Novelty in Suits Over Turnpike Toll Rift
Evansville attorney Pinkney Wilson sues Louisville and Nashville Railroad for $10,000 claiming a 20 cent toll dispute cost him a profitable Sebree Ky engagement. He alleges a conductor failed to transfer him to the next train after leaving to retrieve his grip, ruining a planned show with actresses at a camp meeting.
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Evansville
Pinkney Wilson
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Wilson
Sebree
Kentucky
Don the St Bernard Hanged by Escape Rope
Rushville October 5. Louis Neutzenhelzer loses his famed St Bernard Don after the dog escapes from a barn where he was confined during scarlet fever recovery for Neutzenhelzer’s daughter. Don leaps through a window but the rope remains taut, leaving the dog dangling dead in the morning.
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Rushvi_lle
Louis Neutzenhelzer
St. Bernard
Don
Rushville
Tie Principle Haunts Toll Case and Other Oct Local Items
The Ohio Valley dispatch reports a pending appeal over a two dimes toll judgment against William Henning for riding a pike in poor condition. Muncie notes the death of Thomas Clevenger after a dream, while Danville mentions Hinshaw case detectives and possible new trial motions. Also reported are the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Dillon in Rocassier, a bridge jumper incident in Jeffersonville, arson charges against R. E. Williams and J. H. Sanderson, the death of Dr. J C Clark, John Earl’s 98 years, and a pair of locals Jim Jerrold and Preston Shnell resolving to fight.
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Connyvox
Oet
New Albany and Vincennes Turnpike Company
William Henning
Harrison
Henning
Mtuncikz
Thomas Clevenger
Muncie
Sheets
Mr. Clevenger
Delaware County
Danville
United States
Hinshaw
Sheridan
Ind
Thurza W Hinshaw
Rocassier
Oliver P. Dillon
Andrew J. Dillon
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Dillon
Corypon
J.C. Clark
Earl
Montgomery County
Races Close With New World Records At Terre Haute
At Terre Haute on October 5 two new world records were set as the 2:11 trot heats posted the fastest averages, and W W P paced a mile to wagon in 2 08 34 improving the record by 0 14. Ella Belmont Nightingale Bright Regent and W W P achieved top times in their respective events. In other items Roy Garner, 12, jailed for passing weapons to a prisoner, and Mrs Teague won 2090 in a breach of promise suit against John Hickey valued at ten thousand.
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Terre Haute
Ella Belmont
Nightingale
Bright Regent
Anderson
Emily Teague
John Hickey
Hickey
Elwood Drives Park and Fair Group Formed in Elwood
Elwood residents organized the Elwood Driving Park and Fair association with capital stock of 15000 dollars. The life of the group extends fifty years. A park and half mile race track will be built at the Madison county fair site in Elwood in the future. Elwood will also host fair races.
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Elwood
West bound freight damages wagon. two horses killed
An extra west bound freight struck two horses hitched to a wagon on the first round crossing west of Centerton killing both horses and mangling the wagon. Bert Parker the driver and a companion escaped injury by leaping free. Robbery of New Market postmaster. no suspects named. Diphtheria abates. no new cases or deaths in Washington. Couple with prior marriages wed in Columbus.
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Brooklyn
Centerton
Washington
Two More Warships for Cuba Arrive for Cuba mission
Mapero October 5 reports the unarmored cruisers Alphonso XI and Marques Massenada ordered to proceed to Cuba immediately in response to evolving tensions.
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Cuba
Mapero
Alphonso XI
Marques Masenada
Fatal Trolley Car Collision Near Tacoma in Dense Fog
In Tacoma Washington on October 5 a head end collision of two electric streetcars on the Puyallup line in dense fog left two dead and about a dozen injured. Riders on the platform were crushed, John Tournier suffered both legs broken and H Bailey had internal injuries. Eddie Lemagie aged 16 sustained severe injuries and motorman Fred Foy also injured.
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Tacoma
Wash
Puyallup
John Tournier
H. Bailey
Eddie Lemagie
Fred Foy
Sullivan Ryan bout canceled by Cleveland mayor
Cleveland Mayor McKisson refused to issue a permit for the four round bout between John L. Sullivan and Paddy Ryan to be held tonight under the Cleveland Athletic Club. Officials push to change his mind but he remains firm. No further trouble is expected. Chattahooga reports Neal Smith, a black convict who attacked a white woman at Cole City Georgia, was seized from guards by a mob from Tennessee and Alabama and shot dead. No further trouble is expected.
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Cleveland
McKisson
Cleveland Athletic Club
John L. Sullivan
Paddy Ryan
Chattaxouga
Neal Smith
Cole City
Tennessee
Alabama
Weather outlook by region for 24 hours ending 8 p.m
The forecast indicates Indiana and Illinois generally cloudy with light showers and northerly winds. Lower Michigan sees generally cloudy skies with easterly winds and slight warmth. Upper Michigan expects fair weather with southerly winds and modest warmth. Wisconsin looks for generally fair conditions with southerly winds, warmer in the east and north. Iowa should have generally fair weather with winds shifting to the south.
