Was Buried Alive Horrific Fate of St Joe County Woman
A St Joe County woman allegedly survived burial for a time but died during an epileptic attack while fighting to escape a coffin. The article details her struggle and the tragic outcome.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1900
Page
31
A Man Weds Stepfather In Indiana News
South Bend reports a sensational claim that Anna Guither was buried alive after death near the city. The grave allegedly not fully filled until after the funeral, the coffin broken with a disheveled corpse, and nails bitten, raising questions about the burial near Cedar Grove cemetery. The death on December 30 was cited as epilepsy, but verification remains impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Anna Guither
Cedar Grove
ELOPES WITH STEPDAUGHTER INDIANA DIVORCE SEQUEL
Jacob Eichels a prominent Muncie citizen married his eighteen year old stepdaughter Flora Weaver in Covington Kentucky. The pair previously faced a divorce case sparked by her suicide attempts amid accusations of stepfather persecution. They eloped after clandestine meetings in Anderson and met in Indianapolis before traveling to Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Jacob Eichels
Flora Weaver
Covington
Eichels
Miss Weaver
Indianapolis
Anderson
Cincinnati
Harmonizing Effort Aims to Reunite Dunkards
Logansport Indiana reports spring meetings of the Dunkards to harmonize three branches. Conservatives meet North Manchester with largest membership, progressives in Carroll county, old order at Camden. Courts previously favored conservatives over old order in property dispute. Annual meetings in June expect about 50 000 delegates from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Dunkards
North Manchester
Carroll County
Old Order
Camden
United States
Neglect Alleged in Birth Death of Neuenschwander Wife
Decatur Indiana March 8 Coroner Clark reports Mrs Peter M Neuenschwander died in labor at her Berne home from hemorrhage due to neglect in not calling a physician. Midwife Mrs Jacob Amstutz practicing without a license faces possible arrest under the 1676 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ind
Clark
Peter M. Neuenschwander
Berne
Jacob Amstutz
Neuenschwander
Neuenschwander Mennonites
Regular Mennonites
Pennies for the Boers. Auburn efforts in relief drive.
Auburn Indiana residents begin a relief drive titled Pennies for the Boers on March 8. The town mobilizes contributions to aid the South African crisis with local organizers urging broad participation.
Church group raises funds for Boer war widows and orphans
A formed church delivered pennies totaling 4 dollars to the superintendent to be sent to Boer war widows and orphans. They plan to raise 25 dollars by collecting bones rags glass and iron to aid Boer victims.
Badly Hurt Man Found Near Kokomo Roadside
Isaac Moore of this county was found by the roadside east of Kokomo with a broken thigh and other injuries. He is likely to die and cannot explain how he sustained the wounds. His pockets were turned out and valuables, if any, are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Isaac Moore
Saloons swept away in Bourbon township vote
The temperance supporters cleared Bourbon township of saloons as the last license expired. About 100 farmers who helped establish a local college a year ago led the movement, delivering a clean sweep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourbon
Ind
Grandchild Present As 60-Year-Old Weds 17-Year-Old Bride
Washington Ind March 7 Jacon Chestnut a feeble gray haired man of 60 years was yesterday united in marriage to Miss Ainley Dinkins a 17 year old girl. The written consent to the marriage from the girl s parents is on file at the county clerk s office. The groom had three previous marriages and seven of his grandchildren attended the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ind
Jacon Chestnut
Ainley Dinkins
Marion tramp dodges mob as he is moved to Wabash jail
Fred Dunker the tramp who chloroformed Mrs Henry Wise near Marion Ind was taken to Gas City jail then secretly moved to Wabash to avoid a lynch mob. Deputies repelled two mob attempts and later transported him to Marion where officers again faced threats. Dunker claimed Quebec birth and French origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Fred Dunker
Henry Wise
Wabash
Gas City
Dunker
Quebec
Canada
France
Nicotine Poisoning Strikes Plymouth Woman
Plymouth Indiana March 9 Mrs Abbie Reeve wife of ex State Senator Reeve is in alarming condition from nicotine poisoning. Addicted to smoking she suffered a 36 hour stupor before partial consciousness returned last evening. Doctors suspect adulterated tobacco as she is 75 years old and easily affected by any opiates in the tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Ind
Abbie Reeve
Reeve
Reeves
Farmer Jake Smith Seeks Screams After Persistent Cries
Peru Indiana March 9 A farmer named Jake Smith living five miles west of the city reported two days of searching for screams heard in the fields He and neighbors hunted the area following the unusual calls amid a quiet rural setting and local officials began noting the reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Jake Smith
Atlas
Hved
Island on the Wabash Shelter Finds Stricken Man
A half-acre Wabash river island known as the island harbors a submerged hut where a disheveled man clinged to the roof. A farmer rescued the 55 year old, who said he had been there four days. he remains unconscious and near death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Pythian State Home Drive Aims for Ligonier Site
In Auburn Indiana March 9 a movement by Knights of Pythias to build a home at Ligonier for children of deceased parents affiliated with the Pythians or Rathbone Sisters gathers steam. A wealthy Ligonier resident will donate substantially, lodges statewide plan fundraisers, and an upcoming entertainment will funnel proceeds to the building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ind
