Worthy versus Worthless Citizens in Hilarious Local Critique
A serialized montage from Appletons Magazine critiques civic virtue with anecdotes on reformers, a Irish teamster, a self important town leader who never votes, and a colonel who killed a cat in Aldershot sparking hopes for reform. It compares citizen types while mixing oddities from England and Panama canal mining. It mentions a dynamite incident in 1887 and a doctor’s bill dispute in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andover Theological Seminary
Brown
Appleton’s
New England
Congress on Tuberculosis Opens With Grim Statistics
Secretary Cortelyou welcomed delegates and noted that tuberculosis claimed more U S lives in four years than Civil War deaths in Garfield’s time. The piece references President Garfield, his son and Mark Hopkins, and a college president’s rise amid a fragmented account of a log and seating imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Garfield
Mark Hopkins
Fame College
Two Suspects Confess to Robbery and Murder
Edward Junar and Henry Stevens admitted fatally shooting William H. Andrew, a Civil War veteran, and looting stores owned by August Leauty and John Rowland. The report mentions editorial praise for Mark Thietlethwaite’s appointment as private secretary to the governor and discusses Indiana school health issues, including ventilation and the need for furnaces and proper ducts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Junar
Henry Stevens
William H. Andrew
August Leauty
John ©. Rowland
Indiana and Nearby Towns Report Local Incidents
Gov elect Marshall considers occupying the late Gov Gray’s North Pennsylvania residence in Indianapolis awaiting inauguration. In Noblesville a wagon collision on a snowbound track kills two men and injures others, the motorman survives. Seymour sees Braxton Foist robbed of 385 dollars and a check. a warrant is issued for Joan Brooks. Brownstown reports Will Moore arrested after an assault claim. mob threat feared. The suspect denies guilt and cites Franklin Kentucky as home with a sister in Louisville.
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Seymour, Ind
Braxton Foist
Seymour
Joan Brooks
Indianapolis
Brooks
Foists
Brownstown
Ind
Will Moore
Watson
Clark County
Harold Dannettell
Jeffersonville
Captain Hoffman Dies at His Home Near Jeffersonville
Captain John H. Hoffman a well known riverman died suddenly at his Utica pike home after returning from Jeffersonville where he visited a doctor. He had suffered indigestion and stomach trouble for days. In Indianapolis Albert Van Joe Richardson and Paul Huhn are jailed for robbing Norman Hendricks of his overcoat and two dollars this morning. Hendricks says the assailants would have killed him for the two dollar bill. William Nordathal and Joe Wagner were arrested on suspicion of belonging to the gang.
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John H. Hoffman
Jeffersonville
Ind
Utica Pike
Here
C. F. C. Hancock
Indianapolis
Albert van
Joe Richardson
Paul Huhn
Norman Hendricks
Hendrcks
William Nordathal
Joe Wagner
Engineer Von Hip pel lands Evansville Traction survey contract
Evansville Indiana engineer Von Hip pel of Tenn Construction Co with city offices was chosen to survey the right of way for the Evansville Mt Carmel and Olney Illinois traction line. Local capital backs the project with over $100 000 in stock subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
von Hippel
The
Tenn’ Construction Co
Mt. Carmel and Olney
Ill
New Albany Lawmaker Seeks State Savings Bank Bill
Hon. M. Thornton of New Albany Floyd County will introduce a bill at the next session to establish a state savings bank. He also favors repealing the cities and towns law in which he has long been involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
M. ©. Thornton
Floyd County
Thornton
Diphtheria Close Sets in Across Floyd County Ind
Floyd county health guidance leads John Kraft to shutter District School No. 8 on the Corydon pike near New Albany due to a diphtheria epidemic. In Liberty, the Crosby saloon closes, the last in the county as prohibition takes full effect. Columbia City Democrats plan a banquet December 15 to honor Gov elect Thomas R Marshall. Indianapolis reports filings for LaRue Lumber Co Vincennes City Ice and Coal Co and Vincennes Battery Co. Jeffersonville officials assess needs at the Indiana Reformatory after an incoming visitation. Three convicts fled the reformatory. Martin Whalen Oin Whalen and Charles Russell remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Floyd Count John Kraft
New Albany Township
Corydon Pike
Columbia City
Whitley County
Thomas R. Marshall
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
Liberty
Martin Whalen
Oin Whalen
Charles Russell
Indianapolis banker dies on Vandalia train in Indiana
A. H. Masters of Indianapolis aged 45 general agent for the Des Moines Bankers Life Insurance Co died on a Vandalia train at Cherubusco from hemorrhage of the lungs. He boarded at Auburn en route to Rochester and his body will be sent to Indianapolis. The report also notes various local items from Indiana including dry town remonstrances in Bremen, a mineral water vein found near New Albany, hidden mail pouches found near Goshen, a store robbery in Indianapolis, and memorial exercises in Anderson with Gov elect Marshall delivering the eulogy.
