Notable Death and Local News From Plainfield Area
Mrs. G W Tidrick died of apoplexy Thursday night. She was buried in Plainfield cemetery Saturday at 2 pm. The column lists local visitors, moved residents, and church figures, notes weather and farming conditions, and reports on ministers and church life in Wet Lafayette and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Tidrick
Plannfield
Mother Woodward
R.L. Daker
Rolla Woodward
Dlaware
Lughi
Margeret Schasie
Cosnocen
Levi
Mes. Clark
Columbus
J. Msgies
J. W. Cowden
Renselear
A.D. Weiss
Davissel
Coshoeton
Mayhew
Co-Locton
Plainfield
Jain Baker
Pisinfield
Yea West
Lemoine C. Wel
W.L Weils
D. D
West Lafayette
Lev. J. A Selby
Cambridge
Knight
Wlll Chaffant
J. A. Thrapp West
M. Lee
O.W.W. Chandler
B. Grimsley
J.B. Hamnien
Vernon
Methodiei Cbureh
Avondale Social Notes and Visits Report
Avondale notes mention Miss Rete Deeds taking a Friday vocal course in Berea. Mrs. Wolof Baliv visits Canton and Peoehore, with Mrs. Dourtazs Dyeds and Fre day events. Mrs. Ade Lorenz travels with Hamilton couple. 20 COSHODEN youths joined Elmore Davis gathering. Our school term begins Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berea
Iena Sasniheneer
Fancy
Ain Canton
Peoehore
Wolof Baliv
Webb Lewers
Gish
Dourtazs
Ade Lorenz
Chilissy Endi
Viemas Hemilton
Coshoden
Elmore Davis
Vondey
Moss Mary Phalabanie
Thomas Wiser
Fayelie
Local News Fragments From Chalfants September
Miss Ava Lah sick with typhoid fever shows slow improvement. Miss Hulda Smith confined to room with fever. Fred McConnell hosted a gentleman friend from Newark last Sunday. Miss Georgia McFarland left Saturday for Baconfield to begin a six month term of school. Mater Paul Cleriez spent Saturday with his father in Coshoeton. Mrs Geo crewt aunt daughter visited Tuesday with Win. snnin and tem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cbalraxts
Ava Lah
Hulda Smith
Fred McConnell
Cemleman
Newark
Gorgia McFarlandd
Baconfield
Chees
Mater Paul
Leriez
Coshoeon
Geo
Dauchter
Win
Snnin
Local Notes From Canal Lewisville Area
Miss Mary Raemer of Conecian visits sister Mrs Byrd Parne north of town. Prask Tompkins begins winter term at Morgan Run. J El and Miss Julia Wolfe attend conference at West Lefarelle. Miss Lizze Canning returns home from visiting relatives. Frank Neicon returns from Lorain. Mr and Mrs D B Markvex and others spend Tuesday evening with the Berd Parse family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Markvex
JL EL Waite
Eins Monier
Jute Waite
Mande Monier
Mr. Berd
Mohawa Village Social and Weather Notes
Mo h aw a Village reports a social week with visits from Misses Sarah and Jane Smes and Ivy Fry from Bowman. Rains have been light for weeks, corn ripening fast and going into shock. Melvin Barrett is sick. Croup relief and Dr Thomas Electric Oil advertised as safe at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah and
Jane Smes
New Moscow
John Hooker
Blooming Grove
Wiste
Ivy Fry
Newton
Melvin Barrett
Death of Rich Men in a Swamp Town Tale
A fable like scene unfolds in a swamp town as Dan Faverweather, a wealthy tanner, dies leaving rumors about his fortune and the Stewart inheritance. The piece blends satire on wealth, social pretensions, and looming legal battles over a vast estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Stewart L Woodford
Faverweather
Mark Twain
United States
New York
William
Stew
General Wilsons Report On Cuban Provinces Released
Washington dispatch reports General James H Wilson releasing an abstract of a war department study on Matanzas and Santa Clara provinces. The document emphasizes production statistics and notes improved social conditions since the American occupation.
Mexico's Independence Day Lighted Cathedral Blaze
The wife of President Diaz was improved but did not attend the celebrations. Despite her absence the national independence events proceeded with the usual blaze. The Cathedral of Mexico was illuminated by electricity, visible for 26 miles, described as a vast mound of blazing light in the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Diaz
Valley of Mexico
Uintah Indians Reported Hunting in Colorado
News from Denver on September 18 states Governor Thomas learned Uintah Indians left Utah to hunt in Colorado in violation of state game laws. Fears arise they will be joined by Ourays and Uncompahgres and seek revenge for three tribal deaths two years earlier against settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Thomas
Utah
Colorado
Across a Rainbound Outpost in Malaria and Skirmish Fire
A wartime diary recounts relentless rain soaking outpost duty near San Fernando. Soldiers report knee deep water, flooded huts, and improvised meals aboard a raft fire. Rebels intermittently fire for hours, with several wounded and one fatality, while the narrator notes malaria and shifting duties as the monsoon continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sax Feixando
Pol Aue
Eeonce
Laveron
FE Company
C Company
Reminy- Lon
Hye
No such thing as a summer complaint doctored remedy
Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry is touted as nature's remedy for looseness of the bowels. An advertisement notes the preparation as a universal cure and urges keeping it on hand for assorted digestive complaints.
