TNMENE Movement Aims to Restore Half Cent Coin
The TNMENE movement advocates reviving the old half-cent and adding it to current currency. Proponents argue it would simplify transactions and preserve monetary history.
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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1889
Page
1
Poverty Simmons Minted 109-Year-Old Mantie in North Canborina
North Canborina reports Poverty Simmons known as Poverty Simmons a colored mantie aged 109 possessing property valued in the thousands yet not a member of the society of that name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Canborina
Poverty Simmons
Poverty
Generals Do Not Wear Pants in Hayti Operations
The Atlanta Constitution notes that generals in Hayti are not required to wear pants while common soldiers use a leather belt and a cartridge box as their fatigue gear, reflecting a stark difference in attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Atlanta Constitution
Hayti
Open Winter Delays Saint Paul Palace Plans
Residents of Saint Paul sigh over warm winter conditions that hinder the annual palace construction project, a long running winter feature that has proved both interesting and profitable in previous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Wool Market Report Shows US Supply At 62 Million Pounds
The Boston Commercial Bulletin annual wool market report states current US wool supply is 62,000,000 pounds, down from 110,000,000 pounds at the same date last year, a shortage of 48,000,000 pounds compared with 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
General Sir Freeper 2 GueNFELL Leads British Sudan Force
Sir Freeper 2 GueNFELL commands the British army in the Sudan at 47, the sole general in the world with a commanding force large enough to be called an army, controlling all military city operations there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeper
Guenfell
Soudan
Exhibit on Indian corn at Paris Exposition next year
Plans outline a striking display of Indian corn and its by products for the Paris Exposition with a featured American kitchen to teach Parisian bakers how to make corn bread Johnny cake and hasty pudding among other items.
Pious Ten form Anti Profanity club in Pa town
Semp Wikestarre Pa young men dubbed the Pious Ten organize an Anti Profanity club. Fines of 1.50 collected within ten minutes after by laws adoption promise the club will live a while says the Wilkesbarre journal.
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Semp
Foreign-born workers cited in Detroit labor data
Testimony before a Congressional Committee reports that about forty percent of Detroit printers are foreigners, largely Canadians, a similar share of streetcar company employees are foreign born, and twenty-five percent of city carpenters are immigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Women Balk Elevated Rail Ride Fear in New York
The New York Sun reports that many thousands of New York women will not ride the elevated roads or walk on avenues where the cars run. Fear of accidents motivates their timid behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
New York
West Virginia Name Change Movement Prompts Kanawha Proposal
A West Virginia name change movement argues for a distinct state title. Proponents claim current name closely resembles Virginia causing confusion and urge adopting Kanawha as the official name.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Wild hogs roam Shaw Angunk mountains in New York park
A bankier in New York imported a litter from the Black Forest to clear snakes from a deer and bird park. After eradicating the snakes the wild swine escaped one night and multiplied in the nearby mountains. They remain savage, bristling, tusky, and can run like greyhounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawangunk Mountains
New York
Black Forest
Wurtemberg
Two White Star Steamers Teutonic and Maestic Under Construction
The two White Star steamers Teutonic and Maestic will enter service next season. Each measures about 625 feet, tonnage around 10,000, longer than City of New York but with less beam. They accommodate 260 first class passengers and are expected to match or surpass current liners in speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Star
Teutonic
Maestic
City of New York
Crime rising with population in postwar era
The article cites two years of statistics showing crime increasing faster than population. It cites F C Wines noting prisoner to population ratios from 1850 to 1870, rising from 290 to 853 per million and beyond, as crime grows with population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Wines
Wines
