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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1895
Page
1
Advertises Dr Freevee’s Favorite Prescription for women with backache headaches and fatigue. Claims to restore strength through a vegetable compound and a tonic from a hospital dispensary with fifty years of expertise. Warns of nervous and functional female disorders and promises cure.
A May cold spell froze 31 shorn sheep near Walnut valley. Farmer Vetter had shorn and turned the flock out. frost later killed many, leaving twenty motherless lambs huddled with the dead ewes. Only heavy coats saved some. China imitates ony, dapin imitates, selects and adapts.
A Miami county reader reports six years of heart disease and nerve distress with severe palpitations and insomnia. After medical help failed she used Dr Miles Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine, sleeping better and feeling her heart steady. She recommends the remedies to others and notes a money back guarantee.
Public business suspended as Washington mourns Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham who died after a long illness. President Cleveland issues a proclamation honoring his character. Funeral plans include a White House service and a Chicago burial with military escorts and cabinet pallbearers.
In Washington on May 2 officials praise Secretary Gresham’s character and work. Comptroller James H. Eukels lauds his honesty patriotism and diplomatic skill while Assistant Secretary Hamlin hails him as a great public man. Postmaster General Wilson recalls his plain direct nature and public service.
A tribute praises a longtime public servant for steadfast dedication to justice and freedom. The obituary-style note highlights his fruitful life of high service to his country and enduring influence among nations.
The Church Union, a New York religious paper edited by Elizabeth Grannis and others, was excluded from the mails for containing a lottery advertisement and running a lottery scheme offering prizes from a gold watch to a grand piano for numbered subscriber letters, with drawings tied to subscription numbers.
Details of the Dom Pedro disaster confirm 103 perished and 88 saved. Survivors seek refuge in Villa Garcia, Pontevedra province, after the steamer struck Cobos rocks near Corrubedo on the Bay of Arosa. The gun boat McMahon was dispatched to the scene.
Madrid dispatches describe the Dom Pedro wreck with a valuable cargo aboard and many Spanish emigrants among the passengers. The scene was horrific as passengers leaped into the sea and attempted to swim to shore amid chaos.
W C Stivers a Lancaster tobacco raiser sues Miss Catherine West 23 a school teacher for breach of promise claiming she repeatedly vowed to marry him and set a date but refused. He seeks $5000 in damages saying he has been worried humiliated and damaged by the alleged broken engagement.
On a Cameron area farm 14 miles north, Jeff Lewis killed Epsy Smith and her husband Will Smith and fatally wounded Lucy Smith and her daughter Emma before shooting himself. All involved are colored. Jealousy is suspected as the motive following Epsy and Will Smith’s marriage just days earlier.
Grand jury charges John Corns and his mother Harriet Corns with murder in the first degree for the death of Mary Corns wife of John. Victim buried amid public outcry. autopsy shows neck broken and violence on other parts.
In Columbus sadness and solemnity marked the hanging of Lafayette Prince, Cleveland wife murderer, at 12 11. Calm and religious, he faced the trap without faltering. after 13 minutes the heart ceased beating, neck broken by the drop, execution deemed perfect. Louisviewr record report follows.
Inextros O May 29 a meeting of the employees at the Kelly and Belfont Iron and Nail mills agreed to strike for restoration of the 20 percent wage cut. The action impacts about 1,200 men and will start Saturday.
At the Academy of Music Philadelphia on May 29 a crowd heard George Edmunds William Trenholm Michael Harter and Charles Emory Smith discuss a gold standard and opposition to free coinage of silver. Edmunds urged political action and cited Jefferson as a standard of honesty in finance.
The Atlanta report states Speaker Crisp reaffirms support for free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1. He notes his long public record of advocacy and votes and says the card is to correct misrepresentation and end the doubt.
Paris May 29 Cardinal Gibbons halted at the Seminary of St Sulpice before a trip to Rome says he will spend a month there and on returning will deliver a public lecture in this city on the relation between capital and labor.
