Happy Hoosiers Sixteen Get Homes in Indian Country
Indianans drew 160 acres each of Kiowa Comanche lands on Wednesday in El Reno Oklahoma. The list includes Gas HB Polsdorfer Evansville Sam Webb Bloomington G W Meek Hebron Thomas S Lake West Point N3 Whitney Warsaw F Gildewell Indianapolis E M Fitch Fort Wayne Robert L Keller Cloverdale Salem Hh gery Brazil G A Pollock Russellville John M VanCleave Crawfordsville J M Philips Syria C P Garrison Fort Branch W T Shepherd Ja sonville R E Ediline Vincennes Sherman York Mount Vernon.
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EL Reno
O. T
Brazil
G. A. Pollock
Russellvile
John M. VanCleave
Crawfordsville
J. M. Philips
Syria
C. P. Garrison
Fort Branch
W. T. Shepherd
Jasonville
R. E. Ediline
Vincennes
Sherman York
Mount Vernon
Burned Mill Threat Moves to Realization Near Orleans
Esrnest Heise of Saltillo received a letter on July 8 demanding a sack of 150 in gold and silver be left at the cross roads south of town at 9:30 that night or his mill would be burned. On Wednesday night the mill was set ablaze. Officers say they have a clue to the incendiary.
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Orleans
Ind
Esrnest Heise
Saltillo
Frour
Cross Roads
Love Suit Shenanigans Shake Greensburg Court
In Greensburg Indiana on August 1 Morgan L. Miers battles Paul Minear in a sensational encounter. Rumor says Minear may sue for $10,000 for alleged alienation of a wife's affections after injuries from Miers interrupted their tete-a-tete. Minear was to wed a wealthy Indianapolis woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Morgan L. Miers
Paul Minear
Minear
Miers
Indianapolis
Bishop Moore Letter Sparks Sensation in Franefort
In Franefort Indiana a letter from Bishop David H. Moore who went to China a year ago states that Americans would have committed far greater wrongs if provoked only one tenth as much. The missive has created a sensation.
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Franefort
Ind
David H. Moore
China
Aged bank president dies near Greensfork
Jesse Cates aged 86 president of Union National Bank dies at his country home near Greensfork Indiana. He had been active until five months earlier and was among the oldest bank presidents in the nation.
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Richmond
Ind
J— Jesse Cates
Union National Bank
Greensfork
Jie
Copperhead Den Surprise In Panville Campout
Charles Z ook and friends camping near Danville woke to a large snake crawling over him with many copperheads nearby. The tent lay beside a den and 11 snakes were killed. no one was bitten.
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Panville
Ind
Charles Zook
Ramp
Danville
Cook
Knowns Case of Itching Pains Ends in Self-Harm Spurred by Needle
In Kokomo Indiana on a Wednesday, William Sampsell asked his wife to serate his ceck after years of internal pain and itching. She pricked his finger with a sharp needle that had traveled through his body, provoking renewed itching as it was withdrawn.
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Kokomo
Ind
William Sampsell
Lake Shore Freight Wreck East of Millersburg
A Lake Shore freight train was wrecked east of Millersburg on Thursday morning. Seven cars were demolished and burned, but the crew miraculously escaped unharmed.
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Goshen
Ind
Splj
Millersburg
Teen Drowns in Ohio River Third This Week
Jeffersonville Indiana report says George Herberich aged 17 drowned in the Ohio River Wednesday night, marking the third river victim this week.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
George Herberich
Ohio
Notable Early Settlers and Merchants Mentioned in Obituary Notes
The text lists individuals tied to early settlement and commerce: D. Rawlings a prominent dry goods merchant in Anderson. Frederick Lennis a Hamilton county pioneer in Elwood. Mrs. Anna A. Wharton eight, a pioneer in Flora with four generations surviving her. Mrs. Ann M. Hardesty noted as the first white woman to settle in Pulaski county in Sinamac.
