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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1888
Page
1
Revival of interest in car steam healing plans
A note urges renewed attention to revived schemes for healing and restoring steam powered cars, promising a revival after a few weeks of absence and highlighting the late car stove as a recurring symbol of the issue.
Pintsprry Divides 345000 Among Minneapolis Mill Employees
Cras A Pintsprry and Co of Minneapolis the world’s largest milling firm has shared 345000 in bonus profits with its employees under a profit sharing plan adopted four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cras. A. Pintsprry & Co
Minneapolis
Sultan settles palace strike with royal kitchen staff
The Sultan resolved a workers dispute by sending the imperial palace cooks who had struck over unpaid wages to the caile. This method reflects his unusual approach to settling labor strife and ensuring escape from settling his bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caile
Imperial
Four-spot trade shifts barrels to Quebec provinces
A tentative deal from Chicago and Minneapolis is moving into Quebec and the lower provinces Tateby. It suggests selling at twenty to twenty five cents a barrel below Manitoba grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minnenapolis
Quebec
Tateby
Greek hero recalls Carpenisi charge in Salem memoirs
One of the citizens of Salem, Massachusetts, writes Frank F. Votorate about his youth as one of the twelve hundred Greeks under Marco Borgharis who led the famous charge at Carpenisi in August. The veteran now has a store of anecdotes from those stirring times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Frank F. Votorate
Marco Borgaris
Carpenisi
Tava
Unclear OCR: Farm data on acreage and livestock
Fragmentary figures show Ixaprans in the United States cultivating land and raising crops and livestock. The numbers are garbled and unreadable in several places, with several misread terms and symbols obscuring specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dutch Royal Age Gap Courtship Mentioned Between Heir and Heir Apparent
A rumor notes that the Crown Prince of the Netherlands may be arranged with the eldest son of the Dike of Niassue. The claimed ages differ by many years, with the prince presumed younger than the 72 year old king and 31 year old queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tris
General Sherman Remarks On Death At Sheridan Funeral
The General, not alarmed by death, speaks in a casual, almost amused tone about dying as he recalls Sheridan’s funeral. He quips that EP must hurry up and die or few soldiers will be left to bury him, reflecting a rapid, terse style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Sheridan
Prince Bismarck Survives Harvest Day Bindings Incident
While inspecting harvest work, two reaping women tied the chancellor with straw bands as a playful trap. He cooperated and freed himself by paying a liberal ransom. He left in his carriage with the bands still on his arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Proposal for a Washington Zoological Garden
A project before Congress to create a zoological garden in Washington that would reflect the nation’s animal life. Advocates argue it is a proper government function alongside schools and scientific surveys, offering public recreation and aiding science by preserving diverse species from extinction.
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Congress
Washinton
Haimed
Govaernments
Tusk of a Mastodon Found Near Red Wing during Railroad Dig
A Mastodon tusk was unearthed during excavation for the Duluth Red Wing Southern railway in Hay Creek north of Red Wing. Prof. Winchell of Minneapolis confirmed the find and notified the Boston museum, which holds the only other specimen in the country. The tusk measures 6 feet long and 9 inches in diameter, found 13 feet below the surface in coarse sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Red Wing & Southern Railway
Hay Creek
Red Wing
Winchell
Minneapolis
Boston Museum
Yellow fever tale links outbreak to a lover’s raid
The spread story implicates McCormick who traveled from Jacksonville to Tampa, breached quarantine to meet his sweetheart, and returned with yellow fever. Surgeon General Hamilton cites this account as the origin of the disease’s dissemination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
McCormick
Tampa
Hamilton
A New Department Decided For Agricultural Office
The Senate considered a House bill to establish the Department of Agriculture as an Executive Department. A provision to move the Weather Service from War to Agriculture was struck out by 3 to 9, with no prejudice to either department. The bill directs a Secretary of Agriculture, appointed by the President with Senate consent, and fixes salaries. a conference committee was ordered to resolve voting disagreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Fleeing From Decatur Near Abandonment and Yellow Fever
