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The Journal lists O. E. Odell as publisher with office located on South Spring Street.
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1892
Page
1
Uxcre Saat Cash Unclaimed Money Order Pool Grows
A large sum of two million dollars remains unclaimed under a money order scheme. Many recipients have not called for their cash and left no traceable method to identify them.
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Uxcre Saat
New Yorker Builds Clock From 34000 Wood Pieces
A New Yorker created a clock using 34000 wood pieces across 300 varieties. For sixteen years sailors have supplied him with rare woods from around the globe.
Lecture on total abstinence to be delivered outdoors
A public notice states a lecture on total abstinence will be given in the open air with a collection taken at the door to defray expenses.
Sun Sounds Travel at Slower Pace Than Light
A description notes that sounds emitted by the sun would take about fourteen years to reach Earth if they traveled as sound rather than light, which reaches in about eight minutes.
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Earth
California promises three oranges to every American
California officials declare this year a plan to furnish three oranges to every man woman and child in America while Kan gas counters with a promise of a bushel of wheat to everyone and hints at a large surplus.
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California
America
Kangas
Harvard Observatory to Reveal 45 Times More Stars
Prov Dicknaing says the Harvard Observatory telescope funded by Miss Catholice W. Bruce will dramatically expand star observations. He expects forty five times as many stars to be shown to astronomers than have been visible so far.
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Dicknaing
Harvard Observatory
Catholice W. Bruce
New York
Wealthy Beata gentleman settles daughters shares
A wealthy Beata gentleman planned equal gifts for his daughters in £1 bank notes. The Bank of Scotland assisted in computing the shares. It was found the larger daughter would receive 55 044 and the smaller 51 209.
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Bank of Scotland
Separation Petition From Rochester Bride Seeks Court Action
Mrs. Prank Arlenander an 80 year old bride of less than a year seeks a separation from her 60 year old husband in Rochester New York courts. He greatly admired her figure but his attempts to gain control of her funds led to trouble between them.
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Prank Arlenander
Rochester
N.Y
Late Count Valensin Leaves Widow Annuity And Son Sum
The wealthy California stock raiser Count Gabio Valensin separated from his wife over her employing Mons Capel as a tutor. He left his widow 2000 dollars a year if she remains unmarred and a son’s share of an amount noted as deliberate.
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Gabio Valensin
California
Mons
Capel
Chief Electrician resigns post after thirty five years
C. E. Stagnoreth, described as father of railway telegraph and inventor of many electrical devices for the block system on railways both home and abroad, has resigned after holding the role of chief electrician and telegraph engineer for the Great Western Railway Company of England for over thirty five years.
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C. E. Stagnoreth
Great Western Railway Company
England
Oldest French schoolmistress dies in Nancy era
Virginia Mrnvius died in Nancy aged 93 or 5. She was barred from reading until 18. Her later schools were deemed normal and model before she funded a hospital in Nancy with 40 000 francs.
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Vinginia Mrnvius
Nanes
France
Menvius
Nancy
Cattle King of Maine Claimed Wide Trade Wealth
A friend of the late Gideon Wells of Maine estimated he paid farmers for horses cattle sheep hay and wool more than 50 million dollars in his long life, yet he never faced a lawsuit despite limited formal education.
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Gideon Wells
Maine
Watermelon Slices Sold On Sidewalk Near Polk Street Depot
In Chicago, an Italian vendor sets a glass case on the sidewalk offering thin watermelon slices for one cent each. The varied customers include neighborhood children, occasional tramps, and a woman buying for others, making the scene odd and curious near the Polk street depot.
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Chicago
Polk Street
New Jersey Court Rules: Wife Entitled to Supreme Home Control
A New Jersey divorce ruling states every married woman is entitled to a home under her sole control, deeming a boarding house or hotel unsuitable as a home due to another woman managing the household. The decision unsettles traditional notions of husbandly rights and calls for further clarification.
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New Jersey
Montanxa to Exhibit Silver Feet Statue at World Fair
A Montanxa exhibit showcases a silver foot statue valued at £50,000 atop a £250,000 gold pedestal, claiming the largest lump of solid gold ever seen. Sculptor R. H. Park earns £10,000 for the model, with Miss Ida Rehan as the model. The figure depicts Justice with scales in one hand and a sword in the other, one side gilded and the other silvered.