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Anderson
D. Rawlings
Elwood
Frederick Lennis
Hamilton County
Flora
Anna A. Wharton
Sinamac
Ann M. Hardesty
Pulaski County
Wabash Dairymen Form Milk Trust News Item
Wabash dairymen form a milk trust. Police Capt. Dawson of Shelbyville sold a walnut tree on his farm near Shelbyville for 9100. Mrs. Jennie Miner aged 44 hanged herself in Richmond. A good oil well was struck in Liberty township in Wabash county. A quarrel over a busted bicycle caused confusion.
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Dawson
Shelbyville
Jennie Miner
Richmond
Liberty Township
Wabash Counts
Methodist Bishop Endorses Peruna For Catarrh Relief
Bishop A. Grant of Indianapolis writes that Peruna is a good medicine for catarrh and commends it to others. Clergy members endorse Peruna for vocal tract catarrh and general debility from sedentary life, noting strong public speaking benefits.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Pennsylvania Street
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
A. Grant
Peruna
Bishop Grant
Peruna Testimonials From Prominent Pastors Endorse Medicine
Prominent pastors advertise Peruna in letters praising its effects. Rev. E. G. Smith of Greensboro Georgia reports his son’s catarrh improving after two bottles. Rev. A S Vaughn of Eureka Springs Arkansas says five bottles restored his strength after chills. Readers are invited to write Dr Hartman for free medical advice at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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EB. G. Smith
Vaughn
Eureka Springs
Ark
Rev
A. S. Vaughn
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Man in bed forty years after farm sale dies in Indiana
John Bond, a Black man from Orange County, Indiana, died in Mitchell after nearly four decades in bed. He swore he would stay in bed until he turned white if the farm was sold and moved with his family to Mitchell. His sisters cared for him. he was sometimes wheeled to the polls until adoption of the Australian voting system ended that practice.
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Mitchell
Ind
John Bond
Orange County
John
Terre Haute Doctor Falls From Window in Hotel
Dr. C. I. Askren, 60, fell from the second story window of McPeake's hotel in Terre Haute Ind at 5 30 am Thursday and was instantly killed. He had practiced medicine here for 15 years and was brought to the hotel by a hackman at 1 am. His divorced wife lives at French Lick Springs.
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Terre Haute
Ind
C. I. Askren
McPeake
Hackman
French Lick Springs
Remarkable stock offer promises full cash refund on purchase
This company offers subscribers a stock plan where the purchaser receives the full amount paid back in cash before any dividends. About one eighth of the stock sold in the first three days. Officers listed as AS. S. Cruse president L. G. Akin vice president Cyrus J. Clark secretary O. Z. Hubbell treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AS. S. Cruse
L.G. Akin
Cyrus J. Clark
Z. Hubbell
Elopements, injuries, and trials haunt Shelbyville area
Reports from Indiana describe William Gore planning to shoot Joe Ballard in Shelbyville, missing youths Phin Truesdell and Lena Buatterman said to have eloped, and Edmund Willis dying from lockjaw after a foot injury while swimming. Other items note land prizes won by Hoosiers in Oklahoma, a boy injured by a gun blast, and a grand jury bond for Martin Frieze. Local issues include nuisance dumpings near Blue River, dog tax prosecutions, and weather-related field damage.
Linotype upgrades and clergy changes in local notes
The article explains the Linotype machines now in the office and notes the paper’s claim of backing eight presidential winners. Rev. E B Widger of Columbus resigns as pastor of Central Christian Church to lead his former church in La Porte, the roof garden church founder after a split with Tabernacle.
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E. B. Widger
Columbus
Central Christian Church
Laporte
Widger
Roof Garden
Tabernacle
Chicago Market Quotes Mixed After Trading Quiet Opening
Trading opened with George H. Phillips selling holdings causing brief excitement in the pit though not enough to move prices. Commodity bids showed higher September values for wheat and pork while eggs butter and dairy products posted varied gains and declines across grades.
