Gum Trust Declared Among Many Trusts
A novelty report notes the announcement of a chewing gum trust amid a surge of trusts. The piece pokes fun at trust formation and calls it perhaps the “strucest” of all, reflecting playful satire.
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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1889
Page
1
Notable Ladies in 1920s Reform and Literature
Mrs Exizanetn Capy Stanton is in her seventy fifth year. Susan B Anthony, her colleague in the woman suffrage cause, is seventy. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's illness has given Uncle Tom's Cabin another boom, and more than one thousand copies are again sold each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exizanetn Capy Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Secretary Harrorp Denies President Health Rumors
Secretary Harrorp says claims about the President's health are false, noting twenty years of acquaintance with Mr. Harrison and stating his health has never been better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrorp
Mr. Harrison
Census Expected Coverage of George Washingtons
The author jokes that the next census will fully enumerate George Washingtons across the nation and reveal how many hundreds of thousands bear the surnames Smith Brown and Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washingtons
Smith, Brown and Jones
Piano by Electricity Sparks Controversy in PrispurGH
A PrispurGH man proposes a method of playing piano via electricity. The remark links two electricity driven tortures, music and execution, as a provocative contrast while strolling the corridors with arms folded.
Plans for sorghum experiments on Maryland farm praised
Professor Winey of the Agricultural Department outlines extensive experiments in growing and manufacturing sorghum at the Maryland experimental farm. Similar trials will be conducted in Louisiana Iowa and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winey
Agricultural Department
Maryland
Louisiana
Lowa
Karsas
Salt Rock Trust Split Proposed in Kansas Discovery
A newly found Kansas rock salt formation stretches about 300 miles long, 25 miles wide, and 400 feet thick. The article argues that creating a salt trust is as impractical as forming a trust in seashore sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Century of American growth in a century of change
A historical reflection notes that a hundred years is short for nations yet the United States has undergone extraordinary development from 1776 to 1789 and questions what the nation will become by 1889, urging comparison with past trajectories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Republic
United States
Nebraska Arbor Day origin and planting impact
The Nebraska State flag marked the first Arbor Day in 1872. Since then about 650 million trees have been planted in Nebraska and 24 other states have adopted the custom. The planter is described as a friend to future generations.
Nine Microbe Forms Found in Healthy Stomach Juices
A Fizancu scientist reports finding nine microbe forms in healthy stomach juices and argues they play an important role in digestion. Each stomach may host a miniature world and revolutions by its inhabitants can damage the owner.
Mrs Barrows Turns German Speech Into English Stenography
Mrs Isabella B Barrows of Boston wrote a verbatim report of a German speech by Carl Schurz and translated it to English as she stenographically reported. Her speed and accuracy in simultaneous shorthand and translation mark a remarkable feat in journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella B. Barrows
Boston
Carl Schurz
Oldest Ohio Woman Margaret Arnold Born 1777 Near Richmond
Margaret Arnold born July 4 1777 near Richmond Virginia is noted as Ohio s oldest resident. She has lived mostly in bed all over time, is totally blind, weighs 110 pounds, and stands five feet two inches tall. Her father Robert Kiser had twelve children among whom four survive. She has smoked tobacco since 1819 and occasionally lights her pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Arnold
Ohio
Richmond
Vua
Robert Kiser
Arnold
Rep Vroun Sioux Chief Calls on President Harrison
Rep Vroun, a Sioux chief aged sixty four though appearing younger, exudes authority with erect form and bright eye. He speaks little English, owns a large corn farm, hires younger Indians, and is wealthy enough to live without working his own lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep Vroun
Harrison
Oklahoma town of Geriane grows into a metropolis
Postmaster Flynn reports daily lines a half mile long at the mail window in Geriane Oklahoma as eleven clerks work from five AM to midnight. Daily mail averages about three thousand letters and one thousand newspapers with stamps totaling fifty dollars. The town hosts five banks and six newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geriane
Oklahoma
Flynn
Doctor Shoemaker's Cocaine Fueled Liver Operation
In Birmingham Alabama on May 15 Dr W H Shoemaker a prominent physician was declared insane after becoming a cocaine victim. He earlier in December operated on himself cutting out a liver tumor, closed the wound and recovered, then the drug habit led to his committal to the Tuscaloosa State asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binminngham
Ala
W. H. Shoemaker
Tuscaloosa
Catholic Knights in Session at Chattanooga
