Mystery Over Clara Shanks Death Favors Self-Inflicted Theory
An inquiry near the Clara Shanks tragedy scene reveals a possible attempt by Daniel Keller’s attorney to shift blame to a Shanks family member. Keller testified strongly, while testimonies from Mrs Keller and Emma Cox supported the defense. The inquiry deepens doubt, with locals leaning toward death by own action. In Indianapolis Gebhard case a missing pair draws attention as suspects flee. West Indianapolis approves a $500 reward for information aiding the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers.
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Bloomingtox
Clara Shanks
Daniel Keller
Shanke
Keller
Clara
Emma Cox
Mrs. Keller
Miss Keller
Frederick Shanks
Daniel Shanks
Mate Ter
Clew
Gebhard
Counce
West Indianapolis
Demand for resignations shakes Indiana coal unions
In TERRE HAUTE on August 1, coal operators warn no 60 cent pay for bituminous miners after today to block 60 cent arguments at Friday's convention. Sullivan County operators rescind 69 cent offers and miners walk out as a general strike looms, except in the black coal field on a sliding scale. KNIGHTSVILLE reports United Mine Workers of Linton call for top to bottom officer changes and withhold per capita taxes until new leadership is chosen. local lodges urged similar action.
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Terre Haute
Sullivan County
Knightsville
United Mine Workers of
Linton
United Mine Workers of America
Losl
Republicans again lead Jeffersonville prison after long gap
Jeffersonville reports the resignation of Warden J H Patten and the installation of Warden elect A T Hert, marking Republicans in control for the second time in seventy three years. The new board signals conservatism, planning careful staff changes while avoiding mass dismissals as vacancies occur. A G A R encampment excitement grows with committees organizing events and inviting press coverage from across the state.
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Jeffersonville
J. H. Patten
Reim
A. T. Hert
South Ia
J. B. Meriwether
Colonel Shuler
Patten
Carpenter and
Henry
Death by own action ends Sequel of a Scandal
In BRooxFi Aug 1 Miss Arabella Vandiver 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs T S Vandiver prominent villagers took a pistol to her head in a suicide tied to a scandal she had been linked to. She denied the rumors but her mind gave way and she died after an alleged crisis.
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Brooxfi
Arabella Vandiver
Sod
T.S. Vandiver
Givens Child Dies in Mis 'Toot incident
George Givens aged years old son of William Givens died at Mis 'Toot in Salem on August 1 marking a tragic local death.
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Mis ‘Toot
Norra Salem
George Givens
Willam Givene
Man dies amid liquor habit after Keeley cure attempt
The obituary notes a man who died while arranging his toilet, became addicted to liquor, dissipated, and after attempting the Keeley cure in Dallas, Texas, refrained for six months before resuming drinking about seven months prior to death.
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Dallas
Tex
Fire destroys Keesling & Martin Paper Roofing works
A spark from a freight engine started a blaze in MuMoIE damaging the Keesling and Martin Paper Roofing works causing about 5000 dollars of loss with no insurance. Greely Bros lumber yard incurred about 8000 dollars in damage with 6000 dollars insured. The incident also caused 200 dollars damage to the Gouncis Steam Dye Works.
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Lake Erie and Western
Keesling & Martin Paper
Greely Bros.’ Lumber Yar
Winona Assembly Opens Summer School With Lectures
At Eagle Lake the Winona Assembly held morning devotional services led by Dr. Eaton of Milwaukee. An hillside concert followed in the afternoon, and President Fisher of Hanover College spoke on the New Kingdom in the evening. The summer school formally opened this afternoon.
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Eagle Lake
Winona Assembly
Eaton
Milwaukee
Fisher
Hanover College
New Kingdom
Indicted precinct crookedness and assorted 1895 crimes
A Chicago grand jury indicted F. R. Strain James Manley Timothy McCarthy John Ready A E Gage Andrew Buchanan Joseph O Reilly Fred Sanger B Hopp and John Naubert for crookedness in a First ward precinct where McGann received a larger congressional vote than shown. other items report a Fort Worth shooting killing Frank Rippy wounding Frank Thomas, improved health of Representative Hitt, several obituaries, a $489000 coal car purchase price, a potential Yellowstone park right of way request, Bishop Wolfe Howe's death, Mrs. Walter Murray's race robbery report, threatening letters to A M Rothschild, and the Bank of Salisbury closure and assignee Hi M Williams.
