Indiana News Affects Land Titles And Local Plans
A United States government ruling declares the Harmony Society of Economy owns the Abie town site and land titles may cloud many properties. The piece notes a 35,000 theatre plan for New Brighton, a fatality on the Wheeling & Lake Erie line at Adena, near-suffocation incidents in Lethslehem, and multiple local accidents and developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Las Wriday
Abie Town
Harmony Society of Economy
Julia Reeves
Supreme Court
New Brighton
Henry Watkins
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Adena
Lethslehem
Jas. Smiley
Beaver Valley
Schuylkill County
Beis Po Yeum
Ashland
High
Shell T
Butler
Mont
F. M. Willey
Phillipsburg
Johnstown
Eureka
Michel Bukoveki
Cambria Works
Erie County
Union
Lehigh
Tamaqua
Gwinera
Hartford
Wilkesbarre
Robert Gordon
Williamsport
Chestnut
Shippensburg
Benjamin Lee
State Board of Health
Samuel Bliss
Chandlersville
George Rosencrans
Scranton
Governor McKinley Is Sworn In In Columbus
Governor McKinley took the oath at 11 30 after a sunny Columbus inauguration. Lt Governor Harris and state officers were sworn in, the parade followed, and Chief Justice Marshall administered the oath. McKinley addressed reapportionment and the gerrymander, urging fair districts and preserving voter rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
McKinley
A. L. Harris
D. K. Watson
W. T. Cope
E. W. Pee
Public Works
C. E. Grace
Food Com
W. J. McKean
Capitol
General Assembly
Supreme
Major McKinley
Campbell
House
Senate
Chittenden
State Capitol
H.W. Benlett
Wesley Chapel
M.E. Church
Marshall
J. Williams
State Supreme Court
Ohio
Congress
State House Yard
Broad Street
Barris
Senate Chamber
Supreme Court
Capital and Labor Doings in Rockford and Indianapolis
About 40 Rockford wood carvers strike over pay method, risking factory-wide walkouts. Indianapolis street railway system is paralyzed as unions ban free rides, forcing workers to pay or walk. Tegmen box company in Chicago faces potential general strike after firing 12 for alleged incompetence. New Castle plans a $150,000 tin plate mill to hire 200 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford Ji
Indianapolis
Frenzel
Citizens’ Street Railway Committee
Tegmyer Box Company
Chicago
New Castle
Gas in a Church Causes Fainting Spree in Grace Reformed
A January incident at Grace Reformed Church in Tiffin Ohio saw a young woman faint first, followed by 14 more congregants asphyxiated by natural gas leaking from a church flue. Medical staff restored consciousness. pastor Dr. Buschman remained prostrated. Separately, Minneapolis wheat stocks fell from last week with private elevators holding 1.566 million bushels and city elevators at 499 bushels. country elevators in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Manitoba show 11.8725 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Reformed Church
Buschman
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Amivoegota
Dakotas
Assault on the Yorktown in Chilean waters reported
Commander Evang of the gunboat Yorktown reports his gig was stoned by three men while near Valparaiso. He sought Chilean police protection and warned he would defend his crew if attacked again. The Chilean naval officer assured punishment and protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
Evang
Yorktown
United States
Chilian
Valparaiso
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Oticer
Faithful Dog Tries to Save Master in Fatal Elevator Accident
In Scranton Pa on January 13 Charles Dorne a livery stable employee on Chestnut Street fell forty feet into an elevator shaft and died. His dog alerted workers by whining and dragging its master from the pit evidence of attempted rescue with teeth marks on the arm and torn clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Charles Dorne
Chestnut Street
Dorne
Encouraging Reports for the First Week of the New Year
R G Dun and Company notes varied early year trade. Prices for wheat and cotton dropped, exports slowed, and cotton hit the lowest upland price since early 1849 at 7.44 cents. Receipts and bank held stock depressed Southern commerce while money eased in several cities. Some regions showed better activity in Philadelphia and Cincinnati, with stronger iron demand in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Output gains in Minneapolis and St Louis aided early year trade, but regional collections remained slow and failures rose overall to 593 in the US and 42 in Canada for the eight days ending December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
South
Memphis
Nashville
Little Rock
Galveston
Savannah
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Northwest
United States
Canada
Canadas
Explosion in Essen Coal Pit Kills Six Miners
Brief notes report a fire damp explosion at Wolfsbank coal pit in Essen killing six miners and burning seven. Other items mention imperial drunkenness laws, Genoa and Milan schools closed for influenza, London Board of Trade December trade shifts, and a Polish robbery murder at Obszanka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfsbank
Essen
Reichstag
William
Genoa
Milan
Transac
London Board of Trade
Wreck on Monon Route Leaves Two Dead In Indiana