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Chicago
George H. Phillips
Limburger
Last day of homestead drawing brings possible squatter clashes
In Reno Nevada on August 1 1890 or 1891 the final draw for homesteads may end. Fourteen thousand names remain to be published with no crookedness claimed. Winners depart to claim lands while squatters resist eviction and many disappointed people head home broken and without funds.
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EV Reno
QO. T
Bombarded Sampson Pictures Dislegged in Newport Fete
Newport Rhode Island August 1 crowds destroyed four of Admiral Sampsons pictures in a fete display. A rock was thrown through a Sampson picture in a show window. Schleys pictures remained unposted. Deweys pictures were not molested. Miss Marie Sonnenberg hosted a dinner for Miss Ethel Falkenstein who is visiting. A $50 000 temporary loan was delivered to Controller Dunn by Security Trust Company aiding timely payment to firemen policemen and upcoming bills. About 960 000 war warrants were drawn Thursday.
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Newport
Admiral Sampson
Sampson
Schley
Dewey
Marie Sonnenberg
Ethel ‘Falkenstein
Dunn
Security Trust Company
Wheat and Grain Prices and Carload Inspections Published
Market notes show No 2 red wheat at 66 cents on milling freight with several other red white and yellow wheat grades listed. Oats steady with No 2 white at 404 cents and hay prices for timothy at 12.25 to 12.75. Inspections report 40 wheat cars 13 corn cars and 5 mixed hay carloads with some rejections.
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Timothy
Hay
Rye
Cattle and Sheep Prices at Union Stock Yards
At Union Stock Yards Indianapolis August first cattle receipts about 700 shipments light with mixed quotes for steers cows and calves. Sheep receipts 600 shipments with good to choice sheep and stockers fed lambs and bucks listed. Horses noted from Thursday morning auction.
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Union Stock Yards
Union Suck
Iarlas
Indianapolis
Blair-Baker Horse Co Sale Shows Steady Demand
Horses and drafts dominated the Blair-Baker horse company sale with typical buyer turnout. Market described as fairly good though average prices slipped versus last week’s sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair-Baker Horse Company
Hogs Receipts and Quotations at Interstate Stock Yards
At the Interstate Stock Yards in Indianapolis receipts reach $990 with 903 shipments. Quotations show assorted grades from good to choice, including medium and heavy mixed hogs and common to good lights. Prices listed include 56 24, 5 72 14, 4 75 5 50, and roughs at 0 0 5 90.
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Interstate Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Aug
Prices Paid by Shippers For Poultry and Groceries
A pricing list detailing poultry and produce rates including turkeys fowls ducks and geese with per pound prices. It lists butter eggs cheese coffee and sugars with varied grades and package prices. Also includes hides tallow and flour rye flour and related commodity prices.
Grain and spice prices listed with varied per ton and per bushel quotes
A dated catalog page lists Bran at 1 1/2 and 15.50 per ton, meal at 1.19 per ton, and spices including Pepper 11 18c Allspice 15h 18e Cloves 15 18c Cassia 15% 38c with miscellaneous figures for mut mgr 50 6ic per Ib Beans show Prime marrow 2.50 2.60 per bu Navy 2.75G per bushel Dovel kidney 2.50 2.60 Lima beans e German Tima beans unclear Molasses and Syrup New Orleans molasses fair to prime 28 33c choice 5 40c syrups Rice Louisiana 44 6t¢c Carolina 6% 8ikc.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Carolina
Merchant Prices and Goods List in 19th Century Advertisement
A dense price list shows per unit costs for commodities including shot and lead products, wood ware such as tubs and washboards, twine and fibers, candies, and assorted nuts. Items include No. 1 wood dishes at 2.50 to 2.75, hemp twine at 18 cents per pound, washboards around 1.50 to 3.50, and mixed nuts with prices ranging 12 to 26 cents.
