France and German traders accused in Dahomey arms scheme
Reports from Pans detail Gen. Dodds decrees closing a Dahomey warehouse and expelling four Germans for supplying ex King Behanzin with 600 repeating rifles and 200,000 cartridges. Also covers dental college clinic plans, a Y M C A world congress prep, and Mrs Wadley case with husband Charles Wadley admitting a jealous temper and a “tight tap.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pans
Dodds
Dahomey
Whydale
Dahomeyan
Behanzin
Witt, Wichter
Buss
Barth
Cure for weariness in a short poem
A reader from Washington street submits a brief verse to Tre Stux's poetry contest. The poem expresses fatigue turning into cheer after a simple realization. The speaker notes a magical change and newfound appreciation for the sun and simple joys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Washington St
Tre Stux
Parker Drives Rest of Street Car Franchise Work
Bart Parker moves from the Board of works to the Board of safety to work on the street car franchise as reporters observe. Dick Herrick guards him while Walker signals for news seekers. The Indianapolis brewers and drivers agree on wages and pickup terms for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Bart Parker
Board of Works
Board of Safety
Bart
Dick Herrick
Herrick
Walker
Indianapolis Brewers
Agents’ Association
Bates House
Heer Drivers’ Association
Swell Wedding and College Convention in Greencastle
In Greencastle Indiana March 30 delegates from the Kappa Alpha Theta national convention meet for business and social events. Activities include a tea at Miss E Jean Nelson’s home and a gentlemen’s tea at Dr Swak Jens, a Beachcraft banquet, and a closing event hosted by Col Weaver. Also noted is the marriage of Mr Frank Allen and Miss Mary Ellis Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensesstie
Ind
Kappa Alpha Thetasperty
E. Jean Nelson
Kappa Kappa Gammas
Beachcraft
Col. Weaver
Frank Allen
Misa Mary Ellis
Government defeats move as cabinet to resign in Paris
In Paris the chamber of deputies backed the Minor law amendment by 247 to 242 despite the government opposition, signaling a possible cabinet resignation. McClure murder case delayed due to Judge Cox's wife illness. case resumes Friday with defense to finish Sunday. Lillie Johnson acquitted in Muramis, Tenn., after over a year on bond. health deteriorated, Alice Mitchell remains in asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
MccClure
Cox
Criminal Court
McClure
Lillie
Muramis
Tenn
Lillie Johnson
Alice Mitchell
Freda Ward
Scruggs
Wheat pit calm as traders await further moves
Curesco report notes the wheat pit at the Board of Trade remained quiet on a Thursday forenoon. The bull clique reportedly disrupted the pit but market action showed manipulators still in control, with crowds deciding to stand down and monitor developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curesco
Board of Trade
City Life and Local Notes from Hamilton County
City Life items report Hartz custody talks avoiding court, a Brunswick hotel board bill settled, and a Kalbfield firm leaving town after attachment. A Terre Haute telegram warning a mother’s illness prompts damages in a Western Union suit. coroner notes heart disease as Rohanna Beechler’s cause. Marriages, music festival finances, Kern’s remarks, and a hospital supervisory politics dispute are included with medical board tension and candidate moves highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohanna Beechler
Lamoast
Mrs. Beechler
Beck
Boies
Linton
Liazle Cox
Horace
Mira Hadley
Dearns
Rohanna Beecher
Bernard Abeck
Jacob Wilgus
Marriagh Lidisius
Junius Petford
Sizzle Big
David Yatea
Hilda Kennard
Stephen A. Thompson
Amy I. Kegrice
Benjamin Philipps
Olivia Butler
Herbert B. Wall
Susan UL. Paris
William I. Milton
Anna L. Good
Stem
Damrosch Orchestra
Stan
Letch Orchestra
John W. Kern
Cleveland Club
Naval Review Dazzles With Uncle Sam War Vessels
New York dispatch reports a grand naval review as Rear Admiral Gherardi leads ships including Philadelphia Baltimore Yorktown and Vesuvius to Hampton Roads for the April 28 ceremonies. Forty vessels will form the line with twenty six foreign ships, crowds cheer along Brooklyn shores as crews repaint the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Yorkstown
Gherard
Hampton Roads
Gherardi
Yorktown
Vesuvius
Cushing
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Fortress Monroe
Alleged Mail Fraud In Yorick Case Sparks Pushback
Alan P. Yorick also known as Paramore was arrested by a postoffice inspector on charges of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. His hearing with Commissioner Van Buren was postponed to near Tuesday as he and a younger brother promote a Yorick scientific publication company offering patent attention and illustrated reports for $2 plus a patentees picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan P. Yorick
Paramore
Postoffice
Fletcher
van Buren
Yorick
Prams
U. S
Yoricks
Arkansas Senator Warns of Missing Debt Evidence
Gay Fisherback sent a message to the general assembly reporting over $1,000,000 of stolen evidences of debt missing from the treasury. He urged passage of a law making it a felony for any state treasurer to redeem such evidences of debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Many Dogs Win Prizes in Indianapolis Show
The Indianapolis dog show lists 61 entries with Bluch the mastiff alias Bum winning first and special, praised as the best specimen in the country. Other top dogs include Constance the St Bernard and Maid of Ossian, with numerous notes on canines and rivalries among grovers and moor.
