Putnam County Circuit Court Disposes Several Cases
Putnam County Circuit Court convened with Judge Worthington. Plea guilty for William Hetrick in a larceny case. $25 fine plus costs and jail until paid. Various cases disposed or continued including foreclosures, partitions, and injunctions. multiple judgments for plaintiffs and costs. several cases referred to master in chancery.
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Putnase County
Putnam County
Worthington
D B Turver
Henry Republican
William Hetrick
Robert Unzicher
William & Moore
John G Mickle
Hennepin Shooting Club
John Clemens
Town
P m
John Martin
Assumpsit
Marcus B Kays
Charles A Norris
Mary
Norris
Parviance Va
Julia S Laughlin
Charles E Bmithstal
Geo E Sparland
John McKinzie
A Connors
Michael Murry
Patrick Slavin
William Green
Eliza J Homing House
Quinine Tonic Promoted by Local Druggist
An old style advertises tasteless quinine tonic for chills or fever priced at 23 cents. It claims to fight malaria and promises relief with acetanilid.
Saratoga 8.8 Convention Program at Township Sunday School
The township Sunday school convention sits at the church next Sunday with Robert Kelley presiding. Afternoon topic includes devotional exercises by Rev J T Killip, papers on Sabbath school attendance, and a description of a Holy Land trip. Evening session features devotional exercises, discussions on the church’s Sabbath school opportunities, recitations, a Jennie Wilsn paper, and a question drawer.
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Saratoga
Township
Robert Kelley
J T Killip
Frank Saunders
Stark County
James Parker
Wyoming
Thompson
Whitefield
JS Thompson
Lasco
Thos Martin
LaPrairie
Calvin Stowell
la Prairie
Wm McAtae
Jennie Wilsn
J W Grieves
Lucan
Wilbur Root
N Holmes
Obituary of Henry Hammel a Prominent Farmer
Henry Hammel died at his home near Thomasboro on Wednesday night October 11 1899 after seven weeks of illness from typhoid fever pneumonia and related ailments. He was 39 years old and survived by a wife two sons a daughter his parents two brothers and a sister. He was noted for integrity cheer and sympathy and was among the early members of the Modern Woodmen. The funeral from St Elizabeths Church followed by interment at the Catholic cemetery drew a large attendance including relatives from Henry Camp Grove Rantoul and nearby towns. A neighbor recounts his life and faith and a local doctor praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy based on a testimonial in the notice.
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Henry Hammel
Thomasboro
Mr Hammel
Atlas
Henry
Marshall County
Lit
Annie Mallman
Camp Grove
Ettendd
Cagholia
Hammel
Mallmac
Andrew
Joba Mallan
Jacob Kissel
P V Cary
Rantoul
News
John Malofan
Andrew Fiedler
Champion Digamil Arrested in Chicago for Bigamy
Farne worth, alias Bradford, alias Bradshaw, was arrested in Chicago on a charge of having nine wives across several states.
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Chicago
Farneworth
Bradford
Bradshaw
Boer Victory Claimed at Glencoe In War Update
The Temps reports British losses at Glencoe were heavy and the War Office plans to withhold official word until a further favorable engagement is confirmed. Telegraph cables from Ladysmith say Kruger and Joubert led the Boer attack, marking a renewed assault on Glencoe. George Wyndham, parliamentary secretary of the War Office, sums up the situation.
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Glencoe
Yule
Lord Wolseley
West
Paris
London
War Office
Kruger
Telegraph
Ladysmith
Joubert
Admiral Dewey Cancels Engagements for Health
Washington reports Admiral Dewey has canceled engagements to visit Philadelphia Atlanta Chicago and other cities due to impaired health. His house committee chose 1747 Rhode Island Avenue Northwest known as the Fitch house as a home, priced at 50000 with 46000 on hand and Fitch adding 4000 to complete the sum. The treasury solicitor will examine the title today and the purchase will be completed and the property turned over on Tuesday. Dewey had indicated this house as his choice from among more than 60 considered.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Chicago
Dewey House Committee
Rhode Island Avenue
Northwest
Fitch House
Fitch
the Treasury
Robbers Kill Man Then Ambush Police in Doniphan
In Doniphan Atchison County two robbers shot and killed a man in a store and wounded another during a robbery. On Sunday they ambushed a posse pursuing them, killing a policeman and wounding another officer. The robbers are surrounded.
