Fire destroys Collins house and spares Maddox dwelling
A frame building known as the Collins house at the ferry landing burned between eight and nine Friday night during heavy rain. Chas Justice, watchman at the sawmill, sounded the alarm. the Bucket Brigade aided by rain and wind kept the nearby Maddox dwelling from major damage. The cause remains uncertain with suspicions of incendiary origin or spontaneous combustion from a woolen rag. No save possible. loss estimated around 250 dollars with no insurance.
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Collins
Asbury Warner
Ferry Landing
Chas. Justice
Savy-Mill
Maddox
Warner
Varner
Narrow river rescue saves child from raft fall
Lillie Boyer, daughter of Chas Boyer, nearly drowned last Monday while playing on rafts at the saw mill. Mose Endicott pulled the young girl from deep water just as she neared sinking. This marked the second raft accident of the season involving a child.
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Lillie Boyer
Chas. Boyer
Mose Endicott
River rises and falls amid heavy rains and fairground baseball
Heavy rains pushed the river up rapidly causing alarm among bottom formers. The rise reached about four feet and nearly swelled the sloughs. By Wednesday it stacked up and began falling by yesterday. As of this morning the fall was six inches with expectations of subside in two to three days. The EF W Cook and Mud clubs played a baseball exhibition at the fairground Sunday with no weather postponement, ending 22 to 2 in favor of the Cooks against the Muds.
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EF. W. Cook” and
Mud
Posey County notes mix court, crops, and local lore
The Poseyville brief highlights Nora Movarry's arrest after a tavern street melee, a minister Frank Hayden's maiden sermon in New Harmony, and various local incidents. It reports accidents, property moves, and mill and farm developments, including a brick machine, a courthouse festival net, and rising population comparisons in nearby towns. Indiana newspapers total 749.
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Griffin
Poseyville Mews
Frank Hayden
New Harmony
Frank
Legislature Refuses to Tackle School Book Shark Evasion
The legislature declines interference with a school book shark case while local reports note Sunday attendance at the world fair falls short of expectations. World fair guides are charging 50 cents an hour for tours and assistance.
Storms devastate plantation country in Dixie state
Siuszoro Louisiana June 3 on Sunday and Tuesday storms were unprecedented in memory. Torrential rain swelled creeks into rivers and hail the size of ostrich eggs wrecked farms, bridges, fences, and buildings. A cyclone near 12 miles north razed structures and threw debris through the air. Although livestock and fowl perished, few people were harmed. A later electric storm with hail and flooding caused further ruin, destroying oats corn cotton gardens and fruit. The Mississippi flood and prior crop failures amplify hardship across the state.
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Siuszoro
Mississippi
Joan Preavs
Dayton as New York postmaster signals party unity
President Cleveland names Charles W. Dayton Democrat for New York postmaster, ending a 32 year Democratic vacancy while party factions unite behind the choice. May debt cut totals $657,176 as Crisp looms to claim Speakership. Indiana politics push for more offices. patents from Indiana inventors highlight local industry.
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Washineton
D.C
Cleveland
New York City
Charles W. Dayton
Dayton
Crisp
Taylor
Indiana
C. A. Snow & Co
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
P. Thomas
Evansville
A. Knight
Saltilloville
Raaors
Warren Sweet
Fort Wayne
Storm on the Onto Causes River Vessel Wrecks
A fierce storm along the Ohio River below Shawneetown wrecked barges and steamboats. Brooklyn landing suffered as three barges carrying lumber and railroad ties were lost, with a $5,000 damage. Tow-boat Dick Clyde sank, as did steamers Lamasco and Fannie though they may be saved. Losses hit Gray Bros. and Nugent Bros. of Evansville.
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Hawneetown
Sun
Elizabethtown
Mound City
Paducah
Brooklyn Landing
Dick Clyde
Lamasco
Gray Bros
Nugent Bros
Evansville
Tur Hammett Stock Co Opens Summer Season at Opera House
The Tur Hammett Stock Co attracted a good-sized crowd last Saturday as it opened its summer theater run at the opera house with general satisfaction. Tomorrow night the attraction is A Mountain Pink. Army worms threaten the county hay crop and may harm corn, though wheat appears less at risk. Prof. W. W. Fresco was unanimously reelected county superintendent by Mt. Vernon trustees. Personal property at Mt. Vernon stands at 604168, up 72482 from last year. Our postoffice administration is running smoothly. Caldwell's Drug Store sells Virairgo Roof Paint at 760 per gallon. Farmers report emut in their wheat fields. Theater tomorrow night.
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W. W. Fresco
Mt. Vernon
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the Hiver
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Old Posey
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Oklahoma
Nora Movarry
Marshal Stallings
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