Micah Clarke Exiled to Barbadoes After Taunton Trial
In a Taunton assizes proceeding, eleven rebels are condemned for arms against the king. Jeffreys grants a royal pardon with plantations but ships them to Barbadoes, while courtiers bid for captives. The march to Poole ends with the voyage toward slavery amid public sympathy and moral outrage.
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Master Helstrop
Jeffreys
Crown
Ford
Helstrop
Jeffereys
Heistrop
Lurid Tale of Prisoners Sold into Barbadoes Market
A narrator describes being coerced into a ship bound for Barbadoes where crew lock prisoners in stalls, weigh them like livestock, and bargain over their value. The captain jeers at rationing while an irate captive protests scarce bread and water. The scene ends with threats of punishment for disobedience.
Strange Fatality Near Elkhart Tramps in Mystery Deaths
Four tramps were found dead or dying near Elkhart with no signs of violence. Two bodies were located west of town and two others found nearby in dangerous condition. Remaining two died Sunday night and Monday morning. Likely sunstroke or heat and drunkenness blamed for the deaths.
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Elkhart
Savings Bank for Soldiers Details in 1872 Act
The Kansas City Journal explains a congressional act from May 15 1872 creating a government savings bank for soldiers. Soldiers may deposit at least $1 with a paymaster, with 4 percent interest once deposits reach $50. Withdrawals occur only at discharge, deposits are debt protected, but forfeited if the soldier deserts. About 30 percent of regular army enlisted men used this privilege.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Congress
Rucker
Tragic carriage accident near here injures Mooney family
A Sunday picnic outing ended in disaster near a railway crossing when a locomotive struck a carriage carrying Patrick Mooney his wife and five children and guest Miss Teenie McDonald. Hester Mooney and Teenie McDonald suffered fatal skull fractures others injured with varying severity.
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Brazil
Here
Patrick Mooney
Guest
Teenie McDonald
Chicago and Great Eastern Railway
Mooney
Hester Mooney
Engagement of Miss Lelia Cook Ties to Lieutenant Hobson
Miss Lelia Cook of Oswego Kansas arrived in the county to visit her uncle Commissioner elect Cook. She confirmed her engagement to Lieutenant Hobson the Merrimac hero and said they plan to marry when he can arrange affairs probably late fall. Her brother married in Norfolk. Hobson was best man at that wedding.
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Noblesville
Lelia Cook
Oswego
Kans
Cook
Hobson
Merrimac
Miss Cook
Norfolk
Sampson
The
New York
Doomed Spaniards versus the United States in Field’s view
Dr Henry M Field argues that intelligent Spaniards cling to imperial pride and overestimate their power while Spain battles decline. He recalls Madrid amid Germany US tensions and suggests Spain underestimates US strength, living in past glory and dreaming of renewed influence.
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Europe
Henry M. Field
Madrid
Germany
Caroline Islands
United States
Darlington Soldier Recalls Tree-Struck at El Caney
George Lynch of the Second United States Infantry recalls a fierce charge at Santiago near El Caney. A shell hit a large tree within twenty feet of him, killing and wounding nearby soldiers while the tree became kindling. Lynch escaped unharmed though debris flew around him, with fellow Darlington men Oke Kelsey and Oscar Blue also uninjured.
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Crawfordsville
George Lynch
Darlington
Second
United States Infantry
Santiago
el Caney
Lynch
Oke Kelsey
Oscar Blue
Questions for advertisers to refine campaigns
A New York advertising man poses a list of reflective questions for advertisers. The prompts urge better copy changes, clearer pricing, stronger product naming, truthful ads, study of rivals, and prudent ad spend analysis.
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New York
Stones Fall Around Ghostly Girl in Cory County
In Cory residents face a baffling event as a girl named Miller, ill at Peter Roeschlein’s home, experiences a shower of stones whenever she leaves the house. None strike her, yet windows break and others are hit. Guards patrol the yard, but the stones continue. fear grows and belief in ghosts rises.
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Brazil
Cory
Miller
Peter Roeschlein
Plain Enough in The Golden Penny
A Yorkshire bar tale shows two men after a bet on a football match. One man has a homely frontispiece while the other mocks him bluntly about his appearance. The homely man retorts with a coin of blunt Yorkshire wit about leaving the "off" at home.