Natal battles and Boer movements charted in British dispatches
A London report from October 25 describes Lord Wolseley summarizing Natal conditions. Gen Yule retreated from Dundee to Glencoe Junction as Boer forces under Joubert, about 9,000 strong, advance. White reinforces Ladysmith and Lady smith remains tense. Evacuations at Glencoe and Dundee are noted with reports of missing news from Glencoe camps and anxious morale.
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House of Commons
Lord Wolseley
Natal
Elandslangte
Yule
Dundee
Glencoe Junction
White
Ladysmith
Pietermaritzburg
Glencoe
Gun. Yule
Joubert
Washbank
Yule Tetrenats
London
Cape Town
Grencoe
Mafeking
Kimberley
Two Men Killed in Lumber Mill Explosion in Orange
An explosion at a lumber mill in Orange Texas on Monday afternoon killed two workers and injured eight others. The blast left several men homeless and disrupted nearby buildings with fire and debris.
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Orange
Tex
Fate of a Brute: Mob executes Gambrell killers
A Canton Mississippi special reports that at St Anne in Leake County a mob hanged John Gray for complicity in the Gambrell murder while Joe Leflore and others were burned after their confessions. The tragedy followed the Gambrels being tied to the floor and burned with kerosene as vigilante justice swept the town.
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Memphis
Tenn
Canton
Miss
St. Anne
Leake County
Gambrel
Joe Leflore
Councilman Reilly Inherits 80000 From Texas Farmer
Cleveland official J L Reilly learns he has received an $80,000 legacy from Sam Antonito after saving a Palmer Texas farmer and his runaway team years ago in San Antonio. The farmer John Wallace reportedly died recently, triggering the bequest.
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Cleveland
J. L. Reilly
San Antonio
Pex
Reilly
Palmer
Tex
John Wallace
Sam Antonito
A Hoosier Tragedy Sparks Murder Suicide in Inwood
Thomas Apple, about 60, a resident of Inwood six miles east of Here, shot and killed himself after a divorce dispute with his estranged wife. Witnesses watched but could not intervene before the tragedy occurred Tuesday following the separation.
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Plymouth, Ltd
Thomas Apple
Inwood
Here
Westway Strands At Watlings Island In The Bahamas
The British brig Westway, from Barbadoes for Rum and New York, stranded at Watlings Island in the Bahamas on October 24 and was a total loss. The crew arrived with the vessel's materials. In Seattle, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union national convention adopted resolutions opposing President McKinley’s Philippines policy and reelected Mrs L M Stevens of Maine as president.
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NSPP
Westway
Gnpt
Young
Barbadoes
Rum Yy
New York
Watlings Island
Seattle
Wash
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
MelKinley
Philippines
Mra
L.M . Stevens
Maine
Marshall County Teachers Association Meeting Program
The program for a Marshall County Teachers Association meeting in Henry lists sessions on education topics, lectures, and sectional discussions for November 10 and 11. It covers rhetoric, literature, reading, expression, and primary language goals with named speakers and grade bands.
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Marshall County Teachers’ Association
Henry
J .Tyeth
Chicago
Caddie Sims Suenrer
Peoria
Ka M Ong
Peru
Delsarte
Stella Clapp
Lacon
Wm Calhoun
Elato Swing
Lucretia Smith
Wenona
Charles McTaggart
Toluca
J R Bouton
Sparland
Digouasion
Luella J Worley
Ora Hickman
Minnie Fitzgerald
Blake Franklin
Sarah Too
Washburn
Belle Mann
Gonmiltee
Taughars’ Institute
Dietrid
Sora
Boards of Education
Sucb
Hundhousen Sentenced to Twenty Years in Honeck Murder Case
Herman Hundhousen receives a 20 year term in Judge Baker's court as an accomplice of Richard Honeck. The victim Walter Fy Eoeller was stabbed to death at his boarding house on September 2 while ill in bed.
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Chicago
Herman Hundhhousen
Baker's Court
Richard Honeck
Walter Fy Eoeller
Indicted for Murder in Paris Missouri Case
Alexander Jester was indicted on a first degree murder charge in Paris Missouri. The alleged victim, Gilbert Gates, brother of John W Gates of Chicago, disappeared 20 miles west of Paris in 1871 while with Jester.
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Paris
Alexander Jester
Gilbert Gates
John W. Gates
Chicago
Jester
Cuban man kills sweetheart then himself in Peoria
On October 25 in Peoria Juan Garcia, a Cuban, murdered his sweetheart Miss Be sie Mahoney, daughter of a prominent citizen, and then killed himself. The fatal motive cited is the parents’ refusal to allow marriage.
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Peoria
Juan Garcia
Beasie Mahoney
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