Notorious Desperado Rodifer Shot Dead in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Journal reports that burglar William Rodifer, a felon long pursued since a youthful spree, was killed in a dawn confrontation with Dr. Isaac Walker and family. The account details the struggle, Rodifer’s past crimes from escape to arrest, and the governor’s pardon prior to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
I. C. Walker
William C. Kiedifer
Williams
Rodifer
Isaac ©. Walker
North
Pennsylvania Street
Frank
John
John L. Walker
J. C. Walker
Indiana Medical College
George Hopkins
George
Father
Decatur County
Mary Wilson
James M. Sinks
William
House of Refuge
Plainfield
Putnam County
Jeffersonville
Fasting Man Patrick Murty Near Death in Nokimi Village
An 1880s Milwaukee News telegraph reports Patrick Murty of Nokimi Winnebago County had not eaten for forty two days and not drunk water for nineteen by July 21. The account notes a protracted fast and ongoing concern for his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Murty
Nokimi
Winnebago County
Daily News
Murty
Lengthy starvation case ends after extended illness
The narrative describes Murty dying on Thursday August 5 after 62 days without water due to brain softening and throat nerve paralysis. He gradually became insensible with slow breathing and left a skeletal frame. Once vigorous before the war, he endured prison hardship and long illness, rendering him unable to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slate-eut
Bouchfer
Jack Sheppard
Terre Haute
Jerry Rickard
J’. H. Biddle
Rickard
William Rodifer
Chales Dudley
William Leathers
Rodifer
Memphis
Clarke County
Scottsburg
H. W. Pennington
Mr. Terrill
Pennington
Jeffersonville
Tie
Murty
Snake fighter racks up fourteen rattlers near Scranton
Isaac Baker and Stephen Wheeler killed fourteen rattlesnakes in the mountains west of Scranton. The feats included two large snakes and a mother with eleven young, all disposed of with a forked stick and a jackknife. Baker, a locomotive engineer, plans another hunt and dreams of catching and taming a large rattler alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Baker
Times
Scranton
Baker
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Stephen Wheele
Wheeler
Taker
Pittston
Castoria Promoted as Safe Non Narcotic Remedy
An advertisement extols PITCHER'S CASTORIA as non narcotic for children. It claims benefits including regulating bowels curing wind colic reducing feverishness and destroying worms with endorsement from mothers and physicians.
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Exver Tsomson
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Detroit
Craig
Atell
Dundas Dick & CO
5 Street
New York
All Druggista
Mig Pia Chemists
Wooster Street
DR. Barbers Inhaler
Dr. Barber
Brent Good & CO
New York City
J. S. Houghton
Nature
Dr. Ploughton
J. H. Eaton
Philadelphia
Willson
Odr
Watt
Raven
Maisioners
Guem Euic
Greencastle, Ind
Bill Rodiper
Desperado
Lar
Mother
Denison
Pope
T'winame
Kregelo
Todifer
Milwaukee News
Correspondence
New York Times
Pertau
Pittarpeey
Wei DE Meyer
Acovill
Scovill
DR. Mott
Tropic
Mont’s
Roger
Cook
Callender & Duna
Castle Mills
Gauge
OLA
Black & Brother
Putnans
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