Hoosier Irreverent Bits Stir Indiana Towns
A garbled Indiana collage notes incidents across counties. Albert Cook near Warsaw kicks a stove and smashes furniture amid drinking, while a Liberty Mills woman suffers glass injury. Fulton County jurors abstain from chewing smoking or drinking, Crawfordsville plans seven unions and two Christian associations, Hammond to get a tannery, Clinton prison hardships, Muncie jar plant expansion, and various local anecdotes about farmers, doctors, and townsfolk reflecting a colorful but loosely connected daily round.
China Imports From U S Fall 25 Percent in 1900
Washington Dec 19 American trade with China weakened more in 1900 than others as Chinese official figures show U S imports fell about 25 percent from 1899 to 1900 while Britain rose over 10 percent and Russia over 25 percent. Data detail cotton drills sheetings and kerosene shifts among English Dutch American Russian and Sumatra sources.
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Ican
China
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Great Britain
Turkey
Asia
Persia
Egypt
Algiers
Europe
United Kingdom
Russia
England
Netherlands
Sumatra
What does Indianapolis need
A compilation of varied answers from residents and officials on city improvements. Suggested needs include smoke consumption, better streetcar service, street cleaning enforcement, more patrols and substations, additional rail or elevated tracks, more interurban railroads, expanded electric lighting, controlled rail access, and improved city offices and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Remfrey
Paul Krauss
Police Taffe
John McGaughey
Indianapolis
John M. Mendenhall
Judge Alford
Fred Shenard
William Cosgrove
Justice Stout
Justice Smock
Detroit
John J. Rochford
Firechief Coots
White River
Washington St
J. H. Crafl
Breunig
H. J. Necler
George Bedell
Health Department
Beuchler
Harold Megrew
B. F. Gould
Proposals for City Improvement in Public Note
A list of urban reform aims calls for money for services and infrastructure. It seeks smoke control, better streetcar service, cleaner streets, public beer fountains, more tolerant mail chutes, more factories, greater gas supply, and expanded patrols. It also urges elevated tracks, interurban connections, electric lights, and fewer wine rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Davis
Cc. J. Sheppard
Geo
Cy Calvert
W. C. Kalb
J. E. Deitheine
Charles Biederwolf
W. B. Stoner
EE. M. Johnson
Ed Bivnernlein
Joe Joiner
Basement Bargain Tables Offer Vintage China Extravaganza
Basement bargain tables display china sets and collectibles including statues vases salad bowls berry sets cups and saucers plates and more. Bargain tables feature items priced at 10c 2c and 49 bargains with articles valued up to 1.00.
Pig Eats Man's $200 Proceeds in Sharon Pa Event
In Sharon Pennsylvania in December 1919 Wilson Jackson from Pulaski township sold land for 200 dollars and pocketed the cash. While feeding the pig he dropped the bills into a trough and the pig consumed them before later disgorging them. the note says the pig weighed about 400 pounds and the money was gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Wilson Jackson
Pulaski Township
American Express to Give Every Employee $10 Christmas Present
In New York on December 19, James C. Fargo announced the American Express Company will grant every one of its 10 000 US employees a $10 Christmas present on Wednesday. The payout costs about $100 000 of annual profits that would otherwise go to stockholders. Last year the firm gave $5 to each worker.
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American Express Company
United States
James C. Fargo
Fought an Eagle Near Egg Harbor City
Charles A. Melcher, driving near Egg Harbor City, encountered a gray eagle feeding on fish in his wagon. After a fierce struggle, he killed the bird with a hatchet, hauled the wagon to Atlantic City, and plans to have the seven foot wingspan eagle stuffed.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles A. Melcher
Egg Harbor City
Melcher
River ice delays Memphis to St Louis packet service
Reports note regular river packets between Memphis and St Louis tied up by ice. Other items include Miss Carew arriving in New York from Europe and heading to Washington, the wreck of the Steamer San Blas with all hands saved, and city moves on a McKinley memorial arch.
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Memphis
St. Louis
Kruger
Miss Carew
Mrs. Roosevelt
New York
Washington
City of Washington
Congress
Advance
E. R. Young
Jim Jackson
Radford
The Sisters’ Dark Secret Unveiled at Chapel
A dangerous confrontation unfolds as Cordelia uses ritual oaths to trap Elsie Davenport. One year later a bridal scene ends with Elsie revealed as saving the bride, Clarence Vavasour’s first wife presumed dead, in a dramatic awakening at the chapel.
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Clarence
Cordelia
Satan
Benie
Clarence Vavasour
Cordelia Davenport
Elsie Davenport
Elsie
Clemmie Hamilton Fights Off Robber in Justice Office
In Youngstown Ohio on December 19 an unknown man demanded opening a safe from clerk Clemmie Hamilton in Justice Webb's office. A scuffle followed as chairs and furniture toppled. Hamilton drew a revolver, fired once, and the assailant fled while police pursue him.
