Bank cashier vanishes as $32000 to 30000 shortage eyed
Mount Vernon reports Albert Wade assistant cashier at First National Bank is missing and investigators find a $320,000 to $30,000 discrepancy. The bank, one of the strongest in the state, remains unaffected in business. Wade was bonded for $50,000 and had a previously good character. Officials will not comment until inquiry ends.
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Mount Vernon
Albert Wade
First National Bank
Wade
Hinshaw murder case closes with defense questioning
In Danville on October 2 Henry N. Spaan of Indianapolis delivered the closing argument for the state in the Hinshaw murder trial. He mocked the defense figures and challenged the defendant's alibi while highlighting a nickel plated revolver as evidence. Meanwhile in Brazil black coal miners and operators agreed to a wage scale increase for the coming year, despite rumors of potential strike actions in Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois.
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Hinshaw
Kentucky
Eloper
Danville
Henry N. Spaan
Indianapolis
Spaan
Duncan
Webster
Byrnes
Mr. Spaan
Elsworth
Brazil
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Burglaries Strike Muncie Homes In Early October
Two bold break ins reported in Muncie on October 2. James Sprankile’s mansion robbed of two gold watches and cash. one watch valued at 300 dollars and diamonds missing. Suspects cooked a meal in the dining room before fleeing. Senator O N Cranor’s residence also broken into. a gold watch and some cash taken.
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Muncie
James Sprankile
O.N. Cranor
Gas price hike hits Portland utilities
Portland reports two gas firms, the Portland Natural Gas and Oil and the Citizens' Gas and Oil Mining company, raising rates by 24 to 33 percent. The new gas charges took effect with broad public dissatisfaction across the city.
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Portland
Portland Natural Gas and Oil Company
Citizens’ Gas and Oil Mining Company
Boyce Poles Erected At Midnight Sparks City Row
Councilman James Boyce president of Heat Light and Power caused two electric poles to be set on the public square at midnight hindering access until up. City workers cut the poles down after action was taken. In Vincennes Mrs Nancy Townsley octogenarian died leaving a large line of descendants. In Jeffersonville Frank R Kennedy and Miss Theresa Kiser wed by Magistrate House then left for Chicago. In Shelbyville Joseph Turner sues his mother in law for damages over alleged alienation of his wife’s affections. In Indianapolis O R Weaver G A R officer died after months of illness born 1845 Knightstown served at Stone River later hospital steward.
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Boyce
Moeuncie
James Boyce
Heat, Light and Power Company
Squire House
Jeffersonville
Frank R. Kennedy
Theresa Kiser
Magistrate House
Kennedy
Chicago
Louisville
Indianapolis
O. R. Weaver
Department of Indiana
Huron Street
Mr. Weaver
Knightstown
Henry County
Fifty-seventh
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Stone River
Death Changes Their Officers in Indiana Spiritualist Groups
By the death of Dr. J W Westerfield Mrs A H Colby Lu of Muncie becomes president of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists and at Chamness of Alexandria is elected vice president. Terr Haute races report Abner wins 3 year trot in 2 17 14, Badge 2 14 pace in 2 09 4, Lady Wilton 2 11 14. Cranor announces he will canvass the district as a Republican candidate for Congress from Muncie.
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Anderson
J. W. Westerfield
A. H Colby Luthe
Muncie
Indiana Association of Spiritualists
Chamness
Alexandria
Terre Haute
Abner
Badge
Lady Wilton
Cranor
Congress
Munciy
Adams Girl Hurled From Horse Injures Arms and Internal Wounds
Alma Wright, 12, daughter of Caleb Wright, fell from a horse at Adams and suffered broken arms and serious internal injuries. An earthquake rattled Anderson for fifteen seconds, with no clear cause and lingering uncertainty.
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Adams
Alma
Caleb Wright
Actress Miss Kline Robbed of 900 Dollar Diamond Ring
Elwoop October 2 Miss Nannie Kline an actress was robbed of a 900 dollar diamond ring while en route from Terre Haute. Muncie reports two deaths John Harman 61 and William Phinney 61.
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Elwoop
Nannie Kline
Terre Haute
Muncie
Mende
John Harman
William Phinney
Wife of Journalist Hurlbut Responds to Perjury Charge
Mrs. W H Hurlbut widow of the late journalist writes from Meran Austrian Tyrol September 28 asserting the obituary notice in The Times Sept 7 about her husband being a defendant in a breach of promise case and a warrant for perjury is accurate. She says he left England after a favorable verdict to work in America on dock development and followed counsel’s advice not to return to face the English courts.
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London
the Times
W.H. Hurlbut
Meran
Austrian Tyrol
Hurlbut
Times
Italy
America
Milford Haven
England
United States
Lane Nominated by Illinois Eighteenth District Democrats
In Shelbyville on October 2 the Democrats of Illinois eighteenth district named Edward Lane as their candidate to fill the late congressman Remann’s unexpired term. Delegates backed a platform urging free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1 and endorsed the Wilson tariff, declaring unity for the party and praising rising wages and employment. Lane won on the 824th ballot, with nomination made unanimous.
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Shelbyville
Eighteenth
Congress
Remann
Fayette
Democratic Party
Illinois
J. M. Albert
Montgomery
Edward Lane
Madison
Major Prickett
Shelby
John W. Yantis
Cable to link Brest Paris telegraph to New York
French Minister of Commerce Andre Le Bon announced in Calais that a contract has been signed to lay a cable from Brest to New York. The link will connect the French telegraph system with the Antilles, expanding transatlantic communications.
