Judge Baldwin voices right to end life and physician aid
In Saratoga Judge Simeon E Baldwin argues a person may end life when wished and a doctor may hasten death for incurable illness. Dr Nehemiah Nickerson of Meriden recounts aiding patient suffering and lauds humane acts, citing chloroform relief in terminal cases and war as parallel to killing under certain circumstances. The debate centers on morality and medical duty in extreme suffering.
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New York
Simeon E. Baldwin
Yale Law School
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Saratoga
Nehemiah Nickerson
Meriden
Conn
New England
The
Meriden ,Medical Society
the Meriden Hospital
Baldwin
Federal Army
Union
South
United States
McKinley Cabinet Plans Dewey Visit and Western Trip
Secretary Long read a dispatch confirming the loss of the gunboat Urda neta and crew. The cabinet discussed the Dewey reception, the president and Mrs. McKinley’s itinerary, and a two week western trip beginning October 4 after a dinner to Admiral Dewey in Chicago.
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Washington
Long
Admiral Watson
Dewey
McKinley
Admiral Dewey
Chicago
Osio
They All Say Pleasant Things About Dewey
The Independents review interviews with Admirals Schley Sampson and Merritt on Dewey. Schley praises their long friendship and fame. Sampson compares Dewey to Nelson, noting he achieved maximum results for minimum expenditure. Merritt says English naval officers in Hall Asia value Dewey and he was pleased by his growing reputation.
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Schley
Sampson
Nelson
Dewey
Gen. Merritt
Asia
Indians Angry Over Murder of Sioux Chief
News from the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation reports strong emotion among the Lakota Sioux after the killing of Long Haly, a Cheyenne agency Sioux man, by a squaw man named Ruddy. A Catholic cemetery burial at the Rosseau ranch drew a large crowd and Speaker White Swan urged harsh scrutiny of whites. Inspector Linker and farmers Lyon and Comstock are present with a strong force to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sIoOuUx City Falls
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
Indiana Thera
Long Haly
Ruddy
Rosseau Ranch
White Swan
Inspector Linker
Indian Bureau and Agency
Lyon and
Comstock
Soldier Krider, worst wound, returns home from war
D W Krider of Battery K Third artillery, Wharton Ohio, aboard the troop ship Para arriving from Manila, is cited as the war's most severely wounded. A shrapnel shell killed two others. Krider bears 24 shrapnel bullets and a Mauser bullet through him, with doubtful full recovery prospects. Grist for the Democratic Press. Chicago, Sept 27. Samuel B Cook says Johnston will move the Democratic press bureau from Devlin's office around Oct, with Johnston supplying campaign literature and a special editor to be appointed next year.
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San Francisco
Para
Manila
D. W. Rider
Wharton, O
Battery K. Third Artillery
Utah
Krider
Grist
Democratic Press
Chicago
Samuel B. Cook
Ways and Means
Democratic Party
Johnston
National Committee
Democratic Press Bureau
P. J. Devlin
Democratic
Cook
Casualty Report From Manila to War Department
Casualty report sent from Manila dated Sept. 26 notes drownings and deaths in the Philippines. Drowned: Third infantry at Bagbag river Baliwag in advance on the enemy on Aug. 14. Listed: Max Jackson of Company C and Corporal Peter Larson of Company G. Killed: Sixteenth Infantry at Meycauayan on Sept. 20, William Hardy of Company D. Signed Otis.
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Manila
Bagbag
Baliwag
Max Jackson
Peter Larson
Meycauayan
William Hardy
Otis
Censor in Milwaukee Paper Employs Doctor as Supervising Editor
The Germania of Milwaukee announces a novel censorship by hiring Dr. Duemling of Lutheran College Laporte Indiana to supervise all content. He will review editorials and news before publication, a unique practice claimed by the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
The
Germania
Dr. Duemling
Lutheran College
Laporte
Ind
Duemling
Riots in Spain clash at arsenal suburb
ISERROL Sept 27 Riots broke out Tuesday as a mob of strikers aided by women and children attacked men at the arsenal. Gendarmes chased rioters and several were seriously wounded amid chaotic scenes reported from Spain. A rumor from New York Sept 27 claimed Paterson spread cruel unfounded information about army restoration. Gen Gallifot promised aid.
