Lynching Shocks Missouri as Jailhouse Mob Breaks In
Union Missouri is rocked by a night assault on the jail. Erastus Brown accused of attacking Annie Feerbing was dragged from his cell and hanged by a mob of roughly forty to fifty men after surrounding the jail and forcing entry. Local judge urged restraint but the crowd proceeded with vigilante action.
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Union
Erastus Brown
Annie Feerbing
Judge Coleman
Brown
Anna Feerbing
Villa Ridge
Feetbing
St. Clair
Wives Do Most Indiana Divorces in County Returns
State bureau reports from 45 counties show 685 divorces granted to wives and 274 to husbands, indicating wives initiate about three quarters of Indiana divorce suits. Grounds cited include adultery, abandonment, cruel treatment, drunkenness, and failure to provide.
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Indiana
State Bureau
Delaware
Fountain
Carroll
Warrick
Switzerland
Vermilion
Pike
Wabash
Martin
Hamilton
Tippécance
Gibson
Marshall
Lawrence
Posey
Johnson
Parike
Newton
Jefferson
Lagrange
Hendricks
Shelby
Brown
Union
Batholomew
Putton
Franklin
Jennins
Fayette
Jackson
Weyler's Last Card Sparks Cuba Atrocity Rumors
Havana rumors accuse Weyler of ordering mass captivity and executions of country people. Reports detail starvation in Jaruco and Ranchuelo, with civilians and pacificos killed as revolts erupt among troops.
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Weyler
Jaruco
Jose Bravo
Havana
Ranchuelo
Santa Clara
Pacificos
Local notices stir calls for sidewalk works and bridge
Residents along Chiost street to Hast street protest cement sidewalks by the curb line. Dr Lucas sermon at Sixth Christian church titled The gory gospel of Christ. prisoners heard them. City worker William Keily awarded 20.30 for on duty accident after wagon foot injury. St Charles Hobart, 25, dies at 1518 Lexington Ave from dropsy. funeral Saturday at South Ave Baptist Church. Petition by 112 citizens for a Fall Creek bridge at Metichan Street and for improved walks and wheelways. Contracts in Haughville closed. cost data and per front foot dues listed for several streets and contractors including Purdy McCray and Laakman Scherrer.
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Chiost
Delaware
Hast St
Dr. Lucas
Sixth Christian Church
William Keily
City Street Department
St . Charles Hobart
Lexington-Ave
Board of Public Works
Fall Creek
Metichan St
Haughville
Bismarck Ave
Purdy & McCray
Cleveland-st
Laakman & Scherrer
Terrific tornado devastates western Kentucky towns
A week of heat ended Friday evening with a tornado sweeping west Kentucky and southern Illinois. Paducah’s downtown suffered mainly from the Three Rivers mill collapse where Capt. Philip Bauer of Golconda Illinois died and Parker Holly escaped. An unknown man near Tally was mortally hurt by a fallen oak. guardsman J. J. Jameson at Eddyville’s branch penitentiary was severely burned by lightning.
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Paducah
Three Rivers
Philip Bauer
Golconda
Clarksville
Parker Holly
Holly
Bauer
Tally
Metropolis
Brooklyn
Mayfield
Gayville
Kattawa
Paris
Tenn
Eddyville
J. J. Jameson
Branch Penitentiary
Democratic city convention for MWesven slated at Tomlinson Hall
Chairman Spencer appointed precinct and executive committees for the July 22 democratic city convention at 2 p.m. in Tomlinson hall with 649 delegates. He defended selections amid criticism from Indiana bimetallic league members and noted the primaries on July 21 at 8 p.m.
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Tomlinson Hall
Spencer
M. G. Hornaday
William Temman
Charles Jo. Barrett
Henry Stacey
P. K K. Tall
M. E. Loughlin
Thomas L. Sullivan
Samuel Compton
Sam Perrott
Taggart
Bryan
Gold Democrats
Mr. Taggart
Heat Prostration Toll Rises With Two Fatal Cases
City records a string of heat illnesses as the heat peak hits 99 in the shade at the weather station. Two victims die while many others are treated at home and in hospitals as dispensary doctors work around the clock to save lives.
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Daniel Small
Ryan Block
Oscar F. Mayhew
N. Meridian Sr
Mayhew
New York
California
Little Erwin
Bohn
New York-st
Jaeger
William Moore
Washington-ave
Washington-st
Dr. Thomas
EB. Jones
Samoa St
Two Cool Places In The City Named Holt S Cold Storage And Home Brewery
Despite pessimism about cool places, two spots stand out Holt's cold storage plant and the Home brewery cellar. The article notes several rooms in the cold storage facility.
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North Pole
Holt
Two Sea Serpents Sighted in Long Island Sound and Chicago
Reports from New London and Block Island describe a whitish sea serpent 40 to 50 feet long seen near Montauk and Point Judith with a 50 foot tail and strange whiskers. A Chicago sighting near Lake Bluff describes an immense 50 foot body with hyena like head and a multicolored painted face provoking a lake bathers’ panic.
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Chicago
Lake Bluff
Leonard Sues for 10000 Over Bellevue Road House Tragedy
Leonard sues Charles Trumper proprietor of Bellevue road house for 10000 damages and a permanent injunction claiming unlawful liquor sales after hours led to neighbor disruption. He alleges drunken visitors caroused at the resort, abducted and rode away his horse, and that James Thatcher was killed in a confrontation connected to the incident.
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Buller Vue
James Thatcher
Henry Leonard
Tjeonard
Charles Trumper
Bellevue Road House
Leonard
Trumper
Road House
Thatcher
Leconard
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for 36 hours ending 8 p m
Forecast for Indianapolis area calls for fair and cooler weather with increasing clouds and possible Saturday showers then fair and cooler Sunday. Saturday noon temperature was 84, 2 p m 78. Eastward shift of a low in western Kansas area cooled Friday night. nearby Minnesota Manitoba low remained stationary. Local showers Friday night were isolated while surrounding states stayed dry. Big Suit. Julius Lansbury furniture and star pet company of Washington sued Indianapolis cabinet union for 30000 over fire damage described in bill of complaint.
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Indianapolis
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Minnesota
Manitoba
Julius Lansbury Furniture , and Star Pet Company
Indianapolis Cabinet Union
Washington
Real estate values decline in 13 counties in first half of 1897
Statesta Conner reports that in 13 counties real estate dipped in the first six months of 1897 by 730,753 dollars compared with the second half of 1896, while the year 1896 saw 8,892,423 dollars in consideration and 1897 followed with lower totals.
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Statesta Conner
Henley Bicycles and Jones the Tailor in Market Street area
Local business notices indicate Henley Bicycles at 875 Market Street and Jones the Tailor at 9 Old S, with references to Gus Habich and an address listing in Illinois. The fragmentary item suggests a directory or advertisement snippet from a historic page.
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Henley Bicycles
Gus Habich
W. Marketst
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