Remarkable Lifespans And Vitality From Old Records
A collage of age stories from Kentucky to Maryland and beyond highlights centenarians and near-centenarians. Notable figures include Mrs. Gillispie of Morgan County aged 103 who walks two miles to church, Matilda Stevenson who lived to 105 and was baptized in Paris, Kentucky, and Rutia Simpers who died at 110 in the Nikton almshouse after a slave era to freedom arc. The piece also notes a 93 year old Carmel resident at a daughter’s funeral, 88 year old Mrs. Julia Smith Parker celebrating a May anniversary in Glastonbury, and Mrs Brassell of Grand Rapids described as founding a century of life while mother to 17 children. Other souls are described in vivid, if quirky, detail: 10 year old Harry Skinner in Powell County with thinning hair and new teeth, Jim Ingraham, a Wynn’s Mill elder hailed for vitality and humor, and Joshua Halbert of Crawford County still cheerful despite chronic rheumatism and 11 bears killed in 1816. A madam Aunt Hester and Aunt Saran Mosely reflect emancipation-era memories and family lineage with long-lived kin and historic roles. The tone blends obituary-like reminiscence with antiquarian anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Skinner
Powell County
Rutia Simpers
Nikton
Julia Smith Parker
Glastonbury
Conn
Brassell
Grand Rapids, Mich
Hester Presbury
Baltimore City
Hester
Saran Mosely
Madison
Ind
North Carolina
David Ballou
Washington
Mosely
Kentuck
Veteran California Volunteer Fell Ill On Track
George Peasland, a 1860s California Volunteers cavalry veteran, whose poisoned arrow wounds from Apache campaigns lingered, was seized by a crippling abdominal pain while walking the Virginia City New Mexico railroad track. He collapsed between rails, signaled helpers by throwing stones at the depot saloon, and was found in agony at the railway depot this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Peasland
California Volunteers
Arizona
Peasland
Peaseland
Puss Queer Pets and a Rat Befriendings Surprises
In Wolocottsville a cat owned by Dr. Phelps befriends a half grown rat and raises it as a pet. The rat follows the cat and responds to her calls. The doctor moved the rat to a basket but the cat stole it back and likely hid it in the barn. Also, John Cox in Muncie Indiana slept in a lean housed room when an unknown shooter fired through the wall into his bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelps
John Cox
Muncie
Ind
Cox
Narrow Escape in Railroad Tunnel Near Union Depot
Several hundred passengers narrowly avoided suffocation when a crowded thirteen coach train stopped in a tunnel under Washington avenue near Seventh street. Smoke and coal gas filled the cars as panicked passengers struggled for air before rescue engines pulled the train back to open air. Many were injured and will take days to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerald Social Club
Oak Hall
Southeastern Railroad
Union Depot
Washington Avenue
Seventh Street
Locust and
Eigeth Streets
Elopement in Ladoga Ends in Marriage of Van Austin and Yeagley
The Crawfordsville Journal reports Charles Van Austin, a Ladoga carriage painter, and Miss Jennie Yeagley eloped after parental refusals. They married yesterday in Ladoga with Rev. J. W. Greene officiating and plan to reside there. A Chicago tale of Bernard Goodman and a widow ends with tragedy as his proposal to the widow’s daughter leads to the mother’s fatal shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ladoga
Charles van Austin
Jennie Yeagley
D. W. Yeagley
Scott & Yeagley
Bernard Goodman
Powers
Chicago
Nelly
Adventure With a Wild Boar in Tule Lands
In the flooded San Joaquin Valley farmers hunt wild hogs as the tule lands overflow. W. H. Tredway and his son Sylvester were attacked by a 350 pound boar. Tredway suffered a severe leg wound from a tusk near the knee while rescuing his horse, then rode home for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
California
San Joaquin Valley
W. H. Tredway
Sylvester
Mr.Tredway
Ile
Island Cypress Tree and Notable Deaths Across States
A hollow cypress on the Neuse Island North Carolina is mentioned. A Pennsylvania School Board lists Isaac L. Eagle Joel Fox and G. Bear as members. J Woods at Swan Springs California found a valuable watch and two neck chains hanging on a tree. Mary Mulhaney hanged herself sixteen years ago in Coshocton Ohio and her lover Henry Moore was later killed by accidental discharge of a gun under the same tree. Desert Springs Nevada reports heavy slaughter by wildcats and coyotes with a poisoned carcass and many animal remains found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Neuse
N. C
Pennsylvania
Isaac L. Eagle
Joel Fox
G. Bear
Swan's Springs
Cal
J. Woods
Mary Mulhaney
Coshocton
Ohio
Explosion Destroys Saloon Building at Lizton
Lizton on May 13 reports Max Herbster a German grocer with ale and beer faced hostility. A gunpowder blast wrecked his building last night. several narrowly escaped. Also noted is Jane Douglass dying in New York at 101 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizton
Max Herbster
Herbster
Castoria: Fat-raising lie in old patent medicine ad
An advertising notice touts PITCHER'S CASTORIA as non narcotic. It claims children grow fat, mothers approve, physicians recommend it, and it regulates bowels cures wind colic relieves feverishness and destroys worms.
WEI DE MEYER CATARRH Cure Discovery
A bold claim for a cure labeled as a constitutional antidote to catarrh by absorption. It asserts superiority to other remedies and promises prevention before consumption, emphasizing it as the most important discovery since vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wei DE Meyer
Limedale School Closes After Notable Exercises and Prizes
Limedale School closed on Tuesday with joint morning and afternoon programs. Lizzie Staley gave the salutatory, followed by declamations and recitations. prize winners in A grade included Ida M. Torr and Lizzie Staley. B grade honored pupils for punctuality. honors went to Belle Goddard Fisk Allen Willie Smith and others. Prof. G W Lee addressed the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limedale
Lizzie Staley
Ida M. Torr
Maggie Walls
Sallie Bodemer
Charles Torr
Isola Brown
Lucy Showalter
Bettie Glidewell
Belle Goddard
Fisk Allen
Willie Smith
Alexander Kessler
Emma Marsh
Ollie Hillis
Willie Showalter
Mel. Walls
Ella Enright
G. W. Lee
Greencastle
Druley
Southeast Monroe local notes and farm updates
Wheat harvest and corn planting coincide this year while clover is ready to mow. Miss Sophia Flinn of Fillmore visits family. Oliver Priest cuts saw logs for fencing. Perry Huffman promotes a patent washer and bleacher. New road delayed to fall. residents mind chores from road work to voting precinct change discussions. The Dry Branch martial band and Black Diamond Minstrels prepare for upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Flinn
Fillmore
Young
Somerset
Brick Chapel
Oliver Priest
Perry Huffman
Clark Davis
Will Hillis
Milton McCorkle
Greencastle
Black Diamond Minstrels
Dry Branch
Edwards to Address Hebrew Congregation in June
Hecbron A L Edwards will address the Hebrew congregation near Russellville on the second Lord's Day in June at 10:00 a.m. Theme: Did Jesus Arise from the Dead. A drunken stranger entering Mrs Evans' sick room at Arrowsmith Illinois caused fright that killed her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Edwards
Russellville
Jesus
Christ
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