Local notes from Franklin and surrounding areas
A mixed rundown: upgrades to Seymour cows post December 1. Spiceland aims for a bottle and fruit jar plant. Frankfort band improving. 50 passengers on the morning train. Fist fight between Ed Zeiser Jr and John Kaltenbach. FE Tibbetts named notary by the governor. Pennsylvania Company equips coal cars with air brakes. Wesley Smith’s cane mill burned near Scottsburg with syrup loss. consul-general Sweeney resigns to lecture. Herriott family reunion in Franklin. Allen Wiley and Janetta Brachfield wed in Carroll County. Clark County assessor uncovers 96,345 in guardians and administrators property holdings. ad warns of catarrh and promotes Old Saul’s Catarrh Cure and Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup. several marriage licenses issued. engine cylinder head blow at Lawrenceburg mill. James Brown jailed after drunken lamp assault. drought risk and rising coal fears if river stays low. Thomas McDermott’s grave in Indianapolis. D C R Robinson touring Mississippi River repairs. body found of William Johnson in Shelbyville. scarlet fever cases under watch. DePauw will case revived at Salem with $50,000 settlement dispute.
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Frankfort
Ed. Zeiser, Jr
John Kaltenbach
FE. K. Tibbetts
Pennsylvania Company
Wesley Smith
Scottsburg
Z. T. Sweeney
Turkey
Herriott
Opera House
Franklin
Root & Co
Lawrenceburg
James Brown
Terre Haute
Brown
Thomas McDermott
Galveston
Texas
Indianapolis
Darb McDermott
R. S. McKee
D.C. R. Robinson
Greenville
Miss
Robinson
District of Mississippi River Improvements
Elizabeth
William Johnson
Shelbyville
New Albany
Capt R S Burnett builds Kentucky river lock and dam in six months
Capt R S Burnett U S Engineer in charge of the Kentucky river reports rapid progress on Lock No 6 near Salvisa Mercer county. A 300 man night and day force operated with electric lights, aiming for completion by late next week and earning praise from Washington officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.S. Burnett
United States
Kentucky
Louisville
Heraxp
Capt. Burnett
Frankfort
Lock No. 6
Salvisa
Mercer County
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Burnett
Washington
New York-Brooklyn
Jefferson Circuit Court Convenes September Term Proceedings
The September term opens with Judge Friedley presiding. Cases moved include Harvey Wrighthouse gaming dismissal and Oscar Montz twelve liquor charges indefinitely postponed with bond set. A jury is seated for William Wing Stewart charged in the February killing of Orrill Selig. defense by Capt. Vanosdol.
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Jefferson Circuit
Friedley
State
Harvey Wrighthouse
Oscar Montz
William Alias “Wing” Stewart
Orrill Selig
Hrrato
Capt
Vanosdol
Stewart
Obstructions and river troubles on Ohio and Cumberland
Obstruction at the Ohio mouth above the middle bar may be the Glendy Burke wreck. Navigation changes force daily transfers at Hughes bar below Louisville and Pearl boat from Evansville. Cumberland dead. Smithland isolated. dam and low river stage push Ohio along Illinois shore and close Cumberland mouth. Pilots in Cairo dispute paying scales with railroads. night pilots seek parity with day crews, causing grounded boats and growing car backlog at Bird’s Point.
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Ohio
Louisville and
Evansville
Cumberland
Smithland
Illinois
Dan Rice
Will S. Hays
Arkansas
Dan
Memphis
Cairo
Grapevine
Doddridge
Cotton Belt
Bird’s Point
Paducah Paper
Local notices and travels shine in Jefferson county
Maurice Herbst went to Franklin this morning. Rudy and wife, after a brief visit with Madison friends, returned to St. Matthews Ky., on the Brooks this morning. Miss Mary Cain visited Madison relatives then returned to St. Louis. Mrs. Elizabeth Dolph of Volga celebrated her ninetieth birthday, likely Jefferson county’s oldest citizen. Grandmother of Mr. E. K. Tibbets. Mrs. Thomas Ruddick, the Franklin slate writing medium, left for home after seances in Madison. she may seek a companion for a new tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Herbst
Franklin
JS. Rudy
Madison
St. Matthews
Brooks
Mary Cain
St. Louis
Elizabeth Dolph
Volga
Jefferson County
E. K. Tibbets
Thomas Ruddick
Charles Peterman
Kentucky Beauties Honor Sallie Ward Downs of Louisville
Descriptive sketch from Demorest’s praising Sallie Ward Downs a renowned Louisville belle. It tracks her marriages from Sallie Ward to Bigelow Lawrence, then Hunt, Armstrong, and finally G. F. Downs, noting wealth, social prominence, and lasting youth as she entertains at the Galt House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demorest
Kentucky
Sallie Ward Downs
Louisville
Sallie Ward
Crinoline
Bigelow Lawrence
Boston
Verne P. Armstrong
G. F. Downs
Ninon de L’enelos
Mossy marbles and memories of the living and dead
Dr. Holmes reflects on aging and memory, noting how the dead remain close in mind and how youth’s images persist. He contrasts aging with a tranquil acceptance and the enduring presence of departed friends in life’s quiet, sensory film. An inventor in Grand Rapids proposes artificial milk for the World's Fair, replacing corn with water to fool milkmen in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Autumn Song by Enilie Poulssen
Autumn shifts to silence as song birds depart and chrysanthemums bloom sparingly. The farmer shelters lambs as October fades and woods lose their crimson glow. Squirrels gather stores, bears move home, and Jack Frost nears as snow clouds gather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Autumn
Enilie Poulssen
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Seymour
Spiceland
Allen Wiley
Janetta Brachfield
Squire Cravens
Carroll County
Clark County
Board of Health
DePauw
Salem
Ella McIntosh
Jim Cope
Marshiall County
Jim
Eddyville
U. S
John H. Davis
James G. W. Adams
Provoke
Adams
Davis
Squire Allen
Circuit Court
River News
Holmes
Wall
InDianaProLia
Ind
Tux Frank Mupicini Co
W. W. Wax
Burrows
P.O. C
St. L. Ry
Olive Street
Dexington Avenue
Bulgean
W. F. Envce Union
Alling & Lodce
Indiana
Branham & Ritchie
Branham & Chambers
Baby
East Main
ST. Madison
East Main Street
Eckstein
Hawlin
Swormstedt & CO
Main Street
Madison,ind
George E. Currie
John W. Scott
Marow
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Ling
Missouri River
Joliet
Ottawa
Peoria
la Balle
Moline
Ke Inland
Mois
Davenport
Lucantine
Ottuma
Des Moines
Winterset
Audubon
Harlan and Coun
Oman
Fairbury
Haska
Horton
Topeks
Nelson
Hutchinso
Ichita
Belleville
Abilene
Caldwell
Kansas
Pond Creek Hennesss Hi
Beea Moines
Council Bluffs
Ae Etna
Ge Bt
Jose Joseph van S Guy
Topeka
Spiendia
Wensonaels
Missopeng
Taahieecaie
Dai Goles
Gan Ree
Alsert Lea
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