Kentucky bravery shown by a Winona heroine
A Kentucky girl at Winona faced a live snake when a man and two other women gathered lilies and roses. She crushed the snake with a black slipper, the onlookers relieved, and the man praised her as the first girl he saw kill a real live snake. She said killing the first snake each year is a rule she keeps.
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Kentucky
Commonwealth
Winona
Yarnelle Point
Indiana
Alare
Miss Kentucky
Winonassembly Daily
Reew
State Board set to tax Indiana independent phone firms
The Indiana state board of tax commissioners will assess 125 independent telephone companies before August 22, up from about 80 last year. Earnings also rose, signaling a growing and paying business. This year assessments switch from pole mileage to wire mileage, deemed fairer due to varying wire counts on poles.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana
Indianapolis News
Samuel Scoles Will Leaves Estate to Wife If Alive
The will filed for probate provides that after debts and funeral costs the entire estate goes to Barbara Scoles if she survives. If she dies first, shares go to Samuel Stewart’s line and Lewis Scoles, with alternates if Stewart dies first, including Jesse Drake and Matilda Berth. Barbara Scoles is deceased.
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Samuel Scoles
Barbara Scoles
Samuel Stewart
Lewis Scoles
Jesse Drake
Matilda Berth
Samuel Steawart
Samuel
Stewart
Orville T. Chamberlain
Ethan Arnold
Two Local Men Fail Navy Entrance Exams in Chicago
Tun Carpenter and Charles Gemberi 5 returned from Chicago after several days seeking naval positions. They took examinations to enter the navy but both failed to pass. One was under size and the other had a prior broken arm that barred him.
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Tun Carpenter
Charles Gemberi
Chicago
Banner Salve Ad from Houseworth Bros
An old advertisement touts Banner Salve as a universal wet healing medicine promising quick relief for bumps bruises sprains burns sores and cuts from Houseworth Bros without offer of medical detail.
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Houseworth Bros
Powers Engage in a Row Nations Seymour Presses Repairs
Tientsin reports Russia seeks to keep railway control from Taku to Pekin until hostilities end with a plan to restore it to China. Admiral Seymour opposes British repairs beyond Tientsin and urges the British to conduct the work. Meanwhile France seeks river tug control and to share with Russia. Chinese losses number 406 in a battle near Tientsin with British Russian and Japanese forces. allied army also suffered heavy losses.
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Seymour
Tientsin
Taku
Pekin
Tiertsin
Russia
Tien-Tsin
China and foreign ministers in Peking siege update
Dispatches from Shanghai report the foreign ministers to be sent from Pekin to Tien-tsin under escort while the imperial government provides protection and food. Paris wires note the siege and casualties at the British legation and discuss Tien-tsin’s capture and military plans. American observers in Tien-tsin report famine, pestilence, mass migrations, censorship of press, and a US observer arrival. The President and Secretary of State reply urge communication with foreign powers, protection of diplomats, and cooperation to restore order.
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Washington
Sheng
Shanghai
Pekin
Tien-tsin
Paris
Chefoo
M. Delcasse
Legation
John S. Mallory
Forty-first United States Infantry
Canton
Ohio
China
Germany
Peking
WM. McKinley
John Hay
President Receives Chinese Emperor Message on Restoring Order
The State Department releases a translated cable from Wu Ting Fang via Shanghai dated July 19, 1900. It records the Taotai urging the United States to take the initiative to form a concert of powers to restore order and peace in China amid international indignation.
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Washington
United States
Yuan
Shantung
Privy Council
Peking
Wu Ting Fang
China
Kwang-Hsu
Li Hung Chang Warns Of Pekin Advance Threat
Shanghai July 25 Li Hung Chang warned that any advance on Pekin by allied troops would trigger mass killings of all white residents in Pekin. He said legations remain, but an advance from Tien Tsin could mean death for every foreigner, risking a China wide revolt against foreigners.
