Local notes trace church accessions and river excursion plans
Many short items list church attendances at Trinity, a Second street residence sale for 2100 dollars, Western Fire Co improvements, Carrollton High School picnic to Hanover, gas works extending service to Edward Coyle, and Moore's Hill College attendee James Cordrey. Also noted are a water works outage delaying factories, vandalism with empty beer kegs, a notable sermon, marriage licenses, Mrs. Harrison Risk’s death, summer steamship excursions by a Hebrew congregation, and local editorial reflections on heart and life endings. Sold house, intracity events, deaths, weddings, and public notices fill the page.
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Trinity Church
David Bushton
Second Near West
Western Fire Co
Carrollton
Hanover
Edward Coyle
Lower Second Street
James Cordrey
William Bates
Mildred McKay
Harrison Risk
Canaan
la Grippe
Louisville
Kentucky River
Brown County Indiana Described as Frugal and Rugged
Brown County Indiana fifty miles northwest of there lacks railroads and debt with a rough high ground. Wood Patch Hill hosts the Government signal station as the county’s highest point near Nashville. The county seat has 400 people and one brick building. Courts and jail are log structures. No saloon exists and no recent penitentiary sentences. Grand jury returned two indictments for minor offenses. The county carries no debt and holds a small treasury surplus. Dr. Cook stands as the wealthiest resident at about 35 to 40 thousand dollars. Democratic majority is strong and the pension roll outweighs agricultural output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Wood Patch Hill
Indiana
Nashville
Cook
Georgia planter defies church over $10000 dwelling with lightning rod
A wealthy Georgia planter faces a church trial for heresy after building a $10,000 residence and installing a lightning rod, defying locals who claim the act shows fanaticism against divine will. Reporter notes mixed frost impact on Trimble county crops, with peaches on hills largely unscathed and farmers hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Schweinfurthe
Teeds
Prison wall contract and improve grounds in Indiana
Indiana State Prison South board meets next Tuesday to contract one million bricks for a new wall and 3000 feet of tiling for sewers to the Ohio river. The board will consider purchasing eight more acres from Pennsylvania Railroad and J H Stotenberg, settle right of way with property owners, and accelerate work as convicts and labor are available. Over 600 convicts currently housed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Prison South
Oho
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
J. H. Stotenberg
Jeffersonville
Medium Winns Exposed in Indianapolis Seance Scam
In Indianapolis suburbs Thomas Winns, an alleged medium, duped grieving families via seances. During a staged exposure a participant saw her dead husband reveal himself as Winns, who had slipped from the dark room. Police halted the scene and forced him to repay the collected money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Thomas Winans
Winns
Winans
Monument marks center of U S population near Greensburg
The Chicago Herald dedicated Bedford stone monument in Greensburg Indiana to mark the center of the United States population. The point lies ten miles from Greensburg at 39 11 36 N and 55 32 53 W on the line with the first marked cut east of Baltimore. About ten thousand spectators from Decatur County watched the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Chicago Herald
United States
Baltimore
Decatur County
White and Siddons Draw Feath er Championship Fight
In Fort Wayne Indiana on May 11 Tommy White and George Siddons of Chicago fought for the Northwest featherweight title and $1000, drawing after forty nine rounds amid a cautious, mostly scientific bout with a single knockdown in round forty seven and early blood from the ear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Waynt
Ind
Tommy White
George Siddons
Chicago
Northwest
Princess Rink
White
Siddons
Illinois Rail Break Reveals Hidden Flaw Amid Wreck Reports
Indianapolis dispatch notes Thomas Maill of Chicago remains semi conscious after the wreck on April 26 and doctors fear brain involvement. A railway committee found a flaw in the broken rail that could not be detected, absolving trainmen of responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Thomas Maill
Chicago
Capt. Myers
Destructive Forest Fires Rampage Through Kane Oil Fields
A Kane field fire has destroyed the northern half of the producing area, consuming C W Schofield and Koester property on lot 3883 and 16 rigs at Stettheimer & Co on the Brown lease. Two thirds of the J P Cappeau lease burns, while Porter pump station is threatened. West Kane faces possible destruction as hundreds fight high winds and spreading flames near Austin. Telegraph service is crippled and details are scarce.
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Pennsylvania
Bradforp
Kane
C. W. Schofield
Preston
Porter Pump Station
West Kane
Keating Summit
Austin
F. C. & M. W. Goodyear
Forest fires sweep across Michigan towns and mills
Reports from Mecosta Clare and surrounding areas describe extensive fires destroying Altona Clinton and Farwell while supplies and logging crews suffer heavy losses. Fires endanger Harrison and nearby railroad facilities, with multiple railroad buildings and precious logs burned across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mecosta County
Altona
Big Rapid
Bear Lake
Harrison
Clare County
Clare
Clinton
Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan
Wagner & Pierce
Hyde Brothers
Farwell
May Report on Cotton Planting Progress Across States
The Agricultural Department reports May progress in cotton planting was 27.5 percent of planned breadth by May 1, below long term averages. Delays across the belt stem from heavy rains in February and March and April drought, leaving many fields unplanted or poorly set seed. State values range from Virginia 40 percent to Florida 92 percent with Texas 79 and Tennessee 71, and reporters foresee possible acreage reductions depending on late planting and potential profits.