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F. R. Strain
James Manley
Timothy McCarthy
John Ready
A. E. Gage
Andrew Buchanan
Joseph O'Reilly
Fred Sanger
B. Hopp
John Naubert
Chicago
McGann
Congress
Fort Worth
Tex
Frank Rippy
Frank Thomas
Representative Hitt
Narragansett Pier
New York
Simon Wormser
Laxington
George W. Didlake
Morgan
Pekin
Drs
George B. Baabcock
Janesville
Wis
Mary Columba
Dallas
C. B. and
Yellowstone Park
M. A. D. Wolfe Howe
Central
Pennsylvania
Bristol
K. I
Walter Murray
Murray
Windsor
Ont
Detroit
BE. G. Hickman
A. M. Rothschild
Cotton imports surge as mills run overtime
City of Mexico reports that despite the nation’s large cotton and print mills operating overtime to meet domestic demand, imports of cotton textiles from England in the first half of the year rose by over 7,000,000 yards, signaling a strong overseas supply alongside rising factory output.
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City of
Mexico
England
Republican state central committee to meet for court chief nom
SorPxEA Aug 1 Chairman Leland and Secretary Bristow issue call for a meeting of the Republican state central committee on Aug 13. Purpose to consider a method for nominating a candidate for chief justice of the state supreme court.
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Sorpxea
Leland and
Scratary Bristow
Republican State Central Committee
State Supreme Court
Gompers Sees Eight-Hour Day Demand by May First
Samuel Gompers said at a tailors strike meeting that hours must be reduced and by May 1 next year the organized labor movement will press for enforcing the eight-hour law. The remark was made in New York amid labor unrest and market updates followed.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
Organized Labor Movement of America
New York Money and Commodities Report July 31
New York markets show money on call easy at 1 per cent with bankers' rates at 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 and sterling demand around 4 9/16. Chicago Board quotes wheat corn oats oats soybeans and other staples with prices for July to January futures. live stock at Chicago Union Stock Yards reports hogs cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges.
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New Yorks
United States
New
Pacific
Chicago Grain and Produce
Cuicano
Board of Trade
Park
Ju.y
Nsw
Blackperrie S
Michigan
California
Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Atociers
I.m
Trail of Holmes House Built at Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Aug 1 William Capps now in Chicago on the Holmes case belongs to Capp and Cantey who sued current holders of Williams sisters property alleging forged deeds by Holmes Allen an Arkansas convict once employed by Holmes known as Mascot may reveal much about Holmes and his dealings Holmes planned a large building intended as a fire trap with a top room having twelve exits and a hidden basement chute to transfer a body undetected a large archway over the sewer could conceal a trap for a death ambush.
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Fort Worts
Tsx
William Capps
Chicago
Holmes
Capp & Cantey
Williams Sisters
Allen
Arkansas
Joliet
Pratt
Duck Culture Compared With Hen Says Rural New Yorker
The Rural New Yorker praises ducks for table merit and market value. An Hammonton New Jersey trial by P HB Jacobs compares growth of ten ducklings to ten chicks on equal feed, showing faster duck growth early and higher meat yield per pound. It covers egg laying, housing, bedding, and marketing timing for Pekin and other breeds.
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New Yorker
Hammonton
N. J
P. HB. Jacobs
Long Island
Rankin
Believes Minnie Williams Alive Says Allen in Arkansas
Little Rock August 1 Convict Allen repeats belief Minnie Williams was alive six months ago and remains convinced she is alive now He says he did not meet Holmes in Arkansas only in Fort Worth Texas He asserts Chicago detectives will gain nothing without his release from prison He warns authorities “When the authorities come to my terms I ll talk” Governor Clark says pardons must follow legal procedures and conditions
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Little Rock
Allen
Minnie Williams
Holmes
Arkansas
Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago
Texas
Clark
Buff Leghorn Cockerel Dominates Shows at MSG and Hagerstown
Buff Leghorn cockerel won first prize and two special prizes at the recent poultry show at Madison Square Garden, New York, and also captured first and a special prize at Hagerstown Maryland. The bird is owned and bred by Aug D. Arnold of Dillsbury Pennsylvania.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Hagerstown
Aug D. Arnold
Dillsbury, Pa
Detective Lacks Clue in Howard Pitzel Case
Indianapolis August 1 detective Geyer reports no progress in locating Howard Pitzel's body. He questions tips about a Holmes rented house, says investigators chase daily whispers without leads and expects recall to Philadelphia unless Holmes reveals disposition of the body.