Diver Survives After Submerged Ordeal in River
John Woller, a submarine diver, nearly died when his air supply failed while repairing a vessel in the Schuylkill river. Entangled rope and helmet issues trapped him. after multiple resuscitations he regained consciousness. In New York, diver James W. Woods drowned in the Iberia wreck, likely from air-pipe entanglement cutting off fresh air and causing suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pailvapethia
John Woller
Schuylkill River
Walter
Bat
New York
James W. Woods
Iberia
Woods
Ater
Farmers barn burned. 43 horses lost at Schouyler Nebraska
At Schouyler Nebraska a farmer named John Craig lost his barn with forty three horses including seven Kentucky thoroughbreds seventy cattle twenty hogs and much machinery hay and grain consumed. The hired man suspected after a quarrel with Craig's brother vanished and is believed to have set the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omana
Nen
Schouyler
Neb
John Craig
Kentucky
Craig
Wronger Girls Death Trial Returns Manslaughter Verdict
In Memphis Trenv Jay Dr J Nixon and Rhoda Turner a colored midwife were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five years each. They were accused of producing an abortion on Willie Tisdell a young Water Valley Miss girl who died from the effects. Garey Brown and Chas E Remberger are under indictment as accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Protest against Mormon statehood gathers over thirty thousand names
The canvass for signatures to the protest against Utah statehood closed Wednesday with more than thirty thousand names. The petition will be sent to Washington and includes a statement outlining the local situation and alleged evils of Utah's admission to statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saur Lake City
Utah
Washington
Four Year Old Die of Chronic Alcoholism Reported
New York January 4. The coroner's office reports what may be the youngest death from chronic alcoholism. The victim is four year old Nellie Reynolis whose death will be investigated by the coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nellie Reynolis
Life Sentences in Robbery Trial at Municipal Court
Stevens and Campbell were convicted yesterday of robbing Mr. Frost of Winthrop and sentenced to life in State prison. Neither defendant testified during the Municipal Court trial observed by Avarsta in June and January, with the case ending in a life term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avarsta
Jun
Stevens
Campbell
Frost
Winthrop
State
James gang member arrested in Duck Hill train robbery case
Callendale, said to be a member of the James gang, was arrested in Greenywoop Mississippi on January 4 for complicity in the Duck Hill train robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenywoop
Miss
Callendale
James
Duck Hill
Retiring C. S and S Senators on the March Expirations
The article notes that twenty six U S Senators have terms ending in March with eight already re-elected, one successor chosen for another seat, and seventeen to retire or seek re-election this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S&s
Wasnineros
United States
Murder Report Near Village Road in Somerset Quieted
News from Lospos dated January 4 describes a terrible murder of a young girl found in a field near a village road in Somerset. The report notes similarities to the recent Bradford case and mentions ongoing concern and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lospos
Somerset
Bradford
Sinking of Paris C Brown After Snag Near Hermitage La
The Paris C Brown sank off Hermitage near Port Hudson Louisiana after striking a heavy snag. One passenger and seven crew members drowned. survivors were saved, aided by Mr Grass of Hermitage who recounted the disaster. Captain Young reported landing attempts and a rapid wreck with passengers fleeing to hurricane decks and lifeboats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermitage
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Port Hudson
Baton Rouge
Young
Oliver Bi
Paris C. Brown
Bienne
Boiler Explosion Kills Several at Porter’s Mill
At New Hope Mercer County West Virginia a boiler exploded at Wm Porters mill Saturday as farmers gathered for flour. Four men died instantly Joseph E French Thomas Carter Levi Shields and John Wimmer with El Shields dying later. others injured. Officials cite low water as cause. boiler fragments and beams flew hundreds of yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prittssurgh
New Hope
Mercer County
W. Va
Wm. Porter
Joseph E. French
Thomas Carter
Levi Shields
John Wimmer
el Shields
Wade Shuffelbarger
Jerome Carter
William Carter
Paymaster McClure’s Murderer Held in Jail