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Yorkshire
Mark Twain
Governor proposes damages law to curb white cap outrages
Indianapolis dispatch reports Governor seeks a county court action right against counties allowing white cap abuses in Monroe County. The plan assigns damages to victims or their relatives and pushes county voters to elect officials who will enforce the law. A second proposal allows changing counties if victims fear county prejudice.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati Enquirer
Monroe County
General Assembly
Venus
Fled Like a Deer Johnson Located by Uncle’s Farm
John W. Johnson wanted in Putnam County for shooting Moses McCullough of Reelsville has been found on his uncle’s Perry township farm in Clay County. He remains at large in the woods as deputies chased him Sunday until a misstep by Deputy Sheriff Digger alerting him led to his escape.
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John W. Johnson
Putnam County
Moses McCullough
Reelsville
Perry Township
Clay County
Johnson
Digger
Gardner Gets It. Gardner Nominated for Congress in Second District
In Washington Indian Springs special, Judge Wm. R. Gardner was nominated for Congress by Republicans in the Second district on Tuesday. First ballot results showed 5614 for Gardner and 51% for D L Bonner of Vincennes. Ex-Congressman Hardy was nominated but received no vote and gave a heated speech predicting Judge Miers’ election.
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Indian Springs
Wm. R. Gardner
Washington
Congress
Gardner
D. L. Bonner
Vincennes
Hardy
Miers
Laporte Special: Samuel Goldberg Charged With Murder and Whipping
Samuel Goldberg, accused by his daughter Lena, 23, of brutal whipping over 2 cents and of murdering his 11 year old stepson in 1896, with the body buried in the back yard. Police anticipate a great sensation as neighbors recount alleged cruelty by his family.
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Laporte
Samuel Goldberg
Lena
Goldberg
Race War in Monroe City over Civil War Land Dispute
In Monroe City near Vincennes a race war erupts as twenty black residents and thirty white residents clash. John Silence, a Black man, is killed. a house is burned and violence with bullets stones and clubs occurs. The dispute stems from ownership of a David Richey farm seized during the Civil War and sold for taxes. his heirs now contest the land.
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Monroe City
Vincennes
John Silence
David Richey
Cartersburg Families Lose Comrade In River Drowning
Commodore Hufford and Link Hadley of Cartersburg went to Eel River falls in Owen County for an outing. Hufford and Hadley took a shower bath under the falls. Hufford attempted to swim a deep pool but was seized with cramps and drowned in sight of his wife.
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Commodore Hufford
Link Hadley
Cartersburg
Eel River Falls
Owen County
Hufford
Hadley
Numerous Indiana News Briefs From State Ledger
State notes report oil tests near Noblesville producing 250 barrels daily and a frigid well at Elwood. Several deaths include Silas Harmon New Albany and E Will Kirk Muncie from paralysis. No. of civic items cover burglaries robberies divorces suicides and a clarify Miss Blythe marriage rumor correction. Rural delivery expands Crawfordsville to Shannondale.
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Walton Home Company
Silas Harmon
New Albany
RB. M. Willoughby
Vincennes
E. Will Kirk
Muncie
Thos, Abrams
Greencastle
Pr. O. F. Fitch
Morristown
Wiliam Talley
Noblesville
Crawfordsville
Shannondale
Geo. P. Emschler
Richmond
Earlham College
Herman Schorr
Batesville
Erie
Huntington
Sullivan County
John C. Chaney
Justice Brackett Mills
Evansville
Tie
John P. Guffin
Rushville
Jesse Damon
Dillsboro
Damon
David Blaker
Waterloo
Connersville
Henry Siberry
Portland
Klondike
Siberry
Helen Blythe
Laporte
Sacaton
Ariz
Blythe
H. W. Warren
Sacaton, Ariz
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Micah Clarke
A. Conan Doyle
Cred Jeffreys
Couneel
Sirrah
Jeffrey
Nether Stowey
Shepperton
Long Robe
Judas Iscariot
Taunton
Lord Sunderland
Shaill
Poole
Barbadoes
Indies
London
Horatius Flaccus
Clarke
Vaither Yander
Pogram
John Wooten
Langmere House
Dulverton
Godolphin
House of Commons
Lars
George Dawnish
Shepton
Carrion
North Street
Yeovil
Sherbourne
North Downs
Blandford
Jem
Zur
God
Hero Hobson
State
Savings Bank For Soldiers
Hero Hobson's
Don Quixote
White Cap
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