Disputed law question and grave desecration in Indiana case
Judge McMaster struggles to find precedent in a novel trespass suit over disinterring a wife and two other bodies found in Crown Hill cemetery. The case centers on Mrs Rhodious and Mr Coffee with damages sought at 3000 dollars as the court seeks guidance from unfamiliar territory. Separately in Waterloo two unknown men steal horses and a wagon, kill one horse, skin it, and sell the hide in Fort Wayne before vanishing.
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Indianapolis
McMaster
Superior Court
Rhodious
Crown Hill
Coffee
Caffee
Waterloo
Fort Wayne
Probable death and hog devolution after woods search
A farmer, Helen J. Humphrey, four miles southeast of Browntown, disappeared several days ago. His partially devoured body was found by a hunter in the woods with identifying papers in clothing. Heart failure is suspected as the cause, with he may have died off the path and hogs feasting on exposed limbs.
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Brownstown
Helen J. Humphrey
Henry Gossman
Humphrey
Condemned Hinshaw Postpones Speech to Court Date
Danville reports show W K Hinshaw convicted of murdering his wife will be sentenced later this week after a motion for a new trial was overruled. He pledged to speak from the courthouse steps when sentence is pronounced, a move expected to create a sensation.
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Danville
W. KK. Hinshaw
Hadley
Supreme Court
Hinshaw
Court House
Anderson Orders Citizens to Surrender Cats Over Diphtheria
Anderson authorities demand cat surrender after diphtheria outbreaks in pets and in Gale Vernon’s chickens spreading disease to coops and potentially to children. In Indianapolis Governor Matthews accepts invitation to address Cuban independence in Philadelphia early next month, canceling planned Atlanta speech.
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Anderson
Andersonians
Gale Vernon
Indianapolis
Matthews
Antietam Brigade Association
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Sabbath hens and bridge accident report in Franklin and Encuisa
A. D. Whitesides notes Sabbath observing hens lay eggs on weekdays only. Emery Allison, a stranger, fell under Sulphur Fork bridge after drinking. He has a broken leg, fractured skull, and severe exposure. Miss Sallie Burrows, 16, suffers a critical condition from tetanus after a splinter pierced her thumbnail.
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Franklin
A. D. Whitesides
Encuisa
Emery Allison
Sulphur Fork Bridge
Marenno
Sallie Burrows
Forest Fire Destroys 250 Acres In Paw Paw Township
Wasasil reports that Coon hunters started a fire in the Mount farm woods Paw Paw township burning 250 acres and destroying valuable timber. Winamag notes a separate fire leveled the Holsinger block and Wharton’s photographic gallery causing about 26000 in losses with 1000 insurance on each of two buildings.
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Wasasil
Mount Farm
Paw Paw
Winamag
Holsinger
Wharton
Galtery
Germania
Beaton and Minch sue for libel in New Jersey campaign paper
Barperton New Jersey November Walter H Bacon and Assemblyman Bloomfield A H Minch sue Charles K Sheppard chair Dem county committee for 10000 damages each. They say a letter in the paper to Bacon is forged and offer a 1000 reward for the author’s conviction.
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Barperton
N.J
Walter H. Bacon
Bloomfield AH
Minch
Charles K. Sheppard
Democratic County Committee
Bacon
Cotton States Exposition aims to liquidate debt this week
The Cotton States and International Exposition directors will top up 100000 dollars this week to clear floating indebtedness. Samuel M. Inman, finance committee chairman, will contribute 50000 dollars. The fair will be free of encumbrances and ready to welcome a prosperous season.
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Atlanta
Samuel M. Inman
World saga: U S Leather closes 100 tanneries
The United States Leather company, the leather trust, shuts down 100 tanneries. No hides will be taken for sixty days while the plants are closed. Over 15,000 workers, including laborers and clerks, face unemployment during the period.
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New York
United States Leather Company
The
Leather Trust
Ente
Weather Indications for Indiana Illinois and Michigan
Weather for twenty four hours from yesterday p m shows fair to partly cloudy conditions in Indiana and Illinois with local rain possible overnight and cooler morning. Lower Michigan expects showers at night with warm southerly winds turning colder by tomorrow morning. Upper Michigan may see local rain and snow with westerly winds and cooling. Iowa likely to have increasing cloudiness with local rain this afternoon or night and northerly winds. Wisconsin foresees increasing cloudiness with local rain or snow and colder northerly winds.
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Washington
Indiana
Iinois
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Ilowa
Wisconsin
Market summary San Francisco style.
