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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1889
Page
1
Helen Montjoy and Harvey Ingraham navigate a romantic maze after a mis mailed Valentine leads Harvey to suspect Helen of betrayal. A rival Harris Miller exploits the scene, but a detective uncovers mail theft and the couple’s wedding ties the tangled affair.
A poem recounts a lover's awkward verse sent to win affection. The sender fears exposure and embarrassment as the beloved responds with a kiss and acceptance. The narrator describes a shy yet hopeful exchange ending in a favorable reply.
Senate credentials for Plumb and Higgins filed as sessions advance. Resolutions seek Treasury sinking fund details under the Thurman Act. Diplomacy and Samoa questions arise. Oklahoma bill advances with homestead rights expansion. multiple confirmations, pensions, and appropriations discussed. House adjourns.
The piece argues the United States has built a growing navy in six years, with plans for about fifty ships by 1895. It notes advances in armor, gunmaking, torpedoes, and dynamite, and cites a projected total cost around 52 million dollars along with existing appropriations for nine armored vessels, five double turrets, four ironclads, twenty three unarmored ships, eight cruisers, and support craft.
N Rachel Smith, fiancée of Dominick Marion, crushed to death by falling walls in Saturday’s big fire, was found in a frenzy at Marion’s brother’s house desiring to kiss his body goodbye. Friends stopped her, she returned home in hysterics and later became insane, a condition considered dangerous but possibly recoverable.
A man named George Haggerman was taken from his Colfax County jail cell in Schuyler during the night and hanged from a tree in the court house yard. He faced horse stealing and arson charges, with past accusations fueling local anger. The lynching occurred so quietly that no one noticed until the body was found.
Seventeen men drowned when a Pine Lake ice crossing broke after twenty four teams drew logs across the ice. Seven drivers and teams reached shore before the ice failed. the remaining drivers and horses sank with no bodies recovered yet.
Port Jervis New York February reports three Irving Clifford children died of diphtheria in Milford Pennsylvania. The surviving daughter suffered severe burns when her clothing caught fire warming herself by a stove and cannot recover.
Vienna police detained several people for repeating rumors about Crown Prince Rudolph's death at the hands of the husband of a betrayed woman. Two men talking loudly in the Graben were taken into custody. Paris reports diphtheria microbe identified by Pasteur Institute professors, signaling future vaccine development.
London report states Air Edward Sartoris by will leaves £145000 to son Algernon Sartoris during his life, with the estate passing to wife Neil Grant in fee simple upon the son's death.
The Chronicle reports from Berlin that the Washington Government has agreed to Bismarck's proposal to hold a conference in Berlin on the Samoan question. The note comes via the Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent dated February 6.
Charleston dispatch reports Stewart McNeely, a about sixteen, fatally stabbed John Claflin at Logan last Wednesday. The youth fled the scene and remains at large, authorities say.
Fragmentary report notes Mr. OBrien, after forcible removal of his clothing by authorities at Clonmel jail, was rehabilitated and his clothes were returned or removed during a recount of events.
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