Chase of 25 Miles After a Horse Thief
A thief stole a gray trotter from Craig Perrine's barn near Kingston New Jersey June 18. Perrine alerted neighbors Robert and George Brown who pursued with a fast horse across rivers and hills, through Metuchen, until the fugitive escaped into the woods after a 25 mile chase. The stolen horse remained in good condition despite fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Craig Perixine
Kingston
Perrine
Robert
George Brown
Nelson Dunbar
Metachen
New Jersey mother to join family in isolation hospital
In New Brunswick on June 18, Mrs. Dennis Burns agrees to be imprisoned in the isolation hospital to remain with her husband and their two year old son ill with smallpox. Their seven other children will be cared for by an immune nurse supplied by city health officials at the Burns home on Louis street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Dennis Burns
Thy
Burns
Louis-st
Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy Promoted for Kidney Aid
An advertisement touts Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy as a cure for kidney and bladder issues and related pains. It claims the product is vegetable, harmless, non addictive and sold by druggists in 50 cent and one dollar sizes with a free trial bottle option. The piece cites endorsements from Rev Aaron Coons and notes the product’s wide claimed benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kennedy
Aaron Coons
D. D
M. E. Church
Rhinecliff
City men study Lafayette flint pavement bid plan
Mayor Bookwalter, the Board of Works and the city engineer visited Lafayette to inspect its flint macadam streets. Lafayette quarries seek Indianapolis business and promise equal pricing to all contractors to foster competition in bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bookwalter
Board of Works
Lafayette
Indianapolis
A Torpedo Death Shocks Philadelphia Neighborhood
In Philadelphia on June 18 a large torpedo fired from unknown assailants killed Florence Livingston aged 6 after a weeklong unconscious state. The Livingston sisters, labeled queer by locals, faced ongoing harassment for a year. A torpedo struck near her as she closed parlor shutters, causing fatal brain concussion. Police probe continues with no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Florence Livingston
Miss Livingston
Rogers
Husband's faith and belief ends in divorce decree
Greenwich Conn June 18 The wife of Rev John B Francis an episcopal clergyman now in New Londonderry NH has been granted an absolute divorce on desertion charges. The dispute began over the clergyman's faith healing beliefs. He refused a doctor during her illness and prayed for recovery. After she recovered she left for her parents' home. Four years later he attempted to kidnap their child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
John B. Francis
New Londonderry
N. H
Francis
Widow Dies After Dentist Returns Chloroform To Patient
In Utica a 35 year old widow Mrs Minnie Lambere from Little Falls died after a dental extraction. Chloroform was used with physician Dr E H Douglas present. The dentist administered the anesthetic and the patient died a minute later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Minnie Lambere
Little Falls
Hough
E. H. Douglas
State Deaths Report From Indiana Obituary List
Eli Schmuck of Fairmount Dr. C. W. Gulette Methodist Moore's Hill Rev Henry Fry of Fort Wayne Mrs Joseph McQueen of Clifford Ex Judge William H Martin formerly of Greenfield now in Kentland Rensselaer and Ashville noted for poor health in recent months Husband and four children survive, notable southwest Indiana presence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McQueen
Clifford
C. W. Gulette
Moore's Hill
Indiana
Greenfield
Kentland
Heard on the Street Car Prank Tales of Barbers and Nuisances
A humorous miscellany from Illinois and Indianapolis recounts a barber’s razor scare as a man imagines snakes beneath a chair, plus a sleepy Indianapolis resident lamenting neighborhood nuisances. A parrot and a shrill neighbor woman drive him to seek sleep, while a streetcar ride ends with a child’s ear-splitting cries as they depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Africa
Mike
Johnny
Boy gored by cow after fall from cherry tree
William Van Arsdale ten years old, son of John Van Arsdale of Lee avenue, fell from a cherry tree and landed on a cow's horns. The cow spooked and thrust a horn into the boy's abdomen. Neighbors carried him in. physicians report a deep abdominal wound, serious though not necessarily fatal unless peritonitis develops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
William van Arsdale
John van Arsdale
Lee-ave
Tomato planting machine guides crops in Shiloh NJ
In Shiloh New Jersey on June 18, a new planting machine automates tomato sowing. It requires three men and two horses to operate with one driver. Two workers feed plants while the ground is firmed around roots. The machine can plant at adjustable depths and deliver a pint or quart of water at planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
N. J
Dr. Lipes
Indianapolis called dumping ground for watered stocks
A prominent Indianapolis financier warns that the city is becoming a dumping ground for stock with fictitious value. He cites eager capitalists inflating prices, reports of solid investments, and schemes that require new bonds to cover debts. He urges cautious investment as much stock is not worth the paper it is written on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Stock Exchanges
Indianapolis
Was His Sister's Friend But Did Not Know Of Relationship
Marion Alabama June 18 A Birmingham man Byron L Fulker long friend of Allan O Neal Salem learned last week he is brother to Mrs Wm Gorton guardian and heir to the Huggins estate. He knew only of his Fulker parents until a Texas trip revealed his birth secret and rightful heirs. He plans to meet kin in Buffalo Chicago and Texas next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion, O
Byron L. Fulker
Birmingham
Ala
Allan O'Neal
Salem
Wm. Gorton
Byron L. Huggins
Huggins
Fulkers
Texas
O'Neal
Gorton
Buehler to Lead Sanitation Crackdown After Funding
City sanitarian Buehler announced Tuesday that with council approval of $750, a renewed campaign against dirty restaurants and poor milk will start immediately. He warned that restaurant and hotel keepers will be arrested without notice for unsanitary conditions, regardless of business size, citing newspaper articles as warning if needed.