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Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Legations
Tien Tsin
China
British Envoy Heard From In Tianjin Siege
A dispatch from the British counsel in Tianjin dated July 21 reports Sir Claude MacDonald in Beijing sending word of a relief appeal. The legation has provisions for two weeks while a determined attack continues. Forty four deaths and about double that number wounded are noted. the Foreign Office treats this as not altering the reported massacre of legation members in Beijing.
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London
Foreign Office
Tientsin
Claude MacDonald
Peking
Legation
Bayonet Fight at Tien-tsin Reported By Che Foo
Post from Che Foo on July 15 details ongoing attacks on Tien-tsin with 600 Allied casualties so far. Russians reportedly captured several guns and a large Chinese camp as two thousand men charged with bayonets. Russian losses included one killed and five wounded while Chinese losses were described as very great.
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Shanghai
Che Foo
Tien-tsin
China Blocks Troops Facing Russian Advance
Shanghai report says three thousand Russian troops reach New Chiang from Port Arthur but are halted by ten thousand well armed Chinese regulars, with a battle expected as Chinese forces defend the route and prevent progression toward the Russians.
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Russia
Shanghai
New Chiang
Port Arthur
Missionary Station at Chiku Destroyed by Boxers
London July 25 The Church Missionary Society received a cablegram stating the missionary station at Chiku has been destroyed by Boxers. Mr and Mrs Barton and Miss Riddell are reported safe.
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London
Church Missionary Society
Chiku
Barton
Real Estate Transfers In Elkhart 80 Acres Sold
Leander Beck and others transfer 80 acres in Elkhart to David H Gor such for 5000 dollars in a real estate transaction recorded as part of transfers.
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Leander Beck
David H. Gorsuch
Elkhart
Kills Three Policemen in New Orleans Rampage
Desperate shootings in New Orleans kill three officers including Captain John Day. Robert Charles, a Black man described as an agitator, wounded and fled after an alley confrontation. Bloodhounds tracked his trail but he escaped. rewards are posted as tensions rise.
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New Orleans
John Day
Robert Charles
Hennessy
Charles
Dryades
Washington Street
Aucoin
August Mora
Neero
Leonard Pierce
Pierce
Tin Cup Row
Fourth Street
Saratoga Street
Pierrier
Day
Lamb
Trenchard
Captain Day
Corporal Perrier
Married in Secret in Elkhart
Stephen B. Russell a Goshen resident selling cigars for an Elkhart firm and Lottie B. Swafield an Elkhart young woman married in Elkhart last night by a local clergyman. The license was issued June 4 and the couple planned a ninety day secret period.
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Goshen
Stephen B. Russell
Elkhart
Lottie B. Swaffield
Ankle Fireworks Hurt Wife After Shotgun Misfire
Alfred Lee of Middlebury returned from hunting Friday evening and while laying his gun on a table it discharged striking his wife in the right ankle. Medical aid was sought and the incident was reported as accidental with no further details given.
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Alfred Lee
Middlebury
All Cottages Occupied at Klinger Lake Landing
Watherwax land at Klinger lake reports 11 cottages occupied with one remaining. Ex aror Howard of Kalamazoo plans to move into the last cottage this week. Most residents at the landing are from Eikhart.
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Watherwax’s Landing
Klinger Lake
Ex ‘Aror Howard
Kalamazoo
Eikhart
Broke Home Ties Of Local Youth
A 19 year old son of J. Fenderhoff left home without notifying his parents and was later found working on a farm near Middlebury. He believed he was old enough to break away from home ties and support himself.
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J. ©. Fenderhoff
Middlebury
Wheaton Divorce Suit Filed Over Alleged Abandonment
George Wheaton sues Maude Wheaton for divorce alleging abandonment and adultery. They were married August 30, 1595 and separated December 1, 1399 when she deserted him and moved to Clintwood Virginia where she now resides.
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George Wheaton
Chamberlain & Turner
Maude Wheaton
Clintwood
Livery Stable Owner Promise Tied to Presidential Vote
Arthur Williams of Burr Oak pledges support for George Stebbins' mother in law for life if Bryan wins next fall. If McKinley is re elected Stebbins will publicly twist the tail of Williams mule daily for three weeks or until the animal is disabled.
