Free Ride Riot on Indiana Picnic Train Ends in Shootout
About 1,600 to 2,000 children on a Blue River park picnic outing faced a train attack at New Palestine as roughs attempted to board for a free ride. A gun misfired, bullets pierced a coach hat, stones and billets of wood shattered windows, with several youths injured. Fred Blackburn, George and Robert Russell, and Claud Stasher were arrested for riot.
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Indianapolis
Blue River Park
New Palestine
Reuben
Willie Smithers
Sarah Morgan
Fred Blackburn
George
Robert Russell
Claud Stasher
Amateur Balloonist Denies Flight at County Fair Tragedy
Dennis, an amateur balloonist near Johnson County, attempted a cloud ascent at the fair. The balloon rose but the trapeze was not seized and the craft burned after drifting east. Spectators watched as the young flyer perished. his father refused to permit another attempt.
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Franky
Dennis
Johnson County
Diabolical Deed of a Father in Vincennes Case
A man near Edwardsport Bucked and gagged his four year old child and left it in an abandoned house to die. Neighbors found the body days later due to buzzards, and the father Jim Hulan is in custody while denying knowledge of the child. His mother identified the victim as Hulan’s.
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Edwardsport
Franklin
Vincennes
Jim Hulan
Hulan
Court rules law changing county superintendent election unconstitutional
Indianapolis Aug 31 The supreme court declared the last legislature's law changing the election time for county superintendents unconstitutional. Had it stood seventy five Republican superintendents would have been chosen today but now Democrats will hold office for two more years.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Fatal stabbing affray at Cicero picnic injuries feared
Noblesville reports a fatal stabbing incident at a Cicero picnic of about 800 glassblowers. More than a dozen were stabbed, some fatally. one victim reportedly stabbed fifteen times. Details remain scarce as the event unfolds. The strike event occurred near Noblesville, six miles south. The incident is the dominant item from Cicero in the late report.
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Noblesville
Cicero
Here
Sedgwick Candidate and Paralyzed Shelby County Pioneer
Shelbyville reports Matthew Sedgwick a Shelby county pioneer and father of ex County Clerk John R. Sedgwick is stricken with paralysis. Doctors say he cannot recover. A note mentions his pursuit of the Democratic nomination for congress in this district.
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Shelbyville
Matthew Sedgwick
Shelby County
John R. Sedgwick
Costly Fire at Monon Destroys Opera House
Fire swept Monon on August 81 destroying the opera house along with the Masonic lodge rooms and three adjacent business blocks. The total loss is estimated around $25,000.
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Monon
Opera
Masonic Lodge
Marie Burroughs Granted Divorce From Louis Masson
A divorce is granted to actress Marie Burroughs from Louis F. Masson. The news item lists multiple obituaries and various society notes, including a Moscow Gazette report on Japan indemnity and other international updates.
Trade Upturn in August Boosts Early Autumn Demand
Bradstreet's reports a strong end to August with a sharp rise in business volume across major hubs including New York, Baltimore, Chicago and Dallas. Dry goods, millinery, shoes and groceries see robust autumn demand and a likely further improvement next month as manufacturers and jobbers brace for large trade. southern states show resilience with orders for September delivery amid drought and rains impacting cotton. League baseball scores from Cybaso list results in New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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Bradstreet’s
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Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
South Atlantic
Charleston
Kattanooga
Atlanta
Savannah
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Dallas
Texas
Cybaso
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Louisville
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Waifs’ Saving Association Convention Sessions In Detrot
In Detrot Michigan on August 81 the Waifs Saving Association of America held its second day focused on papers and addresses about best methods for caring for homeless children.
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Detrot
Mich
the Waifs’ Saving Association of America
Markets and Chicago Grain and Live Stock Reports
Financial and commodities data from New York markets with call money prime mercantile paper and bonds, followed by Chicago Board of Trade quotes for wheat corn oats and lard. Produce prices for butter eggs and poultry, plus Chicago live stock at Union Stock Yards with hogs cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges.
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Yoas
Sterling Exchange
United States
Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Iixtra
California
Curcaco
Union
Texas
Hidden springs and a canal threaten Great Lakes water
Chicago scholars debate the Chicago drainage channel's impact on lake levels. Professor Garriott cites a twenty-one year rainfall table for thirteen lakefront stations, estimating the canal could remove about one twentieth of annual precipitation yet springs beneath Lake Superior and Lake Michigan may replenish water, keeping lake levels stable despite canal output.