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Ligonier
Pythians
Rathbone Sisters
Drowned Worker in Wabash River Tragedy
Thomas Shea, 24, employed by the Big Four bridge gang, drowned while keeping floating ice from railway bridge piers on the Wabash River in Wabash Indiana. He disappeared about 5 p.m. and his body was recovered later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Thomas Shea
Big Four Bridge Gang
Wabash River
Shea
Marion man on trial for green goods schemes
Noah Wilhelm stands trial in Marion Indiana accused of leading a Grant county gang that swindled multiple Upland residents. Indictments cite selling green goods to James Young William Parks James Johnson and others plus forged telegrams and perjury to delay trial and abscond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Noah Wilhelm
Upland
Grant County
Wilhelm
James Young
New York
William Parks
James Johnson
Amos Overman
Kansas
Estate bills urged before death by Clark Lane
Elkhart Indiana March 10. Clark Lane, founder of local paper making, recalls his late wife’s death and notes complications over an estate. He prints a notice asking any creditors to present bills now rather than after his death, addressing “professional ghouls and others who prey upon estates.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Clark Lane
St. Joseph Valley
Bill
Peace and Matrimony in Kokomo Families
In Kokomo Indiana on March 10 a long running feud between the Lamb and Roe families south of Howard county influenced a marriage between Curtis Lamb and Weslie Roe. After a few weeks the bride returned to her parents and a divorce followed, ending the union amid family strife and community attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Lamb
Couple Secretly Wed After Interruption at Justice’s Office
Relatives say two youths with license were about to wed in Justice Moreland’s office when the groom’s father halted the ceremony. They fled in a buggy ten miles east to Greentown arriving around midnight and rode until near daylight. The marriage occurred at the bride’s parents home this morning as both families reconciled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Moreland
Greentown
Waiting Sixteen Years Ends In Spokane Marriage
Emma Ewing and Herman Spiegel, once Tracy residents in Laporte county, wed in Spokane after a sixteen year engagement. Relatives opposed due to Spiegel's poverty. He left Tracy in 1885, built wealth in mining, and recently sent for his bride with a large check for her expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Emma Ewing
Herman Spiegel
Tracy
Laporte County
Spokane
Wash
Miss Ewing
Spiegel
Peace prospects in South Africa draw cautious note
Reports from London describe signs peace may be near as Lord Roberts pushes toward Bloemfontein and Pretoria. Boers show demoralization with retreating troops and Kruger weighing arbitration or intervention while Britain strengthens positions and prepares for possible sieges. The Prince of Wales urged hostilities end but British stance remains firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Popular Grove
Poplar Grove
Free State
Bloemfocizin
Transvaal
Giencoe
Lourenzo Marques
Kruger
Bloemfontein
Cape Colony
White
Jamestown
Aliwal
Armel
Pretoria
John Redmond
House of Commons
Ireland
Irish Transvaal Committee
Redmond
Dublin
Prince of Wales
Pagen
Dunraven
Imperial Yeomanry
Mishawaka Worker Found Dead In Woods From Exposure
Mishawaka Ind March 10 George Howe an employee of the Mishawaka Paper company was found dead this evening in the woods two miles west of the city by Superintendent Dice of the county infirmary. Howe had been ill wandered away and froze to death partially buried in the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawaka, Ind
George Howe
Mishawaka Paper Company
Dice
County
Howe
Northern Indiana Notes Highlights Local News From Goshen Area
Ben G. Whitehead leaves Goshen News to become Elkheart Truth managing editor. Dr J T Ranshing of Steuben County dies. Jeremiah Stoll Michigan City officer commits suicide after illness. William G Clark patents cloth cleaner for flour mill. Malpractice suit against Dr Clarence H Risser proceeds in Kosciusko circuit court. Alonzo Seymour of South Whitley dies, suspected suicide. coroner investigates. Road plans: seven petitions for new stone roads to Decatur totaling 25 miles in Adams County. Rev J W Riley of Huntington censured by United Brethren. Fielding Price loses left arm in Benton area mill accident. Sleigh party tragedy near Wooster. infant Esther Lucile dies on road to Pierceton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben G. Whitehead
Goshen News
Elkhart Truth
J. T.ranshing
Steuben County
Pension Board
Cleveland
Jeremiah Stoll
Michigan City
William G. Clark
Goshen Milling Company
Lillian Ackerman
Clarence H. Risser
North Manchester
Kesciusko
Wabash
Alonzo Seymoure
South Whitley
Adams County
Decatur
J. W. Riley
Huntington
United Brethren Conference of
St. Joseph
Logansport
Society of
United Brethren In Christ
Fielding Price
Nappanee
Benton
Elkhart County
Goshen
Wooster
Kosciusko County
F. Vancuren
Milo Howard
Esther Lucile
Pierceton
Roberts dispatch on Kruger and Steyn rallying troops
London March 9 The war office released Lord Roberts dispatch from Poplar Grove dated March 7. Kruger and Steyn were present and tried to rally their troops but the rout was complete as British artillery and cavalry overpowered them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Poplar Grove
Kruger
B Steyn
Origin of Peace Rumors
In the fragmentary clipping a reader notes rumors about peace efforts and the surrounding speculation. The text hints at unnamed sources and potential timelines but provides no concrete details or official statements. The piece reads as a mental note rather than a full report.
