The Bean Hill Beacon Column Highlights Silly Local News
Ace Smith sold a coonskin for 37 cents and sent the money to the fresh air mission. Silas Grizzle whitewashed his chicken house. Miss Flossie Merriweather toured from Kokomo and drew praise and mockery for her dress. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is billed for the opera house Saturday night. Eliza faces crossing the raging river on cheese boxes. The manager owes $3.70 for last year’s advertising.
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Beacon
Ace Smith
Fresh Air Mission
Ace
Silas Grizzle
Flossie Merriweather
Kokomo
Sally Whitcomb
Flossie
Herd Suffers From Blackleg in Springfield Area
Dr. L. C. Tiffany assistant state veterinarian returned from Johnson county after examining a herd with a disease unknown to locals. He confirms blackleg and says steps are taken to prevent spread. Texas fever reported at Girard Macoupin county with several deaths. Mexicans find vault of coin.
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Springfield
L. C. Tiffany
Johnson County
Tiffany
Girard
Macoupin County
Spanish Gold Unearthed in Mexican Vault Near Uvalde
A party of fifteen Mexicans uncovered an iron vault at Cline containing a large pile of Spanish gold coins. The money, counted in view of local citizens, is said to exceed 100000 dollars. It is claimed the coins were burned by a Mexican army paymaster during the Texas war. Labor Day Proclamation Declared in Illinois. Acting Governor Northcott designates Monday September 1 as a legal holiday and urges public cooperation with workers in observance.
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Uvalde
Mex
Cline
Texas
Springfield
Ill
Northcott
Outlaw Band Chased by Middlesboro Posse
An organized posse from Freeling Virginia travels toward Freeling to pursue the George Potter gang of outlaws accused of murders robberies and other offenses across the region.
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Middlesboro
Freeling
George Potter
Discovery of a New Raphael Alleged by Restorer
Berlin August 23 a renowned picture restorer claims to have found a new Raphael painting depicting the ascension of the Virgin. The assertion has sparked significant interest and debate among aristocratic circles.
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Berlin
Raphael
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Cure All
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers one hundred dollars for a failure to cure and encourages sending for testimonials from Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugaigts
Banker John A. Jay Hails Hartford City Rescuers
Kokomo banker John A. Jay sent a silk handkerchief to each of two Hartford City young ladies who rescued Jay and his nephew from drowning at Winona. Evidently Jay values his life little.
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John A. Jay
Kokomo
Hartford City
Jay
Winona
Warsaw Times
Houseworth Bros Offers Rocky Mountain Tea for Children
An advertisement states Rocky Mountain Tea given weekly to children keeps them well, priced at 35 cents, with Houseworth Bros listed as the seller.
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Houseworth Bros
Fiery encounter at Danville Republican office after dress remark
Editor of the Danville Republican recovers from a bout of the shakes after a fiery woman storms the office. She caused a rumpus when he called her gown a dress.
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Danville Republican
Dressa Gown
Osmicure Vintment Sells for Eczema and More
A Cleveland era ad promotes Osmicure Vintment as a remedy for eczema scrofula salt rheum and piles. The seller C D Rushton lists prices 25 and 50 cents at Thor’s saloon in Hammond with a vendor named Ryzewski, a rye whiskey operator.
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C. D. Rushton
Thor
Hammond
Ryzewski
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Claims Family Health Benefit
A vintage ad touts Rocky Mountain Tea as promoting children eating sleeping and growing while making mothers strong and vigorous, presenting a healthy family benefit. Houseworth Bros offers the product for 35 cents.
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Houseworth Bros
Bantam hen Helps Care for a Kitten Litter at Middlebury
At Middlebury a bantam hen assists in feeding a litter of kittens and tries to teach them to eat chicken style. The hen and the mother cat have been bonded companions for many months.
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Middlebury
P. E. Murphy
Rocky Mountain Tea Baby Medicine Directions
A mother note describes one package yielding two quarts of baby medicine with directions claiming nothing is as good for babies and children as Rocky Mountain Tea sold by Houseworth Bros for 35 cents. The fragment mentions a claim of quality and a low price.
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Houseworth Bros
Potato masher takers push to crush eight million bushels
Scattered notes indicate heavy activity around Indiana spud processing as machines and workers focus on handling a large, uncertain 8,000,000 bushel potato output.