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Ces
Aword
Arra Ex
Government Exposition Prep For World’s Columbian Show
Preparations across executive departments build a finer larger exhibit for Chicago 1893. Government funding nears 3.4 million with building costs rising. agriculture and Smithsonian lead features, plus fish, war, and navy departments.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Chicago
Congress
Theovernment
Philadelphia
Agricultural Department
Smithsonian Institution
Fish Commission
War and Navy Departments
Manitoba
John M. Estes
Stoughton
Wis
John T. Rich
Edward A. Green
Michigan
Alfred R. Shepardson
Mr. Dodge
Balloon Crash at Central Park Ends in Deaths
Ten thousand spectators watched a balloon ascent by J M Loomis of Janesville Wisconsin and Jimmy Gomez of this city end when the balloon struck a tree at about forty to fifty feet. Gomez suffered a broken back and Loomis multiple broken bones and internal injuries. Both men are not expected to survive.
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Peonta
Inp
Central Park
J. M. Loemis
Janesville
Wis
Jimmy Gomez
Gomez
Loomis
Young burglar escapes jail then recaptured
Walter Forsyth an eight year old linked to six burglaries broke jail when the guard left the cell door unlocked. He slipped into the big room, used a poker to force off the lock bolt, and was recaptured that evening in the cemetery and returned to custody.
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Massingonx
Walter Forsyth
Cholera Reported in Olessa Odessa Amid Outbreak
Official notice confirms cholera in Olessa Odessa with ten cases from Sept 25 to Sept 28 and four deaths. Health authorities warn residents to seek care and follow containment measures as the outbreak unfolds.
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Olessa
Odessa
Windle Breaks Two Mile Bicycle Record at Hampden Park
Springfield report states W. W. Windle shattered Zimmerman’s two mile world record at Hampden Park on Friday. Windle lowered the mark from 4:37.5 to 4:46.3 in an event witnessed by officials.
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Springfield
Mass
W. W. Windle
Zimmerman
Hampden Park
Allisbury
Death by own action club member Moorhead ends life
New York reports 21 year old Barlow Moorhead, manager and financial backer of the play Young America, killed himself at his boarding house after recent Keeley treatment. He wrote letters, left a note naming J B Moorhead of Philadelphia, and had spoken of a long journey. Friends cite death by own action oath as possible motive.
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Young America
Good-Hy
New York
Barlow Moorhead
Keeley
Moorhead
Philadelphia
Charles II
Bridgetown
N. J
Keeley Institute
Ife
J. B. Moore
N. B
J. B. Moorhead
G. L. Thomas
Drexel & Co
Gaton
Nestor Lennon
Black Crock’s Co
Lennon
Suicide Club
Vampires Feast at New York Death Watch Gathering
In New York on October 4 the Vampires held a second death watch at Sixth Avenue and Forty ninth Street. The club room showed ghastly decor with a Christopher Columbus skeleton, skulls on chandeliers, a coffin with cross and corn, and a vampiric performance as Chief Ghoul Turner tapped a gavel. Drink and cigars accompanied the eerie feast during a staged dining ritual.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Fortyninth Street
Whitechapel Club
Chicago
Christopher Columbus
John M. Turner
Landholder Robbed After Meeting Stranger in Vandalia
E B Stokes a Fayette county landowner was lured by a stranger to withdraw 5 008 from a bank and drive to Vandalia to inspect a land deal. A confederate helped the stranger seize the money by force and the pair fled in a buggy, leaving Stokes stranded on the road near Ramsey.
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Vanpatuia, Ill
E. B. Stokes
Fayette County
Vandalia
Ramsey
Stokes
Prairie Fire Ravages Bear River Valley Meadows
In Botsi City Ildaho on Oct 4 a prairie fire in Bear River Valley burned over 1 000 head of cattle 9 houses and 4 cabins were destroyed and 3 herdsmen were fatally injured. The cattle perished in the flames many in horrible agony.
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Botsi City
Ildaho
Bear River Valley
Dying Out in Hamburg Cholera Decline Reported
Official figures from Haspearee dated Oct 4 show 17 701 cholera cases in six weeks with 7 536 deaths. The decline in the past three days shifts focus from plague to starvation and fevers among the poor.
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Haspearee
Treasury reports September net circulation decline
Wasuixaron observers note the Treasury Department's September circulation statement shows a net decrease of 3,206,601 bringing total circulation on October 1 to 1,500,049,988, against 1,539,652,036 a year earlier.
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Wasuixaron
Treasury Department
Bachelor Weds After Bluffton Mail Romance
The 3 pair pantaloons romance led Miss Clara Overton of Woonsocket to marry John Franchy of Lima Ohio. After exchanging letters and photos prompted by a note found in Franchy’s boarding house, she traveled to Bluffton where they wed under a Bluffton sun and he became cashier at Franchy & Co.’s store.
