Elkhart notes drought war and fires prompt
A fragmented Indiana news round. Reports drought impacting wartime areas. Fire destroys Mr. Gatz furniture ware room in Elkhart with losses around 3900 from naptha explosion. Other items note a lighted bridge, a worship stone laying, tax delinquencies, robberies, and local incidents across Terre Haute Lafayette Muncie and nearby towns.
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Tite Elkhart Efer
National Democras
Jeffersonville
Terre Haute Mail
Presbyterian
Elkhart
Forsyth
South Bend
Bedford News
Moody
Orleans
Tur Anderson Herald
Pendleton
Frankfort
N. Noakes
Lafayette
Farmers
Bedford
Columbus
Grant era corruption sparks reform cry in nation
The New York Sun laments Grant’s presidency amid corruption fears, comparing him to past leaders and warning that officeholders may loot the treasury. Reports mention political gifts, appointments to favored relatives, and a growing call to restore integrity at the White House.
Fort Wayne Business Directory Fragments
A dense OCR fragment lists merchants and shops on Calhoun Main Columbia and nearby streets in Fort Wayne. It notes druggists dry goods wholesalers tailors painters trunk makers barber and hairdresser and other trades with addresses such as 106 Columbia 90 Columbia 22 Columbia Calhoun and Clinton streets and corners like Main Calhoun.
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Dentint A . Loag
Columbia Street
de- We Wald & Co
Poore & Wooster
Main
Calhoug Streets
Mexer Bro.'s & CO
Keystone Block
Cohmablast
Daniel Vollmer
Calhoun
Berry Streets
Ror & Company
Tocers
Bert & Bro
Calhoun Street
Aun Maria Smith inspires bold vow and awkward court tale
A peculiar exchange begins with a playful vow to marry Aun Maria Smith. The piece shifts to a Warsaw mayor court scene where Prisoner misstates guilt amid comic misadventure, then moves to a Cincinnati Sabbath chimney quip and local court matters including Sheriff Hauss case and Evansville misdeeds.
Revolting Outrage In Kentucky City Ravaged by Assault
Louisville Ledger correspondent reports in Fort Knox era style of a brutal rape and murder near Frankfort Kentucky. A married tailor’s wife Pfeifer is seized by a black man with a knife and ravaged while her sister and a 12 year old witness flee. The attacker is identified after a room search, clothes hidden, and a confession about discarding the knife. mobs spin rumors of lynching but authorities promise legal process as troops guard the jail.
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Main
St. Cash Streets
Lynch
Valley Rifles
Man Killed by Cat and War Drone Tales
A quirky tale from a New York museum features a belligerent cat, Mr Bixby, and a deadly misadventure with a twenty-pounder cannon. Elsewhere reports describe two bipedal dogs performing tricks, pestilence flies sighted in New York City, a burglary at Sherman House in Aurora, and a court verdict in Gibson where George Walker is sentenced to twenty-one years for rape and assault.
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New York
Sherman
Aurora
Gibson Criminal Court
George W. Walker
Catherine Seals
Denial of Farwell report and local tragedies in Springfield
Springfield Illinois August 9 telegraphs deny reports that the Late Journal will pass to Hon. C B Farwell of Chicago. Eliza Lane committed suicide by arsenic. A 14 year old boy lost a leg after being struck by a train on the St Louis and Alton line. Elmwood Commandery Knights Templar plans rail travel to Baltimore for the Grand Encampment convocation.
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Springfield
Times
Chicago
Late Journal
C. B. Farwell
State Journal
Eliza Lane
Michael Hanselman
St. Louis & Alton Railroad
Elmwood
Murder Sequel Tells of Suspect Greer Hart and Attack
The Lafayette Dispatch reports a sequel to the Attica murder of Miss Pardonner. Police arrested Greer Hart alias Bully after his confession placed him at the yard the night of the crime. He says others were present as dirt was thrown into the milking pail and Pardonner was overpowered.
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Lafayette Dispatch
Miss Pardonner
Attica
Greer Hart
Bully
Manford
Diet of the Ancients and Their Forgotten Fare
A brisk retelling of ancient dietary habits notes Greeks and Romans allegedly consumed no alcohol coffee tea chocolate or sugar and avoided many tropical spices. It claims they ate marsh beans mallow lupin and meats from wild animals including the dormouse fox and bear.
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Galen
Marriage as a Fixed Basis and Social Bond
The fragment argues marriage and long engagements impose moral bonds. It claims social constraints crush energy, delaying or preventing brilliant achievement. It suggests original minds avoid conventional love, preferring freedom over domestic routine and obligation.