In Berne on May 29 a massive rockslide from Schwarz mountain cascaded into the Lauterbrunner valley. The landslide swept away forests along the slope and caused extensive property damage.
Ohio Republicans convene in Zanesville nominating General Asa A. Bushnell for governor as Foraker faction gains ground over McKinley supporters. Bushnell, born 1834 in Oneida County New York, is a Springfield businessman and leader of harvesters firm Warder Bushnell Gleason. In Illinois, Kankakee District Camp Meeting Association faces tax questions over land ownership. In Cleveland, manufacturers and delegates discuss rate scale at the Amalgamated convention. South Carolina appeals court considers docketing the registration case injunction in Columbia.
The 15th annual convention of the American Water Works Association opened in Atlanta with Secretary Milne of New York presenting an operon by Samuel O Artingstall, Chicago city engineer, on the cost of pumping water. Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Gatton v Rock Island Railroad cannot recover pre interstate commerce act overcharges.
Marshalltown Iowa reports a fierce south wind, heat and drought threatening crops for 40 hours with temperatures near ninety. In Cleveland a verdict sentences Frank Kostiho to life imprisonment for the Sahker woods murder of Daniel Cebring on June 6.
DusvQve Iowa May 29 John T Han cock & Sons wholesale grocers report receiving a letter from an anonymous author claiming theft and offering a payment of 200. Cincinnati May 29 Rover Allen’s grain feed and flour mill near the Big Four elevator burned this morning with losses estimated at 80000 and insured.
President Cleveland issues an executive order shutting the executive departments and the government printing office for Decoration Day. Wealthy St. Louis messenger Richard Bozewetter was knocked down and robbed of 1950 dollars in a city street incident. Several other items note society meetings and political developments.
In Rushville and nearby areas May reports describe arrests for attempted assault, burglaries at Logansport, and bond updates. Indy area notes include Masons in session, a proposed electric line, a postal carrier charged with riding letters, and a revival in Brazil with 500+ conversions. Noblesville suit seeks damages for acid attack alleged by Miss Botley against Miss Crall Sopper and Harris.
Fort Wayne Indiana May 29 A sheriff s posse east of the city captured four tramps then found three more under a tree Deputies Ryan and Harrod ordered surrender One man grappled with Deputy Ryan another fled and shot Deputy Harrod in the back The prisoner seized a revolver and shot Harrod in the leg Ryan fired killing the attacker The fatal shot came from Ryan later identified as William Walworth Harrod is badly injured Akron Ohio two more suspects were captured after firing at the deputies
The Brazil Block Coal company placed Jeffreys electric mining machines in No 1 mine and will illuminate the workings with electricity. A two man machine may mine 35 tons daily, aiming to replace hand picking in all mines, a move that would impact about 2,000 miners in the district.
William Gibson of Idaville and Miss Mildred A. Doss of Eureka Springs Ark. were wed in Logansport after a courtship by correspondence. The couple had not met until the wedding day.
Wallace B Campbell, formerly with The Dispatch in Auburn Indiana, has purchased the Anderson newspaper operation, signaling a new ownership era for the publication.
The Herald, Republican organ of Madison County, reports a bid of 310,005 with payment arranged and possession expected around June.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on May 29 1930 11 year old Elmer Mertz of Ashley is living with an 82 caliber bullet in his brain. He was shot on April 19 during a failed public safety experiment with friends Frank Young and Charles Hargraves. Doctors initially deemed the case hopeless.
An Arkansas seller lauds Prickly Ash Poke Root and Pottassium Compound P P P as the best blood purifier. Word comes from Winthrop & Co. in Forest City and Savannah, Ga. The item appears amid notices including a New York crusade against free silver coinage and a quip about an Indiana man with ten ex wives.
If you are strong and vigorous you will have a good appetite and digestion, sound sleep, and strong nerves. Yet many suffer from impure blood and its effects like scrofula, rheum, rheumatism, catarrh, nervousness, sleeplessness, and headaches. This brief note presents a call to seek pure blood for health and vitality.
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