Huckleberry Bushnell Defies Essex Authorities in Home Stand
In November 1946 Essex resident Huckleberry Bushnell, once a prosperous saloonkeeper, now guards his second floor home after a town vote against licenses. He faces arrest on robbery charges as constables plan county and state involvement. Peddlers Isaac and Marx Silver fled after a hostile reception and loss of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex, Conn
Huckleberry
Bushnell
Essex
Wuckleberry
Huntley
Isaac and
Marx Silver
Bridgeport
Danbury Woman Predicts Imminent Judgment in December
Dr. Annie K. Bailey, a well known Connecticut physician, issues a signed forecast that from December to December 26 the sun and planets will align in a Noah's flood pattern. She cites biblical prophecies and recent celestial alignments as signs of the approaching judgment hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Conn
Annie K. Bailey
Connecticut
Bailey
God
Christ
Nash
Man
Kidney Pills End Ribble Pain Claims by Hearen Citizen
An Indianapolis resident Mr. W. H. Hearen of 215 Minerva St. testifies Dodsons Kidney Pills relieved long standing kidney and back pain. He describes prior illness with rib pain, colored secretions, headaches, dizziness, and fatigue after trying various doctors. He bought pills from Henry J. Huder and saw relief after a few doses. Buffalo, Neb. agents advertise nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Hearen
Minerva St
East Market
Dodn
Henry J. Huder
Artist Henry Hasbrouck Taken to Middletown Hospital
Henry Hasbrouck, a noted artist from New York and Chicago, was taken to Middletown state hospital after mental strain from trying to remember and paint a dream. He had summered at Coldbrook near Stamford with R. W. Hall and resisted capture, causing a brief reign of terror during the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton, N. Y
Henry Hasbrouck
New York
Chicago
Middletown State Hospital
Canvas
Hasbrouck
Coldbrook
R. W. Hall
Stamford
Men use dog to distract exploding fuse tale in Branton
Jim Healey and George Wilson allegedly strapped dynamite to a dog and tied it to a tree. They fled as the dog ran between them to avoid the blast. The dog and the men survived when the fuse exploded midway between them at about 3800 yards apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branton
Jim Healey
George
Keith Confession Reported After Michigan City Hang
Friday night around 10 45 Warden Reid notified Attorney General Taylor of Joseph Keith the murderer making a confession and requesting it not be released until after death Keith had been drafting the confession for days The AG had expected a confession and had advised allowing Keith to write freely before the execution Keith read most of the confession to the warden before the hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warden Reid
Michigan City
Taylor
Joseph Keith
Keith
Fell in a Well Utica Native Rescued After Three Days
Michael Step anik a New York Mills farm hand fell into a deep well while seeking cattle. He endured three days of cold hunger and attempted climbs with bleeding hands before a woodsman hunter heard faint cries and rescued him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Michael Stepanik
New York Mills
Stepanik
No Yellow Streak Scare Causes Freshman Hazing Incidents
In Columbia Missouri on November 16 Miss Lena Schultz opposed hazing of freshmen by sophomores. A mob confronted President Blodgett as he escorted her, she drew a revolver to deter the crowd, Blodgett escaped and the incident led to a formal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Mo
Lena Schultz
University of Missouri
Sopha
Blodgett
Congressman Overstreet Returns From Bartholomew Quail Hunt
Congressman Overstreet returns from a Bartholomew county quail hunt and says the outing was pleasant though he will not disclose quail counts. He plans to leave for Washington next Saturday and awaits news on new rural routes in Marion county. In the Denison lobby he met Speaker Henderson who greeted him warmly as Jesse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Overstreet
Bartholomew County
Overstreet
Washington
Samuel Rathbone
Indianapolis
Marion County
Ciinter
Denison
Henderson
Army of the ‘Tennessee Association
Jesse
Ground Glass in Cerro Gordo Death Exposed
In Memphis reports say Cerro Gordo Hooks died a month ago from foul play after the body was exhumed. Dr William Krause found ground glass and high arsenic zinc levels in the stomach, suggesting poisoning before embalming. Mrs Hooks formerly Mrs Atkinson is linked to large gold and bond gifts and a will leaving property to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Cerro
Gordo
Hooks
William Krause
Atkinson
Collinwood council forces five cent ride for franchise
Collinwood Ohio a Cleveland suburb. The Consolidated Street Railway Co sought a franchise to run cars into Collinwood but insisted on a single fare from the end of the line with full transfer privileges in Cleveland. After the council held firm the company yielded. From the Nottingham end passengers can ride about 40 miles for a ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Big Consolidated Street Railway Company
Collin‘wood
Collinwood Council
Nottingham
Prunes and Politics At Bloomington Chapel Scene
Gov Durbin and State Auditor Hart visited Indiana State University at Bloomington. Nat A Hill, banker and politician, spoke with humor about his and Taylor's years living on prunes. Billy Taylor, attorney general, graduated from the university as the crowd laughed at the quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durbin
Hart
State University
Bloomington
Nat A. Hill
Hill
Taylor
Billy’ Taylor
Nat Hill
Undertaker Susan Goodrich Dies in Freeport at 82
Ravenna Ohio reports Miss Susan Goodrich an undertaker from Freeport is dead at 82 after 50 years in the business. She prepared a casket for her own coffin and will be buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna, O