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Hso
Bluch
Bum
Lennon
Grover
Indianapolis
George Burnham
Magniff
Constance
St. Bernard
Tuxedo Park
Nup Nicer
J. B. McG
Ffin
Painter
J. W. Springsteen
Newfoundland
Pluto
D. W. Overman
Gordon Satier
Ben
F. Wilderband
H. EF. Hildeorand
Cornall
M. P. Grady
Nelile
Police Department
Blach
Alparadea
A. M. Gilpen
St. Verrard
Charles K. Farmer
McGullin
Pickwick
Dobu Gasper
Queen and Graphic
Gaspers Joe
Geo. W
C. Ae ‘Foeter
Il B. Hildebrand
Kennel
Queer Folks and Oddities Highlight City Life
A scrambled slice of urban life catalogs unusual behaviors and fringe characters. It notes a funeral devotee who traces a death-route for pleasure, a homebound woman with numerous visitors, and men driven by dyspepsia into odd patterns. It mentions a detective-obsessed youth, a traveling businessman, and a citywide mix of political quirks, theater opposition, and local crime trial updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer
Deran Tindertazer Seid
Kittes
Mio
Indiana
Onim
Rurnice
Paopie
Pias
Wan. L. Elder’s Cure Claims and Ayers Sarsaparilla
Fragmentary line suggests Wan. L. Elders advertise a cure all disorders and irregularities with Ayers Sarsaparilla. Text indicates a patent medicine claim without clear proof or context. The article fragment preserves a historic patent medicine framing and marketing language.
Nominations To Public Posts Include Bayard and McKenzie
President sent to the Senate a slate of diplomatic and legal appointments. Thomas J. Bayard to Britain as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary accompanies James A. McKenzie of Kentucky named minister to Peru. J. M. Reynolds of Pennsylvania named assistant secretary of the interior. Bayard, 69, famed for prior service as secretary of state, steps into a high post as England’s envoy finds a replacement. The Bayard family remains prominent in Delaware and Washington society. James A. McKenzie, a leading Southern figure, is praised as a capable orator and world affairs director. Additional posts include various collectors, solicitors, and attorneys general.
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Washme Brox
Senate
Thomas J. Bayard
Delaware
Britain
United States
James D. Porter
Tennessee
Chili
James A. McKenzie
Kentucky
Peru
Lewis Baker
Minnesota
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Salvador
Fierce M. B. Young
Gaeorgia
Guatemala
Honduras
Edwin Dun
Bio
Bradford
Newton B.east's
Louisiana
Paris
John MM
Reynolds
Pennsylvania
Interior
Cyril Susser
Henry Z. Hathaway
Meine
District of
Aroostock
Walter (Cddard
Connecticut
Bayard
Clevalana
Haig
England
Bayards
Washington
Cleveland
James A. Mcffenzie
South
The Prince Albert Suit and Uncle Gray
A fragmentary verse narrative recounts Isaac P Gray returning from Washington with a new Prince Albert suit. The piece mentions a tailor, a minister to Mexico, and public figures like Diaz, portraying social satire and political overtones through garbled dialogue and imitation letters.
Great Louisville Forgery Case Mystery Solved
William Bf Beecher, confidential bookkeeper for A Sutton & Co, said Sutton confessed to forgery acts and to a confession to him. Bank receipts used for forgeries were kept at 105 W Main and involved sums from 30 000 to 75 000. Sutton bought whisky with embezzled funds and, driven by strain, contemplated self harm while efforts mount to raise money and press charges. Beecher expects an alert to secure Suttons confession.