The Supreme Council of the Catholic Knights of America met in Chattanooga with representation from all states except Montana. Reports show receipts and disbursements for general funds and widows and orphans fund, assets near 107 thousand dollars, liabilities about 203 thousand, 4 branches organized, 144 dissolved, 452 deaths, and a current membership of 17,872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tonn
Supreme Council of the
Catholic Knights of America
Montana
Coleman
New Orleans
Supreme Treasurer
M. J. O'Brien
Widows and Orphans’ Fund
Sinking Fund
Balane
Organiz 4
Sioux reservation boom draws North Dakota families to Pierre
The Pierre boom for the Sioux reservation site grows daily as 600 Devil's Lake families plan to move if the Sioux commission succeeds. North Dakota crops failing for two seasons drive migration, with Pierre's ferry handling many prospective home seekers crossing the Missouri River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre, Dak
Sioux Reservation
Oklahoma
Devil’s Lake District
North Dakotas
Sioux Commission
North Dakota
Pierre
Missouri River
Illiteracy in Paraguay Reported by U S Consul
U S Consul Hil at Asuncion reports Paraguay has 22 447 literate Paraguayans and 3 86 foreigners, leaving 199 431 illiterate Paraguayans and 4 070 illiterate foreigners. About fifteen percent of inhabitants can read and write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuixaton
U.S
Hil
Asuncion
Paraguay
Snow blankets Dakota crops across wide region
Weather notes from Dikola Dickixson and Horr report three inches of snow on May 14 15 in Dakotas with two inches in Horr and six inches near Bismarck. Observers say the snow is beneficial to grain crops and the storm appears general over the state aiding agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dikola
Wino to suffer death by electricity in new law case
Berrao New York May 15 Wino Kemmler convicted of murder in the death of his mistress Tillie Ziegler was sentenced to be executed by electric chair. The death penalty is to be carried out in the week beginning Monday June 24 the first under the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dia
Berrao
N. Y
Wino. Kemmler
Tillie Ziegler
Wedded to a Tahiti Heiress in Tahiti Affair
A Washington dispatch reports U S Count J L Doty married Princess Partons in Tahiti. The princess is daughter of Lord and Lady Darcy with noble British and native Tahitian lineage. The match links to a vast Tahitian estate and European ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahiti
New York
Washington
U.S
J. L. Doty
Partons
Lord
Lady Darcy
Heavytail Storm Hits Lambertor Area
A special Chronicle report from Lambertor notes six inches of rain fell yesterday afternoon as a gale uprooted many small hoists and ruined crops between here and Willington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crafforts
N. G
Chronicle
Lambertor
Here
Willington
Plans for New Gunboats Complete
The Naval Board of Design has finished plans for a fleet of one thousand ton gunboats. The public works program advances with the president pushing ahead on naval expansion and ship details moving toward construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WaseiseTox
May
Naval Board of Design
Odrtils
Consuuches
Dle Rietts Ai
Wreck Victims Count Rise as Samoa Recovery Proceeds
From Apia Samoa May 14 only about one third of the storm victims have been recovered. Capt Schoonmaker and Paymasters Armes Roche were buried at sites near Vandalia and Captain Hamilton. Lt Sutton remains missing. Most of the German gunboat Eber crew are still trapped. Deaths total about 145 with hospital deaths increasing the toll. Native demonstrations honor Admiral Kimberly as German threat rumors swirl and Mataafa and Tamasese seek peace amid renewed tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aria
Samoa
Captain Schoonmaker
Paymaster Armes
Captain Hamilton
Paymaster Roche
Sutton
Kimberly
General Knappe
Germany
Knappe
Mataafa
Dr. Knappe
Tamasese
Apia
Supreme Court Upholds Chinese Exclusion Law
The Supreme Court affirmed the validity of the Scott Chinese Exclusion Act in ruling on Char Chas¢s Ping’s challenge. The decision holds Congress may abrogate treaties and exclude aliens deemed inimical to U S interests, with a unanimous opinion detailing treaties, laws, and labor impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
United States Circuit Court of California
San Francisco
China
Supreme Court
Congress
California
Mind reader Bishop dies during a hypnotic display
New York mind reader Washington Irving Bishop died at the Lambs' Club in Manhattan after a dinner exhibition. He collapsed during acata lepsy while attempting a mind reading feat after pretending to stab an actor and later showed signs again before passing. Doctors remained with him overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irving Bishop
Lambs’ Club
West Twenty-sixth Street
Philadelphia
Louis Aldrich
Bishop
Green
Convict Seeks Freedom Under Good Time Law Case
George Blackburn, Fairfield County convict, seeks habeas corpus claiming good time law allows deduction of ten days per month for perfect conduct. He was sentenced five years, has served three years seven months without discipline breach, and argues he is entitled to release. Warren Coffin defends. outcome could affect many prisoners and prison officials dispute the law’s interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contrypts
George Blackburn
Fairfield County
Blackburn
Warnen Coffin
Fire on Steamer Ragia Ends With Steam Fight