Susan Goodrich
Freeport
Mayor Low appoints L. Rives as corporation counsel
In New York, Mayor Low announced his first appointment naming L. Rives as corporation counsel. The chaotic wire copy mentions Irish nationalists seeking a parliamentary seat, actress Agnes Burroughs filing bankruptcy with $1,870 owed and $4 assets, Jacksonville man A. J. Funkhouser killing himself, Brigadier General Hall retirement at age limit, a Piedmont Mo. fire scorching property worth $20,000, and Chicago physician allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Low
New York
L. Rives Corporation
Kruger
Kitchener
Gale
England
Agnes Burroughs
A. J. Funkhouser
Jacksonville
Moriarity Sees Need for Two-Thirds Vote on City Bonds
Cornellman Morari ty asserts Democrats won t oppose the appropriation to pay temporary loans due Dec 2 but doubt the necessity of a general fund bonds issue as planned by Republicans. He cites first class lawyers saying a two thirds vote is required and argues against tying the city to permanent debt, favoring short term loans at favorable rates if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornellman ‘Morari
Moriarity
The Holy Ghost and Us Band Opens Brooklyn Bible Meeting
A group calling itself The Holy Ghost and Us led by Rev. Frank W. Sandford arrived in Brooklyn for a bible convention at Grand Union hall. The four men and three women preached, testified, and sang as Sandford announced baptismal services in the bay for seven converts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank W. Sandford
Brooklyn
Grand Union Hall
Court
Harrison-sts
Shiloh
Sandford
Stony Brook
L. I
A. Ix. Perry
Perry
Society of “the Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost
Women Husked Corn at Farm in Stroudsburg Incident
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on November 16 a group of Brodheadsville women went to Joseph Arnold's farm and husked his corn after taking possession. Arnold initially demurred but the women pressed on with vigor and completed the husking in short order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
Brodheadsville
Joseph Arnold
Arnold
Waterbury Gate Gategate Graveyard Election Fallout
Republicans in Wallingford district faced backlash after Edgar Wallace was defeated in the recent election. In Wallingford, a dispute about a cemetery gate, funded by church contributions for the Protestant cemetery, highlighted community tensions and political fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Edgar “W. Wallace
Fought 10 A Finish In Street Market Goose Match
A small woman wrestled a large goose along Delaware and Ohio streets near the market as a crowd gathered. The bird led with wing taps while the woman towed the reluctant animal toward Pennsylvania Street and boarded a car with the goose, ending the street show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market
Delawarest
Ohio St
Pennsylvania
Mr. Goose
Chiosts
Changed Her Mind Philadelphia Marriage License Shuffle
A Polish girl, Anna, wavered on marriage plans between William Kimobys and Joseph Bolynas. Bolynas offered to buy her a dress and finery, then she pledged to Kimobys. After Bolynas’ reproach, Kimobys renewed his suit and promised dresses if she married him. A third license issued, and the couple expected to wed on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Noy
Sewicz
Kimobhys
Jos
Bolynas
Kimobys
Anna
Kimobyy
The Actor's Teeth in Wallingford Theater Debt
In Wallingford on November 16 the Globe theater company faced a board bill with landlady of the Germania. A nighttime visit by the constable yielded Edwards missing payment but his teeth left in a tumbler of water, seized along with the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Conn
Globe Theater Company
Elmer Edwards
Germania
Edwards
McCoy Likely Re-elected District 10 Committeeman
Kentland newspaper man Harry Strohm says T. J. McCoy will be re elected to district 10 committeeman without a doubt. Joe Sleeper opposes McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Strohm
Kentland
Denison
T. J. McCoy
Joe Sleeper
McCoy
Poodle Permits Record in City Controller Office
City records show 5 376 dog licenses issued since June 1, 1894 5 376 were issued as of Friday afternoon marking the 1894 95 licensing period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Censes
Unrivaled Indianapolis Hype for Nerve Pills
An enthusiastic Indianaplis advertisement extols Dr A W Chase s Nerve Pills as rapidly popular in the city. It cites Mrs S W Marston of Meridian Street praising the remedy for nerves sleep and vigor and notes the 50 cent price and availability at Galers and the Chase Medicine Co Buffalo N Y with claims of widespread benefit and merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
A. W. Chase
Indianapols
S.W. Marston
el Meridian St
Ind
A.W. Chase
Hyder
A. “W. Chase
Man and Woman Die After Electric Shock Rescue Attempt
On Ontario Street Cleveland a woman died after grabbing a live wire during a roof fire scene. Thomas H. Bell, who rescued her, fell onto the wire and suffered severe burns and nervous shock, later undergoing skin grafts. The incident, linked to a 1895 report, underscored dangers of electric shocks and led to Bell’s long hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Jantz
Thomas H. Bell
Cleveland
Wright House
Ontario Street
Bell
Mr. Bell
General Hospital
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Charlottesville
Albemarle County
Thomas Jefferson
Huckleberry” Bushnell
Buffalo
Ty oH _pole agents
United States
Glass
Collinwood, O
Taylor and
Undertaker
Oakwood
Emma. Brown,Garthy
Dri Ie
RB Gray
Frank A.“Munsey
New
The
Washington, D D
Heiskell
Ston, Holloway & Co
Nellis Es
the Holy Ghost
East
Scranton
Peter Hernslock
Oliphant
Thheir’ Boarder
John Zegetski
Cauved
Ed Wallace
Hev
Dr. Williams
Williams
Telephone
Senate Avenue
North
Lew Shank
J. S. Cruse
E. Market St
Shank, Auctioneer
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