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Louisville
Louisvile
Sutton
William Bf. Beecher
A. &. Sutton & C‘oh
Toployar
VY. Main St
Beecher
Ution
Corky
Mysterious Explosion Sinks Canal Boat E. 7 Hayes
Two lives lost when canal boat E. 7 Hayes sank after an explosion near Thirty sixth street on the Basi river at twenty o clock Thursday morning. Captain Carmin, his wife, their 3 month old baby, and David Williams of Port Liberty were aboard. Williams crushed in bunk. baby missing from mother's arms as cabin floated away. Cause of blast unknown.
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Canal Bune
New Yeur
Hayes
Basi
Thirty-sixth-st
Carmin
David Williams
Port Liberty
Bayes
Williams
Kentuckian's long spree ends in deadly shooting case
In Newport on a Wednesday night Samuel Crowkey quarreled with his wife and, firing a shotgun, killed her then fled. He had been a cautious husband when sober but drank heavily for a long time after being discharged from a job.
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Martha Weaver
Mrs. Wadley
Cincixnart
Newport
Samuel Crowkey
San Domingo President Loots Bank in San Domingo City
The Saginaw brings word that the president of San Domingo visited a local French bank on March 1, breached the vault and took 2060 in cash. He tried to flee toward Morte Caristi but was intercepted by two French warships demanding reparation and an indemnity of 130000.
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Saginaw
San Domingo
Morte Caristi
Ferry Boat Sinks After Scow Collision in East River
A ferry boat F P James struck by a dirt scow near East River College Point caused panic as horses on board struggled and many workers leaped to the shore. The vessel beached after sinking portions, with one deck hand missing and several horses drowned.
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New York
East River
James
College
F.p.james
Tourgdar
College Point
Horsea
Totel Les
Mysterious levee shooting shocks town and court
At a Wednesday levee scuffle in the town, shots were fired and several men were questioned in police court on Thursday. Eyewitnesses offered little clarity on who fired the revolver or who was struck. Suspects included Andy Visey and John Crabott, while Memiing and Talbott faced suspicion amid a muddled, rumor-filled scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Visey
Wiles
Talbott
Cours
Morgan &Guinn
N. Eis Noisst
Also Mentioned on This Page
France
Germany
Diay
McHar Menders
Dental College
Pennsylvania-st
Chicago
New
Richmond
Hubbard
Attica
Insane Hospital
Rogers
Addie
Edgar
Ma Donovan
GAY Greencastle
City Life
A .Boctor
Board of Health Ofice
Dre. Morrison
Edenharter
Dr. Morrizon
Dr. Edenharter
Ditter
Morrison
the Naval Review
Caiiaco
D. G. Ramsey
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Tuenton
N. d
Tix
Ludlow
Central Railroad Company
New Jersey
Tha Road
Reading Coal Combine
Positon
Masstef
Theasus
Charmien
Cumberland
Charmion
Brown’s
Aew
Papa
ORC
Tne
Union Sigmeters
Siddall
Bid. Dawe
Wow
Davy
T. G
Gary Financial
UV. i. Dean
International Union
Nixon
Will Pigitt
Sunmunyvinn
Richey
Howard Sketski
Skotski
Hiot
Lafaysite
Murphy
Rudolph
Opera House
Brazs
Wood
Fice
Wan
L. Elder
Ayers Samsaparilla
Georgia
Jno
Marwell
Pu Giana
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lee Mantle
Montana
Bir
Chandler
New Uempshire
Weedneaday
Ntone
Senator Power
West
St. Louis
Benator
Blantang
Wyoming
Pugh
Oregon
Oasstexetvon
Assusumes
Peaniard
Pant Panvar
Paxk
Phe Farias Wel
Cye Lornssta - Bauly
Pelea
Paul Banvar
J Ul. Wolfe
Mildred Dolland
Weil
Pretty
Huglish's
Gettysburg
Prince Albert
Atstes
Hymi
Isaac P
Gray
Clevaland
Pusey Gray
BP. A
Uwelst
PB. G. DL
B. G
Lux
Tila Vade Lagna Posey Gray Maien
Fu Fey
J. P. Gray
Diaz
Ike
Mexico
Mast River
Chlevinino
Mores
Tates
Isu
Tayboorn
MaronGy
l'Rees
Ecampsany
X View
Virginia
Liverpool
Jotun Giseux
Gulf Stream
Pire Peas
Opera Hous Revere House
T Helen Barry Company
Revere House
Warbingtoast
Dieser
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