Lightning Strike Hits Middletown Man Blind Luck
Bert Meyer, a Middletown hotel clerk, was knocked senseless by a bolt as he walked along the Wallkill River. The lightning carved a furrow in his hat and singed his hair. he recovered after a dazed moment and walked back to town. Nearby a bolt killed a team of horses watering at a barn.
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Bert Meyer
Middletown
Meyer
Jane
Wallkill River
Meéyer
C. H. C. Blakes
Trust bust in post office scandal hits four officials
Washington reports the national league of fourth class postmasters was crushed as Capt. William H. Thomas of LaGrange Indiana and Samuel P. Ivans Jr of Prigmore Tennessee lost their posts. Ivans led circular drives urging 50 cent contributions to influence Congress for salary raises. Thomas seeks reinstatement as pressure grows.
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Washington
Owas
League
Ivans
Congress
Capt. Thomas
Lagrange
Taut
Turkiye Delegates Lacked Clear Instructions at Hague
At The Hague a protest was filed by Russia over Turkish delegates at the peace conference. The Turkish side reportedly had no definite instructions, complicating their participation in the proceedings and affecting conference work.
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Constantinople
Russia
Parte Be
Hague
England Wins Gold Drop as National Bank Exports 1 090 000
A New York report notes a gold export to Europe totaling 1 090 000 dollars as the first such transfer since 1897. The operation followed standard exchange rates in the regular market. A bank representative indicated no special market shift. The item also mentions Miss Susan Dresser’s engagement to Victor de Osmoy of France.
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York
Europe Ince
Hat
Imade
Beveridge reports peaceful Jolo occupation and talks
Senator Beveridge of Indiana has returned from Jolo in the Sulu islands. He says the Twenty-third infantry occupies Jolo peacefully and negotiations with the sultan of the Sulus are under way. Beveridge has left for Hong Kong and will spend time in China before returning to the United States.
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Manila
Beveridge
Andiana
Jolo
Sulu Islands
Twenty-third Infantry
Sulus
Hong Kong
China
United States
Dishonorably discharged soldiers join insurgents in Philippines
Corporal Henry C. Edwards of Troop D Fourth United States Cavalry testified in Pittsburg that American soldiers dishonorably discharged by Gen Otis joined Filipino ranks. Edwards, en route to New Bedford, Mass., says these men were expelled from Manila and directed into insurgent lines where they continued fighting the United States.
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Pittsburg
Henry C. Edwards
Fourth
United States Cavalry
Philippines
New Bedford
Mass
Otis
Manila
Interior
Dowager Empress Eases Restrictions on Emperor
Representing foreign powers, the dowager empress grants the emperor better treatment and greater freedom. She will allow him to sit at her table and dispel rumors of poisoning plots against him.
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Penin
Chewing gum trust incorporated in New Jersey
The American Cheshire company, formed in Trenton on Friday, launched as a chewing gum trust with 9 million dollars in capitalization.
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Chewing Gum Trust
Trenton
N. J
American Chickle Company
Deaths and accidents reported in scattered notices
Dispatches note a drowning of Herman Klotz in Kankakee Illinois with an unknown body found in a Niagara Falls whirlpool. A woman, Miss Lida Rich of Conneaut Ohio, died by suicide with carbolic acid in Erie Pennsylvania. A train crash in Flushing Holland killed two guards and injured two engineers. Advertising item references Progress Laundry and a piano sale at Wulschner’s 128 130 North Pennsylvania Street with 10 down and 5 per month.
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Herman Klotz
Kankakee
Niagara Falls
Lida Rich
Conneaut
Erie
Flushing
Holland
Retired Deaf School Teacher Latham Known for Quiet Life
The article profiles Mr. Latham, a long serving teacher of deaf pupils, praised for moderation and a calm, well preserved demeanor. He favors small wine amounts for digestion, smokes one cigar daily, and lives 35 years at a Washington Street home with a large, well kept garden.
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Letham
Latham
E. Washington St
Market
Washington-sts
Kent
Vienna Sues Strauss Suffering From Bronchitis
Vienna notes Johann Strauss the "waits" king is again dangerously ill with bronchitis. The item appears among brief international bulletins from the era, detailing health concerns of notable figures.