New York money on call 2 percent with sterling and bills firm. Chicago grain and produce quote wheat and corn futures. Live stock prices at Chicago Union Stock Yards show hogs cattle and calves with varied ranges.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
Chicago
CnHtonco
Union
Texas
Bey -Rettnates
Wales
Man baffled by pocket key search provokes panic
In a comic episode reported by the Detroit Tree Press a husband seeks a key in his wife’s dress pocket. After mumbling about pockets and dress in a drunken haze he finally realizes his error and returns with the joke answer.
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Tere
Detroit Tree Press
Wiliam
Rails and Railway Ambiguity Delays Court Case
In a late spring New Itngian court scene a witness testified he saw the defendant splitting rails hours before the accident. A clash over admissibility of the question sparked a wrangle, yawns, and merriment as the witness muttered a muttered remark and finally claimed he was driving his novice in law.
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Fromm Ons Soy
The Camera Test Exposes Bridge Danger by Photo
The article recounts how a camera was used to test an English railway bridge thought unsafe. A visiting engineer photographed the bridge, then waited for an express to pass. A second exposure showed the train striking the bridge, confirming the risk.
An Embryo Typewriter Recounted in Early Inventions
A primitive form of typewriter appeared as early as 174x but had no practical use. It operated with type chains on rods striking at a single point. With little attention, it could adapt to modern work, yet society's ample leisure and writing habits reduced demand. The device was reinvented and shown at the Jolvais Exposition in 185x.
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Ol’avis
Missionary Claims Cannibal Ban on Mbwkapa Island
A missioner boasts near elimination of cannibalism on Mbwkapa, stating natives now consume and trade their enemies to nearby islands. He cites a six acre plant employing fifty heads of families and predicts Mbwkapa will become a wealthy South Seas community.
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Mbwkapa
South Seas
Bad Man Bat Masterson a Noted Western Gunman
The article profiles Bat Masterson as a famed Western outlaw and killer with about a score of victims. Born in Middleton Illinois around thirty six years ago, he came from a farmer family but pursued rough training in place of schooling. The piece hints at his early life shaping a lawless path.
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Bat Masterson
Masterson
Middleton, Ill
Gat Masterson Era Shooter and Indian Fighter Biography
The article chronicles Gat Masterson known as a fearless pistol marksman and lawman. It notes his Dodge City sheriff brother’s death by Texaco gang, Masterson’s vengeance, and his later fame as marshall in several towns. It highlights his height, thoughtful face, and claim he never drew his weapon outside enforcing law.
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Gat Masterson
Masterson
Dodge City
Kaw
Texaco
Bat
Colorado
Exch
M.6terson
Quotations and quips from a crowded paper page
A collage of witty remarks and literary snippets from diverse sources. Fragments touch on love marriage manners and social satire with references to Freudian ideas Punch reviews Washington Star and Detroit free press. Mentions include Marshall P Wilder and a London hotel stoking room exchange.
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Somerville Journal
Detroit
Rea Press
Washington Star
Freud Cather
Merhantton
London
Marshall P. Wilder
Editorial Fragments on Money, Ideas and Dreams
A collection of aphorisms notes on fate and self reliance. The pieces critique slot machines competing motives and the danger of singular ideas while praising honest labor and restraint. The tone imitates periodical quotes from Globe Dallas News Atlanta Constitution Boston Transcript.
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Atch
Globe
Dallas News
Atlanta Constitution
Mulberry Bark Fiber Promises Stronger Textiles
The article describes a fiber from mulberry bark now produced in Austria for five years. It claims ten times the strength of cotton and more durable dyes, suitable for decorative fabrics, drapery, and upholstery, with damasks already made. Ongoing tests explore other bark samples and weeds for textile value, enabling new industrial opportunities.
Beds Like Cupboards and Tears in Crisis
An article describes Brittany peasants building bedstead cupboards with shelves for safety from pirates, the family sleeping on different shelves with air holes. It also discusses men crying in crisis, citing naval inquiries and the emotional depth of soldiers and generals.
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Brittany
Notes From Abroad and Global Economic Snapshots
Portugal owes five hundred thousand dollars. Canada’s letter carriers earn three hundred sixty to six hundred dollars yearly. Australia supplies a quarter of world wool. French and German goods displace British products in Russia. A Persian carpet decorates Teheran’s Shah palace main hall for two centuries. Nutmeg plantation at St. Andrews yields five thousand gross annually. Sakrpov, famed French playwright, writes in hand almost illegible text. Alpine glaciers numbered eleven hundred fifty five, seven exceed four and three quarters miles. Pensioned veterans of Napoleon era total one hundred twelve, not one twenty. Spanish colonies shrink to Cuba, Porto Rico, and few eastern islands. Danish fleet ships new vessels from Copenhagen yard. London remains world financial center. Frankfurt, Paris, New York noted for finance. Johannesburg assessed tax base at £2,500,000. Boom burst by mining speculation.
