Acquittal Sparks Joy in Terre Haute Court
In Indianapolis Oct 22 judge Baker acquits Schuyler Haughey amid visible relief from his wife Mrs Haughey and cheering by jurors and bystanders. The verdict of not guilty is celebrated in the crowd while jurors recall it as a solemn duty. A group of college boys toasts the outcome.
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Indianapolis
Mrs. Haughey
Mr. Duncan
Theodore P. Haughey
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
Schuyler Haughey
New corn strain raised from ancient mound grain
In Crawfordsville Indiana on Oct 22 Charles Graham raised a corn strain from maize grains found in an Illinois mound. The grains, aged perhaps 600 years, sprouted well and produced a tall stalk with a large, well-shaped ear resembling sweet corn in texture and slightly smaller kernels.
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Charles Graham
Graham
Mount Vernon
Ind
Alton
Ill
Schools May Close If COVID-Like Cases Rise
Authorities weigh shutting schools temporarily as last week’s disinfection followed rising case numbers. If cases keep increasing next week closure becomes likely.
Steampipe Blast Harms Workers at Nail Company
Explosion of a steampipe at the American Wire Nail company works in Anderson scalded and bruised A Delcamp Michael McNear Thomas Finnan Ed Kiser John Jones Andrew Sheets Henry Mykoff Robert Bissell George Hallis and Henry Myers Delcamp probably fatally hurt
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Anderson
A. Delcamp
Michael McNear
Thomas Finnan
Ed Kiser
John Jones
Andrew Sheets
Henry Mykoff
Robert Bissell
George Hallis
Henry Myers
American Wire Nail Company
Delcamp
Notable Shelbyville deaths due to farming accidents
In Shelbyville on October 22 Joseph Monroe aged 90 died after falling from his hay wagon. In the same incident David Snepp aged 81 was fatally struck by a falling wood stack. Both men were prominent and wealthy in the community.
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Shelbyville
Joseph Monroe
David Snepp
Fifth of the Family to Die in Typhoid Fatalities
Mrs. Warren Needham died suddenly of typhoid fever and heart failure in Newcastle. She is the fifth family member to die of typhoid within a few months, underscoring a local health tragedy and ongoing outbreak concerns.
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Newcastle
Oct
Warren Needham
Needham
Mournful obituary and varied front page notes
Frederick L. Billon dies at 95 in St Louis. jurors convict Jack Frost Ebb Bryant and Bernard Reinagel for Frank Holmes murder and sentence them to life. Eighteen Foo-Choo rioters face death. Snow piles up in Wisconsin Michigan New York. Coxey plans daily paper to promote Ohio governor bid. Prairie fires devastate Finney Greeley Wichita. Burglars dynamite Hoge Daly bank in Anaconda. Obits: John R. Kleyn in Holland Mich E Th Robinson in Richmond VA Jacob Henry Armbruster in New York. Sugar refiners form Austro-Hungarian trust. Pennsylvania mine strike smaller than feared. Don M Dickinson loses Detroit mayoral bid. Sam Goldwater nominated by Democrats. Dickinson’s defeat seen as strategic victory for enemies.
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St. Louis
Jack Frost
Ebb Bryant
Bernard Reinagel
Ben Myers
Frank Holmes
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Carlinville
Dis
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Michigan
New York
Coxey
Ohio
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Greeley
Wichita
Kun
Hoge, Daly & Co
Anaconda
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Holland
Mich
John R. Kleyn
Richmond
E. Th. Robinson
Jacob Henry Armbruster
Chicago
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Johnstown
Altoona
Don M. Dickinson
Detroit
Ald
Sam Goldwater
Dickinson
Markets Report Mixed Activity Across Stocks and Commodities
New York traders saw weak sterling and varied bonds while Chicago grain and livestock quotes showed modest moves. At Tacoma Washington a bank run at First National Bank of Puyallup prompted early payoffs to all depositors after a dispute over a $4500 county debt.
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New York
Prine Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacife Tis
Chicago
Atun
Tacoma
First National Bank of
Medill Named Trustee Of Western Hospital Board
Appointed by Governor Altgeld ex-Mayor T J Medill of Rock Island becomes a board trustee of the Western Hospital for the lisane, succeeding the resigned T S Silvas.
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Springfield
Ills
Altgeld
T. J. Medill
Rock Island
the Western Hospital For the
T. 8. Silvas
Things Worth Big Money Across History
A survey highlights high values: a Hebrew Bible owned by Germany once rejected Pope John Paul II’s offer of 125000 for its sale. Miller’s Angelus fetched 11010 for an American buyer. Metallic gallium commands about 100000 a pound, a single Amsterdam tulip sold for 150000, and rare orchids fetch high prices.
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Amsterdam
Joseph Chamerlain
de Rothschills
Henry Clay
Ram's Horn Sermon Warns the Unredeemed on Prayer
The sermon decries hollow prayer and urges true devotion. It links wealth, temper, hypocrisy, and social duty to faith, urging believers to seek genuine righteousness, heed prayer, and follow Christ closely amid daily trials and temptations.
The Universal Theme of Sacrifice Across Cultures
The article surveys global sacrifice practices, noting the varied objects offered from animals to humans, with emphasis on how value is placed on what is sacrificed. It cites Kamschatkans Copts Mexicans West Africa and others, outlining motives of reverence and ritual propriety.