Hall and Kirk Win Sewer Contract Bids Opened
Hall and Kirk won the sewer contract with work to begin immediately. Clerk Wagner and Engineer Panton opened bids Saturday from Hall and Wick, Thomas Purrell, Charles Marden, Walnut and Cambridge, and Thomas Burnell, detailing excavation depths, pipe sizes, manholes, lampholes, and tank prices across several segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall & Kirk
Wagner
Panton
Hall & Wick
Thomas Purrell
Charles Marden
Sui
Thomas Burnell
Sligo
Prisoner Tells of Escape to Freedom and Return to Ohio Penitentiary
The Columbus dispatch reports famous criminal B T Howard, linked to European estate sweeps, was recaptured at Horton Michigan and returned to Ohio State penitentiary to complete his sentence. He described escaping two years ago by traveling via Marble CHA and Urbana before living near Chicago. Also noted are new company incorporations including Henry M Rubel, Silver Creek Coal, Miami Valley Telephone and Telegraph, and Drake Maytham Steamship, all in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ube
Norway
Stewart
Saratova
Alexander Turney Stewart
Judge Hilton
Morral
Hiltons
McGinty
Botton
Meliity
New York
Tad Lanners
Eotham
Enix
ldWs
Bayer
Daniel O’connell
Dan Fayer
Buckeye State
Columbus
T B. Howard
Horton
Mick
Post Office
Baird
Tennessee
Gould
Chicago
Ohio State Penitentiary
Howard
Marble Cha
Urbana
le Bansworit
Ind
Europe
Rubel Gluck Company
Cincinnati
Henry M. Rubel Company
Silver Creek Coal Company
Wadsworth
Capital Stock
Miami Valley Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hamilton
Drake-Maytham Steamship Company
Mentor Special District
Lake County
Freight 66 wreck derails nine cars near Dorset
In Ashtabula Ohio on September 18 the first section of freight 66 on the Jamestown and Franklin branch of the Lake Shore railway broke apart and came together again near Dorset, fifteen miles south of the city. Nine cars were derailed with several badly wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Jamestown and
Franklin
Lakt Shore
Dorset
Reed Tenders Thanks
Portland Me September 18 Hon Thomas B Reed writes an open letter thanking constituents for donors during 23 years in public life. He resigns as congressman from Maine's First District marking the close of his public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Portland
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Senator Hanna Returns From Europe
Senator Mark Hanna arrived from Europe on Saturday in New York and plans to leave for Ohio on Wednesday. In Minneapolis Charles A. Pillsbury, noted miller, died after heart trouble stemming from stomach enlargement and overwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hanna
New York
Mark Hanna
Europe
Ohio
Minneapolis
Charles A. Pillsbury
Miller
No Right To Ugliness Ad Claims Electric Bitters
The ad promotes Electric Bitters as the best medicine to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and to purify the blood. It targets women feeling run down offering improved health and a "good-looking charming woman" result while asserting benefits like strong nerves bright eyes and smooth skin. Ends with price 50 cents at C E Anderson's Drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frewonan
Inirly
C. E. Anderson
Mining Troubles End in Bloody Race Riots in Cartersville
In Cartersville Georgia on September 13 a white mob and black miners faced off after tensions with unionists. Four were dead or mortally wounded and several more injured. The dispute arose from labor strife at local mines and involved firefights in the main street and near the Central depot. The mayor and state authorities moved to prevent further violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartersville
His
Sunda
G Tanner
Sinvis Central
Rem
Ilinois Central
Pana
Union
Denely
QO. T. J. Fioyd
Huse Bradley
Herry Branum
Jimmings
Wiesligo
Greenville
Greenvill
Troops Ordered Out to Quell Mob in Illinois
Springfield September 18. Gov Tanner ordered troops to disperse a crowd at Carterville after a mob fired on a miner gathering near the Coal Company operation. Five miners were killed and several were wounded, with seven kin reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Tanner
Benne
Carterville
la Brush
St. Louis Big Mudd
Coal Company
Ceville
Lovers Grand Lodge Welcomed at Detroit Jubilee
The Lovers Grand Lodge celebration opened in the Detroit Opera House with Gov. Pingree and Mayor Marbury in attendance. Delegates and rank and file totaling about 400 participated in the jubilee events, including reunions, parades, drills, and a Rebekah ceremony. Monastery Dedication in Washington also noted with prominent Catholic figures and Cardinal Bonbons participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Odd Fellows Detroit
Lovers Grand Lodge
Welco
Detroit Opera House
Gover Pingree
Marbury
Washington
Holy Land
Land
Q Bons
Martirelli
Bi Blenk
Porto Rico
Monsi‘ Stephan
L. T. Kearney
Columbus
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Avondale
Chalfants
CANAL
Lewisville
Mohawa Village
Croup
Thomas Eclectric Ol
Big
Broadbrrn
Lian Fayerweather
South America
Cape Horn
Brazil
Furvid Dan Faverweather
Gan Faverweather
Society of Friends
Thomas Monks
Fayerweather
Dan Fayverweather
Sam Bates
Sam
Old Dan
Dan Fayers Eather
Dan Fyaverweather
Ted
Harry
Jack
Dir Faserweather
Samiel
SammocNew
Pangre Cine
Samuel
Deturl
Mminduais
Saa MaGe Aftel
Jer le
Suimn
Ool
Amene
Tan Yards
Ad Danail
Armene
SSR
Prue
Prnate
Walter A
Hall and
Kirk
Sewers Council
Rev. Howard
Michigan
Stree
pRaes
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