Flood of small town events in Indiana and surrounding areas
A collage of local items notes fires at Muncie brick works and a Greenfield business block, a missing Gilbert, a Brookville politician paralyzed, a Winamac school loss, a murder case linked to Indianapolis, and civic meetings in Grant Mauriu and Huntington. Prohibitionist and Republican club activity, wind engine factory chatter, and horse and train accidents fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton County
Pendiction
Grant County
Mauriou
Rockfield
Gilbert E. Bronson
Columbus
Eunice Gilbert
Elkhart
Young People's Christian Endeavor Society
Huntington
Wabash Farmers’ Institute
North Manchester
Cambridge City
Indiana Music Teachers’ Convention
Richmond
Stehl
Seymour
Winamac
William Stafford
Big Four
Carthage
Jesse Davis
Jonesville
Geo. Berry
Brookville
Samuel Hines
Muncie
Anderson
Joseph Prutzman
S. Brick
Mitchell Public Schools
Fundi Ig
Crawfordsville
Wayne County Turnpike Company
Branham & Co
Elizabethtown
Peru
Fort Wayne
Bernhart Brennan
QO & M
William Mabbitt
Flora
Minnie
Uiksdale
Fadiana
Duane J. Scott
Wm. Harding
Jos. Stone
Andrew B. Conrad
Samuel Day
Shadrock Tolbert
John W. Anderson
Chis, Cadwell
John Slarvey Bolander
Wf. Baxter
Christian Blanchardt
Elwin W. Case
Eli Wells
Silas A. Huxley
Frederick Tykle
Wm. A. Dugenberg
Langdon W. Flanders
John A. Henry
Reed Bruner
Lafayette Rope
Wm. Holle
Daniel W. Rose
Wm. IT. Mills
John A. Alexander
George F. Smith
Philip McArdle
Yancey Walden
George W. Janners
Eleazer Biggs
John Ardis
Lemuel Dosiot
John R. Crawford
Adam Foust
Francis Shuler
John Ifendren
H. Jacob Miller
Henry Bibb
James B. Arnett
Martin H. Liey
Wm. Parish
Chas. W. Thompson
RR. Moring
Jacob Ketzee
Franklin Light
Empson Loy
Jos. Y. Shipp
Henry H. Polson
Wm. Schwartz
Doku Dean
L. Peter Voria
John Chinoweth
Jas. D. Strange
Annie I. Ebaugh
Geo. W. Willams
Clarissa Roper
Jane Runyan
Susan Oneill
Charity Dunkin
Polly “Moring
Ruhanna J. Phillips
Nancy Mastin
Mary A. Paight
Frances Cole
Eliza J. Burke
Local Bank Failure Reported in Kansas
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Bertha M. Wurzburger and Uehanse New York with a bank failure in Atehison Kansas and related assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Wurzburger
Uehanse
New York
Ea ‘Bank
Atehison
Kas, Oh
New Bicycle Wheel Tech Promises Easier Rides and Durability
A sheltered look at 1892 bicycle trends notes pneumatic and cushion tires offering smoother travel. Pneumatic tires provide springy ride but risk punctures. cushion tires last longer but lack air chambers. Manufacturers tweak frames while prices hold. Coventry firm eyes Indiana entry. road machines weigh about 33 pounds with 160 pound capacity.