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Spain
Iserrol
Arsenal
Ara A. Cruel
New
York
Paterson
Girl Choked to Death in Ohio After Bean Misdiagnosis
Jes Evans family traveling from Cleveland to Indianapolis stopped for medical aid Sept 10 claiming their daughter Mary was choking on a bean. An operation found only inflammation and she later died in hospital. Post mortem showed she swallowed a jackstone with six prongs lodged in her throat.
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Bellefontaine
Jes. Evans
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Mary
Bank cashier resigns after losses at Effingham bank
A. Talls worth, cashier of the Bank of Effingham in Effingham, resigned and turned over all his property to the bank after speculative losses. Tuesday, bank president W. Cummings, father-in-law of Elistworth, was found dead in bed, believed caused by heart disease from worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Sant
A. M. Tallsworth
Bank of Effingham
W. Cummings
Elistworth
Dewey Arrival Marked by Tolling Independence Bell
Philadelphia saluted Admiral Dewey’s arrival in New York as Independence Hall bell tolled 17 times by mayoral order.
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Philadelphia
Admiral Dewey
New York
Independence Hall
Hoosier Pensions and Increases for War Widows List
A long OCR list records pensioners and beneficiaries across Indiana and nearby towns with varying benefit amounts. Names include John Frets of Waterloo and Benjamin Gerald of Indianapolis among many others, noting increases or new grants with amounts ranging from six to twenty four dollars, plus a Mary E. Hill entry for Frankfort as original widows.
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John Frets
Waterloo
Orlando Foles
Indianapolis
Zaphar Evans
Dunkirk
Jonathan Stanley
John W. Medreery
Gaston
Carroll K. Roberts
Delphi
Benjamin Gerald
George H. Pennington
New Albany
James Price
Frankfort
Edwardsport
Jonathan Merriman
Hillsdale
John W. Thompson
Thomas N. Murphy
Lafayette
Jacob Green
Correct
Benjamin F. Alter
Forest
William H. Snider
Muncie
Sylvester Cunningham
Lebanon
Daniel Rice
Camden
Charles Murphy
Seymour
Ferdinand Grime
Fort Wayne
Andrew J. Smith
Wabash
James H. Myers
Jeffersonville
Philip Carlile
Scottburg
Nelson V. Gaby
Rome City
Mary E. Hill
Hattons credit Golden Specific in secret cure claim
Mrs John M Hatton of Lebanon Ohio tells a reporter she secretly used Golden Specific to cure her husband’s long standing drunkenness without his knowledge. She praises Dr J W Haines Cincinnati for sending free trial packs and urges other women to request the sample to combat the liquor problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hatton
Lebanon
Ohio
J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Anti-Trust Confab Provokes Iowa Texas Spat
Des Moines Sept 27 Gov Shaw rebutted Gov Sayres Texas claim that anti trust talks at St Louis were spoiled by party bias. Shaw said his presence prevented harmony and protested Democratic mass meeting masked as an anti trust conference urging broad patriotic discussion.
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Des Moines
Shaw
Gov
Sayres
Texas
St. Louis
Badly Scalded At Barr's Flour Mill Accident
Princeton Indiana September 26 two workers John Kirkman and Will Bedger were badly scalded when a steam plug blew from Barr's flour mill Tuesday morning Bedger may lose both eyes and both men were rushed to the hospital for treatment and observation by local authorities and mill staff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
John Kirkman
Will Bedger
Barr's
Bedger
Rapid fire items spark a cabinet crisis in Spain
The report lists a string of brief items: a cabinet crisis feared again in Spain, an annual meeting of Cumberland’s army in Detroit, Admiral Gripson visiting Admiral Dewey, the Cantacuzene couple sailing to their Russian home, the hospital ship Relief sailing for Manila with crew, 22 new yellow fever cases and one death at Key West, crop damage to apples near St. Joseph Michigan from Sunday wind, Chicago mayor Harrison stating no hesitation to speak, Manila arrivals via City of Para at Frisco, a Crawfordsville pastor’s world end date calculation, a Ray's Crossing poet awaiting German praise and English praise, a dead man in a caboose at Mallocn, and a testament with the name John Dunn. The note ends with a patent medicine advertisement.