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Brazil
Grocery Price List From New Orleans Market Ad
A fragmented advertisement lists produce and prices including cabbage per crate at $2.00, onions per bushel, cocoanuts per 100, Valencia oranges, lemons, lemons from California, peas, beans, raspberries, blackberries, New potatoes, chervil, home grown strawberries, apples, winter melons, corn, peaches, pineapple, oysters, lobsters, strawberries and various other items with fluctuating per unit or per case prices. The entry is a dense catalog typical of a market circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Valencia
California
Coal and chemical price list with ton and bushel rates
A scanned price sheet shows various coal types with ton prices and delivery options for Green County and Blossburg, including lump, crushed, foundry, and soft nut coal. It also lists alcohols, oils, and chemicals with per unit costs, weights, and packaging details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha Limmp
Green County
Blossburg
Xiagan & Co Price List For Meats And Bacon
Price list outlines prices for various meats and products including trams sugar cured bacon clear sides and breakfast bacon from Indiana and California, pickled pork and sausage varieties, fresh pork cuts, spare ribs and leaf lard with weights and per pound or per barrel pricing. Some items list country origin and typical package weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xiagan & Co
Indiana
Wisalie
Caifornia
Ste. Bacon
Lord
Market Prices for Ocean Goods and Provisions
A snippet lists oyster and seafood prices including oysters New York counts a can 4t c J F and Co selections a can 2c White fish 0c per Mb trout 92c per lb boneless herring 5c per lb dressed herring 4c per lb little neck clams 50c Lobsters 2c a lb Frog legs 1.59 per dozen Sarimps a gallon 1.26.
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New York
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Jesse Cates
Muncie
Charles Patterson
F. Jones
Lansing
Mich
Carrie Nation
Third River
Indiana Inklings
Wabash Dairymen
Indianapolis, Ind
E. G. Smith
Presbyterian Church
Greensboro, Ga
Kern River
Indiana Oil Company
la Mottiep
Leduereng On
Penarare
Jouca
Apazen Tol Lenes
Don Enes
Ose
Lpsza Axcai
Peerless
Jets
Amer
Monte Crirto
Aern CL
AER
Pasa
Tsa
San Joaquin
Grace! OR CO. Ponron Arsgem & Somes
EM Roberts
Aceo Chdor
Flere Scone
WMFA
Thal On
Fpetrodel CA
Taersnam
Varenrn. Co
Bakersfield California
Cool
Law Building
Oceanica Oil Co
New Century Oil Co
Black Mountain Oil
Century Oil Co
Fullerton Con. Oil Co
Home Oil Co., Whit
Kier
Sterling Oil and
Dey
Dillon Oil Co
San Joaquin Oil Co
Kern Oil Co
Kern River Oi Co
Alcalder Oil Co
Creyenhagen Oil Co
Columbia Oil Co
Home Oil Co
Indiana Oil
H. L. Dort
United States
Russia
Standard Oil Company
Bakersfield
Kern Field
LIC
William Gore
Joe Ballard
Phin Truesdell
Lena Buatterman
Valparaiso
Edmund Willis
Louis Willis
Sullivan
Lotis Huddleson
William Carpenter
Greenfield
Middletown
Panhandle
Sle
Knights of Fidelity
Royal Arch
H- Quay Dealers and Bartenders’ Organization
Martin Frieze
William Gray
Red Mills
Shelby County Grand Jury
John B. Cressy
Mishawaka
Ed Horst
Pleasantville
Sullivan County
Violet Bird
Terre Saute
Frankfort
William Marsh
Carthage Strawdboard
Blue River
Squire Andrews
Squire
Laporte Herald
Cule
Oklahoma
City Grain Market
Troceries
Iéc
Java
Golden Rio
Bourbon Santos
Golden Santos
Prime Santos
aAriosa
Jersey
Caracas
Dillsworth’s
Wile
Phoenix
Ideal Golden
Windsor
Ridgewood
Coal and Coke
Perez
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