Monopolies, evictions, and a Delaware crime tale in Ohio
The article notes growth of Tue Strap circulation in Putnam County and a looming 2000 subscriber mark. It reports Ohio grocers resisting Standard Oil by buying elsewhere, then selling at cost, while Ireland’s eviction turmoil is linked to a Delaware crime case where a constable entered a house to arrest a suspect who declared, I have got you at last.
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Putnam County
Turbull
Columbus
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Ireland
Delaware
A. H. McGilinchey
Utah
New York
Dangers at Home and Market Flows Highlighted in Letter
A dramatic account recalls a man threatened to seize a bed amid a family distress leading to the husband’s death. The piece condemns fraudulent dairy imports and warns of the ninety five cent game used by sharpers to trick storekeepers, urging readers to subscribe to Tax Star.
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Marriage insurance charters denied by Judge Ross in Pennsylvania
Judge Ross of Montgomery County Pennsylvania refused charters for two marriage insurance companies citing moral concerns. He warned such societies encourage fraud, bigamy, divorces, and illegitimacy claims while undermining marriage. Executors must publish notices, inventory assets, and file annual accounts under new law.
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Turmarriage Association
Ross
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
Cat saves a life in Richmond street accident
A Richmond patch reports a breech loading gun fired on stairs when Frank Winter slipped, wounding a cat carried by his younger brother and injuring the five or six year old boy with a finger severed at the first joint. The cat shielded the child’s chest and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
East Germantown
Frank Winter
Petition for Greencastle railroad funding and election order
The document, signed by A. M. Lockridge and others, requests the Greencastle township vote on a fifty eight thousand dollar appropriation to the Greencastle Bel River and Vincennes Railroad Company. Conditions require the road’s start within one year and completion within three, with depots and machine shops near Greencastle, and trains running into the city before payment.
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Greencastle
Kel Liver
Vincennes R. R
Board of County Commissioners
L& St. LR. R
A. M. Lockridge
Wim. Bridges
R. Z. Lockridge
Thos. C. Hammond
John A. Crose
Jerome Allen
Fity
Board of Commissioners
Putnam County
Ind
County of
Putnam
State of
Indiana
Greencastle, Bel River
Vincennes
State of Indiana
Secretary of State
Indianapolis
Indianapolis and
St. Louis
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Darnall Bros. & Co
Darnall Bros. & Co’s
A. R. Brattin
Jeweler
Greencastle, Spencer and Danville, Ind
Frank A. Annoup
L’ost
Greencastle Ind
Maggie
America
Hexparcks County
Osborn
Hendricks County
Kiefer
House of Representatives
United States
Isprana
Brattin’s
Cucaco
Texas
Wyoming
Ogkogr. Plassic
Bly
Jones’ Drug Store
VTAEN
Stevenson & Son
Apollo
Contest
Messenger
Call and
SEF US
West Side Square
Greencastle, Ind
South Side Square
J. A. Sherrinan
Broadway
N. Y
Milk St
Boston
Cincinnati
Agunta
White House
Kite House
Columbia and
Gillespie Streets
Public Square
M.B Repisinn
Nick
Opera House
Greencastle Lodge
Welock
W. Annoin
Putman Lodge No
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