Secretary Hurty Leaves City for Indiana Amid Smallpox Alarm
Secretary Hurty of the State health board departed the city Tuesday morning for southern Indiana after a doctors conference on smallpox. Evansville reportedly faces great alarm over the outbreak and friction rumors between the governor and Hurty are denied as baseless. In Toledo, Louis Morrell the workhouse prisoner claims to know 257 soup varieties and will preside at the cook store during his petit larceny sentence, his Paris training noted as a past chef in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurty
State Health Board
Indiana
Hurry
Evansville
State House
Ywurty
Toledo
Louis Morrell
Morrell
Paris
United States
Klondike
County commissioners award several bridge contracts
The county commissioners on Tuesday awarded multiple contracts for bridge work and road improvements. Awards include T. Frazier for stone arch bridges over Foltz and Loehner branches in Decatur township. Hl. Harding for roadway approaches. A. W. Moore for a concrete arch bridge at Gulliferd place on Guion road in Pike township. S. Roney for several concrete bridges and Daw son and Brag don ditch work in Washington and Lawrence townships. J. R. Shea for Germantown fill over Fall creek in Lawrence township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Frazier
Foltz Branch
Decatur Township
Hl. Harding
Loehner Branch
H. L. Harding
A. W. Moore
Gulliferd Place
Guion Road
Pike Township
Cc. S. Roney
Dawson Place
Washington Township
Guion Place
Bragdon Ditch
Asbury Road
Lawrence Township
Co. S. Roney
McConnell Ditch
J. R. Shea
Germantown
Fall Creek
Floor tests show hotel concrete strength on sixth story
Building inspector Bartel and supervising architect Jenson load the sixth floor of the Claypool hotel with 412 bags of cement totaling 4,376 pounds. The deflection is 17 thirty seconds of an inch. They estimate the floor would safely bear about 20,000 pounds more than the test load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartel
Jenson
New Claypool
A Thieving Cat In Wooster Ohio
John Myers reports a cat kidnaping case in Wooster Ohio after his cat gave birth to six yellow kittens last week and drowned them. The same cat later hid three Maltese kittens in her box, implying she stole them from another feline.
Curing All Chronic Ailments Promoted by Dr Lipes Free Trial
An advertisement touts a new method by Dr. Lipes claiming to cure chronic ailments of heart lungs kidneys stomach blood liver skin and nerves. It offers a free trial treatment to prove efficacy and invites out of town patients to request the treatment by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Lipes
Bathers Held Two Hours as Rabid Dog Stands Guard
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania eight youths were bathing in Beaver Brook when a rabid Newfoundland trotted along the shore snarling. With clothes on the bank and no swimwear, they could not escape. They were kept in the water for two hours until two men with guns arrived and killed the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Beaverbrook
Fort Madison man weds former nun at Nauvoo
Robert Vogt of Fort Madison and Celia Farrell of New York married in Nauvoo. Sister Beatrice for 15 years in the St Benedictine order was sent to the local convent and met Vogt, who built St Marys academy. She left vows after appealing to the pope and received a dispensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nauvoo, Ill
Robert Vogt
Fort Madison
Phillippines
Boy in Wayne Tree Fire Saves Himself
An eight year old son of J M Bacclus in Wayne Pennsylvania was burning cherries when a pocket box of paper caps ignited his clothes. He steadied on the tree, pressed the flames to the trunk, and extinguished them without a cry. He descended and fainted at home but is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
J. M. Bacclus
No Work at This Workhouse in Georgetown
Georgetown Delaware authorities fight disorderly visitors seeking jail bread and board. Plan to place prisoners to labor. workhouse saves costs versus county jail. Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry praised for dysentery and summer illness relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Del
Kent
Sussex
Texas and Louisiana Rice Boom Attracts Settlers
The text touts opportunities for settlers in Texas and nearby Louisiana with booming rice cultivation adding millions to regional wealth. It invites readers to obtain a Rice EBook or a Southern Pacific Rice Cookbook by mailing two cents or ten cents to SP agents in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Louisiana
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
W. H. Connor
P. R’y
EH. Fouth St
Cincinnat
Special fact train marks no stops for passengers
A special train will depart Indianapolis Union Station at 7:00 a m for passengers with no intermediate stops. It will return from Cincinnati at 7:00 p m the same day, continuing without any stops in either direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Union Station
Cincinnati
Danville
Terre Haute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. m Medicine Co
North
Clark Street
Chicago
Dr. Gossom
A. E. Braxton
E. Madison St
Dr. Gosco
Husband
Meile
Dr. David Kennedy Corporation
Rondout, N
Dr. Pipe
Cee
Enaatiens
Eli Schmuck
Fairmount
Henry Fry
Fort Wayne
Ber
Henry
Mamma
Dearle
Castoria
New County
Claypool Hotel
A. G. Lipes
Stevenson Building
Ind
U. G. Lipes
Nun Marines
Laxaeroua
Vesey St
N. Y
MA Dearborn St
Iesea
Sloan Drug Co
Hoyt
Finkham
Kilmer
Duffy
Cardul
Stuckmeyer's Pharmacies
Cor. Prospect and
Laurel. Sts
Madigon Ave
Dunlop Sts
Latazette
Jowark
N. J. Large
West Washington Street
National Furniture CO
Vonnegut’s
E. Wash. St
Indianapolis Usiness University
Bousnitss
Monument Place
Immigration
Greencastle
Colorado
FLYER
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Pullman Palace
Pushia
Colorado Springs
Beaver
Arvey Meale
Opus General
SOC
Loidrese Davol Medicine Co
San Frenches
Cal
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!