Ubero Plantation Offers 10 Percent Dividend Prospect
An investment prospect on 1000 acres in Tehuantepec Mexico pledges a dividend of 10 percent by December 31, 1899. The plan includes 60,000 dollars in pineapples 125,000 rubber trees 100,000 vanilla vines and 250,000 coffee trees. Projected annual net profit exceeds 200,000 dollars for forty to fifty years with second dividend from pineapples reaching 20,000 dollars net.
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Ubero
Italy
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Ubero Plantation Company
Fitzgerald Building
Indianapolis
Ind
F. L. Torres
Las Chirriras
End of Year Figures for Pineapples Coffee and Vanilla Investment
The document shows actual cash invested at year end 1904 with two five-share groups. It lists $50.00 per share and total $250.00 actual cash invested. Forward valuation and actual profit earned by 5 shares amount to $1,471.40.
First Dividend At 10 Percent Declared In Town
A historical notice proclaims a guaranteed dividend plan with an income of 675 dollars annually for fifty years tied to land investment. It cites a 13 percent expected return, quarterly and yearly payments starting December 1835, and notes a commission led by Maj. J. G. Bar toward a soil-based income stream.
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Scientific Commission
Maj
J. G. Bar
Monster Fence Unearthed in Madison County Raid
Indianapolis detective Fort tracing Pendleton robberies uncovers the largest fence in Madison county at Alexandria pawnbroker Justin Lemon home. Four thousand dollars worth of goods seized, including items stolen from Pendleton Windfall Linwood and Big Four freight cars. Lemon jailed after search of his residence.
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Anderson
Ind
Justin Lemon
Alexandria
Madison County
When
Pendleton
Linwood
Fort
Indianapolis
Feet Wash and Last Supper Ceremony At German Baptist Church
A report from Richmond Indiana on a German Baptist church autumn communion service. Feet washing precedes the bread and wine ritual as ministers explain each step. The piece notes the church’s lack of creed and strict adherence to apostolic teachings, alongside a broad roundup of local news from Indiana including new corporate status for College Corner and various economic and social items across the state.
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Richmond
Ind
German Baptist Church
Jesus
College Corner
Here
Indiana
Ohio
Wayne County
Farmers’ Institute
Church quarrel ends in fatal shooting at night
On a Friday night in ville, Wilson quarreled in a church with Jos Wiggs and was asked to come outside. He went out and fired at Wiggs. On the third shot his brother Who, nearby Wiggs, fell dead. Wilson was not arrested.
Invitation to Read the Bun B Liner Group
An invitation note urges readers to join the Bun B Liners for a community reading event. It highlights contact details and the date within a local gathering. The notice emphasizes participation and the club’s upcoming activities.
Isthmus Climate and Coffee Trade Highlighted by Engineer
Principal Assistant Engineer J Williams notes the Isthmus climate, guiding readers to its mild winters, fertile soils, and abundant vegetation. He highlights coffee and rubber exports, Esmeralda pineapples, and the profitability of plantations with transport to Gulf ports.
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J. “Williams
Coatzacoalcos
Gulf Ports
Tehuantepec Stock Prospectus Highlights Coffee Rubber Profit
Extracts from a Senate report on a Tehuantepec expedition describe fertile soil and potential profits from coffee rubber bananas pineapples and sugarcane. It notes acre yields and high returns while detailing stock limits voting rights and corporate governance for a Mexican plantation enterprise with locations in Tehuantepec and Mexico City and banking by Merchants National Bank Indianapolis.
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United States Senate
United States
Tehuantepec
R. W. Schufeldt
Merchants’ National Bank
Indianapolis
American Surety Bank
Mexico City
Mexico
Shirley Dare Gets Into the Lock-Up
Shirley Dare the noted novelist and newspaper writer is serving a ten day sentence in the county jail at Elizabeth for disorderly conduct. She was arrested after a warrant secured by her son Andrew Power, secretary of the Exporters' association of New York City, followed quarrels with her daughter in law. In court she agreed to leave town but jumped off a moving train and was rearrested.
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Plainfield
N. Z
Novi
Shirley Dare
Elizabeth
Andrew T. Power
Exporters’ Association of
New York City
Susan Dunning Power
Power
Funds Scarce as Hen's Teeth at School Board Meeting
Owing to funds scarcity Commissioner Baker urged a 1899 restraint on expenditures without board consent. The finance committee proposed approving bills totaling 19 949 14. New teachers hired include C D Campbell Anna Rahé Rachel Sheridan Linda Schulz and D T Weir with salaries ranging from 650 to 1200. Rickert property near the high school ordered improved for 90. George W Sloan joined the finance committee replacing Dickson. The board declined to transfer nine Haughville pupils to Wayne township.
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Baker
C. D. Campbell
Anna Rahé
Rachel Sheridan
Linda Schulz
Achos
D. T. Weir
Mariual
Rickert
George W. Sloan
Dickson
Haughville Schol
Wayne Township
Noted Singer Insane in St. Joseph Case
In St. Joseph on November 4 Pietro Galjeano a noted barytone with the Lombardo Italian grand opera company is described as suffering from a mental breakdown after becoming violent Friday night and is confined for examination and treatment.
