Oldest Indiana man 96 claims exemplary habits
Enauise July 17 reports Nathan Strauga, 96, living four miles from town with his son in law on a Crawford county farm. Born in 1792, he has endured every U.S. administration from Washington to Cleveland. He never drank alcohol, never used foul language, never danced, remains sharp minded, healthy, and well informed, a famed conversationalist and skilled farm worker who once managed a large portion of the farm himself.
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Enauise
Nathan Strauga
United States
Kentucky
Geo. Washington
Cleveland
Crawford County
Pension dispute halts ex-Union county man's claim
Nicholas Wykoff, long declared insane yet allowed to live with his family, returns to Indiana as pension investigators near a board hearing. He resists examination and remains jailed to prevent forced evaluation, with $4,000 pension back pay at stake and guardianship for seven children in place.
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Connersville
Nicholas Wykoff
Union County
Illinois
Wykoff
Board of Pension Examiners
Knox county foot measurers crown Annie Anderson with plush ottoman
The Vincennes Commercial reports a foot measuring contest in Knox county where Miss Annie Anderson, 17, daughter of J J Anderson the plumber, won a plush ottoman prize for the smallest foot size No 12 children's.
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Vincennes
Knox County
Hartshorn Bros
Annie Anderson
J. J. Anderson
Jonathan Hounstin
Decatur
Adams Co. Bank
Danville
Misa Maggie Lingenfelter
Items of Interest From Haineis Region and Nearby Areas
A compilation of oddities and accidents from Haineis and neighboring counties. Notable items include Rodney Burns’s transfer to Elgin asylum after Chicago Rhonon murder links, a Jo Daviess wife’s courageous amputation and solo journey home, a rattlesnake scare for Judge Sloan, a street tramp’s soap-theft spree funded by liquor, and broad local stats on White county livestock and property. Licenses and local incidents also cover liquor taxes, beer consumption in Chicago, hog cholera losses in Douglas county, and new town Seigert's Station with a Saybrook revival and Mt. Carmel jail project.
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Joxnet
Rodney Burns
Rhonon
Chicago
Elgin Insane Asylum
Monmouth
White County
Bloomington
White
Plymouth
Seigert
Grayville
Brown's
Douglas County
Tazewell County
Saybrook
Mt. Carmel
Across the Continent by the New Canada Pacific Victoria July trip
The Victoria section praises Vancouver Island city life and Queen Victoria jubilee festivities, notes Chinatown, the terminus status of the Canadian Pacific line, and scenic Rockies passage from Winnipeg to the coast, with details of the Hudson Bay Company, oblate missionaries, and Gilder’s polar expedition misstep. Also reports July patent grants from Indiana to various citizens.
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B. C
Vancouver Island
Straits of Fuca
Washington T
Mt. Baker
Tidewater
Chinatown
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Great Lakes
West Point
Lake Superior
Winnipeg
Arctic Ocean
Hudson Bay Company
Northwest Fur Company
Mackenzie River
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
United States
Pacific
Arctic
Col. Gilder
North Polar
Manitoba
Assiniboia
South Saskatchewan
Rockies
Kicking Horse
Columbia River
Washington
Beaver River
Selkirk Range
Gold Range
Fraser River
Vancouver
Baker
San Francisco
Fighter Gen Bragg comments on G A B politics in Wisconsin
Gen Bragg ex-Congressman and ex-commander of the iron brigade says he will not join G A B politics. He criticizes active partisans, notes three year and later veterans back his pension stance, and predicts Cleveland’s renomination with Blanche as strong Republican crop. He declines to discuss Lucius Fairchild.
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Fox Pn Lac
Wis
Bragg
Iron Brigade
Dakota
Milwaukee Sentinel
Calumet County
St. Louis
Gen. Bragg
Cleveland
Binine
Lucius Fairchild
Old Democratic Union soldiers quit GAR badges
Washington notes describe Democratic Union veterans tearing off GAR badges in protest against Republican leaders and Fairchilds and Turtles. The piece praises the action and warns of possible mass exodus if taunts continue. Also notes President and wife touring New York and rising GOP tariff divisions in the new Congress.
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Washington, D.C
Grand Army of the Republic
New York
Notable oddities and counts in brief notes
Petersboro resident Josiah Roberts celebrates Dominion Day with a record egg of 64 inches length. A storm near Oshtemo Michigan kills 62 sheep. Philadelphia reports 8034 saloons and 40 Americans in the trade. Switzerland leads in liquor per capita consumption. Feeding English sparrows in New York is illegal. The Chinese emperor's wedding costs 5 million dollars. New York City's population is about 1.6 million.
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Josiah Roberts
Petersboro
Cenada
Oshtemo
Mich
Philadelphia
Switzerland
New York
New York City
Local Entertainment and Community Updates
Hearts of Oak play to-morrow evening by the Julia Bennett Troupe with Mr. Warwick in the lead. A death near Sheperd’s residence is attributed to heat after a trip to Wadesville. Farmers urged to grind plow-points at Echard’s shop behind Richards hardware. Knights of Pythias lodge to be organized as George Rapp Lodge. Local travels include Bennatt and son returning from a circus tour. Community notes on school, weather, and local people conclude with various visits and moves.
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Julia Bennett
Warwick
Richard
Echard
Wm. Richards
Knights of Pythias
George Rapp
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