Electric Man of Bennettsville and other wonders
A Bennettsville resident Henry Suegeman dubbed the electric man displays magnetism and sparks, drawing corkscrews and shocking when a circuit is formed. The report also notes a minister’s frugal debt payment, odd animal and weather tales, crime notes, and regional oddities from Indiana counties with various incidents and curiosities.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bennettsville
Clarke County
Henry Suegeman
Stiegeman
National Capital News Briefs May 27 1892
Republican leaders push for a massive bribery fund to swing Indiana New Jersey and Connecticut voters with a 1 million dollar effort. A patent for a rapid scene-changing stage mechanism astonishes Washington crowds. Carlisle tariff speech demand surges as Dickinson charters a special train to the St. Louis convention benefitting Michigan Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Indiana
New Jersey
Connecticut
Republican National League
J. P. Foster
League
Cleveland
John T. Killan
New York
Carlisle
Dickinson
Michigan
St. Louis
Local notes and curiosities from Carthage to Mount Vernon
Highlights include Arthur Yates hydrophobia case with unusual symptoms, a new campaign plan by Illinois prohibitionists using large tent outfits and 500-seat venues, Thad Newell’s fatal knife injury while marking a calf, a museum theft of eggs including extinct species, Palmer chosen for governor by Democrats, tomato plants devastated by cutworms, a Chicago burglar returning for $80 and clothes, a walnut log misidentified as walnut but was sycamore, Marshall Field’s vast dry goods operations, Lee Rude’s perpetual motion machine, Wayne county mills importing wheat, Fairfield schools with nine women teachers, Mississippi flood reaching Golconda, Carmi firemen's 4th celebration plans, and Mt. Vernon area draymen count.
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Carthage
Arthur Yates
Prohibitionista
Thad Newell
Jefferson County
Newell
Washington County
Nashville
Marshall Field
Chicago
Lee Rude
Edwards County
Wayne County
Fairfield
Ohio
Golconda
Carmi Fire Company
Mt. Vernon
Captains Big Fish Tale Corrected and Expanded
The tale of Capt. W S Wolfe and a supposed 120 pound catfish is corrected to a 1201 4 pound monster that pulled him into a 30 mile river chase. After 40 hours he was revived and hunted the fish with rifles cannons and a handcar pulled to a public town celebration. The skeleton will be sent to the Smithsonian.
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Europe
Germany
Italy
United States
Pennsylvania
Pinkerton Bugs
Cleveland
New York
Brooklyn
Wade Hampton
Washington T
Supreme Court
Virginia
Thurman
Ohio
J.f.lewin
Oswego
N. Y
Eureka
Kas
W.S. Wolfe
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Chicago
Capt. Wolfe
Mt. Vernon
Wolfe
Iaat
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
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John A. Wilhelm
Queensware, Glassware, &c
Lichtenberger &C
Main Street
New Harmony, Indiana
the Register
Co. V.suuua Ter
Ius Register
Province
Sreone
Jacob Breith
Breith
Jery New Harmony
Horace P. Owen
Eugene S. Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
William P. Edson
Fourth Street
Main
Court House
P. A. Sexton
Hiatt Block
Church Street
New Harmony
Franklin H. Hough
U.S
J.T. Eagle
Tavern
Hever
J. C. Mendenhall & CO
Evansville
Thrall & Mumford
Felz
City Exchange
Thos S. Ford, Ford & Walz
West Main Street
Lichtenberger’s Store
Fred.walz
Ford & Walz
Arctic
Albert 8.Newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Albert
Newsom
Indiana State
Hoosier
A. W. Mampler
Gosport
Owen County
Jeffersonville
James Blair
Jackson County
Seymour
Vincennes
Charlie Abbott
Crawfordsville
Dearborn Co
Horse Thief Detective Association
W.F. Hinkle
Daviess County
Evanaville & Indianapolis
New Albany
Fort Wayne
May McDonald
Col. Matson
Wa. Brooks
Columbus
Rhoda Forker
Lagrange County
Elkhart
North Madison
J. W. Mitchell
15Th Circuit
Chas.Jackson
Gen
C. B. Fiske
Floyd County Fair Association
Wm. Roberts
Pittsburg
Eli Stinson
Wells County
Hancock County
Ed Price
Harry Moore
Andrew Jackson Fillmore
Kokomo
Grand Jury
Gresham-Harrison
Terre Haute
Muncie
Wm. Huffman
Knox County
Hattie Thompson
Rose
Martinsville
Hagarstown
Bynum
W.L. Merrick
Pike County
Col
Dick Thompson
Cass Co. Fish Club
Fats
Slims
Lafayette
Madison
Ripley County
Noble County
Cambridge City
Gibson County
Anderson
Huntington County
Goshen
Michigan City
Greensburg
Warsaw
Peru
Board of Trade
State Museum
Springfield
Sairge
John M. Palmer
J. F. Mathews
Grayville
Gov. Gray
Matson
Capt
Myers
Hovey
Shackelford
Dick Townshend
Black
Vanesdal
Crebs
Partridge
Oglesby
Richard Owen
Mary Besyert
A. R
Culmer
Turpie
Scott
Geo. Curtis
Egmont
Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church
E. D. Owen
Mas
Deans Field
Florida
Apoura Avcu
Oakland City
Tar County
C. H. Wheatcroft
Joan and
Geo. Emerios
Edwards Co. Til
Tuos. Mills
Carr
Dova Jonre Wae
Mrs. Breira
Cuarge
Iatan Fletchall
Poseyville
W. M. Forp
Ford Broa
W. H. Wailworrh
Faep Walz
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