Local Notes Highlight Travel, Robbery Reward, and A Wedding
Louis Meyer and James Brunskill return from the north while Dr. McCaskey reappears in the city fully recovered. The Grand Rapids railway posts a 500 dollar reward for part of a train 3 robbery and 1000 dollars for the full gang. Gen A Wayne would be surprised by the modern improvements and A F Schock’s suitings at 414 W Main. Squire Rohen marries Birton A Ely of Berne Indiana and Della Adair of Hoagland in a playful ceremony ending with an affectionate kiss.
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Dr. McCaskey
St. Joe
Grand Rapids Railway
A. Wayne
A. F. Schock
Main Street
Squire Rohen
Birton A. Ely
Berne
Ind
Della Adair
Hoagland
Bold robbers raid Fort Wayne saloon and home
W. W. Huntsman, operator of a Barr street saloon near the police station, reports a bold overnight robbery. Old coins valued at about 300 dollars, a suit of clothes, and other items were stolen after thieves pried into the rear grate, entered the cellar, and moved to the saloon proper. Police questioned strangers and searched for stolen property but found no solid clues.
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Fort Wayne
W. W. Huntsman
Barr Street
Huntsman
Minstrelsy and Sphinx at Fort Worth Temple
Fort Worth audience enjoyed Cleveland's minstrelsy show praised as the greatest seen locally with many new features. St Perkins' will play at the Temple tonight and The Sphinx comic opera tours Chicago, hailed for music likened to Sullivan and praised cast including Marie Millard. Upcoming attractions include A Bowery Girl with 18 performers and elaborate scenery, followed by Flag of Truce starting next Monday.
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Cleveland
The
Fort Worth
Chicago
Windy City
Schiller Theater
Sullivan
Gilbert
Marie Millard
Harry Williams
Bowery
the Temple
New York
Clara Thropp
Mamie Ryan
Mart W. Cody
George W. Thompson
Andy Aman
Emma Sardou
Edward Clifford
Elk Antlers and Temper: A Glen Tale of the Elk
A San Francisco Chronicle piece explains the elk in the park deer glen will shed its antlers and become tame for about three months then grow a velvet covered pair with enlarging carotid arteries. After ten weeks the new antlers reach full size and the elk returns to a fierce, kingly temper. It notes the current six-point age and that seven summers have passed since birth.
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Deer Glen
San Francisco
Glen
Spanish Dancing Girls and the Fandango Update
Countess Carolina de Otero discusses Spain and the fandango as an expression of passion and pantomime. She notes three four time, guitar and tambourine, and castanets. The piece contrasts graceful artistry with concerns about propriety and church views. A Philadelphia factory inspector reports 400 inspections in six months, finding fire-escape ignorance in nine of ten cases. A dentist in Eaton, Missouri, pulled a tooth from a man aged 90 who never had forceps before.
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Countess Carolina de Otero
Spain
Andalusia
New York
Philadelphia
Eaton
Centennial decorations at Jas, M. Kanr's offer huge range
Flags of all sizes with Chinese lanterns and buntings promoted for centennial celebrations at Jas M Kanr store. Lowest prices highlighted to attract buyers for home and event decorating needs.
Gas bill payment deadline without penalty tomorrow
Tomorrow is the final day to pay Natural and Artificial Gas Bills without penalty. Be prompt to save the available discount and avoid extra charges.
Landslide landslide Democratic victory in Indianapolis mayoral race
Indianapolis reports a Democratic landslide in the municipal election with Thomas Taggart as mayor and Charles E. Cox, Charles Stuckmeyer among the elected officials. The party captured seven of fifteen ward councilmen and thirteen of twenty-one total council seats as returns came in from 120 of 189 precincts. Enthusiasm ran high amid the results.
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Indianapolis
Caleb S. Denny
Republican Committee
Thomas Taggart
Charles E. Cox
Charles Stuckmeyer
Terrible assault linked to missing Terre Haute man
George Waldorf, a Brown county contractor who vanished over a year ago, has been found insane and returned to Indiana. A skull indentation likely caused his condition. Papers and his hat were found in a railroad yard. A Texas box car where an unknown man was found matched little at first, but Brown county allies later confirmed the man was Waldorf and brought him home. He is a hopeless imbecile and cannot recount his movements.