Decatur Alabama experiences near depopulation with closed doors as residents flee by train and by foot. Post deaths and blocked communications worsen the crisis as Mayor Reese appeals to federal officials for immediate quarantine measures to protect the city and surrounding region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgovery
Ala
Decatur
Railroad
Western Union
Toenteht
Reese
Hamilton
United States
John T. Goran
Tbat
W. S. Reese
Swindle Hits Alton Inn Owner Over Farm Sale
An An Tingis Farmer, Brown of Godfrey, was swindled out of 12 900 yesterday by a man posing as Dr. Williams from New Jersey who wooed Brown with a farm sale. Brown paid 2707 as a forfeit, drew bank funds, and received a box that later contained no money after Williams vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Inn
Brown
Godfrey
Dr. Williams
New Jersey
Williams
Secret Orders for 0.8.8. Boston Head to West Indies
Washington reports secret orders directing the 0.8.8. Boston at the New York Navy Yard to be ready for sea within days. The ship sails on a diplomatic mission to the West Indies, tied to the upcoming Haitian election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston
New York Navy Yard
West Indies
Havyti
Fever Strikes Jackson Mississippi Amid Sewage Excavations
Yellow fever cases are centered in Jackson due to recent sewer disturbances at the depot grounds. Three new cases reported. most of white residents have fled the city as stores close and trains halt. Food scarcity worsens the situation with residents unable to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Thunderbolt Hurts Clerk in Telegraph Office
R. M. Stailey, a clerk in the Iron Mountain railway office in St. Louis, was left side paralyzed after an electric shock today while using a telephone during a thunderstorm. A lightning strike is believed to have hit the telephone wire, causing him to collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
R. M. Stailey
Iron Mountain Railway
China Rejects the Treaty Reported by Secretary Bayard
Secretary Bayard says a dispatch from Minister Denley reports China has refused to ratify the amended treaty. The rejection was conveyed to the State Department today in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Wastusarox
Bayard
United Press
State Department
Denley
Chicago Names New Postmaster Walter G Newberry
Chicago announces General Walter G Newberry is appointed postmaster replacing C Judé who resigned. Sept 21 report notes Newberry takes the Chicago post as the new head of the postal service in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wasnixcron
Walter G. Newberry
C. Judé
Yellow fever headlines from Jacksonville and Decatur
Bulletin from Jacksonville reports 1383 new yellow fever cases and 10 deaths in 24 hours, total 1578 cases and 212 deaths, with scenes at the board of health and a casualty at Fernandina. Decatur notes 17 total cases, 4 deaths, about 150 residents remaining, and refugees leaving by train.
Snake Charms A Dog Then Hydrophobia Kills It
Giles Melton of Eastman Georgia hunted near his home when his dog charged a rattler. The dog was charmed into creeping toward the snake, then foamed at the mouth after the snake was killed. The dog later died, and Melton blamed the snake charming for hydrophobia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman
Giles Melton
Mr. Melton
Fire razes stables. 31 horses perished in Corumavs
A morning blaze at the Consolidated Street Railroad Company stables in Corumavs destroyed the buildings made of inflammable material. Thirty-one horses were burned alive, and seventeen new street cars, two chariots, one buggy and wagon, plus hay, straw, harness and tools, were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corumavs
Consolidated Street Railroad Company
Convicts Escape From Nashville Penitentiary Wall
Three prisoners at the Nashville penitentiary scaled a forty foot wall and escaped last night. The trio identified as Tinker alias G W Woordard Bill Minnen and George Landue concealed themselves in citizens clothes and used a rope of twine to descend from the wall with outside accomplices aiding the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Tinker
G. W. Woordard
Bill Minnen
George Landue
White Wives for Chinamen Crime Alleges Milwaukee Bride Scheme
Sam Wall, a Chinese man, and his white wife Augusta are jailed at Armory Police Station on charges of bringing white women from Milwaukee to supply as wives to locals for 325 each. The matrimonial agency is said to have supplied four or five Chinamen with wives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cacaco
Sam Wall
Augusta
Armory
Milwaukee
Accident Turns Fatal in Toll Gate Farm Family
In Ritchie County West Virginia on September 22 two sons of farmer William Collins tried to discharge a revolver to remove a loaded cartridge. A misfire sent a bullet through the side of the youngest son, killing him the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkerssons
