Capture of Levi and famous Indiana lynching case
A lengthy retelling centers on Lyle Levi, a Union veteran linked to Pete McCartney and a major conspiracy arrest. The article recounts Levi’s capture by detective Rathbone, the chase at Columbus, Levi’s trial defense by Turpie and Hendricks, and his eventual lynching alongside five others in Versailles Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Ind
Lyle Levi
Byvie Lexi
Levi
Maddie West
Ayar
Setates Peessiey
Telat
Cary
United States
Benator
Mederal Wlerks
Wais Pvt
Paiste Ptimyl
Rte
Tree Peddier
Edward Rathbone
Treasury
Gery Comajor
Ohio National Guard
Paul Sorw
Milionaire
Cincinnati
House of Representatives
Gspurs
Pete Cartney
Lyle
Genefler
McCartney
Rathbone
Indiana
McGovern
Benjamin Harrison
United States States
David Turpie
Jim Shackleford
Molly Moetjuice
Pennsylvania
sHervice
Swart Hess
Ormouine Lye
Atlast Evrything
M-Govern
Swaripphis
Amah Bone
Columbus
Rath- Isaac
Lev
Levine
Liste
Yass McGovern
Iodranay
Erie
Water
Greshant
Sigmocrats
Corspiracy
Genera Plarceon
Thomas A. Hendricks
Gresham
Republcan
Turpie
Hendricks
Harrison
Pete McCartney
Dog Tray
Benjamin Northrup
New York Mail and Express
Roller steamer shell aims to roll across water
Description of a tubular shell vessel built at Peison's ship yard. The craft measures about 35 feet in diameter with a two foot inner bore housing machinery. The design uses a stationary core and revolving outer shell to create thrust by fins catching water, enabling rapid rolling on the surface.
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Ocean
Odo
Ickness
New York
Armstown
Peison
Struck it Rich
A tramp in the tale claims he will eat grass to survive after four days without food. He approaches a wealthy looking woman and is offered a different meal on the lawn. The exchange ends with the suggestion to try the grass where it grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Sacred Songs and the Call for Congregational Singing
A sermon urges churches to embrace robust congregational singing as a sacred duty. It celebrates the temple's splendor, defends music against secular misuse, and argues that all believers should sing to praise God, beginning in families and expanding to the public worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taimagein
Dusseldorf
Boston
Heaven
God
Tov
Paul
David
Christ
Charles Wesfey
John Newton
Toplady
Saullo
Franck
Israel
House of God
Iearly
Church of Christ
Cole
Kingdom of Christ
Cajetan
Luther
Surrey Gardens
St. Paul's
Kingdom of Nature
Syracuse
Chris
Richard Baxter
Mirsic
Musical Birds In PMlorida
Florida Times Union reports Fred Ellis of Jacksonville as a six year old engineer with a remarkable mock ing bird. The bird sings a sunlit medley of birds and creatures while his broken hind claw is fixed on a perch. A canary at the terminal station imitates airbrake whistles and, when trains approach, dances, then delivers a brake echo as the train arrives.
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Fred Ellis
Jacksonville
Florida Times-Union
Prince of Wales and Duke's Cartoon Talk Sparked by Napoleonic Tale
In Corbould's reminiscences a palace morning scene unfolds with the Prince of Wales showing a drawing of Napoleon on horseback aiming at the Duke of Wellington. The Duke identifies the figures and recalls a battle moment when Napoleon vanished in smoke before a field gun.
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Corbould
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Napoleon
Duke of Wellington
Duke Cabiiv
New York Tribune
Cabby's Widow Seizes Hack on Broadway
Mrs. Caroline Bennett, widow of the late hackman Jeff Bennett, drove away a hack and team on Broadway near Maiden Lane yesterday afternoon. Charles Ellis had bought the rig from Bennett. Ellis’s sister-in-law had sought recovery in City Court but failed. Bennett’s driver pursued but was outrun. the hack was unharnessed at a stable on Rensselaer Street. Mrs. Bennett said she acted under her lawyer George T. Kelly’s instructions.
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Broadway
Jeff” Bennett
Caroline Bennett
Bennett
Charles Ellis
Ellis
Maiden Lane
Vermont Farmer’s One Liner on Worth After Illness
The tale recalls a Vermont farmer in midsummer who recovers from a serious illness and notes the farm is slicked up. Asked how he feels in autumn he says he is fair to middlin and jokes that dying during busy seasons would have cost him money, estimating sixty dollars as a fairer figure.
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New England
Vermont
British Turkish Talks on Thessaly Occupation
A Turkish minister declares Britain will not allow permanent Thessaly occupation. The Sultan counters that the aim is only a temporary presence, likened to Egypt in duration and status. The remark appears in Puck's satirical coverage.
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Thessaly
Sultan
Egypt
Puck
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Lartimer, Wiere
New York World
Mary
Lake Michigan
Litte
Detroit
Tess
Toronto
Dr. Talman
Cabby
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