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Terre Havute
George Waldorf
Brown County
Texas
Terre Haute
Waldorf
Portland Moves to Forfeit Gas Contract
Portland city council directs city attorney to draft a resolution forfeiting the contract with Portland Natural Gas and Oil company for street lighting and to begin proceedings to forfeit charters of Citizens' Gas and Oil Mining company over alleged gas price collusion. Nearby items report violent crime, legal actions, and court decisions across several cities including Brazil Franklin Vincennes Danville Omana and New York with mentions of Burglary sentencing, self defense, and an injunction dissolution involving Native lands.
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Portland
Oct
Portland Natural Gas and Oil Company
Citizens’ Gas and Oil Mining Company
Cleveland Takes The Cup In Temple Trophy Final
Cleveland wins the Temple Cup after a strong showing by Baltimore, 4 to 2, with a late rally by Cleveland securing the championship. Also reports from Maprio on Barcelona university riots, Atlanta habeas corpus writs over forced Chinese labor, horse thefts in Manion, a large wheat elevator fire in Princeton, and Mrs Ellen Doyle's paralysis in Boston.
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Atlanta
Kee Owyang
Leon Lam
Lam Ling
Ling
China
Princeton
Witherspoon & Barr
Boston
Ellen Doyle
Death of Pioneer Methodist Minister Seymour Guernsey
Jeffersonville Oct 9 Ward reports the death of Rev Seymour Guernsey a pioneer Methodist minister at his Henryville home He was born in New York in 1813 and moved with his parents to the county in 1817.
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Jeffersonville
Seymour Guernsey
Henryville
New York State
New York Society and the Patriarch Balls Debate
The speaker argues prejudice against a class is unfounded, noting society’s liberal spending on lavish Patriarch balls supports many workers. He explains the balls draw 325 to 375 attendees, far more than the claimed 40, and contrasts New York with London, urging independent social circles to prevent crowding and preserve quality without prejudice.
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London
New York
Oldest Coin Ever Made and the Widow's Mite
A Washington collector shows an ancient coin from 700 B C in Egina, featuring a tortoise in high relief with no date. He describes a Macedonian silver coin from 600 B C, worth far more today than its 53 cent face value, and contrasts it with the tiny one fiftieth of a cent mite.
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Washington
B. C
Egina
Macedonia
Macedon
Constantinople
Christ
Alexander the Great
Disappointing Witnesses in Durrant Case Trial
In San Francisco on October 9 the Durrant trial heard Lenahan, who admitted trying to pawn a ring at Oppenheim's, contradicting morning witness timelines. Prosecution witness Dukes misremembered a lecture, and reporter Marshall testified about a shoeprint linked to Durrant. Other items cover a Chicago train robbery, Pinkerton capture, Nicholson indictments, and local accidents.
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Oppenheim’s
Duprey
San Francisco
Charles T. Lenahan
Durrant
Oppenheim
Lenahan
Blanche Lamont
W.A. Dukes
Cooper Medical College
Dukes
Cheney
H.N. F. Marshall
Gibson
Emanuel Church
Carrie Cunningham
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the Sphinx
Robert Downing
Eugeni i
Jas, M. Kanr
Hinshaw
Homme
Brazil
Archibald Agar
Preacher
Franklin
John C. Miller
Nineveh
Isham
Vincennes
Ezra Teet
Clark Isham
Teet
Herron
Danville
Hogate and Parker
Omana
Shiras
Lincoln
Beck
Winnebago
Se Itlers
Australia
Melbourne
Jim Corbett
Witzsimmons
A. Cable
Cup
Baltimore
Hoffer
Young
Maprio
Barcelona
Midway
Manion
McAllister
the Columbus
New York Society
Rochester
Kankakee
Iarden
Terre Hauter
Pinkerton
Saville
Don Farden
Adams Express
Evansville
Richardson
Bino
Andrew J. Cummins
Dubois
John Burt
Cummins
Burt
Mentor
Noblesville
John W. Parr
Lamong
S. Bush & Co
Temple Theatre
GREAT
Pearkins
Pughtown Farmers’ Band
Grand Free Street Parade
W. S. Cleveland
Oriental Music, Aml
Times-Post
Negewear
Miller Haatit
Miss J. Haverly
Fort Wayne Steam Laundry
West Main Street
W. B. Phillips
Telephone
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Geller
W. F. Geller
Romy & Bobilya
D. J. Spencer Corm
Calhoun
Wm. Meyer & Bro
South Calhoun Street
J. O. Caswell
Calhoun St
Hotel Rich
Freese & Ranke
Calhoun Street
Brrrome
Danny Times
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