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Vienna
Johann Strauss
Copper stock demand surges as cargo crews return to work
In New York City Friday copper stock faced high demand while Buffalo freight handlers resumed duties. Chicago lawyer J Reed Littel faced a divorce suit from his wife. A gun factory strike in France expanded and Chicago railways shifted to a syndicate. Peter Graham 16, Bridgeport, is held for murder. Filipino actors face U.S. entry doubt. Brooklyn cruiser accident inquiry ordered. Dora Voornis died of heart disease in Washington. Surgeon General bans sea burials of soldiers. Kruger and Milner in talks over Anglo Boer dispute. Dewey monument plans questioned by Chicago businessmen. General Anderson’s library and effects burned in Chicago. Schurman denies friction with Otis. Baltimore boiler-makers back to work after nine-hour day demand. Queen Margaret lodges at Castle Gregorio near Tivoli.
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New York
Buffalo
N. Y
J. Reed Littel
Chicago
France
Yerkes Street Railways
Peter Graham
Bridgeport
Conn
Louis Stohlmann
United States
Brooklyn
Dora T. Voornis
Washington
Kruger
Transvaal
Alfred Milner
Dewey
Gen. Anderson
Schurman
Philippine Commission
Gen. Otis
Baltimore
Queen Margaret
Castle Gregorio
Tivoli
Italy
Brancaccio
Miss Hickson-Field
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Indianapolis Case
An Indianapolis resident, Mrs. A. Morgan of 1209 Calhoun Street, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relieving dull back and hip pains and improving sleep after trying other remedies. Her testimony promotes the pills as effective for kidney complaints and rheumatism, with Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as the U S sole agents. price 50 cents.
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Dean
Indianapolis
A. Morgan
Calhoun St
Henry J. Huder
Doan
Price
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan’s
New Telephone Company stock offered to residents only
A limited amount of stock is offered in one to ten shares with a six percent tax free return, guaranteed by The Union Trust Company for five years. If earnings rise, dividends may increase. no extra stock can be issued and controlling stock cannot be sold for five years. For details contact.
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Union Trust Company
Spanish garrison at Baler resists surrender and siege continues
The Uranus reports the Baler garrison commander refuses to surrender and remains besieged by Filipinos. A ball at the U S Philippine commissioners residence drew American officials and prominent Filipinos, featuring dances and a Star Spangled Banner, aimed at improving relations and repaying obligations to Filipino society.
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Manila
Baler
United States
Nurse Charles H. Marks Uses Remedy in Cuba Hospital
Charles H. Marks acting as a nurse at the Second Division Hospital of the Fifth Army Corps in Santiago de Cuba used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for diarrhoea and found it effective. For sale by all druggists.
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Charles H. Marks
Fifth Army Corps
Santiago de Cuba
Liquor license request filed for 134 West Market Street
Christian Unger notifies voters in Marion county Indiana that he will apply to the Board of County Commissioners at the July term 1899 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. He lists a 17 by 35 foot room at 134 West Market Street in Indianapolis Ward 6 for the sale and pool table privileges in the same room.
Notice of Liquor Room and Pool Table Privilege
Notice to voters of the Seventh ward Center town that the liquor room fronts south on Washington Street first floor of a three story brick building numbered 444 East Washington Street in ward 7 Indianapolis Marion county Indiana. I will apply for pool table privileges in the same room. John Roeckel.
License sought to sell alcohol at 1224 Malott Ave Indianapolis
Voters of the First Ward Center town commissioners at the July term 1899 seek a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and privilege to allow the same to be drank on the premises. The business is located in a ground floor room facing southeast on Malott Ave a 60 foot east end lot 36 and triangle 20 feet north in Alvords subdivision of E Y T and S KK Fletcher's addition in Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana known as No 1224 Malott Ave Ward No 1 Joseph Acker.
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Seventh Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Washington Street
Indianapolis
East
John Roeckel
First Ward
Malott Ave
Alvord
E. YT
S. KK. Fletcher
Instianapolis
Malottave
Joseph Acker
Eleventh
S. A. Fletcher, Jr
Frank Lux
Voters seek license for intoxicants at 117 West Washington Street
Frank Lux announces a request to sell spirituous and vinous liquors in quantities under five gallons in a room facing north on Washington Street Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana. He also seeks privilege for pool tables in the same room.
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P. C. Trust
England
Wulschner
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Lima
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Paris
Theater Petit Trianon
Versailles
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Rio Janeiro
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National Gallery
von Tschudi
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Christian Unger
Carter
DR. Carter & CO
Ilinois St
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Evans Chemical CO
Cincinmnati
G. U
Drauggista
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Perfecto CO
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H. J. Huder, Wash. & Penn
Sloan Drug Co
W. Wash
Majestic
Gregory & Appel
Indianapolis Gas Co
Indianapolis Union Station
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & ST
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
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de Effingham
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Cleveland Mall
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Indianapolis Division
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Indianapolis & Vincennes Railway
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A. A. Zion
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