Crawfordsville Ind Jan 12 The fast mail between Jouvisville and Chicago on the Monon route wrecked at Nicholson crossing when an outer rail broke on a curve and the train plunged down a 20 foot embankment Madam Ivan Rokey a danseuse with the Syracuse Burlesque company and Ben Hamburg a Cincinnati drummer were killed Many passengers were injured some seriously A large force worked near the wreck to aid and revive victims The site is near the earlier freight collision scene from a month ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Jouvisville
Chicago
Nicholson’s Crossing
Ivan Rokey
Danseuse
Syracuse City Burlesque Company
Ben Hamburg
Cincinnati
Riot and lynching in Micanopy Florida headline
A race riot in Micanopy ends with white citizen W. Jefferson Chitty killed after a pistol shot from Henry Hinson. A negro named John Jones is killed in the melee and Hinson is captured and hanged by a mob in the public square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micanopy
Fla
W. Jefferson Chitty
John Jones
Chitty
Henry Hinson
Hinson
Big Express Strike Extends Across South
Nashville reports a widespread strike by Southern Express Messengers on the Illinois Central and allied lines. Wages were raised before Christmas then cut back, leading to mass refusals and orders for strikers to quit from New Orleans. In Ohio a Panhandle train crash injures conductor and damages cars due to failed airbrakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Express
Ilinois Central
South
New Orleans
North Carolina
Cordelle
Happenings From Ocean to Ocean in a Brief War
A summary of late events reports fires destroying hundreds of homes in La Chute Quebec Newton Pa and Jeannette Pa with totals losses. A wife is murdered then husband commits suicide in Albany New Jersey. An explosion at a coal mine injures and kills several near Shamokin Pa. A Mexican execution after stabbing a police chief. Freight wreck near Little Rock Arkansas kills three. Various deaths, crimes, and weather notes fill the roundup. Names places and dates include La Chute Newton Jeannette Albany Shamokin Little Rock and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Chute
Quebec
Newton
Jeannette
Cook
Hugh Henry
Jesus Bruno Martinez
Mexico
Secret Police
Fort Smith Road
Little Rock
Ark
Merwin
Freeman
Kennedy
E. P. Denton
Hamilton
Ill
W. Story
Waterloo
Iowa
Santa Claus
Price
Marrig Pliti
Recorder Smythe
New York
N. A. Chandier
D. G. Ambler
Ocala
Fla
George Washington
Lawson
New York Harbor
Boston
DIED OF NEGLECT IN BALTIMORE RIOT INQUIRY
Vallejo California January 14 a Baltimore investigation reveals neglect caused the death of Turnbull after a riot. Sailors testified to wounds and hospital delays as surgeons sought transfer to the ship. Blood poisoning. Two sailors killed two seriously wounded and several others hurt. In Norristown a boiler explosion at A M March pork packing plant killed three men and injured others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Cal
Baltimore
Slong
Riggin
Turnbull
Davidson
Chilians
Foster
Sisters of Charity
Norristown
A. M March
This County
John Haw
John Myers
Thomas Hendren
Fifty-Second Congress Debates Bills and Appointments
The House and Senate today introduced and referred multiple measures. Bills ranged from uniform bankruptcy and free coinage of silver to bipartite monetary talks and foreign negotiations on silver usage. The Senate debated artist definitions under the Alien Contract law and prohibitions on enlisted soldiers taking civil jobs. The session included an executive brief and adjournment with exchanges over committee powers and economy motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
Missouri
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Russia
Simpson
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Boards of Trade
M J. Hopkins
Illinois
Committee On Ways and Means
Springer
Committee On Rules
Senate
Quay
Musical Protective Association
Army
Navy
Turspsy
Bradford
Wind River Reservation
Wyoming
Pyramid Lake Reservation
Oklahoma
Committee On Indian Affairs
House
Taylor
Ohio
Judiciary Committee
Iowa
Harper
Bringer
Wise
Virginia
Gommerce
Bynum
Holeman
Yeas
Alliance
Jones
Nevada
Stewart
Finance Committee
THE GRIP WAVE TASTES ITS WIDE REACH
Alarm spreads as grip wrecks Europe and America with deaths in London Brighton and Everton. At Teignmouth Catholic College and in Brabant Louvain and Antwerp inmates and nurses fall ill. In Massillon Ohio three Dolheimer family members die and others are gravely ill. In Washington a Watson resolution seeks inquiry into the Pinkerton agency over its militia like force and possible constitutional violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Frederick Gennett
Brighton
Lord
Lady Brooks
Everton
Teignmouth
Lincoln
Earl of Charlemont
Dublin
Reeve
Down
Paris
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Louvain
Brabant
Gheil
Antwerp
Massillon, O
Philip Dolheimer
Gap
Suiday
NO NIGHT EXPRESS Halted By Regional Mail Strikes
The Messenera Strike expands from Illinois Central to Louisville & Nashville as 50 workers walk out from Louisville to New Orleans. Express service halted north to Cincinnati and south to New Orleans. Three L N men transferred to I C and were discharged for refusing runs. No night express on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenera
Ohio
Nashville
Illinois Central Road
Louisville & Nashville
Louisville
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Illinois Central
