Queen News From Mount Vernon Odd Marital Tale
Mount Vernon reports a curious note about John McCleish a 70 year old man who claims he never kissed a woman and plans to sail from New York to Scotland to marry a sweetheart who waited since she was 16. she is now four years old the tale appears fanciful and urban rumor. A separate item notes a lawyer shot while coon hunting in East Liverpool Capt William M Hill an attorney and commander of Company E Eighth Office was wounded by Rural Mail Carrier Harry Dawson who mistook him for a target.
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John McCleish
New York
Scotland
Russell Dewey
Cupid
East Liverpool
Wiliam M. Hill
Company E
Eighth Ofice
Cuba
Harry Dawson
Chicken Thief Targeted While Mill Hunts Coon Party
A mill worker on a coon hunting trip with friends reported a chicken theft during the outing. The group noted disturbances near the camp and contacted local authorities for investigation.
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Mill
Girl and dog die in playhouse fire in Allentown
In Allentown Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Harvey Hetzer mourn the death of their two year old daughter Helen who perished with their dog in a small frame playhouse built by local boys. The child wandered inside with her sister Minnie and stepped on matches left on the floor starting a blaze that spread through excelsior. Minnie escaped unharmed.
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Allentown, Pa
Harvey Hetzer
Helen
Minnie
Tots Hunt Rabbits in a Big Cornfield
Lawrence McCoy and Robert Maley four-year-olds wandered into a cornfield at the end of Charles street Wednesday afternoon seeking rabbits. They were found by their parents around 6 o clock and said they were just going to catch rabbits but could not find any. The boys live with their parents on Charles street.
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Lawrence McCoy
Robert Maley
Charles Street
Justice Stout Defends Fees in Center Township Case
In a sworn statement Justice Stout argues the fee law applies only to townships with a city of 100 000 or more, and not to Center township Marion County. He claims fees wrongfully diverted, asserts his court handles 461 possession suits since January, and defends Constable Marrer from rent collecting accusations while noting higher costs outside Center township.
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Center Township
Marion County
Crtater
Justice of the Peace Court
Philip Marrer
Marrer
Indianapolis Sun
Justice Courts
Washington Township
Rent Suits Spread Across Classes in Woodruff Place
The piece describes how constables seize rent due and costs in possession suits, affecting both poor and wealthier tenants. It cites a traveling salesman in Plainfield who faced repeated suits, paying $20 in costs on an $18 rent before goods were stored and the house seized. It also notes alleged improper fee allocations by Justice Harvey B. Stout in Center township and a law that directs Center township to receive the fees.
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Woodruff Place
Tlough- Ville
Justice of the Peace
Harvey B. Stout
Justice Stout
Center Township
Marion
The Granger Case and a Bank Trust Collapse
A Gotham Trust cashier Robert Granger certifies a $700000 check for financier Cornelius Brady under orders from president Burton Temple. The check bounces, triggering a financial panic and Granger’s arrest. The public protests the court’s pending Sing Sing sentence of 15 years.
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Robert Granger
Sing Sing
Granger
Gotham Trust Company
Trust Company
Rapgar
Publc
District Attorney
Theublic
Cornelius Brady
Trust
Brady
Gotham Trust
Temple
Brandy
Origin of Skat from Altenburg Card Game
Skat, now rival of bridge and popular in safe circles, originated in Germany with Altenburg as its home. Early records show it evolved from other card games in 1817 by Hempel, a professor at the Altenburg college.
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Altenburg
One Hempel
Altenburg College
Restorative Treatment for Nervous Men
An advertisement promotes a home remedy for nervous exhaustion and melancholia aimed at men. It prescribes a detailed compound using balmwort, satsaparilla, cardiol essence, and cndomene tincture, to be mixed and taken after meals and at night with water. The pitch touts “astonishing nerve power” and privacy from expensive fees.
Arson Trial Instructions Refer to Four Victims and Self Testimony
The judge emphasized the defendant may not be compelled to testify and that silence cannot imply guilt. The jury was told to convict only if sure beyond reasonable doubt a person was killed by arson, and all doubts about other deaths should lead to acquittal for murder though arson could still be found if the dwelling acted and was valued at $2 or more.
Civil War Veteran Dies After Fall Injury
Frederick Williams, a Civil War veteran and ice mate at the Soldiers' Home at Mariow, died at City hospital from a fractured skull after falling on the sidewalk at Maryland and Illinois streets. He was visiting relatives with his daughter Mrs. J. W. Butkit of 529 Warren Avenue.
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Frederick Williams
Mariow
City Hospital
Maryland
Wmlinois
J. W. Butkit
Warren Avenue
Romance of the Old Mill on Thanksgiving At Manhattan Theater
The Manhattan theater presents a dramatic and realistic play Romance of the Old Mill with an overshot water wheel scene and flour dust, followed by Prof Downing’s baritone songs. Audience can attend for five cents and hear Wait For Me By the Mulberry Tree.
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Manhattan Theater
Prof
Downing
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