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Washingron
Indiana
Ilinois
Lower
Michigan
Upper
Wisconsin
Iowa
New York and Chicago Market Quotes for Oct 4
Money on call steady in New York with bankers' bills around 4.874. Sterling quotes steady. U.S. government bonds firm with 4s and 6s showing gains. Chicago Board quotes show mixed grain values for Wheat Corn and Oats. Live stock in Chicago listed hogs cattle and Texas steers with varied price ranges.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
Chicago
Cricano
Board of Trade
Idlgc
Union
Effry
Texas
Greenhalge Poised to Lead Nomination Fight at Boston Convention
At Music Hall Boston delegates from Greenhalge era gather amid A P A anti Greenhalge forces seeking to impact the platform or nominate Morse Canton as possible governor candidate. A reception for state officers drew 2000 attendees including Governor Greenhalge Lieutenant Wolcott Attorney General Knowlton and other officials.
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Boston
Music Hall
Tremont House
Greenhalge
anti-Greenhalge
Elijah A. Morse
Canton
Morse
Lynn
Wolcott
Knowlton
Olinn
Shaw
Kimball
Morrill
Appley and
McCall
Fusion gamble in New York Republicans meet on union ticket
New York political scene centers on whether Republicans will back a fusion with independent groups against Tammany. The nomination committee invites allied organizations while Platt pushes a straight ticket and Lauterbach hints at limited concessions. Good Government clubs pause fusion until chamber of commerce results. Montgomery report notes Secretary Herbert praising sound money policy before 350 attendees.
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New York
Tammany
Platt
Lauterbach
Republicaans
Committee of Fifty
Chamber of Consummerce
Committee of Seventy
Joseph H. Choate
Charles 5. Fairchild
Abram
S. Hewitt
Seth Low
Peter B. Olney
Elihu Root
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius N. Bliss
Charles S. Fairchild
Oswald Ottendorfer
Wheeler H. Peckham
Hugh R. Garden
Joseph H. Senner
Montgomery
Herbert
Democrats Abandon State Convention For Chief Justice Race
The Democratic state central committee at TorEra decided not to call a state convention to nominate a candidate for chief justice of the state supreme court in the forthcoming election. PocaTELLO Ida Oct 5 Indian Agent Teter arrives with two Indian bucks to Evanston Wyo for a test case over unlawful game killing in Jackson Hole that sparked Indian scares after an earlier white attack and deaths.
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Torera
Democratic State Central Committee
State Supreme Court
Wyoming
Pocatello, Ida
Teter
Fort Hall
Evanston
Wyo
Jackson Hole
Ardmore poised for Corbett Fitzsimmons fight in territory
Ardmore I T residents express strong belief no law blocks the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout in the territory and plan to push steps to stage it locally. Buenos Ayres reports England France and Italy coordinating action on Brazilian claims. Denver sees six inches of snow with rain nearby and orchard damage noted. Chicago files arrest of Harry J Martin, former seven year teller at Commercial National Bank, on embezzlement charges.
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Ardmore
I. T
Buenos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
el Diario
England
France
Italy
Denver
Salida
Buena Vista
Chicago
Rascal
Harry .J. L. Martin
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Napoleon Stomach Ache Helped Defeat His Army
A vivid historical reminiscence recalls Napoleon Bonaparte affected by a stomach ache during the 1813 Leipzig campaign. The pain impaired his command near Kulm and Dresden, contributing to defeats of Vandamme and others, culminating in the Battle of the Nations where Napoleon was finally beaten and forced into retreat, shaping France’s defeat. It also includes an anecdote about interactions with Native Americans and a discussion of frontier violence and the Indian Massacre era.
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Vandamme
Kulm
Napoleon
Pirna
Dresden
Oudinot
Grossbeeren
Macdonald
Katzbach
Ney
Bennewitz
France
Berlin
Leipsic
Europe
St. Nicholas
Can't Be Done Squaring the Circle Proven Impossible
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that squaring the circle has long vexed mathematicians. A 400 year old Egyptian rule is referenced but deemed imprecise. After failed bets and flames, a German professor Landman’s 1882 proof is cited as final, establishing the problem cannot be solved.
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Engineers’ Gazette
Egypt
Mathulus
Landman
Brooklyn Eagle
Preventing Burdocks from Seeding
A brief guidance on stopping burdock spread notes cutting plants as blossoms form to kill the root while seeds ride on contact. It warns against burning only weeds, advising a hot fire with dry wood to prevent seed escape, and cautions that slow fires from green weeds trap carbonic acid gas at the pile bottom.