Flag of Revolt Reappears in Philippines War News
Manila reports General Young and Hood seeking reinforcements as the Forty eighth regiment moves to Aparri. Rebels attack Aparri several hours before being driven off. Insurgents plan reunions in North Ilocos while Red Katipunan symbol reemerges. Bates returns to garrison duties as three columns pursue 2000 insurgents, resulting in forty enemy killed. Legasi leads dispersed bands in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Young
Hood
Forty Eighth Regiment
Aparri
Ilocos
Tino
Flores
Bates
North
South Camarines
New Caceres
Legasi
War Department dispatch on captured Spanish prisoners received
In Manila on March 8 1900 Adjutant General Washington reports sixty enlisted men and two civil officials captured prisoners were received today from Tayabas per Otis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Washington
Tayabas
Otis
Afghanistan ameer pledges aid to Britain against Russia
London dispatch reports the Afghan ameer in London authorizes his agent to publish Afghanistan's policy toward Britain and Russia. He warns Russia fears an Islamic uprising and declares Afghans ready to send troops to help Britain in the Transvaal war, despite sea concerns. The ameer vows to stand with England in land or India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ameer
Afghanistan
Great Britain
Russia
Transvaal
India
England
Man Claims Cure for Chronic Ailment with Arnica Salve
Renick Hamilton of Weet Jefferson Ohio suffers for 18 months from a rectal fistula and was told by doctors he would die without surgery. He attributes his recovery to Sacies Arnica Salve, a topical remedy, dismissing medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renick Hamilton
Weet Jefferson
Ohio
Sacie
Wheeler Resignation Letter Surfaces From Luzon Campaign
Washington dispatch reports Brig. General Joseph Wheeler tendered his U S Army resignation in November 1899 from Luzon. The missive, dated November 28, 1899, explains insurgent forces dwindling and Aguinaldo a fugitive, noting the Filipino congress is scattered and urging acceptance so Wheeler could claim mileage and travel expenses to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeler
Paniqui
Luzon
War Department
White House
Paniaui
Tsiend
Philippines
D. C
Aguinaldo
Congress
United States
Joseph Wheeler
U.S. V
Machinery Imports Grow as American Gear Flows to Germany
Washington reports rising U S machinery imports into Germany from 10.48 million dollars in 1890 to 13.33 million in 1898. Vice Consul Monaghan sends two papers on German trade with America. one urges higher tariffs on shoes, the other criticizes a locomotive contract bid omission of tariff. Consul Gunther notes a Frankfurt attack on fruit syrups adulteration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Monaghan
Chemnitz
State Department
Germany
Americas
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Gunther
Frankfort
Cream Balm Relieves Nasal Catarrh Fast
Ely Brothers advertise Cream Balm for nasal catarrh. The aromatic ointment is inhaled through the nostrils, cleans and heals the nasal surface, and stops a cold in the head quickly. Priced 50 cents, available at druggists or by mail from 56 Warren Street, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Mrs C T Brown Visits St Louis Before Cincinnati
Mrs C T Brown visiting Mrs D J Timlin of Hendricks street has travelled to St Louis for a short visit before continuing home to Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Brown
D. J. Timlin
Hendricks Street
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Also Mentioned on This Page
ST. Joe
Indiana
Pythian State Home
Dom Paul
Lord Salisbury
Castoria
Oom Paul
Natives
Joe Wheeler
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