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Indiana
Hanna says arbitration in coal strike impossible with only one side willing
Buffalo August 25 Senator Hanna said arbitration with the miners is the only path but operators will not join and the strike will continue. He warned the prolonged conflict will hurt miners families and raise coal prices while sympathizing with the miners and noting Mr Morgan would not aid in settlement.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Hanna
Morgan
Europe
Morgan the Man Who Can End the Coal Strike
New York Aug 25 Russell Sage says J Pierpont Morgan can end the coal strike. He calls Morgan the greatest man in finance and notes Morgan heads the billion dollar steel trust. Sage argues mine owners and stockholders will heed Morgan when he speaks.
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New York
Russell Sage
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Mr. Sage
Mr. Morgan
Roosevelt urged to call special Congress session on coal strike
The Central Federation Union, representing 250,000 workers in New York, voted to press President Roosevelt to convene a special session of Congress to end the coal strike.
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Congress
New York
Roosevelt
Central Federation Union
Flammarion Describes Earth Shadow as Greenish Black
Paris reports Camille Flammarion from Javisy Observatory observes Earth's shadow clearly during twilight. He describes an immense circular shade rising toward the zenith, tinted greenish black with a faint red line at the top caused by atmospheric refraction.
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Paris
Camille Flammarion
Javisy
Knox to Leave Knox and Reed for New York Move
Pittsburg August 25 Attorney General Knox disclosed to friends that he sold his stake in the law firm Knox and Reed and plans to move to New York upon retirement from Roosevelt's cabinet.
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Pittsburg
Knox
Knox & Reed
Roosevelt
New York
Dispute Over 25 Cents Ends in Fatal Blow in Logansport
In Logansport Indiana a quarrel over 25 cents led Thomas Hile to strike Neils Hansen aged 50. Hansen died from a broken neck. Authorities report the case as a fatal assault and investigations proceed.
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Logansport
Ind
Thomas Hile
Neils Hansen
Hansen
Funds for Boers Destitute Aid to Boers Placed with Generals
The Hague reports the national subscription funds raised to aid the Boers will be placed at the disposal of Boer generals. The move follows calls for relief for Boer forces and families amid ongoing conflict.
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The
Hague
Cambon Named French Ambassador to Saint Petersburg
Paris reports Jules Cambon the French ambassador in Washington has been designated ambassador to Saint Petersburg. The transfer signals a shift in diplomatic postings as dates and protocols follow.
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Cambon
Paris
Jules. Cambon
Washington
Ste: Petersburg
Waterspouts Visible Off Cape May In August Storm
Visitors in Cape May New Jersey witnessed five waterspouts offshore about five miles from shore. A fierce thunderstorm formed in the southwest and a second severe storm in the west while a small hurricane moved along the eastern town. Bathers fled as wind drove the sea to violent churn and a heavy rain and thunderstorm followed. Three waterspouts formed and dissipated in succession as storms merged and another double waterspout appeared then vanished into the rising sea.
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Cape
May
N. J
Cape May
Maine Trial Report Shows 17.96 Knots On Trial Run
Official report from Captain Train states the battleship Maine completed its Cape Ann trial run with a mean speed of 17.96 knots before tidal corrections. Navy officials note tidal allowances could adjust the final speed slightly higher or lower.
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Washington, D. C
Maine
Cape Ann
Navy Department
Train
Boston
Mass
Congressman Jackson Accused of Conductor Death Tap
Charles Renninger a railroad conductor died at Delmar of paralysis claimed to be caused by a blow on the arm from Congressman W H Jackson of Maryland's First District. Friends say the congressman is jovial and carries a cane. The gesture occurred in 1900.
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Balisbury
Charles Renninger
Delmar
W. H. Jackson
Maryland
Renninger
Dying at 103 Hiram Cronk of 1812 pension fame
New York Aug 25 Hiram Cronk the only surviving War of 1812 veteran on government pension rolls is dying at his home in Dunbrook Oneida County at age 102 or 103. Cronk has lived in three centuries and is honored as the last surviving veteran on the rolls.
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New York
Hiram Cronk
Dunbrook
Oneida County
Cronk
Three Die in Bay Shore Trolley Wreck at Norfolk
In a head on collision on the Bay Shore Terminal line in Norfolk Virginia three people were killed and fifteen injured. The dead are W S Vandall a motorman C B Colden a motorman and Linwood Fentress aged 10 years.
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Norfolk
Bay Shore
W. S. Vandall
C. B. Colden
Linwood Fentress
Freight train smash at trestle near Georgetown
Five loaded freight cars plunged down a steep grade and crashed into a heavy train drawn by two engines on a high trestle near Georgetown in New Albany Indiana. The wreck broke cars engines and bridge work and sent debris sixty five feet below.