Curious Harp of Sommerau Tree Near Zittau
A tall 180 foot tree near the Saxon Bohemian border, known as the Harp of Sommerau, has stood for over 200 years. Measuring about seven feet around at the base, it draws tourists and locals alike who gather for a yearly hunting breakfast hosted by Baron Reibersdorf at his manor nearby.
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Zittau
Sommerau
Baron Reibersdorf
A Type of Noble Manhood
Bishop Whipple of Montana lauds Indians as noble savages in a long quotation. He praises their reverence for the Great Spirit belief in a future life love for children and readiness to sacrifice for their tribe. He notes hospitality courtesy honesty and warns drink can corrupt them.
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Bishop Whipple
Montana
Barbers Named as Deadly as Cholera in Banned Health Warning
A historical health warning accuses barber shops of spreading cancer erysipelas and blood-borne diseases. It claims razor brushes and towels transfer microbes between clients, likening barber hazards to cholera and noting shared towels in cheap shops.
Corns Financial School and Contined by W H Harvey
The ad promotes Corns Financial School by W H Harvey with 150 pages and 64 illustrations noting it as a clear reliable money primer. It touts a popular 25 cent edition, cloth 1.00, and a combined volume of Coins Financia Scupor and Coin Or TO Darts for 1.00, sent on receipt of price from Times-Post Fort Wayne.
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Cotn’s Financial School
W. H. Harvey
Corn’s Financial School
Corn
Chicago
United States
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
Harvey-Laughlin
Price Times-Post
Advice on addressing future mother in law leads to humor
A light exchange between two men about marrying next week. One asks how to address the future mother in law without discomfort and the other suggests starting with Say then moving to Grandmother as the relationship develops. A separate note then discusses seal fur prices rising due to near extinction and its impact on fashion and sealing fur uses.
Cubans Use Dynamite Against Spaniards in Cuba War
The Cuban revolt employs dynamite to strike at Spanish forces in the mountains near Ramon de las Yaguas. Explosions blow apart a Spanish lieutenant and thirteen soldiers, causing panic and desertions among the ranks as more blasts terrorize the Spaniards. Meanwhile, six professional mail box robbers confess a two year spree earning about $25,000. They used a universal key to raid city letter boxes, stealing checks and cashing them by forgery. they are now in limbo.
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Europe
Ramon de Las Yaguas
Hmbo
Grand Rapids North Schedule Update Sealed
In effect September 22 1895 new timetable notes Grand Rapids North service with listed departures and arrivals including 220 am 815 am 255 pm from Grand Rapids North and 655 pm from Richmond for regional routes.
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Aoine
Grand Rapids
North
Richmond
Eles Teeseeeneees
Cincinnati
Ri¢mond
French Stay-at-Homes Hint at Colonial Limits
A Globe-Democrat note claims many French people resist leaving birthplaces with 21 million of 38 million residents living in their birth towns. The item contrasts French attachment with American colonial expansion and highlights regional ties as a barrier to widespread settlement.
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France
St. ‘Louis
Globe-Democrat
Printing Advances Show Up In Post Office Jobs
A brief item notes growing interest in newspaper print jobs at post office offices. The notice highlights recruitment for printing work and related tasks within the postal system.
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Jeffersonville
George W. Clarke
Louisville and Jeffersonville
Clarke
Indianapolis
R. E. Williams
J. H. Sanderson
East Seventh
Jim Jerrold
Preston Shnell
Frankton
Ter Haute
Wabash
Roy Garner
Edwards
Garner
New Market
Crawfordsville
J. H. Serrius
ColumBus
Christopher Roberts
Elizabeth Williams
New York Financial
Bay State
Republicans
Gotham
Politics
New York City
Democrats of
Kansas
Brazil
Colorado
Minnesota
Sir Persin
Cis
LI Brass
Klee
Park Place
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Lines
Central Time
Wayne, Ind
West Bound
Limited
Nickel
N.Y
Cleveland Mail
Eastern Express
WEST
Chicago Express
Chicago Mail
Western Express
A. W. Johnston
Intendent
B. F. Horner
O. M
Ft. Wayne
Gincisnati
Louisville
AND
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Connernrville
New Castle
Canada
E. S. Philley
Ft. W
C. and
L. Railroad
C F Daly
HC Parker
Sota
Bae
Nature
Hamilton National Bank
Charles McCulloch
John Mohr
Cashler
Oing Ebaut
Boston Limited
Valedo Express
Atlantic Express
Sarpy Lafayette
M. Ar
Soing West
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette Accom'n
St. Louis Limited
Wayne
New York Palace
New York Vestibule Limited
Pacific Limited Express
Cannon Ball
Kansas City
G. Thompson
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmey
West Wayne St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Moklinnte
Presserner
Fort Wayne, Inn
East Berry Street
Trxs- Post
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