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Paris
Andre le Bon
Chamber of Commerce of
Calais
Brest
New York
Antilles
Opinion items on prize fights and public figures in 1900s Topeka paper
Ex Governor Hubbard says prize fighting in Texas depends on a law. T W Bennett presumed murdered reappears in Louisville. Linwood school board drops the Lords Prayer under Catholic pressure. Protestants say one light not ended. Dallas amphitheatre builders halt work amid legislature clash. Jim Smith arrested in Neenah as a Wisconsin Central train robber and confesses. Governor Culberson urges legislature against Corbett Fitzsimmons fight.
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Topeka
Isas
Hubbard
Texas
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
T. W. Bennett
Sailor Springs
Jim Smith
Neenah, Wis
Wisconsin Central
Governor Culberson
Markets Report: New York and Chicago Quoted Prices
The New York market shows money on call easy at 1.25 to 2 percent with mercantile paper 4.3 to 4.4 percent. Sterling dull with bankers’ bills at 4.88 for demand and 4.874 for sixty days. Government bonds firm with various 4s and 6s trading. Chicago Board of Trade lists wheat, corn, oats, and produce quotes with mixed changes. park and lard futures noted. Live stock at Union Stock Yards presents hog and cattle price ranges and receipts for the day.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Cuicano
Union
Texas
West
Suffrage Report Proposes Literacy and Property Tests for Voters
In Columba South Carolina on October 2 the suffrage committee of the constitutional convention released a plan for voter registration. It tightens electors by literacy or $3000 property ownership, with a provisional deadline through January 1, 1898 allowing eligible readers or property holders to register. Illiterate registrants would have lifetime qualification unless disqualified by crime. Separately, J B Greenhut, ex whisky trust president, returned from New York with news of adjusted relations among the reorganization committee and American Spirits Manufacturing.
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CoLtumsta
S. C
Prorta
Inls
J. B. Greenhut
The
Whisky Trust
New York City
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
Horned lizard spotted after gale near Philadelphia
A horned lizard found by a Philadelphia hotel clerk after a gale and near a heavy rain. The animal, likely carried from distant regions, is housed in a cigar box and fed on water cress awaiting potential pledge to the Academy of Natural Sciences.
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Philadelphia
Mexico
Texas
Oregon
California
Academy of Natural Sciences
Gilt Lettering Process Described for Book Bindings
The text explains gilding bindings by arranging letter stamps on a rack, heating them on a clear fire without glowing red, dusting the leather with rosin or gum mastic powder, then laying a leaf of gold over the surface and applying the hot stamp. The emphasis is on careful heating and proper preparation for gold impression.
Miss Mixon and the Chrome Man Betrothal Tale
A humorous tale follows Miss Mixon who fights a door intruder with a broom after misidentifying a visitor as a chrome man. The next day at the parsonage she meets Mr. Todgilt from Japan, whom she hosts with Gooseberry wine. The mix up leads to marriage and a story of a broom-wielding courtship becoming a lasting joke in Americo-Japanese circles.
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Miss Mixon
Mrs. Bruce
Mr. Todgilt
Japan
Adlai Stevenson's Rock Inscriptions Childhood Hope Revealed
The piece recalls Adlai E. Stevenson's boyhood dream of public speaking and farming. A rock near a spring bears the inscription "Adlai E. Stevenson, Pres. U. S." with a tiny line "My little Ellen" carved beneath. Peers teased him, sparking childhood fights over the carving.
Gunpowder Composition and Manufacture Steps
The article explains gunpowder made from sulfur saltpetre and charcoal. It describes alder, poplar and willow charcoal ovens, mixing in a barrel mill with marbles for thorough blending, and rolling mills with large non sparking wheels to form a safe final powder product.
New Year Customs and a Nightgown Joke
Clara Pelle recalls early New York Dutch dating customs where gallant men courted women. A lengthy anecdote ends with a clever retort as a suitor compares a dress to a nightgown, highlighting playful social norms of the era.
Lieutenant Schmidt’s civilian disguise ends in strict warning
A German lieutenant violates rules by dressing as a civilian on furlough. He meets his colonel while in disguise and asks about the whereabouts of Lieutenant Schmidt. The ruse fails and the colonel threatens thirty days confinement for any further civilian visits by his brother.
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Schmidt
Smith
A Friendly Sound
A traveling man explains sleep improved by a personal clock. He previously struggled with nightly rest in hotels until he bought a clock, placed it on the shelf, and found its ticking a friendly familiar sound that helps him sleep.
History of punctuation marks in printing explained
The article traces the origins of the question mark the exclamation point and the paragraph mark. It notes the question mark comes from q o with a small o beneath the q, the exclamation point from the Latin Io, and the paragraph mark from a Greek letter shaped like a backward p used to indicate paragraphs.
Coin's Financial School and Its Successor Book Ad
W H Harvey promotes Cain's Financial Scuoen and Carr, Corn's Financial ScHOOL CON TINUED as essential finance primers. Describes pages illustrations editions cloth paper and prices plus a combined cloth volume offered by Times-Post Fort Wayne.
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Coin
Chicago
Coss
Financial School
United States
Eloth
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
W. H. Harvey
Harvey-Laughlin
Price Times-Post
Grand Rapids Northbound Service Change Notice
Service changes effective September 23 go into effect for Grand Rapids and the northbound route from Richmond. The 1895 timetable notes a shift in routing and typical operations on the northern leg as part of regional adjustments.
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Grand Rapids
Richmond
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