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Army of the Cumberland
Detroit
Gripson
Admiral Dewey
Frince
Princess Cantacuzene
Relief
Manila
Key West
St. Joseph
Mich
Harrison
Chicago
McLean
Ohio
Para
Frisco
Wallace Tharp
Christian Church
Crawford'svillle
England
Deadman
Caboose
Mallocn
John Dunn
Cincinnati
An Oid Nurse for Children Teething Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims the syrup soothes the child softens gums relieves pain cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
Plaza restaurant sale near Monument Place details
Commutation tickets priced at 1.26 for 1.00 and a plaza restaurant listing at 38 40 Monument Place with an offered rate of 1.28 for 1.90. The fragment outlines a pricing note for two local entities in a historical listing.
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Plaza
Monument
Kansas City's Fall Frolic Opens With King Kiki Parade
On Thursday afternoon the Karnival Krewe will assemble and Mayor Jones will turn the keys of the city to King Kiki. Festivities run a week featuring a large street fair and a parade with a hall of priests of Pallas, promising to eclipse any similar event in the west.
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Kansas City
Jones
Kiki
Pallas
DeWitt's Witchfrazel Salve Restores Health Says Conrad Stange
Conrad Stange of Pierz Minnesota says he suffered piles for eleven years before using DeWitt's Witchfrazel Salve and now feels like a new man. The ad cautions buyers to beware counterfeit products and notes the salve is available from all druggists.
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DeWitt
Conrad Stange
Pierz, Minn
Big Four Route Dewey Celebration Tickets On Sale
New York and return fares offered by Standard Lines at 25.35 and 22.55 with differential routes. Tickets go on sale September 26 to 28 with good return validity until October 4.
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Dewey
New York
Cincinnati Special Trains Sunday October 1
Two special fast trains run from Cincinnati Sunday October 1. The 6:30 a.m. train makes no local stops. The 7:15 a.m. train stops at Rossville, Connersville, Liberty, Oxford and Hamilton, and returns from Cincinnati at 6:25 p.m. via C, H and D lines.
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T.ia
Rosnville
Connersville
Liberty
Oxford
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Martinsville Street Fair Special Train Ticket Offer
Pennsylvania Lines sells round trip tickets for the Martinsville Street Fair from September 25 to 30 with return valid through October 2. A special train departs Indianapolis September 29 at 6 30 p m arriving Martinsville at 10 30 p m with return service that night.
Free Street Fair Excursion Tickets Offer From Seymour
Pennsylvania Wines will sell excursion tickets for the Free Street Fair in Seymour Indiana. Round trip price is 1.89 with departures on September 25 26 27 28 29 and 30. Return good until October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ind
Pennsylvania
Notice to Gravel Road Contractors Sullivan County Indiana
The Sullivan County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by 12 o clock noon Wednesday October 18 188 for twelve miles of free gravel roads petitioned by Lee M Allen et al Bids may cover the entire system or individual sections with a designated maximum completion time per section Bid forms are provided by the auditor The board may reject all bids J R Riggs Auditor Sullivan Co August 21 1899
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
Lee M. Allen
Board of Commis‘canana
Chicago Express Official Timetable Fragment
Fragmentary timetable item notes a 1250 am posting for the Chicago Express with unclear routing and markings. The readable terms mention trains and a ferry note, but details and context are missing from the damaged OCR. Entities identified include Chicago Express and related train notation.
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Nehemiah
Nickerson
Mkinley and
Admirals Schley
Samrsom
Merritt
War Department
Gen. Gallifot
Hin
Hoosier Pensioners
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Chicaga
Shaw and
Sr. Thomas
Enterprise Steam
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Reliable Union Co-operative Laundry
Progress
Martinsville Street Fair
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Gregory & Appel
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Toledo Express
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Decatur & Western Railway
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R’y
D&p
Monon
Mohon
L. D
W. R.y
Roachdale
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