The Ragia from New York to Hamburg reached Plymouth after a cotton fire broke out in May. Spontaneous combustion ignited bales in the after-hold and near luggage, burning for 48 hours. Steam was used to quell the blaze, saving the ship and all aboard. 130 bales were thrown overboard. Passengers honored the captain and crew with an address and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragia
New York
Hamburg
Plymouth
German Troops Fire on Striking Miners Killing Six
In Dusseldorf district, rioting miners set fire to an oil works at Lierenfeld. Miners at Muelhern Duisberg Schleswig joined the strike as troops dispersed two rioter groups after a triple demand to disperse. six killed including a four year old child and one woman wounded. Coal from Belgium arrived with no new disorder as bayonets patrolled the region. Essen mine owners and officials agreed to higher wages but refused the eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bextrs
Dusseldorf
Lierenfeld
Muelhern
Duisberg
Schleswig
Belgium
Essen
Double Tragedy in Cincinnati Husband Shoots Wife and Child
A. J. Blanc, a chemist for Diehl Fireworks, shot his wife and seven-year-old daughter then killed himself. Blanc, an Alsatian, had married a daughter of real estate agent J. C. Hanover and lived at 197 West Seventh Street. The wife was left with a twelve-year-old daughter. the couple argued over jealousy before the fatal shots. The wife's condition is believed nonfatal, and she is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
A. J. Blane
Diehl Fireworks Company
Blanc
J. C. Hanover
Kenilworth
West Seventh Street
Flora
Murderous Cowboys in Jail Reported After Zuni Killing
Three cowboys James Somerville David Hamm and Robert Davis killed four Zuni Indians at Wingate in a cattle theft dispute. They fled but were captured by a sheriff and posse. Davis was wounded while Somerville known as a thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albiquerque
N. M
Wingate
James Somerville
David Hamm
Robert Davis
Carrie
Somerville
Davis
Mine Disaster Kills Four Hungarians In Fire Damp Blast
A massive explosion of fire damp at the Chartiers Black Coal Company mine in Tens Run near Chartiers kills four Hungarian miners instantly. Victims are Martin Teishock aged 47, John Adlerschall 27, Mike Marlowitch 32, and Mark Stuedler 22. The mine was unoccupied prior to the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PrivsscraGn
Chartiers Black Coal Company
Tens Run
Chartiers
Martin
Teishock
John Adlerschall
Mike
Marlowitch
Mark Stuedler
Minnesota
Notorious Bald Knobbers Executed After Scaffold Trial
Three leaders of the Bald Knobbers were hanged in Ozark Missouri after a public trial. The execution began at 9 53 am with prayers and hymns, ending as rope breaks and multiple deaths occurred. The article traces Bald Knobber history from 1885 through the Green Eden killings and subsequent crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Ozark
John Matthews
T. B. Horn
Thomas Hanks
Bill Walker
Dave Walker
Matthias
Matthews
Walker
Christian County
Knobbers
Frank and
Jubal Taylor
Dickenson
Forsythe
Taney County
Eden
William Eden
Charles Green
Springfield
John
Wiley Matthews
Wiley
Bald Knobbers
Green
David Walker
Bill
Auburn man shoots self in Detroit hotel room
D E Cady of Auburn New York killed himself in room 73 at the Russell House Detroit on Thursday night an unsigned note asked for notifying Charles Cady of Auburn. He registered Wednesday evening and paid for one day. he had no baggage and meals stopped arriving Friday morning. He was about nineteen and known for drinking and a fast lifestyle. his father was former Assemblyman Charles Cady of Tompkins County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
N. Y
Detroit
Mich
D. E. Cady
Russell House
Charles Cady
Cayuga County
Cady
Bursn
D. FE. Cady
Charles Cadys
Tompkins County
J. T. Exprincs
Logansport
Indianapolis
Joan Clements
Newburg
Cas. Smart
Alonzo Barrett
Shelbyville
Airl
Young
Dan Kennedy
Michigan City
Union County
Adrian Webb
Bennett Webb
Muncie
Lorristown
Huntingburg
Wm. Zebr
Joan Cocuett
Indiana
Madison
V. Dehler
Dehler
James Miller
Bartholomew County
Flatrock
Denison & Syxipwere
Hann
Rusk
D. R Alton
Bicknell
Knox County
Agricultural Department
Cal Cisco
Marshal
al Steele
Crozier
Roberts
Water-Works
Henry
Montpelier
Godfrey Reserve
Randolph County
Winchester
Crawfordsville
Owen County
Guntle
Huntington
Delaware County
Ann S. Burton
Fayette County
Calvin Burton
W. O. Mass
Rockport
Sugar Creek Township
Montegomery County
Graff
Evansville
Greencastle
Sperati
Bos Fisher
Interstate Commerce Commission Rules Equal Rail Car Comfort
The Inter-State Commerce Commission ruled in favor of William H. Heard, a colored passenger, saying the Georgia company must provide equal class accommodations. Heard was made to ride from Augusta to Atlanta in a second class dirty smoking car despite holding a first class ticket. The ruling orders the Georgia company to comply with equal comforts and equipment for white and colored passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
William H. Heard
Raliveau Company
Heard
Augusta
Atlanta
Bray
Georgia
Multiple Indiana items dominate state briefed news
State news covers suicides, indictments, addressees, and accidents across Indiana towns. Notable items include Mrs J T Exprincs suicide in Logansport, a liquor license tax dispute in Indianapolis, Clement’s murder acquittal, and a six to twelve year old assault case near Newburg.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Catholc Knights
the Supreme Council
Mind Reader Bishop
State Intelligence
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