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Howard Pitzel
Indianapolis
Holmes
Geyer
Philadelphia
Indictment in McClelland Skeleton Murder Case
Centralia Illinois reports John A McClelland and Wesley Tabor indicted by Marion County grand jury for murder of Alexander and Oscar McClelland. John arrested on bench warrant, Tabor jailed in Salem. Skeletons found years ago on McClelland farm near Centralia may be related, but identities disputed. Confession from a divorced wife aided earlier probe, new evidence undisclosed.
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Centralia
Ills
Aug
McClelland
John A. McClelland
Wesley Tabor
Marlon County
Alexander
Oscar McClelland
John McClelland
Grand Jury
Tabor
Salem
Alex
Wire Works Strike Ends In Cleveland Settlement
In Cleveland 2500 workers walked out at American Wire works. Company offered 1.35 dollars per day, 5 cents above prior pay, 2 cents below strikers’ demand. Police watched as mass meeting backed a proposal. Agreement grants staged raises totaling 10 percent and 90 percent advances for various skilled groups, with return to work promised by Monday.
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Cleveland
American Wire Works
Savage
American Wire Company
Navy
Soft Shelled Eggs and Fowl Health Warned by Farm Poultry
A reader cites Farm Poultry on soft shelled eggs from confined hens. Proper diet, clean water, and outdoor exercise reduce defects. Five Light Brahmas without outdoor run ate eggs. freedom and better conditions helped. Emphasizes healthful, nutritious feed and scrupulous cleanliness.
Poultry as Profitable and Healthful as Other Meats
A farmer can produce poultry as cheaply as beef mutton or pork and poultry belongs on the table. It is profitable to eat poultry and sell pork, which is mostly fat and less healthy. The passage argues poultry provides greater health and strength per equal amount.
Chinch Bug Infestation Threatens Illinois Cornfields
Prairie Farmer notes an unusual chinch bug surge across much of Illinois and widespread damage. Contagious disease among bugs exists but dry weather curbs spread. experts urge barrier methods to prevent entry into cornfields as disease control is unreliable.
Silver Spangled Hamburgs Worth More Breeder Attention
A study in The Fanciers' Review extols Silver Spangled Hamburgs for beauty and merit despite small size. It advises careful selection of breeders, April hatchings, and attentive care to develop a robust, high-egg, high-scoring line, noting their sensitivity and thrift.
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Hamburg
Blood lines and breeding effects in fowl stock
An article explains how crossing a common male with pure bred hens produces colorful mixed offspring, while pure bred males yield uniform progeny. It highlights how good blood strengthens a flock and how biased mating can improve or ruin stock depending on whether hens or males are purebred.
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Hamburg
Dominique
Poultryman quits hens to enter liquor trade
Robson tells Jobson that rising costs and seasonable egg shortfalls ruined profits. Hens eat four times as much in winter while laying little, and spring brings near zero sales. He quits poultry and plans to enter the liquor business.
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Jobson
Robson
Liquay
Proper Age to Feed Fowls for Fattening
The proper age to begin to feed fowls for fattening is just as soon as they have reached maturity. They will not fatten well nor rapidly until matured.
A Tale Nations. A Tale of Two Nations by W H Harvey
A brief nineteenth century style notice for A Tale Nations by W H Harvey describing A Tale of Two Nations a 302 page love story that traces de monetization and its alleged harm to American prosperity. Popular edition prices cited in cents and cloth editions.
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W. H. Harvey
Number Seven by W. H. Harvey Illustrated Edition
A brief notice for the popular edition of Number Seven by W. H. Harvey, 192 pages with illustrations. It features an exposure of the 1873 crime and the Harvey Laughlin joint debate. Priced at 25 cents, sent on receipt of price by CIMES-POST, Fort Wayne.
