11 May 1889
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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1889
Page
1
William Tanser, a 26 year old machinist, in a fit of insanity, killed his infant by smashing its head against a bed board, attacked his wife with a butcher knife, then slashed his own throat as police arrived. The infant lay dead as the wounded man walked the floor with a bloodied knife.
A visiting inspector describes the Carroll County poor asylum as the worst of its kind seen. Women are kept in overcrowded pens with foul odors and degrading conditions. County officers say changes will be made, despite years of neglect.
The piece notes an 1884 law banning liquor sales on Indian lands and mentions Mrs Saaw the whistling artist who drinks only water. It also recalls Oklahoma as part of the 1802 Louisiana Purchase and defines the name Oklahoma as a Chickasaw word meaning beautiful land.
In one week twenty five thousand emigrants left leading European ports for the United States. The world seems to have a liking for Uncle Sam.
A gentleman from the East, with eight sons and thirty two grandchildren, has purchased 1800 acres of land a few miles west of North Platte Nebraska and will move the entire group to the property.
A Fortland Maine young woman starts a new enterprise reading to elderly and disabled residents. She reports good progress, suggesting such services could become common and beneficial in communities.
A man labeled a masher is fined 75 and sent to the Bridewell in Chicago for plying his trade on the streets. The Chicago daily remarks he will serve the city better in the kitchens mashing potatoes for some time to come.
An OCR fragment notes that thousands of Oklahoma boomers who fail to secure homesteads or town lots will return with experience, costly and valuable, though not exchangeable for groceries or as collateral at a bank.
Lord Lonsdale completes a 1500 mile trek across Alaska and returns to San Francisco to recuperate. He found no support for a burlesque show in that region.
An Italian newspaper cautions Italians about migrating to the United States arguing Americans show no respect. An exchange counters that only an Italian Count would be accepted while others would be rejected, implying a line is drawn at that status.
The first post office in Oklahoma was built in Oklahoma City literally on the ground floor due to absent boards. The owner set four posts, moved in, then constructed walls and roof and raised the stars and stripes from the roof gable.
Ex Maroni Vatx of Philadelphia stands out as a quaint figure. Jie, an old fashioned Quaker city lawyer, wears a swallow tail coat a broad brimmed hat and carries a green baize bag. He is the only living American who danced with Queen Victoria and remains oblivious to the attention he garners.
A Texas railroad recruits Oklahoma residents to move south offering land on easy terms. The company claims seven million acres for sale while Oklahoma holds about one million eight hundred thousand acres. Texas aims to attract twenty thousand newcomers from the overflow.
Rear Admiral Worden, aged seventy, commanded the Monitor in the famous battle against the Merrimack. Promoted by a special act after that engagement, he later settled in Washington and is a New Yorker by birth.
Christian Holzworth of Low ville N. Y. has received back-pay pension of 13000 dollars the second largest ever paid and 75 dollars monthly for life. He is an incurable inmate of Lewis County Asylum. He has a wife three daughters and two sons and steps will be taken to set aside some property for their benefit. His wife supported family by washing and was very poor.
The official count shows 255 707 migrants arriving in the United States in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, down from 298 281 a year ago and 260 961 two years ago. All nationalities decline except Russia and Great Britain, with a note of declining prospects for England.
A destructive cyclone near Stafford County Kansas last night left many farm buildings wrecked and crops blown out. Casualties include Wm Crawford killed, Wm Bolt and several others fatally or seriously injured. the storm unfolded after days of gale force winds and dark skies.
Three large plaques display twenty five years of BEP work. The central arch features engraved portraits of Presidents from Washington to Cleveland with Harrison and Windom, surrounded by Treasury and War/Navy secretaries. Notes, bonds, stamps, and bank notes including $1 to $10,000 denominations are shown, along with revenue stamps and smaller plaques of other notes.
Experiments in sorghum cultivation and manufacture will continue this year under the Agricultural Department. Prof. Wiley laid out the Maryland field eight miles northeast of Washington with 250 lots of pedigreed seed from Kansas stalks and over 2,000 stalks analyzed.
Noble munificence marks the opening of Johns Hopkins Hospital at Monument Street and Broadway in Baltimore. The 17-building complex covers four acres with ten acres of parkland, built over ten years at a total cost of 2,059,000 dollars, funded by the late Johns Sophine who also established Johns Hopkins University.
The Supreme Court rules a coin toss verdict in the Gaines case invalid. Gaines, involved in a political riot linked to a colorsman murder, saw the jury flip a copper to decide degrees of murder. The lower court is overturned and the case remanded for further proceedings.
Wastincrox May S William M. King resigns as Chief of the Steel Division in the Agricultural Department. A. T. Stxene of Hampton Ind appointed to fill the vacancy at a salary of 2600 dollars. W. W. Cooke of Medicine Lols named Special Agent in charge of sorghum sugar experiments. Wm. Sims of Yepeks named State Agent for Kansas in the Agricultural Department.
Public Printer Palmer of Illinois appointed by the President. Roosevelt of New York and Thompson of South Carolina named Civil Service Commissioners. Palmer born in Manchester Indiana October.
There is a great deference of opinion among horti culturs, gardeners, and farmers as to the outcoms of the recent series of frosts. Many contend that the fruit bloom was futely ruined, while others assert that the damage is trifling.
Baron Erlanger and party at Wormley's discuss his 15 million in American railroad holdings including the Cincinnati Southern and Texas & Pacific. He notes operating costs at seventy percent of revenue versus Europe's fifty percent and questions high freight rates. He admires Jay Gould yet critiques management, sees potential in the South, and urges reform to avoid bankruptcy.
May 8 report from Prrrepuroy Pennsylvania states William Hopking an Oliver Brothers and Phillips employee was fatally crushed after being pulled into operating machinery. The incident occurred at the firm where he worked, with authorities notified and an investigation likely underway.
Fragmentary notice references a period titled Eighteen Years Over the Century with a BORDA May attribution and a person or entity name Jos Riva Gilbax. The readable text provides no clear event, place, or date beyond May and the names.
A gas explosion at Beechwood colliery in Porrsvile Pennsylvania killed worker James Nolan who entered an abandoned gangway after missing danger signals. The fire boss failed to place a caution board at the gangway entrance where accumulated gas and a prior fire hazard existed.
A New York correspondence surveys fresh wardrobe material and styles for the season. Rich fabrics include plain chromed textiles, hunter green and Venetian brown gowns with di rectoire lines and long panels. Wool and lace gowns, yachting dresses, capes, jabots, and parasols highlight evening and day wear with noted colors and trims.
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