In Philadelphia on January 6 1900 the Italian gang leader nicknamed Red-Nosed Mike spent a quiet day in Wake Barre jail. He showed dejection at arrest while Pinkerton detectives who captured him secured a confession and recovered $300 of the stolen $12 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paymaster McClure
Philadelphia
Red-Nosed
Mike
Wakesbarre
Pinkerton
Firing Regulations for Small Arms Approved for Army Use
Washington Jan 6 The third edition of Firing Regulations for Small Arms by Captain Stanhope F Blunt of the Ordnance Department has been approved by the Secretary of War for use by the army and state militias. It will be distributed to the army and become the authorized guide for related subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasgingtox
Stanhope F. Blunt
Ordnance Dezartment
Secretary of War
Barbers Implicated in Counterfeiting Ring near Scranton
William Degan known as Kieley and Bernhard Meehan, barbers in Dunmore, were arrested yesterday for manufacturing counterfeit money. Police found a counterfeiter outfit under the shop and a coal-bin stash of new dylars in a canvass sack nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scraxtrax
Dunmore
William Degan
Kieley
Bernhard Meehan
Vine held on robbery tied to Adams and Westlake case
Thomas W. Vine, linked to the Adams and Westlake trunk mystery, was held in 3000 bail by Justice Lyom after waiving examination. W. Mungler of the Adams and Westlake Company joined Detective Haas in St. Louis and recovered 3931 dollars from Vine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cariaco
Thos. W. Vine
St. Louis
Lyom
W. Mungler
Adams and Westlake Company
Haas
Vines
Ben Hopkins Dead Wrecking Clerk Dies in City
Ben Hopkins, pardoned by the President and a former Fidelity Bank wrecker, died at 6 39 this morning in Ciscixxatt. He arrived Friday from the Ohio penitentiary and was surrounded by several family members at the time of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hopkins
Fidelity Bank
Ohio Penitentiary
Dry Sunday drives brass worker to self harm
Joseph Crawford, a noted brass worker, stabbed himself twice near the heart at the Bank Exchange Hotel on Third Avenue this afternoon after being unable to obtain a drink. Pittsburgh is a dry town on Sunday, and Crawford likely faces death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrrsevncy
Joseph Crawford
Bank Exchange Hotel
Third Avenue
Pittsburgh
Three Cruisers Deemed Suitable for Samoa Work
The Navy Secretary disclosed Auckland reports of a Samoa clash between German forces and Mataafa’s army with many deaths. Three ships could be sent if needed: Trenton at Panama and Vandal ia and Mohican in San Francisco, though timing may hinder aid to Nipsic. Ossipee and Atlanta to relief Haitian crisis as fever risks persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiuiotos
Secretary of State
Auckland
Berlin
Samoa
Mataafa
Navy Department
Trenton
Panama
Vandalia
Mohican
San Francisco
Nipsic
United States
Atlanta
New York Navy Yard
Port-au-Prince
Ossipee
Luce
Galena
Kingston
Jamaica
Boy survives train crushing at Main Street crossing
Charley Schobling, nine, narrowly escapes death when a through freight pushes him between rails at the T., St. L. and K C line crossing. The engine and 32 cars roll over him. he clings to the ties and emerges unharmed, asking for his hat as bystanders look on in disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derries
St. L
Kk. C
Charley Schobling
Massive rockfall from Niagara Horseshoe Falls disrupts Table Rock
On January 7 1900 a large rock mass broke from the Horseshoe Falls precipice at Niagara Falls Ontario and again Saturday night at 10 pm another mass fell. The noise alarmed Canadian residents and shook Table Rock House doors while Cedar Island and nearby homes reported tremors altering the falls contours to a new angle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horseshoe Falls
NiaGara Falls
Ont
Horseshoe
Canadian Falls
Table Rock House
Whistler
Cedar Island
Gardner McCameron
Senate joint resolution objects to European control of a canal
The Senate passed a joint resolution stating the government will regard any European government involvement in constructing or controlling a canal across the Isthmus of Darien or Central America as injurious to U.S. rights and welfare and asks the President to communicate the views to European governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasasincton
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Darien
Central America
United States
Europe
The Great Strike Scilled Ends in Curiaco
The Great Q strike has ended with the company not enforcing the blacklist. Old workers will be rehired as needed where they are best suited. The strike began February 27, 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Sullivan and Kitrain Agree to July Prize Fight