W. Va
Wm. Collins
Tollgate
Ritchie County
William
Fever Epidemic Forces Grove City Students Home
Typhoid fever sweeps Grove City College in Suanos county with thirty cases and two deaths reported as students prepare to leave for their homes. Local officials and faculty monitor the outbreak and urge precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suanos
Grove City College
Lone Highwayman Falls to Texas Woman in Bandera County
In San Antonio Texas on September 24 a notorious Lone Highwayman known for robbing stagecoaches and mail bags near Kerrville was killed by Mrs Lizzie Hay at her Rio Sabinal home Bandera County The attacker threatened arson but was defeated after a knife wound and gunfire The posse tracked his bleeding trail twenty miles to his corpse whose identity was not known but linked to two years of depredations in Bandera County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Nerrville
Lizzie Hay
Rio Sabinal
Bandera
Hay
Aimo
Chad
Bandero County
Bill to Establish Camps of Refuge in Washington
A bill introduced by Representative Wheeler Alabama aims to set up camps for yellow fever refugees. It authorizes the President to designate locations with tents beds and medical care provided and requires destruction by fire of infected camp equipment after the epidemic ends with an appropriation of 35,090 to fund the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinctou
Wheeler
Alabama
Panic Stricken People Amid Yellow Fever Rail Disruptions
Washington reports Post-Office Department telegrams from yellow fever districts say Alabama and Mississippi rail lines are largely abandoned, causing panic. The threat to reach New Orleans via Montgomery grows and Vicksburg Shreveport communities appear as a vast mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post-Office Department
Alabama
Mississippi
New Orleans
Montgomery
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Babe Killed by an Eagle Near Indian Territory Line
A large eagle attacked a months old infant of farmer Wm Benitie on his farm near the Cimarron River north of the Indian Territory line. Neighbors pursued, the eagle dropped the body on the riverbank after a struggle. The infant was dead with severe wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicknits
Kawn
Wm. Benitie
Cimmaron River
Indian Territory
President Neal Mitchell Issues Daily Health Bulletin
Jacksonville Florida reports a drop in cases and deaths with 113 new cases and 5 deaths in the last twenty four hours ending 6 p.m. September. The total to date stands at 1091 cases and 217 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Neal Mitchell
Georgia Crops Damaged Report Declines
Atlants Ga September 24 report says Georgia pant—? cotton crop injured 19 percent and corn 15.5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlants
Stranded Circus Arrives in Ricuwonp
Dan Shelby's circus from Chicago is stranded in Ricuwonp Virginia. Its effects are in the hands of a deputy sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricuwonp
Dan Shelby
Chicago
Tax relief ordered for Richmond County floods
Owing to floods at Augusta Gov for Gordon ordered the suspension of Richmond County tax collection until the Legislature meets. The Legislature will doubtless relieve the county of the State tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlasta
Augusta
Gordon
Richmond County
Miner Dies After Whisky Binge on Wager in Pennsylvania
In Wurtresarre Pennsylvania on September 24 John Walters drank two quarts of whisky on a wager and collapsed dead. He had been drinking with several other miners since Saturday and left behind a wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wutrresarre
John Walters
Pillaged by Italians Rioters Seize Canadian Village
In Eastern Township seven thousand Italian laborers unpaid by Shirley and Corbett riot at Sawyersville. A clash with Hungarians and locals leaves one Italian and four Hungarians dead and thirty to forty wounded. Fifty-eighth Battalion rushed to the scene from Sherbrooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Compton
Shirley & Corbett
Sawyersville
Sherbrooke
Female Military Company Formed In Charleston West Virginia
A company of 35 young women organized in Charleston with elected officers and a blue and white uniform. They drill weekly on Wednesdays using wooden guns crafted to imitate regulation arms and show notable progress in the manual of arms. The unit has not yet been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Utah Commission Reports Edmunds Law Benefits Utah
The Utah Commission at Salt Lake, with judges from Indiana Arkansas Iowa Illinois and Pennsylvania, prepares its report. Mr Thomas notes the Edmunds law benefits Utahans and is generally observed with polygamy practiced only in secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Commission