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Palmer
Mohammed
South Sea Islands
Mexico
Va Ue
West Africa
China
Chicago Times exposes unequal assessments in city
The Chicago Times highlights municipal tax practices and exposes unfair assessments in Chicago. The piece cites examples of inequities affecting residents and outlines calls for reform to ensure fair taxation.
Times exposes tax system harming the poor in Chicago
The Times reports that small property like a $4,500 building is taxed at 1.1,000 while a Massic building valued at $4,030,000 is assessed at 250,000, calling the difference a crime against the poor and urging abolition of town assessments via reform legislators. The Peoria Transcript backs the call for widespread reform and vows continued pressure.
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Peple
Chicago
Eve Y Cit
Illinois
Peoria Werald
Healthier Virginy: Aged Woman Stays Put Amid Boundary Change
A returning commercial traveler notes a survey adjusting the North Carolina Virginia boundary, moving a line slightly south. An elderly woman near a cabin insists she never moved, yet is told she now lives in Virginia. She quips that Virginia is healthier than North Carolina.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Massa
Nort Carolinny
Virginny
Ole Virginny
Nori Carolinny
Norf Carolinny
Great Fur Sale At London Auction Draws Global Pelts
The New York Tribune reports a London fur sale where over three hundred thousand skins changed hands. Toukrais led with 1 52 000, followed by Australia and America each around 160 000 and 120 000. Skunk, raccoon, mink, sable, beavers, bears, wolves and many other furs were listed among the diverse offerings as pelts traveled from around the world to London for redistribution globally.
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Londn
Australia
America
London
New Yok Tribuné
Tops sold and produced in Pennsylvania factory report
A Hartford Post note reports a Pennsylvania factory employing over 20 workers makes wooden tops from boxwood maple and lignum vitae. Maple tops are the best sellers, boxwood tops are prominent, and lignum vitae tops are least common, costing more in the South and Northwest. Most peg stock for tops is cast in Newark, N D.
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Pennsylvania
Newark
N. D
Hartford Post
Coat of mail trial proves French general’s faith in artisan
A French general tests a Parisian artisan’s coat of mail by firing revolvers at the wearer and striking with a sword. The coat allegedly protects the man, who endures the shots and sword blows, earning payment of two lots totaling 19 000 francs as reward and compensation for the fright.
Fragmentary note on royal memorial inscription
A damaged excerpt describes the Queen and Prince Albert resting in a gray grain sarcophagus with an inscription on the monument reading Farewell, well-beloved. Here at last I will rest with thee. With thee, Christ I will rise again.
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Prince Albert
Christ
New York Lawyer Recovers Carved Silver Half-Dollar
A New York lawyer etched initials on a silver half-dollar a decade ago and sent it through trade routes. This week he swapped the coin into a bill and plans to keep it as a keepsake. He offers a method to waterproof fishing lines using boiled oil and gold size to coat lines, then dries. A Gloucester fishing schooner with a freezing plant now operates to freeze fish as caught.
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New York
Comerce
Amiure T
Gloucester
French Officer Invents Rifle With Explosive Bullets
A retired French naval officer claims to have designed a rifle capable of firing explosive bullets at long range. The device reportedly uses two bullets per discharge and aims to deliver high-impact effects in combat.
Language of the Hand In Palmistry Guide
The passage describes palmistry traits for various lines and mounts. It links the Mercury mount, head and heart lines, fate line, Apollo line, and rascettes to character, fortune, and life length. It cites historical figures and traits of different hand shapes and nail forms.
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Apollo
Galileo
George Sand
Victor Hugo
Lamartine
Walter Scott
Engineering feats span ships to lighthouses across eras
The text lists engineering landmarks and feats from the Hell Gate reef survey to the Croton aqueduct and Eads jetties. It notes costs like the Union Pacific project at 112,259,360 dollars, lighthouse histories from Little Brewster Island to Minot's Ledge, and early civil engineering milestones such as the Eddystone lighthouse and Pacific Railroad surveys.
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Hell Gate Reef
Union Pacific
Rameses
St. Louis
Croton Aqueduct
New York
United States
Minot’s Ledge
Massachusetts Bay
Little Brewster Island
Boston
Cherbourg
England
English Channel
Pacific Railroad
Smeaton
Eddystone
Astronomy milestones and a daring Burlington freight ride
A historical list notes key moments in astronomy from 1237 to 1655 including Nicephorus first describing a comet and Kepler's law. In Huntly a Burlington freight train crew found a woman and child riding a brake beam in tramp fashion seeking Sheridan Wyoming after the mother’s husband deserted them.
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Burlington
Huntly
Peterson
Billings
Sheridan
Wyo
Uttle
Coin's Financial School Book Ads in Times-Post Fort Wayne
An advertisement for Coin's Financial School by W. H. Harvey touts its clarity and reliability for students and the public. It promotes editions from paper to cloth bindings with prices from 25 cents to $1.60 and offers a combined volume with the follow up on its updated content.
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Coin’s Financial School
W. H. Harvey
Urvo Dare
Corn’s Fiancian School
Ty W. TL Harvey
Corn
Chicago
Coin
Finnanciaal School
United States
Etter
Financial School
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
W. H Harvey
Yfimes-Posl
Fort Wayte
Telegraph Route Change Notice
In effect Sept 22, 1895. Boing note from Grand Rapids to Grand Rapids and North From Richmond.
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Grand Rapides
Urand Rapide
Grand Rapids
Richmond
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