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New Albany
Ind
Georgetown
Mrs Roosevelt Escapes From Italian Hotel Fire
In Florence Italy a fire at the Hotel de Vallombrosa caused heavy losses of jewelry and belongings. Mrs Roosevelt cousin of the U S president escaped through a window.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Florence
Italy
Hotel de Vallombrosa
Fire kills Kronberg family children suffocated
In Portland Maine on August 25 a servant girl and four Kronberg children suffocated in a fire. The father stood outside, half clad, calling firefighters to rescue the children as flames raged.
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Portland
William Kronberg
Rob Woman of $1,800 in Broad Daylight
Minnie L. Klein was beaten by two highwaymen in New York in broad daylight and robbed of a satchel containing $1,800. The crime occurred in public view.
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New York
Minnie L. Klein
American syndicate seeks Lancashire coal properties deal
An American syndicate has negotiations to buy a Lancashire firm's three collieries in the southwest, with a daily output of about 1 000 tons.
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Manchester
Lancashire
Ambassador White heads to Switzerland with party
Andrew D. White the American ambassador departed for a tour of Switzerland accompanied by his daughter Mrs Newbery and her son and by Miss Cornell. In London the countess of Warwick denies a Rhodes will bequest of one million dollars to her.
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White
Alps
Berlin
Andrew D. White
Switzerland
Mrs. Newberry
Miss .Cornell
London
Countess of Warwick
Cecil
Rhodes
Boilermakers Rout Nationals In Wide Ball Win
A large crowd at the Institute watched the Boilermakers defeat the Nationals 24 to 0. Lineups included Cornell, Leicester, Harper, Bennett, Grazer, Cuppy, Dotson, Hibsman and Arter for the Boilermakers and Carpenter, Gemberling, Runyan, Whittick, Sharr, Fetz, Withers, Gemberling, Runyan If, Fletcher, Seigle for the Nationals. The Boilermakers schedule next lists Conn's Giants and Riversides at Institute diamond Benton Harbor on Labor Day September 1 and Logansport on September 7.
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Boilermakers
Boileree
Cornell
Leicester
Harper
Bennett
Grazer
Cuppy
Dotson
Hibsman
Carpenter
Gemberling
Runyan
Whittick
Sharr
Fetz
Withers
Fletcher
Seigle
Conn’s Giants
Riversides
Institute Diamond
Benton Harbor
Labor Day
Logansport
Indiana boxing regime to open in South Bend carnival
Indiana officials assert city authorities control boxing under a new regime. First shows set for September 4 5 and 6 in South Bend under Engledrim with bouts including Forbes versus Mackay Crosby versus Ashe and Yanger versus an eastern featherweight. Twenty rounds each. Dan Patch pacing horse stopped a mile in 2.00% at Readville Mass aiming to beat 1.59% record.
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Indiana
South Bend
Engledrim
Harry Forbes
America
Dan Patch
Readville
Mass
Morgan Says He Is Not Head of Coal Roads
J Pierpont Morgan said he cannot interfere in the hard coal strike noting he is not president of the coal railroads. He refused to commit to arbitration and denied plans for a conference with United Mine Workers President Mitchell. Henry S Fleming of the Anthracite Coal Operators Association cited miners returning to work and unity among independent operators with no interference expected.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Henry S. Fleming
Anthracite Coal Operators’ Association
Broadway
Fleming
Strikers Keep Up Fusilade On Washery Shutdowns
Wilkesbarre Pa August 23 miners closed Butler washery and Dodge colliery of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western company after strikers fired on the washery and shed where workers slept. Eighty men were employed at Wedge colliery and urged to leave. Union president Nicholls says 350 miners with certificates available in soft coal fields. First coal train at Shenandoah saw fifteen cars shipped from Silver Creek colliery near New Philadelphia amid crowd watching. mood turned angry but no major violence.
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Wilkesbarre
Butler Washery
Dodge
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Wedge
Nicholls
Shenandoah
Silver Creek
New Philadelphia
Poor Crop Outlook in British Isles
London reports a wet wintry summer foretelling a harsh autumn and poor harvests. Grouse shooting is failing with scarce young birds and rising disease on Scotch moors, Ireland, and pheasants prospects are poor. Harvest delays persist in the Midlands and north as crops suffer from heavy rains and hail injuring ginan fruit and hops.
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London
Ireland
Midlands
From Hot to Cold Dysentery Treated With Perry Davis Painkiller
Dysentery is prevalent in summer and caused by miasmatic poisons. It inflames the large bowel mucosa and is more dangerous in the tropics than in America. Perry Davis Painkiller is presented as the best known and most effective remedy for dysentery.