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Wasuigsaton
Agricultural Department
North Carolina
Tennessee
Gulf States
Georgia
Texas
Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Cotton Belt
A Drop in Tea
The Union Pacific Tea company of New York with 95 branches has assigned without preferences. Senior partner Robert P. McBride was recently divorced for cruelty and intoxication and ordered to pay $6 a year alimony. Assignee George H. Macey cites inadequate capital and complex business. company valued around $1.5 million annually, solvent but seeking an extension and to pay on dollar.
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New York
Union Pacific Tea Company
Robert P. McBrige
McBride
George H. Macey
Waterstreet
A Mistake of Sex: Birth of Heir to Duchess’s Fortune
A daughter was born to James Hooker Hamersley, a New York broker. If a boy, the child would inherit the Duchess of Malborough's large estate, as Louis Hamersly's will set the wealth to the elder son or charities upon the Duchess’s death, making the sex of the newborn notable for fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Hooker Hamersley
Duchess of Malborough
Louis Hamersly
J. Hooker Hamersly
Advance in Wheat Condition Reported Across States
The May 1 condition of winter grain shows wheat at 97.9 and rye 97, with a one point April advance in wheat. Ohio Valley moisture delayed plowing early April but progress resumed. Frost in early May damaged strawberries and early vegetables, with limited impact on grain and fruit in many regions.
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Wasnixar’s
Department of Agriculture
New York
Michigan
Ilinois
Missouri
Utah
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Ohio Valley
New Jersey
Maryland
Peach Belt
Murder of Chinese worker linked to U S border policing
James Marr reporting from El Paso describes the murder of a Chinaman employed by Marr to help spot illegal Chinese crossings into the United States at Paso del Norte Mexico. The act is blamed on Chinese Highbinders and underscores enforcement of the exclusion era. The piece notes a large demand for dimes at the treasury and a Michigan town, Lupinaton, suffers near-total fire destruction with extensive timber losses.
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Washington
James Marr
United States
el Paso
Tex
Treasury Department
Paso del Norte
Mex
Marr
Mexico
Murder in Chartiersborough Claims Wife in Lamp Fire
James Stewart of Chartiersborough murdered his wife Mary 30 by throwing a burning lamp at her during a drunken quarrel at supper. The lamp exploded and burned Mary severely, causing her death Sunday after a night of agony. Stewart was jailed in Pittsburg.
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Loansport
Ind
Martin Griner
Amina Keister
Canal Street
Griner
Guiner
Prirrspurg
James Stewart
Chartiersborough
Mary
Stewart
Pittsburg
Miner Missing After Summit Hill Mine Fire
Fire at Lehigh Coal company No 4 colliery Summit Hill continues as efforts to smother the blaze fail. It is believed miner Hugh Sharp perished and flooding the mine will be considered only after all other extinguishing methods fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansford
Lehigh Coal Company
Summit Hill
Hugh Sharp
Corte to Be Recalled Over Mafia Ties
Washington dispatch says the State Department may demand Italy recall Pascal Corte the New Orleans Italian consul for violating diplomatic courtesy and becoming a persona non grata amid Mafia affairs. A Pueblo policeman Moses Lovern accidentally shot himself in the head this afternoon and died at 6 45 p m after being taken to a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carcasco
Washington
Department of State
Italy
Pascal Corte
New Orleans
Pueblo
Col
Moses Lovern
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West Street
J. W. Turner
Madison
CO. Mirsh
Columbus Herald
Marc Brashear
Godfrey
Jefferson Underwood
North Madison
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Daviess County
Henry Strong
Fillmore Street
Eagle Cotton Mills
Brown County, Ins
Trimble County
James Strather
Trimble
Strather
The
Carrollton Democrat
Yulu Smith
Floria Hafford
Lucy Dunaway
Harvey Conway
Oldham Co
James Whitcomb Riley
France
Switzerland
Pitcher’s Castoria
Ohio
Penn
Greencastle
Methodist Episcopal
Meharry Hall
Warren
Fowler
George C. Hewes
Theological School
China
World's Fair Commission
World’s Fair Commission
Charles B. Stuart
Lafayette
Ewing
W. F. Noble
Supreme Court
W. R. Holloway
Brackenridge
Fort Wayne
Allan Zollars
Pr. Wayne
Grand Ramps
Mich
Chicago and West Michigan
Shields
White Cloud
Chicago and
West Michigan
Lilley Junction
Bightley
Dunshern, Bolinder & Company
Maskesem
the Agricultural Department
Washington News
Agrcultural Department
Wasuinetos
United States Treasury
Lupinaton
Walkerville
Ocean County
Butlers
Peters
Zinger
Freesoil
Corte
Rscher & Richert
Great Northern By
North Dakota
Montana
Great Northern
PF. L, Whitney
St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern Ry
America
Minnesota
Dakota
Seekora
Sun River
COAL
Iontana
MINES
Anies
Warr- Ney
G. ON
I, L
Munn & CO
Broadway
Iite
Root
M Al.g
Peans Sr
Atlas Engine Works
Dieffenbach
PEA Dry Drug & Chemical CO
Wisconsin Street
Milwaukee
Wis
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