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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1891
Page
1
Industry reports indicate Tre manufacturing plants in Vermont produced more than six million hats last year, reflecting strong demand and expansion across the region.
Accompanying Stepniak the article outlines the Nihilist programme including national representation a national parliament universal suffrage local autonomy and freedom of press speech and meetings.
A Granata court held that a preacher must be paid wages whether employed with a stip ulated or unspecified salary. If unpaid, the church's property is liable for the compensation.
A memorial in Oak Grove Cemetery Gloucester Mass for Emma Abbott is being constructed by Afr R F Reinhardt of Philadelphia at an estimated cost of about $60 000 The urn or remains of her husband lie in the same cemetery.
A New Jersey man sold his wife to his step-brother for twenty dollars and the buyer then married the purchaser. Both men saw no fault in the deal as they left for distant missionary work in Africa.
A monumental project aims to connect the Ural region with Vladivostok by a 3000 mile railroad across Siberia. The line will unlock vast fertile lands and mineral wealth, transforming travel and commerce across the empire.
The article lists high earners with daily incomes including Rockefeller at 15100 dollars, Astor at 23000 dollars, Vanderbilt at 16000 dollars, and Jay Gorip with about 7500 dollars, highlighting vast wealth disparities of the era.
In Sing Sing New York residents vote to rename the village Ossining to sever prison associations. A local manufacturing firm threatening to relocate adds urgency to the push for the change.
A description portrays a hundred mile long by fifteen to thirty mile wide stretch of sticky white clay. Eroded into deep gullies, the terrain is difficult to traverse on foot or horseback and nearly impassable for vehicles.
The London effort deploys five hundred workers including men women and children to police streets. Paris showcases a larger force with 3200 men 950 women and 80 youths. America adopts horse power machinery boosting efficiency and cutting costs.
War Office records noted Officer Manduc stationed at the garrison for a centennial fete. Explanations revealed he had died fifteen years earlier, yet his name remained on the rolls.
A Long Island City resident, John Tobin, broke up an old oak trunk bought in London two years ago. The chest hid a secret compartment containing twenty two small diamonds, which Tobin sold to a jeweler for 3500.
At a palace reception in Rome King Humbert addressed a group of editors. He lauded the press's important work and the editors’ difficult task, adding that he would wish to be a journalist if he were not king.
In the German Empire universities mourn Prof. Reins who led a scientific expedition. His body was found in a forest near a village on a Baltic island. Eleven arrests have been made in connection with the murder, with the killer identified as a Turkish man who mistook him for a Greek.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a large number of applicants for United States funds paid by letter. It mentions Mrs George B McClellan and Mrs Clyne S Grant among the larger sums sent worldwide, with uncertain dates and details.
A Sunday gas leak caused a blast at the Hotel Marvin in Findlay Ohio destroying the four story brick building. Two waitresses died and several guests were seriously or dangerously injured. Marvin owner is Ancil E. Marvin. Andrews Bros leased the hotel. Insurance issues complicate claims.
Excitement grips Finly township Scott county Indiana over alleged gold on farms of Chris Sides Chas Bartle and Dave Bartle. Lands leased to a Louisville syndicate. Region known as Silver Hills near Pigeon Township creek.
Dr Koch states he will not send the lymph to individual doctors but to hospitals where patients are under constant observation and the effects watched. A foot note says the lymph may be obtained through the Government.
Details from the 15th inst earthquake report that Gorraya and Villebourg were almost razed. Forty people died as walls collapsed and property damage is estimated at £20,000.
A Buenos Ayres dispatch reports the Chilean revolt spreading rapidly with energetic insurgents. They are said to run a skillful campaign and possess large resources, making the outcome highly doubtful.
In Morse's Canyon Ariz a resident Chiquita Smith was killed and mutilated by Apaches nine renegades were sighted nearby and Lieutenant Clark pursues the attackers.
A sep a with eight cabin passengers reports ninety nine Chinese and seventy Jap ete aboard. The vessel carries two thousand tons of cargo mainly silk and rice.
A telegram from Lieutenant Maus on General Wiles staff says all is quiet at Army Headquarters on Sunday night. The message conveys stable conditions and no notable incidents reported.
Details emerge on Prof. Koch experiments with his lymph showing thousands of inoculated guinea pigs cremated after vivisection. Furnaces at the hygienic institute burn the bodies. Reported dangers include five scientists dying from glanders tests and three doctors from cholera cases.
In a Democratic and Assembly caucus Hill was nominated for Senate to succeed William M. Evarts with Speaker Sheehan presiding and Can tor seconding. The Republican caucus backed Evarts. Both nominations were unanimously approved and the election set for Wednesday with Democrats having exactly enough votes to win.