In Toxresta Ontario on January 7 John L. Sullivan and Jake Kitrain signed an agreement to fight within two hundred miles of New Orleans on July 1889 for 10000 dollars per side and the Police Gazette championship belt under the new London prize ring rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitrain
Sullivan
Toxresta
Ont
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kitrain
New Orleans
Police Gazette
Woman and Wild Cats: Dakota Wife Fights Three Varmints
Mandan, Jan 8 A Dakota farmer's wife, Mrs Charles Casperdone, fought three wild cats guarding the hen house ten miles west of Mandan. She first wounded one with an axe, then injured a second, and finally killed the third after it attacked her throat. She fainted from loss of blood but is expected to recover if infection does not set in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandan, Dak
Here
Charles Casperdone
Brass Thieves Steal $100,000 From Pennsylvania Railroad
At least seventy five boys are said to be implicated in the Pennsylvania railroad brass robberies. Edward Singerman and three others were arrested while thirty six locomotives were dismantled on the Middle Division. Stolen property moved to Chicago St Louis Philadelphia and other cities. Singerman hinted at more names and a trial exposing prominent men including railroad workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edward Singerman
Middle Division
Singerman
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Explosion at Royal Palace Shocks Monarchs and Officials
A blast rocked the Royal Palace in Maprio during the day. The Queen Regent and infant King were present as the explosion on the grand staircase caused extensive damage but no injuries. Prime Minister Sagaste and authorities ordered a palace cordon while investigators seek the perpetrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maprio
Sagaste
Prodigious Sleet Storm Hits New England and Upstate Areas
Worcester reports a severe sleet storm at Rutland with huge trees down and telegraph poles prostrated weighing as much as four tons. Watertown and Jefferson and St Lawrence Counties suffer extensive tree loss and widespread telegraph and telephone wire damage from ice and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Rutland
Watertown
Jefferson
St. Lawrence
Hawkeye Man Claims Original Telephone Invention
M F Pease of Des Morcis Louisiana asserts he was first to invent the telephone, cites experiments starting in 1855 and 1857 success, filed a patent caveat in 1857, and later perfected the device. He says his work was described in Wonders of Electricity in 1872 and separate records will be reviewed by the Patent Office.
Philadelphia Coroner Rules Schilling Death a Homicide
A coroner's jury in Philadelphia found Antoine F. Schilling died from a blow to the head inflicted by Jacob Schoop. Wilhelmina Schoop, reputed wife, was identified as an accessory before the fact. The two prisoners were committed to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jan
Antoine F. Schilling
Fairmount Park
Schilling
Jacob Schoop
Wilhelmina Schoop
Petition Seeks Mandamus Against Pocahontas Tax Levy
A petition filed in U.S. Court by Frank Blair and others as assignees of G R Pool seeks a mandamus against Pocahontas town officials to compel them to levy a tax. The filing occurred in Hannison SCne Virginia on January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannisonscne
U.S
Frank &. Blair
G. R. Pool
Pocahontas
Fifty Years of Senate and House Action in Early January
A dense run of formal proceedings from the Senate and House covers tariff bills, statehood debates for Idaho and Arizona, Panama Canal policy, and various appropriations. Key motions adjourned times and rules changes are noted, with attention to filibuster tactics, conciliation efforts, and committee reports on courts, elections, and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Idaho
Arizona
Voorhees
Secretary of the Interior
Mitchell
War and Interior
Nez Perces
Howse
Committee On Rules
Pekin
Committee On Foreign Relations
Sherman
Haiti
Panama Canal
O'Neal
Philadelphia Board of Trade
Point Barrow
East Cape
Liberia
Bear
Nicaragua
United States
Atdp
Dakota
McKinley
War and Navy Departments
Hoar
Judiciary Committee
Arkansas
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Hovs
Afr.Sray
Panama
Sawyer
Post Office Committee
Congress
Committee On
Smalls
Oklahoma
Randall
Committee On Appropriations
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Utah Statehood
Buffalo
OUR Navy
Haytan
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