Salt Lake
Carlton
Indiana
Williams
Arkansas
Godfrey
Iowa
McClernand
Illinois
Arthur L. Thomas
Pennsylvania
Thomas
Utah
Emperor William Snubbed at Windsor Visit Hint
Loxton Sept. 25 The strained relations between Emperor William and the English Court remain. A hint he might visit his Windsor grandmother next winter drew a frigid response noting the Queen cannot receive state guests until July due to Emperor Frederick's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Loxton
Windsor
Frederick
Weather report from BirchscuamM on Sept 25
The weather in BirchscuamM is clear and cool with a crisp atmosphere. No yellow fever has been observed in Birmingham and fears of its spread to the area are quieted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birchscuamm
Ara
Birmingham
Robbing Letter Boxes in San Francisco
Police report a surge of letter-box robberies at San Francisco business firms. A Chicago gang is suspected, targeting boxes as letter-carriers deliver mail, using a glass cutter to remove the frame glass and seize letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chicago
Pittsburgh Civic Parade at Centennial Celebration
The civic parade of merchants manufacturers societies and labor groups of Allegheny County was the feature of the Centennial celebration. The twenty mile procession stretched five hours passing a fixed point with about 24 000 men in line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pittsburer
Allegheny County
President Mitchell reports Florida cases and deaths
President Neale Mitchell releases the 2 p m September 25 update listing new Florida cases at 143 and deaths at 4. The cumulative totals reach 221 deaths and 2H cases. Names recorded include Joshua Liogd Burch Mrs. Hall Otto Tripp and Miss Florence Stowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville Bulletin
Jacksonville
Fla
Neale Mitchell
Joshua Liogd Burch
Hall
Otto Tripp
Florence Stowe
Marshal and Prisoner Fatally Wounded in Barroom Riot
In Jellica Tennessee last evening Marshal Woolwine tried to arrest Bill Lyons for harboring disreputable characters. Lyons resisted and a riot ensued with gunfire. Both Woolwine and Lyons were fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Jellica
Woolwine
Bill Lyons
Lyons
Dynamite destroys West Virginia home injuring residents
On Saturday night in Moons Tyler County W Va the house of Dr J B Gorreil was blown up by dynamite. Dr Gorreil and one child were badly injured a visitor named Campbell who lived near Hebron was instantly killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WiEeLife
W. Va
J. B. Gorréil
Moons
Tyler County
Dying of hydrophobia in Clarion farmer after dog bite
CLARION Pa Sept 25 One week ago L F Shirey a Monroe Township farmer thought his dog was poisoned and tried to feed it sweet milk He was bitten through the fingers and is now raging mad and not expected to live from hydrophobia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion
L. F.shirey
Monroe Township
Confederate Monument Unveiled in Staunton Virginia
Confederate dead memorial at Staunton was unveiled. A granddaughter of Albert Sidney Johnston revealed the monument as addresses were delivered by Governor Lee, General Early, and General Roscre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staurton
Albert
Sidney Johnston
Lee
Early
Roascre
Senate and House action on foreign relations and bills
The Senate reports withholding the Chinese exclusion bill to the House, passes a $199,000 yellow fever relief joint resolution, and approves bridge construction on the Kentucky river. House adjourns after votes on sundry civil appropriations and private pensions amid continued debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Edmunds
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Kentucky River
Jones
Arkansas
Stewart
Nevada
Sherman
Canada
Hawley
Agricultural Department
Mitchell
Oregon
Department of Agriculture
Murrow
California
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Kilgore
Texas
Michigan
U. S
Gills
North Pacific
Plumb
Saratesza
Burgoyne
Pacific Reaihead Company
LaCrosse
Wis
Wheeter
Matson
Ind
Ati P.m
Mr. G Morgan
Committee On
Sheridan
Flocusr
International Geodetic Association
Naval Academy
Saucer Brians Gored by Bull In New Durham NJ
Saucer Brians a wealthy farmer in New Durham New Jersey was likely fatally gored by a bull on the 21st. His jaw and right arm were broken and his abdomen torn. The bull was shot. A reward of 2909 dollars for W B Tacott’s arrest is to be posted at post offices nationwide and abroad. The circular will be printed in multiple languages and sent worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saucer Brians
New Durham
N. J
W. B. Tacott
Henrietta Snell
Chicago
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia
South America
Marquis de Mores
Dakota
China
James Hunter
Green County
Tenn
DyBrazza
Stanley
Anton
Cerney
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