Features of Sporting Life in Early Era
The Indianapolis league team draws attention as Hall challenges Fitzsimmons with a $1,000 stake and Corbett trains under Billy Delaney. Opening day is April 16 in Milwaukee. New York salaries and business, a Pittsburg dog show, and a Frisco fight finish are noted, along with a called-off $20,000 Grand Rapids stallion race between Allerton and Axtell and a plan to stage a solo bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Billy Delaney
Milwaukee
President
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Detroit
Sullivan
W. J. Davis
Crown Point
Ind
Harry Daly
Australia
Deacon Jones
San Francisco
Frisco
Daly
Grand Rapida
Allerton
Axtell
Williams
Fresh foreign facts and incidents reported
Six dynamite cartridges found in a Bordeaux cellar. English miners to work five days a week. Villaverde Spain floods sweep away 108 houses. Jacques France the sculptor wounded Binot de Villers with a brad awl in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
England
Villaverde
Spain
Jacques France
Binot de Villers
Paris
Oldest American figures tied to health and industry
Sanitary policeman O Conner of New York is noted with typhus fever. Sidney and Jackson are listed with age 90 in Cincinnati as an oldest horticulturist in the United States. Robert M Blackburn noted as oldest coal operator in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Conner
New York
Sidney& Jackson
Cincinnati
United States
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Jewish rosters and pressure to prove loyalty in war
A North American Review piece accusing Jews of disloyalty sparked widespread Jewish counteraction. The Jewish Publication Society seeks rosters of Jews who served in the Civil War, with Indianapolis volunteers Squire Feibleman M Emden and Ed Ducas compiling. Debate over Jewish treatment in Russia continues as American officials are pressed for answers and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Review
North
United States
Jewish Publication Society of Philadelphia
Squire Feibleman
M. Emden
Ed. Ducas
Indianapolis
Jacob Frankel
State Department
Washington
Russia
St. Petersburg
Tlarold Frederick
New York Times
Murder charge shrouds man identified as Harry Brown
Early February arrest for vagrancy tagged Harry Brown as a violent suspect in a patently brutal case. He was held at the workhouse after a dramatic escape attempt through a glass door left him badly injured. Sheriff George Adams of Audrain County, Mo., later identified him as Jethro Martin’s killer by his description, with the motive alleged to be the father’s remarriage after the death of Jethro’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Brown
Martinsburg
Jethro Martin
George Adams
Audrian County
Brown
Jethro
Martin Senior
The
Baptist Church
Market Notes and Millinery Openings Hit the City
Local markets report livestock prices and grain bids with notes on shipping and weights. Advertisements highlight Newgarden’s millinery opening March 21 and 22, plus various shops offering hats, corsets, and dining options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anapolts Union Stock Yards
Reese Ae
Uw Amis
Navallow Balke
Uc Biv
Wall
Paiepesne
Ahatuotii Newgarden
Newgarden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Greenville Town
Gresh
Fred Sales
Hay & Willetts
Keck
Heargey
Columbia
Coventry Bicycle Company
Coventry
Indiana
St. Patrick’s
Plainfield
Sporting Life
Draggisis
Express
S. Wells
Jersey City
WELLS
Wells Health Kenever
Coxnai Vigor
Raven
Mognegary
Hoas
Iy la Tns Marionta Iuz
Ousing Aska
Sreer
Dt Ours Owen
Etredve
Liab Wacker
Cimatu
Telegraph
Cuoaso
Roberts & Whitcomb
Clary & Son, Ray and
Mer
Chapman & Mullally
Burrorad's
Burre
Newerden
Occydental Millinery
Platts
North Winds St
Washington St
Ed Ducas
Old Sentinel
Kauffman
Pennsylvania St
N. Uinofa St
Watkins & McCann
Schmidt
Citizens’ Street Railway Co
H. T. Haarsay & Co
Openiox
Burford’s
Mozart Hall
Errol
Henry Victor
Victor
Peraous
TD. Brundage
Norwalk
Bunton & Rurdage
Expressmen
Main St
Hood
Wood
RJ. Brenvagh
Ctair
B. H. Rose
Rochester
N.Y
Hose & Eddy
East Main Street
B.H. Rosx
F. H. Rupert & CO
Geo. H. Chapman Post
G. A. R. Deartment
J. H. BeEser
Camas
L. B. Ells
Indiana Ave
Chance Matthews Printing Co
Vance
Bennett's
Geneva
J. D
Baldwin Plock
Ohio
Massachusetts-ave
Mass.-ave
Alfred Hindman
Shelby Base
Cliffordave
Woodru i Place
Gage
Barnum
Vandesst
Stowers B.C. Sinsley
Shamman
Bentonville
Joe Johnston
Stocum
Johnston
N. Penn. St
W. Market
W. Wash
W. Wash. St
M. Foster & Co
Props
Robert M. Foster
Washington ST. Eee
Sss
Smsshtorss
Prof
Fulgraf
Mabe
Roberts
Whitcomb
Ind. Ave
Ar Stedman. Dental CO
S. Carlton
Wallace Bleck
Mass
Aye
L. A. Kinsey & CO
East Wabash Stresat
Denison Hotel
Ber
Ayr
Emil Wulschner
Britton
A. Gould
S. H. East
Shy East Market St
Andkanapolis
Tna
Miller’s Hats
Miller
Miler
Amert Dalton
Bates House
J. E. Anderson
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