Notable Indiana People and Incidents in Local News
Lafayette banker J. W. Hearn dies after brief illness. George Buskirk found guilty of attempted murder and fined. Elzie Easton killed by shot. acquitted. Robbery at Hobart store yields hundreds. Miss Mary Roach shot near Crawfordsville. Harroon Schulte daughters born. Gas well in Crow has 3200 feet hole. George Adams known as Sassafras George found dead. Accidents kill two near Pendleton. Indiana Civil War reunion reports. Various local crimes and incidents across towns.
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Jos W. Hearn
Lafayette National Bank
Lafayette
Avr
Bloomington
George Buskirk
James Douglass
Costa
Buskirk
Elzie Easton
Hobart
L R. Wangon
Crawfordsville
Mary Roach
W. J. Davis
Harroon Schulte
Seymour
George Adams
Johnson
Sassafras George
Brown County
Adams
Epmon Locas
Indianapolis
J. F
Goshen
Wolf Lake
Frank Sleary
Union Township
Huntington
Old Waces
Jack Witsex
Chicago
Indianaplis
Cleveland
Anderson
Pendieton
Ent Pitman
Spencer Township
Harrison County
Charles C. Watts
Lebanon
McClelland
Indiana
Richmond
Largo
Sur
Lagrange
Mra aAnion
Wiiranen
Oliver E. Haws
Kokomo
Henperthy
Utita
Floyd County
A. J. Stevinxsoy
Rerich
St. Lagrange
N. Golipsion
Micks
Marion
Senex
Wliam Brown
Sonx C Cri
M. Latta
Cap and Funny Man Debate Shipboard Quirks
On a Detroit Free Press item a captain directs the wheel while a humorous companion questions sailing logic. They quip about keeping to port to avoid the bar and logbooks, wind shifts, and a mate who is amphibious as the ship labors along.
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Funny Man
Cap'n
Cap’n
Detroit Free Press
Insulted Merchants at Moscow Coronation Banquet
A Russkaya Starina anecdote recalls 1956 Moscow coronation events. Merchants sought to host a banquet for Emperor Alexander II inviting nobles. Governor-General Count Zakrevnsky laughed them away but the Emperor rebuked him and invited the merchants to dine, praising their patriotism and usefulness.
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Russkaya Starina
Alexander II
Moscow
Exerzirhaus
Count Zakrevnsky
Excalency
Woman with hat and calfskin wallet roams Wowhwarnd avenue
An unidentified woman described as an ex excursionist walks Wowhwarnd avenue with a man's hat and a large calf skin wallet. An officer asks if she seeks someone. she replies she knows where he is and claims her husband Moe is on the City Hall stops, bareheaded and broke, while she holds the key.
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Wowhwarnd Avenue
Moe
City Hall
Detroit Free Press
The Jury Speech on Lions and Lambs Lesson
Eight year old Harry asks why predators hunt. The mother explains lions and tigers chase lambs and sheep, to which Harry counters by asking why they do not hunt butchers. The exchange captures a moral and legal tone from a jury context.
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Harry
Different Breeds. Portland Man Markets Wool in Oregon
A Portland man extols local wool growing country and the quality of feeced sheep found in Oregon. A New York man counters with claims about fleeced lambs from Wall Street. The Markets section notes market remarks and bourse dynamics.
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Portland
Oregon
New York
Wall Street
West Shore
Vigilant the Oldest American Vessel Still Sails
Baltimore built Vigilant, an eighty ton fore-and-aft schooner, has served as a passenger freight and mail packet between Santa Cruz and St Thomas for over four score years. Now aged over a century, she remains tight and sound due to meticulous upkeep by owner Mr. Ventheny, with vigilant replacements of worn parts. A Parisian detective tale of Forture Jaume also appears in the report with a disguise involving false teeth.
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Baltimore
New York Star
Santa Cruz
St. Thomas
Bangor
Nova Scotia
Ventheny
Novia Scotis
Widowery schemes and health tonics in old papers
A reader notes how law payouts differ by injury type, suggesting widows may remarry for security. A cabman quips at a humorous hospital scene while an ad promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming to cure liver maladies and related ailments with Midlands tone.
Home Seekers Excursions via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul
Travel notices advertise excursions from Chicago and Milwaukee to Northern Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas Colorado Kansas and Nebraska on Sept 6 23 and Oct 14 1890 with half rate tickets valid 30 days for return. Circulars list rates maps and contact A W H Carpenter Milwaukee Wis. Pamamprisr1a presents a clock to the cruiser bearing her name.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Milwaukees & St. Paul
Iowa
Minnesota
South
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
A. W. H. Carpenter
Wis
Home Seekers Excursions at Half Rates to Western States
Home Seekers Excursions via Wabash Six Explains dates September 9 23 and October 14 to Missouri Kansas Nebraska Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas Colorado New Mexico Wyoming Utah Idaho Montana North and South Dakota Iowa Minnesota One fare round trip and 30 day return. For details contact nearest Wa bash ticket agent.
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Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery promises cures
Copyright 1890. The makers claim the G M D purifies blood and cures torpid liver and related diseases. They guarantee money back if no benefit and sell through druggists on trial. It is touted for skin ulcers and glandular swellings with claims of rapid healing from the Buffalo, New York address.
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Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo, N. Y
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Ohio
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B.M. Bartlett
Cincinnati
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Portrait Co
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Dearborn ST
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