Tragic Hardware Store Fire Ends Mahin Life
A Saturday fire at Mahin Brothers Hardware in Henry Nebraska claimed the life of Matthew Mahin aged 81. He was found engulfed in flames after an apparent lamp accident during a closing survey. Joseph Merdian rescued him, but physicians pronounced the case hopeless. Mahin died Sunday morning.
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Mahin % Bros. Hardware
Stella
Neb
Henry
Matthew
Mahin
Joseph Merdisn
Joseph Merdian
Nebraska
Matthew Simpson Mahin
Peru
Ind
Matthew Simpson
Roy Milton Mahin
M. E
Indiana
Kansas
Judge Polk
Weasley D. Mahin
Kokomo
Geo. E. Mahin
New Castle
Milton F
Mahin Broas
Stella, Neb
Homestead Claims
Geo. Scholes, Jr
J. Kulp
Funeral in Paskell House Parlors for Deceased
A short service conducted by Rev J E Taylor followed, as pallbearers Frank Osbi srg Lewis Osberg Bruce Perley William Sleator Richard Snethen and John Aten brought the casket to a plumed hearse and moved it to the depot for shipment to New Castle Indiana, home of the parents, where funeral and interment occurred Tuesday afternoon. Friends gathered at the depot to aid in the solemn duties. The store remained under Albert Eckhart’s charge until further orders.
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Paskell House
J E. Taylor
Frank Osbi
Lewis Osberg
Bruce Perley
William Sleator
Richard Snethen
John Aten
New Castle
Ind
Albert Eckhart
Punishment of falsifiers and medieval trade control echoes
The article recalls fourteenth century guild power over trade with records of fraud punished by city authorities. It details hatters burning false hats in Chepe and potters exposed for selling pots with bad metal, plus examples of pillory punishments for deceitful sales. It ends noting secular events and local notices re church concert and marriages.
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Tes Tash
Chepe
Aleyn Lo Sopere
West Chopo
Quear Ana
Fritz Visits Chicago For Fair Panoramas And Exposition
Fritz left Tuesday for Chicago to visit Mrs Wineberger and Mrs Gasch. He plans to view the exposition the state fair and the panoramas of civil war battles.
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Mra Goo
Fritz
Chicago
Wineberger
Gasch
Faris Takes Full Charge of Ringgold Bakery
John G. Faris buys his brother James Faris’s share in the Ringgold Iowa bakery and will assume full control of the business, directing operations going forward.
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John G. Faris
Jamés
Ringgold
Iowa
Rts
Nebraska trip of traveling salesman Welly Gould
Welly Gould travels in Nebraska as a traveling salesman for the Moline Plow Co. While he is away his wife will visit her parents in Kansas.
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Welly Gould
Nebraska
Kansas
Mount Vernon Exaction Probed by Public in Washington
A New York Telegram correspondent denounces Mount Vernon Associa tion and steamboat owners for charging visitors one dollar for round trip and grounds access, with sixty five cents to boatmen and thirty five cents to the association. The piece alleges monopoly, scant public oversight, and calls for accountability and action.
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Mount Vernon
Washington
Mount Vernon Association
Iself
Aigen
Ccssa
New York
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