Fragmented 19th century notices from Elgin and beyond
Snippets describe Mrs Mozetts of Jackson county Indiana at 106 in Elgin, mail carrier Tallent in North Carolina, Madagascar natives resisting French march, Ida Lockwood named deputy county recorder in Delaware county Indiana, a Barnstable inscription for Mrs Hope Chipman, a monument committee for Zwolle, Thomas a Kempis tribute, President Drax amid Mexico Guatemala tensions, James Chandler of Lyon County Kentucky with large clan, Boston mill fund distribution, Massachusetts fight against the gypsy moth, and cost concerns over an 820 million installment plan.
Elk Drought of Courage: Farmer Refuses Sale Amid Barn Attack
A Washington state farmer raised elk trained as horse stand-ins. A traveler offered to buy them, but the farmer refused. That night a cougar entered the barn and killed one elk, leaving the herd diminished and alarms raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qhebalis County
Washington
Typhoid Death Rate Drops in Lawrence Mass City
Lawrence Mass faced a typhoid outbreak with a higher death rate than any New England town. An investigation traced the cause to its water supply passing through sand, soil, and filtration before distribution, reducing fatalities from forty three to eight within six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Maas
New England
New Mexico Advances Toward Statehood with School Tax Plan
The superintendent reports rising school numbers and the legislature enacts a general school tax of 8 to 6 mills. This signals New Mexico’s preparation for admission to statehood as it modernizes its educational framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Education
New Mexico
Legisature
Aluminum marker on glass leaves indelible stain
The text describes a property of aluminum that, when applied to a pencil on a siliceous base, deposits a metal mark that cannot be removed by washing or rubbing though the stain may be washed away with acid. It hints at various practical applications in optics and related technologies.
Thistle Experiment Tells of Wide Thief Like Seed Spread
A. J. Love Joy of Rescue recounts a Gettysburg friend’s test with a Rus- Bion thistle. While driving, a thistle rolled into a path and was tagged with a note asking the finder to report its travel. It moved sixty miles in days and dispersed its seeds along the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Love
Gettysburg, & CO
New Cruiser Olympia Placed In Commission
The latest world news notes the cruiser Olympia placed in commission at Mate Island navy yard. Senator Teller abandons revenue legislation aims on new taxes. The Rev J Owen Dorsey of the ethnological bureau in Washington is dead after a long philological career. Diplomatic circles doubt the Japan treaty remains after a year notice. Japanese government may reject it in its current form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Notable Obituaries and Deaths in Various Cities
A collection notes several prominent deaths including Judge Seth B Cole at Nyack aged 74, Judge Nathaniel Baxter of Nashville aged 83, Capt Bogardus reportedly dying at a Georgia health resort, and Capt Thomas Davidson a Great Lakes shipbuilder in Milwaukee. Also mentioned are Rev A H Colt of Concord and Gramma Winger of Plymouth Indiana aged 98. Additional items include Thomas Bayard Jr. engaged to Dorothy Doyle and Lieut Nicholas Savin said to have died in Saratov Russia aged 125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth B. Cole
Nyack
N. Y
George Chapin
Chicago Labuor
Chapin & Gore
Santa Barbara
Cal
Bogardus
Georgia
Nathaniel Baxter
Nashville
Tenn
Ameer
Afghanistan
Dogland
United States
John P. Coyle
Denver
Col
Ray
Myron Reed
Nathanniel Baxter
Tennessee
Thomas Davidson
Great Lakes
Wisconsin Steamship Company
Milwaukee
A. H. Colt
St. Paul's School
Concord
N. A
Colt
Trinity College
Gramma" Winger
Plymouth
Ind
Thomas P. Bayard, Jr
Great Britain
Dorothy Doyle
Nicholas Savin
Saratov
Russia
Multistate Fires and Accidents Hit Towns Across U S
A dozen mishaps including drownings, house fires and train wrecks stretch across Illinois Iowa Indiana Kansas Ohio Missouri and Minnesota. Notable losses total tens of thousands with several homes offices and a manufacturing plant destroyed. Fatalities include a twelve year old drowning and a fifteen year old self inflicted shooting. multiple injuries reported among theater and rail crews.