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Providence
R. I
Genevieve Overton
South Providence
Clara Overton
John Franchy
Lima
O. Franchy
Lake Street
David Cass
Woonsocket
Cass
Chicago
Francy
Franchy
Bluffton
Ohio
Austrian Wins Long Distance Military Race to Berlin
Lieut Miklos of the Austrian army arrived at Templehof field after three days and one hour ride from Vienna to win the long distance military race. He was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd as he and his worn-out horse were cared for. Lieut Clavossy followed at 11:10 am. Telegrams indicate Baron Reitzenstein and Lieut Von Sedlitz led the race southward.Lieut Von Sedlitz is noted as the officer who married Miss Roosevelt.
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Miklos
Berlin
Templehof
Vienna
Lieut
Clavossy
Baron Reitzenstein
Lieut von Sedlitz
Lieut. von Sechlitz
Miss Roosevelt
Big Four Strike Suspends Work in Columbus Yards
A hundred Big Four railway yard workers in Columbus Ohio walked out Tuesday morning halting all operations as tracks were blocked. Union members protest Pat Kenney’s appointment as assistant yardmaster fearing it would oust chief yardmaster John F. Nelly and they demand the Cincinnati wage scale.
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Columbus
Colmpus
Pat Kenney
Kenney
John F. Nelly
Cincinnati
Minister Egan Arrives in New York After Chilian Troubles
Patrick Egan, minister to Chili, arrived by Pacific mail steamer Newport. Representatives of Irish societies greeted him and he will stay until after the election. He denied charges about the Chilian troubles and said he has the respect of the entire Chilian community.
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Minister Egan
New York
Patrick Egan
Chili
Pacific Mail
Newport
Utes on the War Path in Yamyan River Country
Gov Routt reports a clash potential between Mte Indian raiding bands and armed forces. He has wired Unitah agency and Washington to secure the Indians' return. The report notes mounting tensions and military preparation to oppose raids in the Yamyan river region.
Bank Robbers Foiled by Cashier in Jalil Ente
Four young men aged 20 to 25 robbed the Keystone National Bank in Jalil Ente. Cashier Frank W. Kepler was seriously wounded after firing on the attackers who chose to run with a liberated team. Police captured the quartet. revolvers found on them. Kepler’s condition is serious but not yet fatal.
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Ente
Keystone National Bank
Frank W. Kepler
Charles Liebel
John Courtney
Charles W. Hawley
Liebel
Daniel T. Evans
Charles Smith
Kepler
Courtney
John Seidler
William Doehrel
Doehrel
Seidler
Smith
Evans
Syracuse
Sullivan alleges drugging and plans rematch with Corbett
Ex champion John L. Sullivan, defeated by James J. Corbett in New Orleans, claims he was tampered with by parties fearing losses. He plans to save money to back a return bout, insisting he could beat Corbett if he is sound, and hints at a broader scheme involving book-makers and pool-room men.
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Corbett
Boston
John L. Sullivan
New Orleans
James J. Corbett
California
Sullivan
McAuliffe
Dixon
Postal clerks seek safer railroad cars after accidents
Sr Lovurs Missouri October 4. Railroad postal clerks push government action to provide safer cars. They argue postal cars near the engine or baggage coach face greatest danger in wrecks, citing sleepers sometimes escaping injury.
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Lovurs
Freight Train Collides With Street Car in Cincinnati
A freight train struck a crowded street car at Brighton crossing, killing two men and injuring five others, with two believed fatally hurt. The crash crushed the car’s rear platform and sent debris onto the station area as more passengers were injured. John Fries, a machine hand, died, while John L. Murray, a pension agent, was severely wounded. Conductor Barney Fitzpatrick and printer William Howard Johnston survived with serious injuries.
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Cincinnati
Cincmxatry
Brighton Crossing
John
Brighton
Houillion
Cumminsville
John Fries
Ile
John L. Murray
Wie
Barney Fitzpatrick
William Howard Johnston
Isis
Educators Protest Over Exhibition Space Curtailment
Curiaco Oct 5 Educators from major states gathered in the board of education chamber to protest reduced space for the liberal arts exhibit at the exposition. Leaders including Lane Hailman Wells Fitch Bee Sabin and Smart urged relief for fifteen million school children amid telegrams of support from distant educators.
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Curiaco
Board of Education
Public Institution
Lane
Chicago
W. N. Hailman
Comptroller renews recommendations on government suits
Washington Oct 5 The annual report of the first comptroller shows 51 846 warrants totaling 2 187 85 975 and 28 798 accounts involving 5 691 887 593 dollars. He urges presenting claims before suit, limits on time for presentation, cap on double compensation for United States commissioners at 5 000 dollars, and yearly balance statements by auditors and register of the treasury.
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Matthews
Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
Treasury
Court of Claims
United States Commissioners
Auditors and Régister of the Treasury
United States
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