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ST. Joseph
Pietro Gal Jeano
Barytone
Lombardo Italian Grand Opera Company
States vote next Tuesday in twelve states
Elections will be held Tuesday across Maryland Massachusetts Pennsylvania Virginia New York New Jersey Ohio Iowa Kentucky Mississippi Nebraska and South Dakota. Parties listed include Democrats Republicans Prohibitionists Populists Fusion and more in various states. Virginia New York New Jersey elect only state assemblies.
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Maryland
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Iowa
Kentucky
Mississippi
Nebraska
South Dakota
Socialist Labor Party
Prohibition
United Christian
Suit Over Wife Alienation Against Harris Set
The damage suit of Oliver N. Henry against William Henry Harris for 20000 dollars for alleged alienation of his wife affections has been set for Tuesday before Judge Leathers. Henry, a traveling man, charges Harris coaxed his wife away and caused the divorce that followed. It is charged that Harris obtained a divorce from his wife to marry Mrs. Henry. Harris and his wife live at Denison. Harris is said to be wealthy.
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Oliver N. Henry
William Henry Harris
Leathers
Henry
Harris
Denison
Cotton crop ruined by late November freeze
Dallas, Nov. 4. Cotton expert John R. Clay reported that a survey of young bolls after Thursday night’s freeze shows the bolls were wet and sappy and completely destroyed. No top crop for the year is possible.
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Dallas
Tex
John R. Clay
Big Four Passenger Train Derailed Near Indianapolis
A Big Four mail car baggage car and two coaches of train No 34 derailed at Clermont nine miles west of Indianapolis Saturday at 3 10 am. Engineer Heller suffered a mashed hand while passengers escaped unharmed. The cars did not overturn and all were moved to Indianapolis in a caboose as officials investigate the cause.
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Peoria
Big Four
Clermont
Indianapolis
Heller
Plantation investment promises rich returns in Panama isthmus
The report describes a 5000 acre plantation at the geographic center of the Isthmus near Ubero Station on a railroad line. It details coffee and rubber trees, favorable climate, hospitable management, and asserts substantial investor profits from plantation operations and natural resources.
UBERO PLANTATION CO Officers and Managers Listed
The following named gentlemen are officers and managers of the company UBERO PLANTATION CO incorporated under Indiana laws. William D. Owen serves as president and ex-secretary of state. Nat U. Hill is vice-president and president of First National Bank Bloomington. A. C. Datly is treasurer and former state auditor and Lebanon National Bank president. U. Wile y is director and state bellate court justice. W. Overstreet is director and merchant from Terre Haute. H. A. Luce is secretary.
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Ubero Plantation CO
Indi
Cers
William D. Owen
Staite
Nat U. Hill
Presid First National Bank
Bloomington
A. C. Datly
State
Lebanon Nati Bank
U. 4
Wiley
Justice State Bellate Court
W. 1. Overstreet
Merch Terre Haute
H. A. Luce
Albany Woman Sues German Fire Insurance for Coercion
Catherine Scatton of Albany sues the German fire insurance company of Indianapolis in Muncie for 700 dollars alleging coercion by special-adjusting agent August Doeppers into accepting 200 for 3600 policy, after a total loss. Doeppers denies wrongdoing, says compromised earlier with higher payoff, and notes disputed claim may test whether insurers must pay full amount when house jeopardized unseen at policy issue.
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Catherine Scatton
Albany
Muncie
German Fire Insurance Company
Indianapolis
August Doeppers
Duppers
Womer
Lefavour
Doeppers
Arm shot fatality at Cambria and Clearfield line
Howard Loman, operator at Galway, sustained an arm wound from an old gun explosion while handling railway signals. Despite severe injury and loss of a hand, he remained at his post to relay trains until relief arrived, then fainted. He bound his wrist to stop bleeding and was treated thereafter.
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Altoona
Cambria & Clearfield Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Howard Loman
Galway
Loman
County Investigation Remains Uncertain for County Books
County commissioners expressed uncertainty about when the county books investigation will resume and who will succeed Bookwalter and McCaslin. The prior report by former experts Wriday was deemed satisfactory, with no decision yet on replacements or restart date.
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Greer
Bookwalter
McCaslin
Wriday
Bullets and Gore May Continue in Blog Stained Clay
London Ky November 4 Special judge Little c hose to vacate the beach in favor of Brow on the ground that the Brown Ever case is pending in the court of appeals The case of Dan Parker charged with the killing of A C Turner is now on trial and trouble is expected Many women and children are leaving Manchester
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London
Brown
Eversole
Manchester
Little
Brow
Appea
Dan Parker
A. C. Turner
Murphy Gospel League Meeting at Shover's Hall
Reverend R V Hunter will speak at the Murphy gospel temperance league gathering in Shover's hall at 3 p m on Sunday. The event aims to promote temperance and faith based community outreach.
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Murphy Gospel League
R. V. Hunter
Murphy Gospel Temperance League
Shover’s Hall
Indianapolis carpenter endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
Henry Brown of 352 Weghurst Street testifies in Indianapolis that two years of back pain and irregular kidney secretions were relieved by Dean's Kidney Pills purchased at Henry Huder's drug store. He emphasizes relief with the remedy and urges readers to remember the brand and avoid substitutes.
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Indianapolis
Henry Brown
Weghurst Street
Dean
Henry 3. Huder
Ted
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