Strange Accidents and Tragedies Across Indiana
A Greencastle postoffice notice reports a fatal tea spill when a broken kettle handle scalded an infant, with the mother severely burned. Booneville notes Lena Mesker, 15, bitten by a copperhead, saved by whisky antidote and quick transport to Yankee Town. Indiana pages recount a double suicide pact near Shidler’s Station as Alexander Snyder and Sarah Freeman die, then Freeman also hangs herself, both youths in a troubled county.
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Vincennes
Booneville Enquirer
Lena
Frank Mesker
Yankeetown
Indiana
Shidler’s Station
Ft. Wayne, M. & C
Alexander Snyder
Sarah Freeman
Snyder
Miss Freeman
J. N. Raright
A Few Snake Stories From Brookyln Eagle Reader
A Brooklyn Eagle city editor hears a farmer’s tall snake yarns from an island farm. The snake saves a girl by coiling around her neck and paddling to shore, then attends meals. A baby’s rattlesnake encounter and playful serpents add further bizarre items.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Snake stories save cider barrel and garter item
A city editor grills a rural storyteller about snakes that saved a busted cider barrel with four hoop-snakes tightening it until the cider could be bottled. The tale includes a garter, a small striped snake, and a talking adder that helps keep accounts.
Caledonia Ohio Thunderstorm Sighting Ball of Fire
Midnight storm over Caledonia Ohio brought hail and vivid continuous light. A ball of fire about twenty five feet in diameter struck north of the village, buried half its mass, and weighed three to five tons. Heat kept bystanders back. the landowner has been offered 300 dollars.
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Caledonia
Ohio
Playing With a Rattlesnake Incident Report
A Georgia house party near Register’s in the Fifteenth District caused alarm when a three year old wandered into a grove and played with a large rattlesnake. The crowd enticed the child away as the serpent attacked, the snake killed and found to have fifteen rattles.
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B. A. Register
Wicked for Clergymen and a Youth Remedy Card
A clergyman denounces paid testimonials for quack medicines but endorses Hop Bitters as meritorious for family use. Also an alarmingly worded appeal promises a free youth cure recipe from Rev Joseph I Inman in New York City, claiming a South American origin.
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Washington, D. C
New York Baptist Weekly
South America
Joseph I
Inman
Ta Io
New York City
Eaten by a Bear in Nevada A grisly Italian death
A Nevada tale recounts how Italian shepherd Luigi Barmetto was killed by a grizzly near McKinley's after a two day disappearance. Searchers found torn tree bark, large bear tracks, and remains including bones and clothing. Wardup and Marston escaped the area with a hair tuft as a grisly memento.
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Lake Bigler
Luigi Barmetto
McKinley’s
Barmetto
Marston
Wardup
Ward
Bruin
Cure for drinking and sobriety through Hop Bitters
A testimonial notes a young man cured of insatiable liquor thirst by Hop Bitters. It claims lasting sobriety for over two years and urges consideration of related Dundas Dick & Co products Seidlitz Powders and Soft Capsules. Advertises Allen's Drug Store for sale.
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Chicago
INL
Times
Dundas, Dick & Co
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Birgains
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Southwest Ceorner Public Square
Greencastle, Ind
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Loox
the Star
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Iran
She Star
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Postoffice
Greencastle Ind
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Isaac
Itor
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Southdowns
Lewes
Ayer
Pony
Guilmerte
Guilmette
New Haven
Conn
Ira C. Billman
Jackson, Mich
J. B. Clark
Amite, la
Mobile
Lyman Beecher
Johnston
Josie Langelet
Daniel O'Neil
Nevada
Virginia City Chronicle
Clara Bagnal
Toronto
Essex
Lindsey
Alleghany
Jas. A. McCoy
Cloverdale, Ind
K. L. Hathaway
Greencastle
Rhode Island
Narragansett Pier
Phillips Brooks
Westminster Abbey
Queens
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John W. Earp
Agen
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Lovuisville
New Albany
Cutcagy
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Western Female Sims
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Cincinnati
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