In Winfield Tennessee, seven year old Emma Adkins received a 538 caliber pistol from a bureau drawer. Her twelve year old brother seized it and warned he would shoot her. He fired, the bullet lodged near the heart. doctors say the injuries are fatal.
Doctors Bertin and Picq of Nantes report a goat blood injection into two consumptive patients, a 17 year old boy and a 47 year old woman, following rabbit experiments. Both are said to have greatly improved since the treatment.
Lawrence Casey and Richard Caskens were assaulted by a crowd of Greeks in Chicago and sustained wounds likely to prove fatal. They fired on their attackers but were saved from death by a patrol wagon full of officers. The Greeks held a house and were stormed to capture eighteen rioters.
J W Yoder division superintendent left Shaw West Virginia to walk to Oakland Maryland during a major snow storm three weeks ago. He has not been seen since and is feared dead. Searching parties have been out but his body remains unfound in the heavy mountain forests.
After many years Judge Virginus P. Chapin of Clarksburg W Va is awarded 60 000 by the government for a long pending claim from the Filmore administration. Chapin served as U S commercial agent to Samoa and was lost in a storm on the island with goods vessels and warehouses valued at the claimed amount.
A noon Monday fire was discovered in the Shaw school basement by the janitor who raised the alarm. Under principal Mrs Naure the children were safely evacuated and the financial loss put at about 3000 dollars.
Dispatch from Kiel reports the Baltic Sea near Buelk lighthouse is ice bound and the Fehmarn channel along the Holstein shore is frozen. Lake Constance is also completely iced over forcing suspension of navigation.
The U S Supreme Court rules Virginia's law banning dressed meats from other states unconstitutional, citing interference with interstate commerce.
The American National Bank of Kansas City has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Liabilities are estimated at 2,259,000 dollars, while assets total 1,502,009 dollars.
In Vinton Iowa Judge Kinnee ruled the Wilson bill constitutional and sustained the state prohibitory liquor law as in force. The decision Backs the prohibition framework amid ongoing liquor debates in Iowa.
In Toledo on a Tuesday morning Mrs. Earnest, recently divorced, appeared at her window with blood on head and body. Her ex husband Sasha Earnest lay dead from a pistol shot in the right temple after he had tried to force remarriage and then shot himself in the kitchen. Mrs. Earnest likely to survive. Earnest’s father in Monongahela City, Pa., notified.
A man calling himself Patrick seized St Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh and held the congregation in terror for eighteen hours. Police attempted to remove him at ten o clock but were dragged back into the church until a detachment finally removed him and he was placed under lock and key.
Charles Carpenter of Bristol Rolling Mills was pierced by a red hot iron bar in the back. The bar passed through his body. friends freed it and he was carried to Dr Groom's office. The physician pronounced the injury fatal.
Both chambers of the Arkansas Legislature cast ballots for U.S. Senator Tuesday and re-elected James K. Jones. Jones secured all Democratic votes. Republican and Union Labor votes were divided. In the House, Frieber led with 12 votes and 3 scattering. in the Senate Jones had 26 and scattering.
King Kalakaua of the Hawaiian Islands died at the Palace Hotel San Francisco at 2 30 oclock Tuesday afternoon after a illness marked by Brights disease of the kidneys and uraemia. There had been no hope of recovery since Sunday though the danger was not widely known until Monday evening.
German papers publish warm eulogies for American historian Geo Bancroft who was close to Prince Bismarck. He wrote in October 1870 that he grateful to live in an age with leaders like Bismarck and King William of Prussia.
Secretary Blaine attributes the recent war fever in London to a Philadelphia dispatch to the London Times that misrepresented U S naval strength in the Pacific. He says America now possesses a smaller fleet in the Pacific than since 1889.
Governor Pattison was inaugurated at noon Tuesday in Harrisburg with the usual ceremonies. He pledged to enforce every article and section of the constitution during his inaugural address.
The North Carolina Legislature balloted for U S Senator with results: Senate Vance 40, Pritchard 7. House Vance 8, Pritchard 13, Dockery left incomplete.
Governor-elect Reynolds was inaugurated Tuesday in a naval ceremony aboard a ship at Dover. The event highlighted maritime traditions as the new administration took office.
The Congress capered through January with debates on the free coinage and elections bills, funding actions, and district appropriations. Senators discussed bonds for debt purchase, silver purchases, and new mints while the House tackled the Cherokee Strip, district funding, and World’s Fair investigations.
In Friday evening session the House approved pensions for General Franz Sigel at 30 dollars a month and General N Banks at a similar rate. Stenographers struggled to record Mr Evarts addressing the Senate as the chamber cheered the votes.
Reports cover electric street railways seeking Crawfordsville franchise, a Martinsville cow ruling, a Seymour jail case for horse theft, and varied local events. Notable notes include a Peru marriage, Ft Wayne gas shutoff, Mitchell revival, and a Boston Orphans Home update.
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