06 Oct 1888
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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1888
Page
1
A collage of oddities from a period newspaper notes roller-skiing in Australis, a Buffalo drug store, feather toys, tree planting, fashion quirks, and many scattered items. It mentions migratory birds, coral pendants, a Kalamazoo laundryman garden, and various humorous or curious claims about people, places, and events.
The speaker endorses the National Convention policy Vision of the Future Under the Free Flag and urges voters to consider the duties of the Vice President in guiding Senate proceedings and national legislation. He defends tariff policy and prosperity goals, aligning with Republican platform on revenue, protection, and American industry.
The text discusses the danger of being one sided, urging balance between sorrow and solace. It cites Reyne a scholar and sufferer who kept a paper of sorrows and consolations, and cites Wilberforce in slave abolition as a model of focusing on the glorious majority over minority troubles.
A mutilated female corpse is found in an open vault along the Thames embankment near the Grand and Metropole Hotels. The wounds mirror the Whitechapel killings with a missing arm reference and viscera exposure, tied to an abandoned Grand National Opera House foundation project led by impresario Coleone Mapisson. The scene lies far from Whitechapel, near Scotland Yard.
A storm off Toelock last night capsized the barge St. Clair. Life saving crews from Sane Beach rescued six men and one woman, but four men and one woman drowned as the boat overturned near the shore. The crew reached shore with two others, while the captain's vessel attempted to aid survivors.
In Parsons Kansas nine year old Georgia Williams saved her baby brother Sunday night when a lamp toppled into a crib starting a blaze. She pulled the infant from the bed and smothered the flames on its clothing, then beat the fire from the room with carpet. Both girl and baby suffered burn injuries.
A small cottage occupied by Peter Callahan and his wife at Wankesba Astment caught fire. The elderly man died in the blaze while his wife was rescued with difficulty.
Mr Barlow Williams of this county was shot dead late last night while returning home from church near his residence in Wannantos. No clue to the assassin has been found.
President Neal Mitchell issued the daily bulletin for the 24 hours ending at 6 p.m. October 7 noting 65 new cases and no deaths. Cumulative cases rise to 2 805 with total deaths at 2uk.
John Kenny Henry C. Hard and Wr. H. Hardy, charged with murder bank robbery and assault, escaped from the Court of General Sessions by crawling through a transom and dropping into the park. They vanished after the break.
New York District 22 reports a 1980 cash package disappeared from the National Bank of the Republic last Friday but was located today. Bank officials refused to confirm if the money was stolen or mishandled.
Senator Worhess from the Library Committee reports favorably a bill to buy a life sized Abraham Lincoln painting by G. A. F. Lavis for up to 1400 dollars.
Minnie Krateenberg a thirteen year old girl confessed in Carcaco that she attempted to kill her mother and sisters by putting poison in the food.
Oct 2 reports from Isatpy and posts across the Upper Peninsula say a general snowstorm has blanketed Michigan. Heavy snow fell for six hours and affected multiple locations in the region.
The Supreme Court of the States rules the anti Mormon test measure unconstitutional. Oct. 2 report from Carson City Nev indicates the ruling strikes down the statute as invalid under constitutional principles.
Jacksonville notes cool morning as yellow fever lists shrink with New cases 0 and total cases 27253. Palmetto reports 20 fever cases and 3 deaths. Tampa sees 9 cases and 1 death. Gainesville faces acute shortage of supplies and seeks city aid for the sick and needy amid panic.
Eleven year old Minnie Matvenberg is imprisoned for poisoning her mother sister and two brothers with rat poison at home. Neighbor Mrs Snyder is charged as an accessory after the fact. Police allege Minnie acted on Snyder s instigation by poisoning meals in the Keratzen family home.
Skeletal remains of Alonzo Lewis of AW & 2 Douglass pump makers New York City were found two miles from Virginia Beach after a Saturday night search through Hollies. Buzzards had consumed all flesh, leaving only bones. Police suspect self-inflicted death.
A cave in at Milleresk mine in Plains-Wilkes Barre area caused a massive collapse this morning. Pillars failed, covering 1 1 acres with earth as houses above were wrecked. People slept and were thrown from beds. many injured. Wells' bottoms dropped out. holes large enough for a horse and cart lead nine hundred feet to the mine below.
Several people have been arrested on suspicion of being the Whitechapel murderer. The press reports a reward offered by the Nets and talk of increasing the reward. The Lord Mayor offers a reward of £7. Henry Forbes Winston Sir Risdon Bennett and other medical experts remain convinced the killer is a homicidal lunatic.
Neways New Jersey reports a society incident involving Mabel Vaughan heiress and Henry Vaughan’s coachman. The event centers on matchmaking, objections to a proposed son in law named Lurie, and a controversial trust of funds amid a distant engagement.
Sam Wah a well known Chinaman with a white wife faced police court over charges from Mary Kee a young German girl who claims he aided her abduction and marriage to a Chinaman. He was held for the grand jury on the complaint alleging accessory participation in the arrangement.
Chicago retailers raise loaf price by one cent due to higher wheat and flour costs. Prices may rise again as supply pressures persist.
The Bay State Sugar Refinery, following orders from the Sugar Trust in New York, closed down Saturday night for good, leaving three hundred workers unemployed in Boston.
London awoke to two new killings linked to the Whitechapel series. A victim in Berners Street court suffered a throat wound and head severing, while in Mitre Square a second woman was disemboweled with a brutal neck wound, intestines left near the gory site. Police face sharp criticism as fear spreads through busy morning streets.
William Knolls, a farmer near Tigrainsville Kentucky, found a copperhead and a chicken snake entwined in a deadly fight. He moved them to an open field where the copperhead died and the chicken snake swallowed it whole before escaping. The copperhead measured five feet and the chicken snake seven feet.
President Cleveland urges Congress to approve a measure strengthening Chinese laborer exclusion and to modify the 1832 treaty terms. He cites fraud, protests and discontent on the Pacific coast and proposes remedies including delayed returns and compensation for Chinese subjects damaged by violence.
A dynamite blast shattered the Shannapin post office and a drug store window in Beaver County on a Saturday night. A second blast followed an hour later at the rear of the building. No suspects named. authorities seek the guilty parties and believe the target was a disreputable house nearby.
Frost line nearing Florida as weather bulletin reports seven new cases of fever and six deaths in the past day. The cumulative totals reach 2626 cases and 2 deaths, with a cooling trend easing hardship and hinting at frost ambitions.
Robert King, owner of a new mill four miles northeast of Kuvestox, Ga, attempted to tighten a misaligned saw. His hand contacted the blade and ripped his arm, pulling him onto the saw. He fell forward, his head split, and died within twenty minutes after telling a bystander to fetch a doctor.
Sept. 20. Governor Morehouse of Missouri appoints Samuel Levi Associate Justice of Bates County Court, in place of the late T. J. Bosworth. Levi is the first Hebrew named to any Missouri governor’s position.
A freight train collapsed a trestle on the Columbus and Western road about one hundred miles away. Charles Webster a businessman of this city was killed instantly. Several injured including two train hands who are said to be dying. Authorities reported the accident at two o clock.
Five steamships discharged 1,463 immigrants at Castle Garden today in New York. The arrival reflects ongoing migration patterns as authorities process incoming travelers.
The W. H. Londer & Co. drying establishment in West Newton burned yesterday morning. About 150 workers lost their jobs as five horses and four wagons were destroyed along with 30 barrels of dried corn. Total loss around 4124 with insurance about 4089. Owner suspects incendiary fire.
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