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Columbia City
Ind
A. H. Masters
Indianapolis
Des Moines Bankers’ Life Insurance Co
Cherubusco
Auburn
Rochester
New Albany
George W. Keeley
Corydon Pike
Indianas American Engineering lands large rail contract
American Engineering Co of Indianapolis led by president Chas N Wilson secured a $4.7 million contract to build 198 miles of track for the Des Moines and Sioux City Railway between Des Moines area and Sioux City Indiana. Minnie Mounce suffered serious injuries after a fall downstairs at her Princeton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
American Engineering Co
Chas. N. Wilson
de Moines
Sioux Cty
Des Moines & Sioux City Railway Co
Roosevelt targets Anaconda smelters over forest reserve damage
President Roosevelt asserts government right to protect property and plans a bill in equity to halt poisonous emissions from Anaconda smelters harming thousands of forest acres. Justice Department will report damages and likely future increases while mine owners warn of costly industry changes and mass layoffs for 12,000 to 15,000 workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Montana
Department
Hoyt
Department of Justice
Steamer D M Clemson Lost With Crew of 14
Duluth reports the steamer D M Clemson with 14 aboard is missing after last sighting at Sault Ste Marie. Debris and a wooden pilot house imply a wreck on Lake Superior. Clemson, a 17 000 ton steel coal carrier owned by Wolvin and captained by Chamberlain, left Duluth last with no word since.
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Duluth
Minn
D. M. Clemsen
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
Soo Canal
D. M. Clemson
A. B. Wolvin
R. Chamberlain
Wolvin
Four Skaters Drowned in Wisconsin Ice Break
Four skaters Earl Cooper Harvey Richardson Violet Bliveng and Fannie Bivens drowned after breaking through Lake Koshkonong ice on Sunday Mabel Brow survived but faces exposure risk.
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Janesville
Wis
Earl Cooper
Harvey Richardson
Violet Bliveng
Fannie Bivens
Lake Koshkonorg
Mabel Brow
Married men barred rule in clerk employments
Secretary Halvin notes a North London employer’s card forbidding married men from work. He cites Castell’s Sat urday Journal and Aunt Harriet narratives. Beecher family tales recount a grandniece’s retort about the ten commandments in a Women’s Journal style.
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Halvin
National Union of Clerks
London
Castell
Saturday Journal
Bloom on the Egg
A young housewife notes a white bloom on eggs she just gathered and compares it to peach down. Her husband, a food expert, explains the bloom is lime dust from flour and the eggs are likely pickled rather than new laid.
Anticipation of Evil and Its Real Effects
A compact reflection cites Sir John Lubbock on fearing misfortune and overwork. It notes people suffer from anxiety more than actual strain, urging calm patience for outcomes and restraint from premature distress.
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Noah
Jerusalem
Jeremy
Sir John Lubbock
Wanted the Painkiller And A Childs First Spanking
A Kansas City Times excerpt recalls two year old Ruland seeking soothing lotion after bumps and bruises. His first spanking, strange and mystifying, ends with him pleading for the “Botty” to restore quick relief. The bottle remains his familiar aid in injury.
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Ruland
Botty, Botty
Wyland Botty Twick
Kansas City Times
Holland Threats and Dutch Wooden Shoes Stun Court
The messenger arrives with dispatches in the palace as Castro reads a yellow alert that Holland threatens action. The secretary remarks other nations issue threats too but this spanking will hurt, noting the Dutch wear wooden shoes.
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Castro
Holland
Lives Lost in the Industries Skyscraper tolls and injuries
The article argues that skyscraper construction sacrifices workers, stating that each tall building costs about three lives and that among 19 million industrial workers in the nation around 500,000 are killed or maimed annually.
Farm Opportunity Promises Free Florida Trip and Profitable Farm
Advertisement offers a free railroad fare to Hilliard Florida from Ohio Indiana Tennessee or Kentucky any day in December. It promotes a 0 acre truck farm in North Florida Fruit and Truck Farm District near Jacksonville priced at 210 dollars with yearly earnings between 2000 and 3000 dollars. It guarantees reservation of the nearest unset farm to town and lodging at headquarters.
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Hilliard
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Florida
Jacksonville
Hilard
Florida Truck Farm Offer Promises 10-Acre Plots Near Hillard
An advertisement touts 10 acre North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms near Jacksonville offering easy payments of 10 dollars a month with free town lot, railroad fare refund, and title guarantees by Chicago firms. It claims high acre earnings, year round climate, and no irrigation or pest worries. The pitch includes mail requests for booklets, land plots, and photos of Hillard and farms.
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North Florida
Jacksonville
Hilliard
Atlantic Coast
Omaha
Florida
Civilization
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Hillford
Orthern
Secoma
Chicago Mile & Trust Co
Capital
Chicago Title & Trust Company
United States
Chicago Tithe & Trust Company
Land Company
Hillard
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Erdinand
Aldershot
Scots Guards
North Staffordshires
Royal Song-Named Society
Panama Canal
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Pittsburg
Thietlethwaite
Mark Thietlethwaite
Thistlethwaite
Inpianavoris
Indiana State Board of Health
Marshall
Isaac P. Gray
Pennsylvania Street
John W. Kern
Pierre Gray
Gov. Gray
Noblesville
William Randall
John Shepherd
Indiana Union
Ine
Tiberty, Ind
Crosby
Union
LaRue Lumber Co
City Ice and Coal Co
Vincennes
Vincennes Battie Co
Visitation
Laporte
Bremen
Tuthill
Goshen
John Huber
Michigan Points
J. C. Balland Grocer
Blake Street
Dennis O’hern
Itdiana Reformatory
Princeton
Minnie Mounce
Lega
Steamer
Alberta Beere
East Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elsie Byers
Allegheny General Hospital
Kingston
Ont
Wormwith Piano Co
W. G. Craig & Co
Wholesils Grocers
James McCormick
Concordia Parish
I.n
Harriet
Beecher
Mrs. Stowe
Miss Beecher
Hhem
Harriet Iidt
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