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Portugal
Canada
Australia
Russia
Teheran
St. Andrews
West Indies
SakRpov
Alps
Napoleon
Spain
New World
Cuba
Porto Rico
Rea Dckyard
Copenhagen
London
Frankfort-on the- Main
Germany
Paris
France
New York
Johannsburg
South Africa
Oddities and notes from a curious era
A collection of short items on language, work, shipping, taxation, mail speed, mosquito bites, gold leaf, and sponges. It mentions English purity in Lincolnshire, Russia’s large army, Clyde shipbuilding, pneumatic mail between Paris and Berlin, a tax impact estimate, a poison to thin blood, gold leaf thickness, cheap sponge production, and an experiment splitting sponges into parts to grow a crop.
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Lincolnshire
Russia
Europe
British Isles
Clyde
Paris
Berlin
Alvant Agous
Odd Facts From Antiquity And Science Across Time
A collage of curiosities notes literacy in old ages and rising rates of illiteracy among men over twenty. It cites myths of Adam and Eve near Mecca, earthquake deaths since ancient times, a funguslike plant near the Dead Sea, a large diamond payment, Phidias ivory shaping, bird lifespans, Babel bricks at Nimrud, a historical hair measure, and a rail trip record between New York and San Francisco in the 19th century.
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Caina Aman
Mecca
B.C
Cad Sea
England
Kimberly
Phidias
Ivory Sea
Tower of Babel
Ka Nimrud
Babylonia
New York
San Francis
Stuffed Doves for Funerals in Jersey City Trade
A Jersey City industry prepares stuffed white doves for funeral emblems. A local craftsman maintains up to 1200 birds at peak season, kept on special feed to appear glossy. The birds are sold to French restaurants in New York after preparation.
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Jersey City
New York
The Parasite of the Fly
The article notes that many creatures have enemies. Insects attack at certain seasons and suck blood, targeting wings and shoulders. They cling until full, then drop off and die, leaving the fly a mere shell.
Too Much Balcony and Not Enough Romeo
A summer girl laments the lack of romance at a verandaed hotel, noting there is “too much balcony and not enough Romeo” as she surveys the empty scene observed by the New York Sun.
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Romeo
New York Sun
Tallow Plant of China Yields Oil Substitute
The tallow plant of China bears berries that yield tallow and roots pressed to extract a substance offering a splendid substitute for olive oil.
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China
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Chemical No. 1
William Gano
Mathew Rogers
John Monhagan
Lewis Moore
William T. Cochrane
Babb
Warren Circuit
Nebeker
E. H. Nebeker
Covington
Republican State Committee
John K. Gowdy
Gowdy
Roxkomo
Foust
Howard
George
Ephriam Crull
Wabash
Solomon Wilson
Wabash Church and School Furniture Company
Wabash Circuit
James Lynn
Lynn
Warren Bigler
A. J. Ross
Wilson
I Napolis
Joseph A Pr
Winamunuce
New York Financial
Board of Trade
Cape Cod
Nakodak
Watts
Embryo Typewriter
Editorial Philosophy
Katefield
Boston Transcript
Heyerman
Naval
Toncador Reef
Imen
Philberdan
Vasily
Tea's
New York Sress
W. Business
Tnuna-Post
Odds and
Faultless Chemical Co
Baltimore, MD
Coin
Financial School
W. H. Harvey
Financia School
W. H. Slarvey
Lisa
Corn
Times-Post
Hamilton National Bank
Charles McCulloch
John Mohr
Pennsylvania Station
Iq Pennsylvania Lines
Central Time
F Wayne
Ind
Ickel
Nickel
East
N.Y
Boston
Sunda
Principe
SOE
A. W. Johnston
B. F. Horner
Cleveland
New York and Boston Limited
Voledo Express
Atlantic Express
Aed
Lafayette Accom
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette Accom'n
St. Louis Limited
New York Vestibule Limited
Pacific Limited Express
Cannonball
Cary
Kansas City
R. G. Thompson
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Connersville
New Castle
Rushville
Philley
Ft. W
C. and
L. Railroad
C . Daly
C Parker
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
North
Richmond
W. H Harvey
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmer
West Wayne St
Fort Wayne, Ind
WN. McKinnite
Propiatar
Fort Wayne, Inc
Evening Post
East Berry Street
Tunes- Post
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