Crime Wave and Suicides Plague Several Cities
Four masked men looted Cres cent City Oklahoma Territory. J H Webster a Burlington conductor killed himself at Galesburg Illinois. Father Dominick O Grady, Mary Gilmartin’s killer, is dying in Cincinnati hospital. Gertrude Bentley and Joan Brown were taken into custody at Halifax. Miller of Louisville killed himself in Asheville. N M Mills in Yankton committed suicide. Zip Wyatt, accused of killing U S Commissioner Hoffman, is hunted by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent City
O. T
J. EH. Webster
Burlington
Galesburg
Dominick O'Grady
Mary Gilmartin
Cincinnati
Gertrude Bentley
Joan Brown
Liverpool
Halifax
A. Miller
Louisvifle
Asheville
N. C
N. M. Mills
Yankton
Zip Wyatt
United States
Hoffman
Oklahoma
Manifold misdeeds and crimes sweep midwest and beyond
A fragmented dispatch details a spate of crimes and political intrigue across multiple states. Irregularities in interstate commerce rebates surface near St Louis, while Danville Illinois and Chicago arrest a US labor attorney for alleged fraud. Howard County Indiana reports a drainage chief removed from office amid missing funds. In Lowell Missouri and St Louis, counterfeit rings are busted. A Vincennes socialite faces arson charges as domestic violence erupts near Battle Creek. A Milwaukee area altercation ends in near-fatal stabbings. A Denver physician’s murder is suspected after a fire damages his store and remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Metter
Kanein
Lie Hobare
Bia
Flvertiir
St.Louis
I Dthelbert Stewart
Chicago
United States Labor Stati Attelan
Danville
Burgess Roy
Howard County
Ind
Jacob Dugel
Bremen
Aod
Toorvald Peterson
Manistee
Manistee & Grand Rapid
Amos Heros
Milford
Del
Lowell
Louisa Jordan
Vincennes
Jordan
Tolina Brewer
Battle Creek
Mich
George Walker
James Harris
St Joseph
Global Headlines From The Era Of Turmoil And War
A digest of scattered international items notes amoebic shifts: Madagascar reports French occupation of Moganga on January 10 with little resistance from locals, while Chinese peace emissaries start return as Japan blocks unempowered envoys. In the Americas, ten thousand Mexican volunteers offer service to Dias amid potential Guatemala conflict. in Newfoundland politics Sir William Whiteway struggles to form a ministry amid a 1994 budget deficit of 6,979,650 pese. In Paris, Henri Rochefort returns to cheers after exile, and rumors implicate M Dupuy in causing Sasimir Derier’s fall and a scandal around the president’s wife. A 2,500-member Armenian gathering at Verna thanks Europe and America for support. The sultan grants a life pension to the widow of Mr Stuppe, killed in Constantinople. A reconciliation is arranged between Prince and Princess Cotonna, daughter of Mrs John W. Alackey, with a payment of 4. Gen Reys attacks Honda reefs with 3,000 troops. rebels suffer casualties as Aldang’s forces falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tao Tai
Shanghai
William Whiteway
Newfoundland
Madagascar
Moganga
Hovns
Henri Rochefort
Paris
M. Dupuy
Sasimir-Derier
Dias
Guatemala
China
Japan
Verna
Europa
America
Stuppe
Constantinople
Toonlogamuck
Prince
Princesa Cotonna
Mis
John W. Alackey
Reys
Honda
Colombia
Aldang
Eilhery
Miners vote to stay with national union in MasatiIon district
A district vote, 854 to 551, confirmed miners’ decision to adhere to their national organization. Despite a tonnage workers strike, Indy Steel Co shut its toller mill. Governor McKinley rules out Senate run, clearing for Foraker. Milton Shear of Plano, Alabama, 49, bears her nineteenth child. Australian Billy Murphy, 112 pounds, knocked out Kid McGraw in four rounds. Cincinnati dispatch notes political moves in Michigan and Chicago. Other items cover shipbuilding contracts, railway classifications, trolley grants, temperance efforts, and a halibut shipment from Cape Batte ry banks reaching Tacoma before running to Ogden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MasatiIon
Atick
Indy Steel Company
McKinley
Brice
Foraker
Mia
Milton Shear
Plano
Billy Murphy
Kid McGraw
Cincinnat Instelgat
Detroit Health Board
Mingrea
Michigan Senate
Chicago Shipbuilding Company
Mulhels Mnes
Rairoad and Warehouse Commission
Chicago Shippers Daye
Tacomi
Eltyu
Oblenga
La Gascogne Safely Reaches Port After Long Voyage
News from New York on March 13 reports the French steamer La Gascogne has arrived safely in port after a 16 day voyage and eight years overdue. All aboard are well. the crew’s broken propeller rod was repaired at sea despite severe gales. The French Line office at Bowling Green was filled with anxious families awaiting word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
