. A. Brown
Robert Walsh
Evansville
McKinley
James A. Mount
Crawfordsville
Beatty
Covington
J. Manderson
Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Miller’ Station
Isaac Barekman
Lucy
Helen
Vincennes
Court Hearings Reveal Suppressed Dispatches in Schley Case
Testimony details Captain Wise of Yale admitting he did not inform Commodore Schley of the Spanish fleet’s presence in Santiago harbor despite Navy orders. Evidence showed altered dispatch texts and suppressed letters, with witnesses including Spencer Wood and William Gray adding to the timeline. The trial highlighted delays, conflicting dates, and questions over communications during the Santiago campaign.
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Sehley
Sampson
Santiago
Schley
Colon
Brooklyn
Cervera
Texas
Theilner
Heilner
Philip
W. ©. Wise
Yale
Secretary of the Navy
Santiago Harbor
Wise
Key West
Cienfuegos
Cotton
Harvard
Long
Rayner
Washington
Hanna
Admiral Dewey
Wilson
Spencer S. Wood
Dupont
Cienfuego
William C. Gray
Department
Gray
Claxton
The
Navy Department
Sigshee
Dewey
Lemly
Sigsbee
Sebley
Spotless Town Story and SAPOLIO Jingle
A narrative about settlers in Spotless Town with a militia defense against invaders from Smoky Range. Captain bold leads bright men, credited to SAPOLIO for glow and morale. A cheerful housecleaning advert echoes housewives embracing SAPOLIO to keep homes pristine.
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Bold
Sapolio
Bappinega
Ne’er
Fiis
Spotless Town Uses SAPOLIO to Cleanse Minds and Town
Arts and sciences flourish amid a lively stock company in Spotless Town where plays spark delight and SAPOLIO is cited as the cleaner of minds. A famed visitor arrives seeking Sapho but is won over by the town’s spotless portrayal and its tidying approach.
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Kansas City
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Middletown
Ohio
Louisville
Toledo
Minneapolis
Richmond
Bronx
Nashville
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Sapolio
United States
Sapho
Spotions Town Bore Faces Fateful Fate
In Spotions Town a bore who spat on the floor is punished as warned. The Board of Health notice is noted in this car and remains part of public life as immigration continues and furniture trucks unload. Babies gain from eased city restrictions and people grow happier.
Gritty Joliet burglar shares secrets on courage and crime
A Chicago Record-Herald interview with Charles F. Foster alias Gritty discusses the psychology of burglars. He argues bold criminals fail not from courage but from exploiting victims fear and passivity, calling train robbers overconfident and urging resistance to curb robberies.
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Joliet
Chicago
Charley
Chicago Record-Herald
NINE REDS AT LIBERTY
Nine anarchists held in Chicago on charges of conspiring to kill President McKinley were discharged after Judge Cheilain ruled no evidence of guilt. Habeas corpus trial began at 10 but authorities still guarded each prisoner. an hour later they left the county jail and resumed daily activities unmolested.
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Chicago
McKinley
Cheilain
Nebraska Corn Crop Value Estimates This Year
The Nebraska State Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics estimates the net value of the corn crop this year at about 25.4 million dollars, down from 43.1 million last year, based on assessors' returns from across the state.
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Nebraska State Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics
Nebraska
Indian Killed in Quarrel at Needles California
Indian Jose Arguello was stabbed to death by fellow tribesman Tomo Moresto during a quarrel over a Mexican girl in Needles California. Moresto fled but was captured. Police found the body carried to the desert where it was burned on a brush pyre as mourners chanted.
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Jose Arguello
Needles
Cal
Tomo Moresto
Arguello
Moresto
A Tall Smoke Column From Bayonne Tank Fire of 1900
A July 1900 Bayonne New Jersey blaze at Standard Oil tanks produced an immense umbrella shaped smoke column rising over two miles high. Clouds formed atop the column in a near clear sky and remained for two days as flames burned below. After a gas oil tank exploded flames reached 3000 feet and heat was felt miles away. PUTNAM FAD LESS DYE colors claim complete dyeing at one boil for silk wool or cotton.
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Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
N. J
Minister's Son Follows Famished Tailor in Chelsea Gazette
The page features a witty clash about a minister's son and a tailor named Jinks. The caller quips the son mirrors a spendthrift while noting the tailor seeks payment of a bill, framing a humorous social exchange.
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Prim
Chelsea Gazette
Engagement Letters Returned With Other Notes
A brief exchange from the Somerville Journal notes a person returning letters after an engagement and admitting dropping several belonging to other girls. The fragment also advertises a mail order offer from T. P.s Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana for prepaid toilet paper and a fixture worth two dollars, demanding one dollar remittance.
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Ned
Jack
Somerville Journal
T. P.s
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Woodby Booth Knight Stands in Theatrical Company
The lead performer from last season is questioned as the advance agent notes the Knight Stands team details. The exchange focuses on who served as the leading man in the prior company and hints at ongoing casting discussions.
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Woodby Booth
Knight
Riches Used for Good, Co-operation Praised by Ex Mayor Hewitt
Ex Mayor Hewitt of New York says wealth is dishonored if not used for the public good. A Norwich resident recalls Piso's Cure for Consumption saving a life. Misc notes include household flour, astronomy books, air cushion stamps, and shipyard wages.
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Hewitt
New York
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hKentucky
Hriet
Greckcastle
Wabash
Curve
Pura
American Straw Board Company
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company
Terre Waute
ISUT
Z. H. Stamets
Auburn
Mullinles
Roosevelt
Bremen
Fair Grounds
Claus Johnson
Laporte
Lake Shore
New Carlisle
William Cullers
Catherine Hook
David Matthews
Frankfort
Schley Court.of. Inquiry
Giles Garber
Sposs
Harber
Cienfueros
Higginson
Oregon
Naval Court of Inquiry
Battle of
Navy Yard
Jeremiah Wilson
Shoreham
Alfred B. Claxton
Isidor Rayner
Arthur B. Claxton
Judge Wilson
Admiral Schiey
Sedley
Gleaming Falls
Sparkling
Dr. Brown
REDS
Liberty
LockBox
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Booruina Sraever
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