Old Moore house murder tale fuels dream clue
A Jeffersonville region old Moore house near the Jeffersonville road recalls a fifty year old murder. Whittinghill killed Foxworthy for a hidden gold hoard, later losing the murder weapon a cane with blood and brains. A dream led Thomas Morgan to the swamp log where the cane lay, linking Whittinghill to the crime before he died in jail.
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Foxworthy
Whittinghill
Joseph Nagle
Henry Nagle
Jeffersonville
Moore House
Whitting
Thomas Morgan
Morgan
Dr. Field
Senatorial Anglers Story of Congressional Fishermen
Washington June 3 fishing season opens with senators already preparing tackle. Notables include McPherson of New Jersey Edmunds of Vermont and Kenna of West Virginia famed for trout and apart invites. Lamar and Wade Hampton feature in a humorous Potomac fishing tale with a frog hooked on a line all day.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
McPherson
New Jersey
Edmunds
Vermont
Kenna
West Virginia
West
Missouri
Frye
Maine
Canada
Wade Hampton
Washington
Potomac
Judge Lamar
Chain Bridge
Little Falls
Lamar
Hampton
Public land restoration advances under Democratic leadership
Washington June 3. Since March 4, 1885, 80,690,720 acres have been restored to the public domain from lands wrongly held by corporations and individuals. Proceedings are under way to recover 15,410,050 more within railroad grants, signaling strong Democratic influence in the west.
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Washincton
D. C
Notable World Notes On Scarcity Riches And Oddities
Seventeen hundred bales of buffalo robes arrived in New York from the far west, said to be the last sent east as buffalo are scarce, skins rising to over 25 dollars. A Paris insect landscape uses 35,000 beetles upfront and 4,000 varieties overall, taking four years to complete. Other items include a rockingham County fruit tasting like pineapple, a two-foot long radish weighing four pounds, 10 percent platinum in Arizona ore, a giant 11-foot sturgeon in Oregon, pension averages rising from 110.36 to 130.74, and a paradoxical Oregon boy who killed a companion for a Sunday school mistake. Additional notes cover a 265-pound soft-shell turtle in Charleston, a 29 million-can annual Swiss milk factory, Dom Pedro’s long reign, coal employment figures, an estimated 200 million in sea treasure, a Whatcom timber yield of 35,000 feet, a 74-year-old Kellogg with a third set of teeth, and roast spiders as delicacy in New Caledonia.
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New York
Far West
Paris
Rockingham County
D. C
Mary Lambert
Island Lake
Fla
Arizona
Ural Mountains
Russia
Sauvie’s I
Ore
Oregon
Charleston
Cham
Switzerland
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Pennsylvania
Whatcom
Washington T
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Mich
J.J. White
Los Angeles
Cal
Hermann
Astoria
Catskills
Philadelphia
Mexico
Cleveland Renominated by Acclamation at Democratic Convention
St Louis reports show Cleveland unanimously renominated amid rousing enthusiasm. Thurman leads vice president speculation with broad support from California and the Pacific coast, while Gray’s Indiana push falters. Delegates praise Thurman’s honesty and ability, urging him for cabinet leadership and possible Senate seating.
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Thurman
Gov. Gray
Indiana
John G. Shanklin
Senator Turpie
Committee On
Gray
Cleveland
Ohio
Senate
Payne
St. Louis
White
California
Sr. Lous
Pat Collins
Boston
Sr. Louis
OVER THE RIVER AND BEYOND A HODGEPOGE OF 19TH CENTURY CLIPPINGS
James Taylor, a New York drummer, fell from the fifth story in Chicago but avoided serious injury by grabbing banisters during his descent. Workmen near Kankakee unearthed six bones believed to belong to an extinct giant race. A Lawrence county calf bears two tails, the extra tail between the shoulders. Illinois figures and local notices cover governors, fire events, police, school superintendents, measles closures, and a murder in Nashville.
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James Taylor
New York
Chicago
Kankakee
John Richardville
Lawrence County
Gen. Palmer
Illinois
Gen. Sheridan
Murphysboro
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Queensware, Glassware, &c
Indiana State
Anna Garwood
E. C. Meece
Department of Agriculture
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White Caps
Rockport
Reddick Harrel
Petersburg
New Orleans
John Stork
Stork
Vincennes
Mississippi
John Spellman
Cincinnati
Madison
Spellman
Indianapolis Street Railroad
Carroll County
Tipton
Evansville
Terre Haute
New Albany
Mt. Vernon
South Bend
Richmond
Lafayette
Hailmag
Laporte
Wallie Moore
Princeton
Gypsey
Enfield, Ill
Col. Sheler
Fort Wayne Journal
Allen Pyle
Blackford County
Hartford City
Chesterfield Gas Company
Huntington
Lawrence Sterstetter
Harrison County
Clay County
Indianapolis
Muncie
Paris Green
Kosciusko County
Pierceton
Cambridge City
Women’s Prison
Marion County
Gibson County
Evanaville
Steuben County
Kokomo
Bean Blossom Creek
Brown County
Tanner
Republican State Committee
Vincennes News
Anderson
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Laahem
Main Street
New Harmony, Indiana
the Register
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Waw
Jacob Breith
Breith
New Harmony
Eugene 8. Thrall
Horace P. Owen
NEW Harmony Banking Comp
Eugene S. Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
William P. Edson
Ind
Fourth Street
Main
Courthouse
P. A. Sexton
Justice OF the Phace
Offee
Hiatt Block
Church Street
Tad
Franklin H. Hough
U.S
Washington, D.C
U. S
J.T. Eagle
Chill Care
J. C. Mendenhall & CO
U. S. Ay
Thrall & Mumford
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Ford & Walz
West Main Street
Tiinhte
Fred.walz
Annsite
Sper Anvvwunberger
Arctic
Albert 8.Newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Eddy Albert
Newsom
The
Democratic National Assembly
St. Louis, Mo
Phil Armour
Baker
Conger
Olney Board of Health
Richland County
Carmel
Grayville
Griffin
Crawford County
Association of Friends
Quakers
Fairmount
Edwards County
Henrry Maroney
Evansvilte, Inn
Henry C. Maroney
Frank Keen
L. & N. Railroad
Nashville, Tenn
Maroney
Lavaratte
Wwe
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