la Gascogne
Bowling Green
L'arget
Morton Street
la Guecogne
Freeman 18 Wanthod forgery case tied to forged check
C H Freeman was arrested in Menominee Wisconsin on a charge of passing a forged check in St Paul and attempting the same in the city. He claimed to be from the East with a princely Chemical Bank deposit and sought endorsement for 175 dollars. The forged check reached New York where bankers flagged it, leading to Freeman’s pursuit and capture. He will be brought to St Paul on requisition papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans
Tm St. Aul
St. Paul
C. H. Freeman
Menominee
Wis
W. A. Rudd
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Chemical Bank
Lockey
Freeman
Stage Struck Twins Run Away From St Paul Home
Helen and Mabel Gilmore of St Paul Minnesota aged eighteen and fifteen ran away June 30 and are sought by Chicago Central station police. They lived with brother Walter and Othel Gilmore on West Central Avenue. They claim to be employed as domestics in Chicago but police doubt the tale and seek a full canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Mabel Gilmore
Chicago
St. Paul
Mico
Central Station
St Paul
Walter G
Othel Gilmore
West Central Avenue
Alon
Mr. Carter
Toronto
Pardon petition in Ashland for Edward Fennely parole
A parole pardon petition is being circulated in Ashland Wisconsin to secure Gov Upham's clemency for Edward Fennely who serves a Waupun sentence for defalcation as Ashland County clerk. The petition is signed by ex District Attorney Sheight nearly all jurors and the presiding judge, tied to the death of Emery's wife last Saturday leaving seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Upham
Edward Fennely
Waupun
Ashland County
Sheight
Emery
Anxiety Over Due Steamer City of St Augustine
In New York on February 18 considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the steamer City of St Augustine commanded by Capt Gaskell. She sailed from Jacksonville January 30 and has been seven days overdue. The crew numbers fourteen men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacksonville
City of St. Augustine
Gaskell
Bloce Abe
Death by own action ties to missing London financier
In Dehkosh Wisconsin on February 18 an unidentified well-dressed man was found hanging in a shed. Today the body was taken from the farmer's field and identified as Ey man Mrouke of Rourdon Wael who lost $5,000 in a real estate deal and then vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dehkosh
Wis
Tter
Eyman Mrouke
Rourdon
Waal
Dendlovk Unbroken Ballots in Dover Joint Session
Dover, Del., Feb 13. Two more ballots were cast in a joint session for the selection of a United States senator without result. The process continued amid deadlock as leaders sought a breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dendlovk
Dover
Del
Todiy
United States
Protectorate talk echoes amid Hawaiian crisis
An American correspondent reports Admiral Betiiddley signaling a protectorate over Hawaii as Victoria and other colonies react. The military court in Hawaii screens treason cases including W V Ashford and twenty native rebels while UK and US envoys debate death penalties and delays. Williaim Ty Seward is noted as only American to receive protection under US law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithe Solltay
Martha
Henry
Bortemian
Gilick
Richards
Wilcox
United States
Williaim Ty .Seward
Australia
W. V.ashford
Willis
Nobelize
Hig Ltest
Qreen Liluokuleng
Two Chicago Officers Convicted in Swan Nelson Killing
Moran and Heary, police officers, were found guilty of manslaughter in the Christmas 1893 death of Swan Nelson. Each received a fourteen year term after Nelson was shot during a pursuit when he resisted arrest after a saloon incident. The case spurred Scandinavian societies to back the prosecution and seek justice amid liquor and political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas
Moran
Michael J. Heary
Swan Nelson
Nelson
Moran and Healy
Henry
Nelkon
Costly Union Station Fire hits St Louis in 1882
The Union Station, completed in May 1882 and central to all railroads in the city, burned in February 12 blaze. Loss pegged at 400000 with the depot hotel above suffering major damage. Maj. Z B Laughlin oversaw the hotel and lost 26000. total insured value 10000. guests' losses totaled 10000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
St Toe
United States Express Department
Union Depot
Maj. Z. B. Laughlin
Depot Safe Robbed in Omaha Area Heist