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America
Tropics
Perry Davis
Birth of Thomas City transforms barren plain in Ohio
The day before Aug 23 in Custer county Ohio marked the birth of Thomas City with about 3000 attendees. Lot drawing began and over 200 lots sold. Some $20 lots now priced from 1000 to 1500. Water is plentiful and food abundant as the tented village grows. A newspaper circulated within hours after the drawing.
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Thomas City
Custer County
Ohio
Illinois Announces Mandatory Annual Reports for Corporations
Springfield Aug. 23 Attorney General Hamlin clarifies that Illinois law requiring corporations organized in the state to file annual reports with the secretary of state is mandatory and leaves no discretion for charter cancellations. The secretary of state will cancel charters of corporations that fail to report.
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Springfield
State of
Illinois
Secretary of State
Hamlin
Death Due to Grief in Furnessville
In Furnessville Indiana on August 238 the daughter of Isaac Hilbert died and was buried. After the family returned home their only child remaining Bess ie aged 11 died suddenly. Physicians attribute her death to grief over the loss of her sister and brother.
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Furnessville
Ind
Isaac Hilbert
Bessie
Sugar Missing From Duluth Warehouse
Discovery shows 109000 pounds of sugar owned by the sugar trust missing from a Duluth warehouse. The sugar is valued at 6000 dollars.
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Duluth
Minn
The
Sugar Trust
Sultan's Narrow Escape in Fez Car Crash
The Sultan of Morocco narrowly escaped death while driving in Fez. The chauffeur lost control and the car struck a stone wall, turning the vehicle. No injuries reported.
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Sultan
Tangier
Morocco
Fez
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promised Quick Pain Relief
Advertisement claims instant relief from burns cuts and sprains with Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and urges keeping a bottle at home for any accident.
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Dr. Thomas
Rumor of Cunard subsidy rise after shipping combine decision
Rumors in Liverpool shipping circles suggest the government approved a substantial increase in Cunard Line mail subsidy following the line's decision not to join the proposed shipping combine.
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Wumnemrd le
London
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Receiver named for Mercantile Assurance in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on Aug 23 A I Thurman was appointed receiver of Mercantile Assurance company Three suits have been filed by stockholders alleging misrepresentation in stock sales and purchases.
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Receiver For Assurance Company
Columbus
Ohio
A. I. Thurman
Mercantile Assurance Company
Congregational Union Deputation Heads to Canada
A deputation from the Congregational union leaves England to study the condition of Congregational churches in Canada. The group will travel across the dominion to Vancouver.
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London
Congregational Union
England
Canada
Dominion
Vancouver
Deaths Rise to Seventeen in Wilmington Fire
The body of Joel Hutton a Wilmington fireman was recovered from the Delaware pulp works ruins bringing the death toll to seventeen with all missing men accounted for.
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Wilmington
Del
Joel Hutton
Delaware Pulp Works
What Shall We Have For Dessert Jell O
A nostalgia oriented ad proposes Jell O as a quick no bake dessert option. Mix with hot water, set to cool, ready in two minutes. Flavors include lemon orange raspberry and strawberry priced at 16 cents at grocers.
Poisoned Bread Kills Family in Bedford Ind
The entire Collier family was poisoned after eating bread baked with arsenic contaminated lard. Young Mary Col lier is not expected to live.
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Bedford
Ind
John Colliers
Mary Collier
Lipton Unhurt After Auto Smash in London
Sir Thomas Lipton was riding near London at Wood-green when his car skidded and struck an iron railing. He was badly shaken but not injured.
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Sir Thomas
London
Sir Thomas Lipton
Woodgreen
Lipton
Georgia Peaches in England Shipment Successful
Macon Ga August 23 The recent experimental shipment of two car loads of Georgia peaches to England arrived in fine shape and yielded handsome profits for the growers.
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Georgia
England
Macon
Child Burned to Death In Kitchen Fire
Vera Coffin a five year old girl from San Pierre died when her clothes ignited on a cook stove while she played near the kitchen in Valparaiso Indiana.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Vera Coffin
San Pierre
Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Straw berry Blessing
An old advertisement touts Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry as a universal remedy for dysentery diarrhea and summer complaint with claims of universal blessing for all ages.
Bloomington man sought in murder case at Bellaire
James Sloan is wanted on a murder charge by authorities in Bellaire. The notice places him in Bloomington during a date in August and mentions a soldiers' reunion event nearby.
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Ura
Bloomington
Ind
James Sloan
Bellaire
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