Three Remarkable Bricks Highlight Day at Hammond Street
A Cincinnati report tells of a theft where three valuable bricks were substituted for gold in a valise. William Sly of Nicholsville, Clermont County, and a son-in-law traded $3500 in government bonds for gold, then lost it to thieves aboard a Little Miami railroad car. The bricks were placed in a paper valise and later recovered at Hammond Street Station House. The incident also notes drovers’ market reports from Cureaco and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sly
Nicholsville
Clermont County
Sly
W. H. Hughes & Co
West Third Street
Christopher Sly
Front Street
Miami Road
Mr. Sly
Hammond Street
Cincinnati
The Trial of Wor ton Couple for Swindling Fortune Match
Mary Worton and Timothy Worton were arrested in Brooklyn on March 31 for inducing mill owner William Jessop of Princeton Indiana to part with 2125 dollars in a fortune telling scheme. The jury found Mrs Worton guilty and sentenced her to a 1200 dollar fine and five years in the reformatory. her husband was acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Worton
Timothy Worton
Brooklyn
William Jessop
Princeton
Ind
Jessop
Ded
Gas tragedy at State Fair ends in attempted suicide
James Forrester aged over eighty and his wife from La Porte County died after they apparently blew out the gas in their Style House room at the Ohio and Meridian street corner lodging. The couple arrived for the State Fair. the husband died within twenty minutes of discovery while the wife remained unconscious but breathing with uncertain outcome after vigorous medical care. Forrester was a longtime La Porte County landowner and former legislator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
James Forrester
la Porte County
Mr. Forrester
Forrester
la Porte
Young Man Fatally Crushed by Thrashing Machine in Sharon Township
In Sharon township Washtenaw County a 20 year old named Willie Meyers fell into a thrashing machine while climbing over it onto a barn scaffold. His legs were caught and an amputation was required to free him. Despite efforts and medicines to ease pain he died after six hours of agony. Nearby stock market notes report hog prices at 4.80 to 5.15 per hundredweight in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devaerr
Mich
Sharon Township
Washtenaw County
Willie Meyers
Tragic Forgery Case Ended by Double Death in Indiana
Annie Chaplin, daughter of a bank director, was accused of passing a forged check. After her arrest she implicated G L Smith, a Singer agent, who later killed her and then himself in a yard confrontation. An inquest will determine details as the town reels from the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wansaw, Inc
Annie C. Chaplin
First National Bank
Benk
Chaplin
G. L. Smith
Singer
Annie
Smith
Man Who Wanted to Be Hanged Verdict in Ohio Murder Case
In Hardin County a jury finds Conrad Rentanbauch guilty of first degree murder for shooting J. M. Lehman aboard a Bee Line Railway passenger car. Lehman died soon after. Rentanbauch showed no remorse and indicated a wish to be hanged. Local sentiment supports the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Dennis Murphy
Rentanbauch
Hardin
J. M. Lehman
Lehman
Retanbauch
Castoria Medicine Adverts Its Benefits for Children
An old advertisement promotes PITCHER S CASTORIA as non narcotic. It claims children grow well with it and physicians recommend it. The copy cites bowel regulation relief from wind colic feverishness and worm cure.
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Bluein
Seidlitz
Prom Kuperttoomsox
Arch of the Disciples of Christ
Detroit
Craig
Atall
Dundas Dick& CO
Wooster Street
New York
Pyne Ko
All Upgista
Ik Dundas Dick & Co., Mfg
DR. Barbers Intale
Barber
Brent Good & CO
New York City
Houghton
Nature
Broughton
J. H. Rint
Willson
Watt
Jillson
Gueare City
Masta N.Y
Cincinnati Gazette
Hamond Street
Cureaco
the Drovers’ Journal
Hoos
Carrie
London
New York Son
Univer Stock Yards
Indianapolity
Annie Chaplin
Ehinmasets
Indiana Morrer
Gentrup
Wei DE Meyer
Indianapolis, Ind
Pettis, Ivers & Co
Indiana
Putnam County
Moses D. Bridges
Putnam Circuit Court
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
Congress
Fifth District
Thirteenth Circuit
General Assembly
Hendricks
Putnam
Greencastle
M.D. Bridges
Moses T. Lewman
P. C
Black & Brother
Black & Brothel
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