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W. H. Harvey
Harvey-Laughlin
Cimes-Post
Fort Wayne
Wabash Ticket Office Sells Great Lakes Passages
At the Wabash ticket office in this city both single and round trip tickets are on sale via Toledo and Detroit to all Great Lakes ports including Buffalo Erie Cleveland Mackinac Island Chicago Duluth and intermediate points. Modern fast steel steamers offer speed comfort and safety on these routes. A book titled Mid-Summer Voyages outlines lake tours costs duration and traveler tips. State room reservations and tickets available by telephone No 6 with R G Thompson as Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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Wabash
Toledo
Detroit
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Erie
Cleveland
Mackinac Island
Chicago
Duluth
Wabash Ticket Office
R. G. Thompson
Summer Excursions From Linwood Park Vermillion Ohio
Linwood Park on the south shore of Lake Erie offers a delightful summer retreat with Nickel Plate road excursion tickets available throughout the season. The promotion runs from August 43 to August 31 around the lake area, inviting visitors to enjoy a scenic rail visit and lakefront leisure.
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Linwood Park
Vermillion, C
Lake Erie
Corn's Financial School and Up To Dare Adverts
An old newspaper ad promotes W. H. Harvey's Corn's Financial School and its sequel Up To Dare. It touts the books as clear, reliable money instruction with multiple editions and bindings, priced from 25 cents to a dollar, offered by Times-Post of Fort Wayne.
Niagara Falls Excursion of Lake Erie & Western R R
The Lake Erie and Western Railway announces an August 8 1895 excursion to Cleve land Chautauqua Lake Buffalo and Niagara Falls with very low rates. Passengers can add side trips to Lewiston on the Lake Ontario steamboat Toronto and return, Thousand Islands and more. Special free rides from Brockton Junction to Chautauqua Lake available, and discounted near Falls admissions. Trains arrive at Niagara Falls 7 00 AM Friday August 9 with return Sunday August 11.
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Lake Erie & Western R. R
Cleveland
Chautauqua Lake
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Lewiston-on-the-Lake
Lake Ontario
Toronto
Lewiston
Thousand Islands
Falls
Brockton Junction
Whirlpool Rapids
Garfield
Lake Erie & Western RB. R
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South
Indiana
Lisa
Ida Gebhard
Prison South
Gar
Jeff
Jefferiinville
Veterana
Censar
G. A. BR
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Salisbury
UC. O. Austin
Bank of Salisbury
Hi. M. Williams
Inoress
Hkuans Republican Committee
New York Financial
Trail OF Holmes
Illinois
Detective Geyer
McClellands
the Great Lakes
Rd ' Cnet
Corn's Financial ScHool
Corn’s Financial ScHoo
Corn
Financial School
Corn’s Financial School
Dare
Times-Post
Lake Erie and
R. R
F. Daly
Gen. Pass
Ind
Peoria
Muncie
Bloomington
Connersville
LaFayette
Rushville
Michigan City
New Castle
Dlee Bows
Cambridge City
Oundianapolis
Lima Wees
Seudusky
Pennsylvania Station
Wayne, Ind
Nickel Pate
Cheagogue Louis RR
Mnorn. Y
Boston
Eastern Express
tLocal Freight
Kiesgo Express
Chicago Mail
Western Express
Amrive
Otterpal
A. W. Johnston
Harner General
M. C. Baker
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Canada
Fort Wayre
Philley
Ft. W
C. and
L Railroad
C F Daly
HC Parker
Indianapiis
New York and Boston Limited
Toledo Express
Atlantic Express
Lafayette Accom
Sunc
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette Accom'n
St. Louis Limited
Ous Man
Ly, Aiver
New York Palace
Aland Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Aoing North
Grand Rapids
North
Rome City
Tom Richmond
Oine South
Richmond
Coe
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmer
West Wayne St. Telephone
Hamilton National Bank
Charles McCulloch
Joban Mohe
Cszhiar
Emery
Cor
Cass and
Wells Streets
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Geller
W. F. Geller
White National Bank
Kinnie
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