Eight Dead in Oklahoma Mine Explosion at Krebs
McAllister I T reports a catastrophic blast at mine No 11 operated by Sage coal and mining near Krebs Oklahoma. Rescue attempts followed as bodies were recovered and the death toll rose with estimates around 100 and more injured. Officials blamed a lone entry man for firing shots against orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krebs
Sizty
McAllister
Temporary Speaker Beston McMillin of Fourth Tennessee
Benton Moc Millin acted as Speaker of the National House during Speaker Crisp illness. Born September 11 1923 in Monroe County Kentucky he studied at Philomath Academy Tennessee and Kentucky University Lexington and began law practice in 1871. He served in the Tennessee House, negotiated for Kentucky territory, was an elector in 1876, and held multiple court and congressional roles as a Democrat with election results listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisp
Benton MocMillin
Tennessee
House of Representatives
McMillin
Monroe County
Philomath Academy
Kentucky University
Lexington
Celing
Kentucky
Tilden and Hendricks
C. W. Garratt
J. R. Goodpasture
Influenza Ravages Across Europe and United States
Reports from London and Paris note a severe influenza surge with epidemics in French towns and rising mortality. In Dublin and New York officials warn of grave impact, while a Vienna suburb reports 15 deaths in two days and schools closed. A New Jersey town descends into widespread illness with no unaffected residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
France
Stammerdorf
Vienna
Valencia
Yorkshire
Dorset
Essex
Kent
England
Robert Knox
Armagh
All Ireland
Dublin
Easton
Michal Brown
Lafayette
John Brown
New York
Melancton Smith
U.S. N
Berlin
Pfeifer
Koch
Reichweisen
Sndetic
Bohemian
Buzzville
N. J
Loss of life in Namchow sinking near Cupchi Point
A Hong Kong dispatch reports the Namchow sank after a shaft leak allowed water to flood the engine room. Four hundred fourteen Chinese passengers died. all aboard were lost, while European officers and crew perished attempting to save the vessel. A second notice covers U S tariff reciprocity actions and March 15 proclamation timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hong Kong
Meifoo
Cupchi Point
China Seas
Fires and Failures Sweep Through Several Towns
United States Bank Examiner E H Dem gler suspended First National Bank at Muncy Pennsylvania after failing to open an empty vault. State University of Missouri at Columbia burned destroying 40000 volumes library. building insured for 130000. Wapello Iowa firms burned total losses around 30000 with 20000 insurance. Dublin Ireland heavy snow halts traffic as funeral party lost in storm and hearse abandoned. Freeport Illinois child perishes in house fire after mother briefly left home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Lydia A. Walker
Catemus
Wis
Maine
United States Bank
E. H. Dem Gler
First National Bank
Muncy
Washington
Comptroller of Currency
State University of Missouri
Columbia
Loggan
Dublin
Ireland
Tyrone
Markets and World Population Data From Old Ledger
A fragmentary market list shows cattle and hog prices across East Liberty and Pittsburg stock yards, followed by a long discussion on the world population, noting Europe as most dense, Asia next, and Africa, with estimates near 1.48 billion globally and a growth of about 46 million since 1882. It highlights Europe’s density at 94 per square mile and America’s sparse 8 per mile, implying potential future expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceanic
America
Australia
New World
Orleans Picaying
Tick Tack Poem Echoes Through Quiet Entry Way
A short verse echoes through a Chicago home with ticking sounds and a bedtime lullaby. The speaker, identified as H. S. Keller, notes the familiar scene of stairs and a slumbering baby, inviting morning light and gentle wakefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise
Tick Tack
H. S. Keller
Chicago
Wit and Whimsy Snippets From Everyday Life
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips on manners, work, and daily scenes. Jests about bread making and baseball, a waiter rebuked, a doctor’s visits, a ram’s pranks, and social missteps at a wedding. Bright slices of old newspaper humor.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Progress
Wednespar
Pennsylvania Notes
Mt. Carmel
Daniel Burke
Washington, Pa
Live Stock Insurance Company
Mary Donnell
Bush Mountain
Treasury
Qhid
William MC Ainley
Evass
Obszanka
Poland
Feible
Panhandle
Steubenville
Venetia
Lee Barris
Tseless
Neilson
Philip Deserts
Paul Cranzie
George English
George Steel
Shamokin
John Deaa
Cy Prime
Mary Bird
New Haven, Conn
Homer Alen
Amherst
N. Y
Hazelton
David Buckner
Smithton
Cantor
New York Senate
Frank Brown
Annapolis
Pinkertons
Watson
Georgia
House Committee On the Judiciary
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Peoria
Hil
John Morris
Wra
Murphy
Kingston Mines
York
William Hazlett
Richard Hughes
Indian Territory
Benton McMillin
Tenne Ies
Beston M'Millin
Blaine
Austro-Hungary
Colombia
Haiti
Nicaragua
Honduras
Spain
Phillipine Island
Venezuela
Wapolio
Freeport
East Liberty
Creamery
Elgin
Peererr
Livestock Report
Wumorots
Ram
Beccause
Heeler
Wheeler
Miss Passe
Mr. Goodfellow
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!