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Chicago
Sharp Garriott
Lake Superior
Garriott
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Oswego
Buffalo
Erie
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
Port Huron
Alpena
Marquette
Grand Haven
Milwaukee
Duluth
Lake Michigan
Huron
Ontario
Lakes Superior
Michigan
Lakes Michigan
Superior
Fourteen Die in Sleepy Hollow and Americus Mines
Central City reports fourteen miners dead after floods flooded the Americus and Sleepy Hollow mines. Officials aim to recover bodies as disputes over drainage among owners contributed to the disaster. In other news, a Burrington well drill uncovers fragments of a prehistoric monster at 188 feet, with bones shattering a drill.
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Central City
Sleepy Hollow
Americus
Olivia Patnoster
Achili Apancini
N. Vegas
C. Croskenback
Margarino Maraota
Will Prisk
William Thomas
O. Brouse
Thomas Williams
Americas
Burrincton
Remarkable Stroke of Lightning in Grey Eagle Minn
In Grey Eagle Minnesota on August 31 Otto Huffman faced a near death lightning strike. A bolt hit his head tearing his hat and a hair lock, then traveled down his body blistering his chest right leg and foot before grounding. He was knocked unconscious and remained so, but is expected to recover.
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Grey Eagle
Minn
Otto Huffman
Huffman
Loved a Pirate and Lafitte’s Legendary Isle Recalled
A survivor recalled pirate Lafitte and his feared band who preyed on Gulf commerce sixty years ago. The tall, handsome Frenchman led a disciplined crew, wooed women, and once inspired a plot against a New Orleans lawyer before a wife’s elopement redirected vengeance. Some descendants of Lafitte’s crew and companions live in South Texas and Louisiana.
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Lafitte
Thomas Haines
United States Navy
Galveston Island
Gulf
Jersey City
New Orleans
Texas
Louisiana
Home life of Massachusetts recluse Rothwell in Dedham jail
William Rothwell, a 69 year old English born man, has spent 23 years in Dedham jail by choice. He arrived jailed for drunkenness, returned after release, and continues to reside in the jail as a self chosen home. He has a wealthy brother in New York and English relatives urging him to leave. He recounts a college romance with an English heiress who discarded him after he began drinking.
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William Rothwell
Dedham
Mass
England
Morse
Rothwell
New York City
New York
Lancashire
Pleaded His Own Cause In Parade Dress Court
An old colored man steps on a lady’s dress train causing anger and a disorderly arrest. The judge questions the prisoner and the witness, who testifies with asperity. The old man defends himself with a story about coat tails and dignity. The case is dismissed after a offer to pay costs.
Dickensian Burial Ground Linked to Drury Lane Scene
London correspondent notes that popular identifications of Dickens venues like Magpie and Stump or Bleak House are unreliable. The article describes a small churchyard off Rus sell court, Drury lane, misassociated with Bleak House and Old Curiosity Shop, highlighting the proximity of graves to nearby homes and a rusty gate era.
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Dickens
Pickwick
Clare-market
London
Drury-lane
Bleak House
Russell-court
God’s Acre
The Basin of a Fountain Turned Into a Punch Bowl
A traveler recalls an English lord in William III's era who boasted the largest punch bowl in the world. He filled a garden fountain basin with vast quantities of brandy water lemons sugar and Malaga wine, then floated a boat with a boy to serve the guests.
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Ludwig
William III
England
Malaga
Circular rainbow observed on a Welsh mountain peak
Dr. Fleming reported a rare circular rainbow seen for about half an hour on September 30, 1890 while climbing Finsterrehorn in the Welch mountains. A second circle appeared, offering a spectacular view from near the summit where the mountain face is nearly vertical.
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Fleming
Welch Mountains
Finsterrehorn
Plaisant erie. Planchette board tale and other curiosities
A column recounts a planchette board anecdote involving Rev. H. St. Paul Willoughby and a skeptical guest who learns the word Plaisanterie from French, tied to a Cambridgeshire race. The piece also describes a Boston train overcoat incident on danger hooks and vivid notes on Death Valley's geology and climate with extreme heat and aridity.
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Planchette
H. St. Paul Willoughby
St Luke's
London
Midlands
Mystic Board
Blind Chicago boy builds bottle house with cork seal
A sightless Chicago lad crafted a four ounce bottle house from forty wooden pieces, finishing it with glue and a cork seal. He then inserted a peg through the cork to lock it inside, a feat he cannot explain. Low rates to Buffalo via Nickel Plate road Sept 10 to 14 for the National Retail Butchers Protective Association meeting.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
National
Coins Financial School and Continue To Date Prices
W H Harvey promotes Corin s Financial School and its continuations as accessible money education. Illustrated volumes cover the history of Corn the little financier, with editions in paper cloth and combined bindings offered by Times-Post Fort Wayne. Prices range from 25 to 100 cents per edition with various bindings.
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W. H. Harvey
Corn’s Financial School
Corn
Chicago
Corin’s Financial School
United States
Con's Financial School
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
Harvey-Laughlin
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