Violent Brawl After Picnic Near Salem Leaves Man Critical
At a picnic four miles northeast of Salem last Saturday, Willis Jackson was struck on the head with a baseball bat by Ben F. Boling and stabbed by a knife wielded by a third party. Jackson’s condition is critical. Several sequelae of the melee followed with knives and knucks used, but no further serious injuries reported. Last Tuesday night Joseph Kirk of Liberty township, Grant county, heard noises from his outhouses and, arming his rifle, saw a fugitive retreating near the stable. Kirk fired as the man crossed a four foot fence, and the wounded stranger dropped. A helper on the fence aided the wounded man in fleeing. a blood trail suggested a neck or shoulder wound.
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Terre Haute
Berlin
Massachusetts
Lafayette
Illinois
Evaneville Courier
James Havens
Cicero
Hamilton County
United States
Ed. Bishop
Winchester
Indianapolis
The
Indiaman
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
McGrannville
Miami County
Dav
O'Neal
Green County
Boomfield Democrat
Cafty Bar
Madison Courier
David Evans
William Duckworth
Mount Feraca Democrat
Tru
Mount Vernon Democrat
Noel
Black’s Grove
Samuel Peterson
Laporte
Enzo Walls
Pomié Township
Posey County
College Courant
North Atlantic Ocean
Maury
Keith Johnson, Jr
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Cumberland, Presbyterian
Beansville Journal
Salem
Willans Jackson
Ben. F. Boling
Jackson
Joseph Kirk
Liberty Township
Grant County
Young Kirk
The Groaning Cure in Surgical Discomfort
A French physician argues that crying and groaning aid recovery from injuries and operations. He cites a case of pulse decline from 127 to 60 after releasing emotions and urges letting children cry to avoid nervous disorders. He claims natural expressions ease distress and should not be discouraged.
Quaker City Philadelphian Flirts at Cape May Surf
A wealthy Philadelphian at Cape May struts in his suit to impress, helps a young woman named Miss Murphy learn to swim, and a flirtation ensues. The Stockton affair reveals bread price remarks, while local notes report railroad labor tensions, a hog shipment, a protective hotel clerk, and a rare find of giant tusks and bones unearthed in Jefferson township.
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Cape May
Stockton
Murphy
Miss Murphy
National Labor Party Proposes Policy Call for Convention
St. Louis August 10 The National Labor Party outlines principles to go before the nation next year calling for a President and Vice President ticket. It argues government is a trustee for land water air and seeks equal chance in life through fair surplus distribution and a monetary system backed by national resources. It lists monopolies in banking railroads manufacturing land and commerce and calls for currency reform and government control of money.
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St. Louis
National Labor Party
Efort
United States
Congress
Debates on Currency Reform and Treasury Board Proposal
Fragmentary OCR outlines a document proposing currency reform, national debt handling, and a treasury board to manage revenue, currency, and civil service oversight. It discusses taxing, tariffs, reducing interest, abolishing monopolies, and safeguarding labor while outlining a board of intelligent businesspeople to execute revenue laws and currency regulation.
Interior Department debates Iowa Indians land patents
New York dispatch reports Hon J M Ashley arguing before the Interior Department over patents for about a thousand acres of trust lands bought for Ottumwa University. The case hinges on whether the Board may issue patents, demanding extensive witness review and time for decision. The page also notes a St Petersburg Herald letter on a clandestine organization with varied members and unclear aims, a brutal incident involving Jacob Eisenhardt and his son on Christie Street, the arrival of the steamship Aspasis from Glasgow, and a death linked to an explosion at Westfield.
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New York
J. M. Ashley
Interior Department
Bebe
Iowa
ST. Petersburg
Jacob Eisenhardt
Christie Street
Bridge Collapse Tragedy Hits Bancor Maine Central Train
A bridge failure in Bancor Maine Central train service caused a wreck on Hamden Road. One man was killed and three others seriously injured as a smoking car and two passenger cars plunged into the street and derailed. Several cars were crushed, but many passengers escaped with lighter injuries. The accident prompted a swift rescue effort and a demand for a full investigation into the bridge’s decay.
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Bancor, Me
Maine Central
Hamden Road
Ana Ee
Puilman Palace
Yigfired Perceville
Weas Citag
Thougher
Boston
Injured Man From Minnesota Among Railroad Accident Patients
In Bancro, Maine a traveler named LE Adams of Minneapolis is listed among those injured in the railroad accident. Local officials report several others injured and transported for treatment. The incident prompted emergency response and investigation into track conditions.
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Bancor
Aa Ci
LE Adams
Minnea Inn
Portugal ex-chief shot at station. suspect flees to Brownsville
A former Portuguese police chief shot Juan Ls at a station, killing him, then escaped to Brownsville. Public sentiment in Brownsville opposes extradition. Mexican authorities are accused of evading surrender of criminals. A gang ransacks the Texas border area, with 17 indicted for union arson and robbery under General Marteau commanding the Rio Grande.
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Afamorar
2Nd
Infantaurico
Portugal
Juan Lseee
Hulios
Brownsville
Texas
Cortimss Marteau
Rio Grand
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