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Arthur Williams
Burr Oak
George Stebbins
Bryan
McKinley
Stebbins
Williams
Walnut Logs Unearthed at Niles Marsh Valued Treasure
In Niles the Skalia Furniture Co recently bought land north of town and found a marsh concealing a large cache of walnut logs embedded in the ground. The logs appear to be ancient and valuable. An engine is used to raise them, marking a fortunate discovery.
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Niles
Skalia Furniture Co
Andrews' Paramour Revealed as Minnie Bennett of Battle Creek
The woman said to have fled to Los Angeles with Charles Andrews last May is identified as Minnie Bennett from Battle Creek Michigan. She had worked for Andrews before the elopement. Andrews now operates a shooting gallery in California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Andrews
Minnie Bennett
Battle Creek
Mich
Andrews
California
Near Accident as Elkhart Bicyclists Nearly Plunge
The Bristol Banner reports a party of Elkhart bicyclists narrowly avoided riding into the river at the new bridge site. No warning signals were shown as they coasted down the hill and came within feet of the abutments.
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Bristol
Elkhart
Has a Brother in China
Rev. A. A. Ewing of St. John's Bristol reports two brothers in missionary work in China. One, from Paoting Fu, left for Japan before month’s end. the other, at Pekin, has no information available.
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A. A. Ewing
St. John’s Church
Bristol
China
Paoting Fu
Japan
Pekin
Marriage Licenses Issued in Elkhart and Goshen Areas
George Jessie Baldwin 29 and Felicia Geckla Gable 24 of Elkhart. Horace L. Henry 25 and Minnie B. Noel 23 of Goshen. James Rinehart 26 and Ella Davis 19 of Elkhart were issued marriage licenses.
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George Jessie Baldwin
Felicia Geckla Gable
Elkhart
Horace L. Henry
Minnie B. Noel
Goshen
James Rinehart
Ella Davis
Odd Fellows Convene at Bawheese Park August 8
The Odd Fellows from Indiana Ohio and Michigan plan a large gathering at Baw heese park on August 8 with the date move from the second. A Young America post office burglary yielded 172.60 in stamps later recovered with no loss. The thief also took about four dollars from the telephone office cash drawer in the same building. LaPorte waterworks shut until a burned dynamo is refurbished. Lightning damaged forty six phones for Jones Reynolds at Cassopolis.
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Odd Fellows
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Bawheese Park
Young America
Jones & Reynolds
Cassopolis
Tragedy Aboard Trilby Steam Yacht Near Syracuse
A boiler explosion on the Trilby near Syracuse kills three children Iv. Spink Gladys Spink Fern Spink and injures several adults. Steam and hot debris scald and burn passengers as the vessel nears a lock and hospital crews attempt rescue. Also a separate land dispute case in Pulaski circuit court seeks $500 and timber land title recovery.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Trilby
F . L. Spink
Seriba
Oswego Cor
IV. Spink
Gladys Spit
Fern Spink
Fred Sink
Ed Spink
Herald Spink
Jay Kelsey
Coral Bank
Herald
Ener Enerson
Medaryville
Pulaski
John P. Roberts
Bettie Priest
Pulaski County
Tennessee
Notable Chesterton Affair Prompts Local Sensation
A Chesterton woman abandons husband and two children for a new hobby, stirring a local sensation among prominent residents. Reports also note diverse items: creditors receiving about 40 percent from S B Nickum estate sales, raises for several postmasters, a Cassopolis student passing a naval exam, dam upgrades on the St Joseph river, a Goshen cyclist splashing through a mud puddle, secret marriage announcements, a local stage role, and plans for a copper plant at Elwood.
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Chesterton
LaPorte
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KNILL
Elkhart Implement Co
East Pigeon Street
S. B. Nickum
Perpetual Light Fame
Ray K. Holland
Cassopolis High School
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U. S
St. Joseph
Constantine
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Grace Johnson
Oak Park
Anita L. Fowler
Scallops
Sol Smith Russell
Elwood
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