A False City special reports two masked men robbed the Missouri Pacific depot at night, forcing the operator to open the safe after threatening with a Winchester. The bandits fired a shotgun blast through a window, damaged telegraph equipment, took a small sum of money, and rode off on local horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
The
Bee
Missouri Pacific
Fire devastates Crescent Tobacco Warehouse in Lantaville
A morning blaze in Lantaville Nebraska gutted the Crescent Tobacco Warehouse owned by Ray & Co at Eighth and Main, and Myer Bridges & Co woodenware at S15 West Main. About 350 large heads of tobacco were destroyed in the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lantaville
Loulaville
Neb
Crescent Tobacco Warehouse
Ray & Co
Eighth and Main Streets
Myerbridges & Co
West Main Street
River Thames Freezes Amid Cold in Hogland
London reports ongoing severe cold with several rivers froze including the upper Thames. Pedestrians and bicyclists cross the ice near Hogland as authorities note subfreezing conditions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivera Praxen
London
Hogland
Thames
Murdering Lover Attack in Chicago Hospitalized Couple
Albert Kotunek attacked Mary Zelasink in Chicago after she refused marriage. He then attempted to cut his throat. Both victims are hospitalized with non fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert Kotunek
Mary Zelasink
Japanese Capture Lin Kung Tao Island Forts
Captured by the Japa in Yokohama on February 12, Japanese forces report seizure of Lin Kung Tao, a strong Chinese position at the harbor approaches, confirming a significant advance in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japa
Yokohama
Lin Kung Tao
Wel ‘Haj ‘Eh
Divorce Case Reveals Ex-Congressman's Alleged Evasions
Fragmented OCR outlines a public divorce action involving an ex congressman, his estranged wife, and contested property rights. It suggests she fled an answer, with the trial judge McConnell ruling on property matters and noting possible attempts to evade proceedings. The former Mrs. Dun, now Mrs. Allyn, is identified as a corespondent in the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Des Bunal
McConnell
Dun
Allyn
Jury Discharges After Dramatic Trial Scene
Jurors greet Hin with sympathy as Judge Grosscup discharges the panel. Jurymen rise, some shake hands with the judge, others express admiration and hopes for a revised outcome. Barr and others echo mixed sentiments about Debs’ sentence, noting the trial’s tension and possible acquittal if not for closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mya
Hess
Coe
Debs
Jurer Barr
Cnat
Outrages Said to Extend Across Armenian Villages
Reports from Serai sources in Constantinople claim renewed outrages in Armenia and Sassoun district with similar attacks in Harzen province. Between forty and fifty villages are burned and their flocks stolen or dispersed. Residents have fled elsewhere in the province and shown no effort to rebuild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armiats
Vienna
Sera
Constantinople
Turka
Armenia
Sassoun
Harzen
Thy
Miss Otis Is O K After Pasteur Treatment
Miss Otis of St Paul is expected home from Chicago where Pasteur Institute doctors treated her for a dog bite once thought to be mad. They report she shows no hydrophobia symptoms, has been mocenlized, and any poison would not now develop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasteur Institute
St. Paul
Otis
Gas Explosion at Elwood Fruit Company Building
Gas caused a fatal explosion in Elwood Indiana wrecking the Elwood Fruit company and O O Henzes Co building. Tebbs Graham were severely burned and J Miller died across the street. Loss around 4700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
Elwood Fruit Company
Henzes & Co
Mesers. Tebbs & Graham
The
Fruit Company
Miller
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Phop
Iowa
D. W. Tallent
Mutherfordton
Columbus
Mise Ida Lockwood
Muncie
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Barnstable
Mase
Hope Chipman
Hitler John Chipan
Amsterdam
Thomas a’Kemple
Zwolle
Gun International
Drax
Merxico
Gustamala
James Chandler
Lyon County
Boston
Massachusetts
John Cheeney
Cairo
W. Cook
Odebolt
Towa
B .If. Davia
Hi _wood
Ihe
James Young
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Minneapolis
Moline Plow Works
Rock Island
Topeka
Kan
Oblong
Dramatic Company
Allen
Chicago Stock Yards
Bodmen Leat
Homeworth
Aalking
Walter Betteridge
Kaat Liverpool
Gascogne
Sar
Tun oViNdtn Vmsske “Annivins AR
Paul Beauties
Honolilu
Betiiddley
Heston
Pearl
Harvor
Victoria
Stonmier
Watrimnoo
DLOW
Jom
Miss Otis
O. K
Pekin
Tung Li Yamaen
Ogyoys
Nagasaki
Teatoman
Grant Falls
Great Falls
Mont
Joby S. Corcoran
Great Northern
Minnesota
Stillwater
Minn
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