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Youngstown, O
Clemmie Hamilton
Webb
Despondent mail carrier in Valparaiso takes poison
Jake Lambert, a Valparaiso mail carrier, stood before the post office on Tuesday night and swallowed 20 grains of strychnine. He is dying from the act, driven by despondency after his wife left on a month long visit to her parents.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Jake Lambert
Lambert
Married an Ex Convict in Brooklyn Romance
Miss Sarah R. Mangam, 48, a wealthy Brooklyn daughter and Baptist worker, married Thomas Syron, ex convict son of a respectable Brooklyn family. She helped shorten his sentence and employed him in a gospel house. he became a model citizen, and the couple wed at the Mangam mansion on Clinton Avenue.
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Brooklyn
Sarah R. Mangam
Wm. D. Mangam
New York
Mangam
Thomas Syron
Syron
Clinton Ave
Fire Dulls Jones Home After Water-Filled Cellar Smolders
Heavy rains flood A. R. Jones cellar at Shiloh New Jersey causing lime to pile up. Heat from burning corncobs and kindling wood ignites fuel while near airtight conditions allow a long smoulder. Fire discovered at night. home saved but suffered damage.
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Shiloh
A. R. Jones
Commissioner MGregor backs new county infirmary plan
County commissioner John MGregor opposes a $6000 laundry project at the poor farm and favors selling the 220 acre facility. He urges building a cottage plan institution on cheaper land with railway access, capable of 15 cottages for 25 inmates each, plus admin and engine room, to curb ongoing repair costs. He suggests inmates help pay for upkeep by improving the site.
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John McGregor
THE
SUN
Julietta Hospital
Haughville
Happy meeting of brothers in Leadville Colorado
C A Manning, visiting Leadville, learned of a long lost brother, Tom, who had run away to a circus as a child and later worked as a dishwasher. The brothers reunited on the Colorado Midland depot platform, and the well to do sibling invited Tom to join his western trip, aiding his health and prospects.
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Leadville
Manning
Colorado Midland
Mr. Manning
Tom
Pittsburg
Woman with broken heart dying in City hospital
Mrs. Sophia Miller, 80, said to be worth $50,000, lies dying in Atlantic City City hospital after being found at her home with a broken leg. She believes her heart is broken and cannot be mended. doctors cannot help. The item adds a note about white Christmas and green graveyards as the weather forecaster says snow will remain.
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Sophia Miller
Wigs Scattered by Wind Shake New York Shopfront
A gust of wind smashed a display window of Madame Lena Barry’s hairdressing shop on Twenty third Street. Twelve wigs on wax figures flew into the street and were not recovered by bystanders or shop staff. Policeman George Hunt and detectives searched the area for the thieves who carried off the flowing tresses.
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Lena Barry
Seventh-ave
George Hunt
W. Thirtieth-st
Twenty-third-st
W. Thirtieth St
Bohemian Club Files Articles at State House in Indianapolis
Incorporated social and literary club Bohemian of Indianapolis filed articles at the state house on Wednesday. Directors listed include Jeremiah J. Casey Alexander Chomel Chas J G White Frank M White and Albert Gehr hart.
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Bohemian Social and Literary Club
Indianapolis
Thestate House
Jeremiah J. Casey
Alexander Chomel
Chas. J.G. White
Frank M. White
Albert Gehrhart
Rocking Chair Deal At Dugan and Healey’s
City sanitarian Buehler proclaims the water pure and invites inquiry. Meanwhile a Christmas sale offers a solid oak leather-seat rocker for $2.24 at Dugan and Healey's 21 West Washington street, advertised as never below $2.50.
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Dugan & Healey’s
Washington St
Buehler
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Warsaw
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Young People’s Unions
R Hammond
Frankfort Crescent
Clinton County
O— Ball Fruit Jar Manufacturing Company
Muncie
Crawfordsville Journal
Baldwin
Noblesville
Landis
William Crank
Posey County
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Charles W. Turnbaugh
Terre Haute
Plymouth
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Rochester
Shaw
Newport
Arthur Beteson
Clinton
Jacoo Possman
Shelbyville
Oklahoma
Shelby County
Hsaan
Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
Amer
Chas. Sullivan
A. B. Meyer
United
Xmas
Santa Claus
Florida
Oes
American Express CO
San Blas
la Libertad
Salvador
Tenn
Gev. Higgins
Montana
H. C. Payne
Seasion
Ebenie
Beale
Clemmie
Jake
Miss Mangam
C. F. Whitaker
Watchmaker
M'Gregor
Leadville, Col
C. A. Manning
Colorado
Gotham
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