Insane paupers and yellow fever scourge loom in state
The article notes in Clark Floyd Washington Harrigan and Orange counties forty three incurably insane inmates in poorhouses and calls for legislative action after a fatal Putnam County fire. It reports yellow fever in Memphis and Southwest depopulation, urging quarantine and northern aid. plus various local incidents from mule mortality to a fatal police shooting in Chicago and marriage follies in Covington and Oakland.
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Clark
Floyd
Washington
Harrigan
Orange
Putnam County
Multiple 19th century incidents and calamities across towns
A chaotic roundup of violent attacks, suicides, accidental deaths, and disasters from towns like Louisville, Tolyoke, Burlington, Palmer, Connersville, Franklin, and more. Reports include a self styled policeman attacked with a club, poisonings after arsenic doses, drunken rampages, mob justice, fatal drownings, lightning strikes, and farm accidents.
Armory Blanket Toss Fatal for Fifth Battery Soldier
Wesley B Lydenberg of the Fifth Battery died from injuries after a convivial Armory gathering Monday night. A fall during blanket tossing paralyzed his body and injured his spine, despite strong electrical treatments. He remained conscious to the end, recognizing his wife and family.
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Wesley B. Lydenberg
Artilery Company
Lydenberg
Niagara Falls
Man leaps from Kerr's Wharf in midnight despair
Officer Ahern hears murder cry on Philpot Street and rescues a drenched man identified as John Zimmersman of New York. He had been in town a week or two seeking work, despondent, and jumped into the water to end his life before reconsidering and choosing to live. He was taken to the Eastern Station House.
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John Zimmersman
New York
Zimmerman
Batimore Bulletin
Saved from the Gallows by Forgery
A Georgia case recounts Brown’s murder conviction and a gubernatorial commutation based on forged affidavits by Jesse Jenkins and wife. Jenkins traces the forged signature to a wider fraud involving Brown using an assumed PA identity and rich relatives. A state wild lands inquiry also uncovers bribery attempts, with officials denying complicity. Local marriage tale ends with a barefoot bride in Jeffersonville.
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Jenking
Cobb County
Jesse Jenkins
Colquitt
Pennsylvania
Marietta
Atlanta Constitution
Wheat shipments and farm outlook in Walnut area
Asa Black shipped a car load of wheat to Indianapolis last week. James Skelton also shipped one car load from Qa kalla. Corn looks good and will make a fine crop. Isom Wright is getting well. Bill Thomas and brother threshing wheat. B F Brauner plans a trip to Southern Missouri this fall. Frank Skeen aims for a butcher business this fall. Della Miller secured the winter school. Peter Stoner has best corn prospects on Walnut. Lime kilns are doing good business.
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Asa Black
Indianapolis
James Skelton
Qakalla
Isom Wright
Bill Thomas
B. F. Brauner
Missouri
Frank Skeen
Della Miller
Peter Stoner
Bainbridge Weather and Local Happenings
Rain Trusts favorable wheat threshing grows in area as Miss Edgar of Indianapolis visits Bainbridge. Higgy and family from Columbus stay with D T Thornton. W Meade buys wheat at high cash price while Brown of Clayton promotes farm rights and beekeeping. John Hiland welcomes a baby girl. E T Lane joins B school staff with Milroy Gordon and Miss Johnson as assistants. John Darnall heads to Danville Normal School. Indian ponies pass through from the Indian Nation. LT.
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Indianapolis
Mr. Higgy
Columbus
Ind
D.T. Thornton
W.mead
Mr. Brown
Clayton
John Hiland
E. T. Lane
Milroy Gordon
Miss Johnson
John Darnall
Danville Normal School
Local Notes From A Rural Community
An heiress at John Grubb's brim new. George Singleton is very ill again. R H Jones visits Terre Haute this week. One of Sam Payne's little girls has St Vitus Dance. Preaching at No 1 next Sunday by Mr Jack of Portland. The Thomas brothers threshing in this neighborhood. Wheat yields 20 bushels per acre. Corn growing well. Youngest child of John Lancaster dies early Wednesday morning. Deep sympathy from bereaved parents. Singing at Mrs Coumb's last Sunday evening.
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George Singleton
R. H. Jones
Erre Haute
Sam Payne
Mr. Jack
Portland
Thomas Brothers
R.M. Garrett
John Lancaster
Lena News Snippet From Town Update
Sickness and courage noted as doctors visit Lena. An ice cream festival at the M E Church Saturday netted 27. The school thanks citizens for patronage and support. Mat Vinzant and wife visiting relatives. Farmers hoped for rain. a shower Tuesday brought relief. Hedges Logan prosper in the wheat trade. M E Sunday School plans a picnic next month. Lena’s tattlers are warned. White won’t move his saw mill. Lena expected to stay cool with plenty of snow. Tlickory.
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M. E
Mat Vinzant
Hedges
White
Lena
Tragic River Tragedy at Charmed Catholic Rite
In Curiaco July 21 a young woman in a Catholic wedding party disappeared into the Sangamon River. Her mother Mrs Rhinehart also jumped in to help and both were drowned. Other bridal party members narrowly escaped. Coroner's jury returned an accidental drowning verdict.
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Curiaco
Inter-Ocean
European Correspondence from Florence to Naples 1879
Florence letters chronicle a Rome start with Saint Peter’s top views and Vatican galleries. The journey then covers Pompeii excavations, Vesuvius warnings, Naples bay boat ride, National Museum, and ending in Florence with the Galleria degli Uffizi housing the Venus de Medici.
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Pompie
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Pompei
Will
Bay
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Arno
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Floyd Items and Local Notes in Fillmore Area
Wheat is stacked and threshing machines hum across the country with better yields. Watermelons will be plentiful. Druggist A. E. Robinson has moved from Fillmore to Contayville. D. E. Shoemaker is sick. Floyd township plans its second picnic at Shoemaker's Grove, two miles north in Fillmore, on Saturday, August 2, 1878.
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Fillmore
Contayville
D. E. Stisemaker
Floyd Township
Sesson
Shoemaker's Grove
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