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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1898
Page
2
The passage notes 109000 locomotives in various regions and uses a 4 percent multiplier on poll returns to estimate Indiana's population at 2,969,089, citing the State statistician's office and the clerk of the board of election commissioners.
The Island of Cuba Real Estate Company announces a new Havana office on Obispo street to handle country lots and general real estate business. The move signals a hopeful outlook for American influence on the island.
Russell Sage of New York reportedly lunches daily on apple pie and milk. The suggestion urges him to cut the pie and spend the saved nickel on adding stamps to his pots and calls, even if his midday spread remains subpar.
A fair estimate places Germany's wheeling population at no less than 3,120,000 with an average of sixty per thousand. Berlin and suburbs, around two million residents, have about 110,000 cyclists or fifty five per thousand inhabitants.
A Berlin engineer claims to have created a green Phoenician fire that ignites on contact with air water or earth. The substance burns with a brilliant fume brighter than searchlights and can be submerged or buried and then released to flare instantly at a chosen surface point.
A historical summary notes Alexander the Great born in Europe and dying in Asia, buried in Africa. Funeral preparations lasted two years as a gilded sarcophagus rested in a ceremonial chariot drawn by 64 white mules over about 1000 miles from the Euphrates to the Nile.
A citywide moral reform drive extends to areas near Chicago depots with railway support claimed. Rev Edward Everett Hale in Boston hails the war as a divine milestone teaching peace and goodwill.
The article predicts two Cuban political parties the Spanish and the insurgents and suggests a US protectorate may be needed for peace. It notes naval prize funds fund pensions after officers and men shares, currently about 14 million dollars, with an increase of roughly 2.09 million from recent war prizes, praised as fair under the prize law.
The article reflects on Spain moving the remains of Christopher Columbus from Havana to Spain, noting the sequence of transfers from Valladolid in 1506 to Seville in 1513, San Domingo in 1536, and Havana in 1795, highlighting the paradox of glory and decline linked to these ashes.
The article notes Spain's bid to assert ownership of Columbus's discoveries and bones as a voyage sails nearer completion. It argues such claims reflect a waning empire and prestige rather than lasting power, with gifts of renunciation masking ongoing territorial ambitions.
The narrative lauds Gen Sir Herbert Kitchener for the capture of Omdurman and the rout of the Khalifa, arguing the victory strengthens British aims in Africa, opens Nile to Cape routes, and counters French influence in Abyssinia, with Rhodesian ambitions noted.
Treasury Bureau of Statistics publishes a July summary with a detailed hundred-page table series on U S banking, currency, and precious metals production. It traces 1774 specie at 4 million to 1797 banking figures and 1897 totals, shows state and national bank growth, deposits, and money in circulation with per capita figures and world comparisons.
The Flora bank in Carroll County on the Vandalia line was robbed Monday night. Lenon the banker was wounded by shot while four men escaped with about 12,000 in gold and 1,080 in silver after dynamiting the Farmers' Bank building. A suspect named Dignan was captured near Clymers, later released. report notes ongoing investigative despite little progress. A Wabash note adds acetylene gas plant plans by Charles F. Dieterich for city illumination with potential wider use.
Utah company leases lime and shale lands near Bedford and Jackson County to build a 125000 dollar cement plant. Geologist Blatchley backs Bedford rock and local shale as viable cement ingredients, prompting tests and further marl and cement prospecting across northern Indiana. The report notes potential growth of Indiana Portland cement industry, with South Bend as the current factory site and broader regional exploration ongoing.
In Summitville a circuit court filing seeks guardianship for sixty year old William Pully after his wife died. A spiritualist medium, Mrs Burns, allegedly gained control of about 5000 dollars in farm lands and 700 dollars in cash, then vanished. Heirs allege mental incapacity and push for court protection amid a land suit.
Patents granted to Indiana residents include Lemuel Cook of Atlanta for a wash boiler strainer Cyrus R Furey of Logansport for an alarm Toney C Hefel of Muncie for a water works filtering plant James C Jones of Pine Village for a gate hinge Thos J Lindsay of Lafayette for a bicycle driving gear Charles G Scherer and Tult of Lafayette for a corn harvester George Van Camp of Indianapolis for a cansoldering machine Frank W White of Marion for a lock and support for bicycles
Col Lipper recalls Rufus Stogginby of Storkville Centre Vermont who made a sun tracking revolving platform around a single tree to avoid moving his chair. A winded spring caused him to whirl violently and crash through a railing into a fireplace, yet he was said to be transformed from lazy to energetic. Also notes Mrs Amanda Purcell of Portsmouth who paid 800 to hire a substitute for civil war service and died unaware of the soldier’s name or fate. Miss Van Gilder gives a dress to her maid.
Asa Robinson, a former 83d Pennsylvania Volunteer, recounts his postwar battle with sciatic rheumatism and unfitted labor. After army discharge he found no relief until three years ago from Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits three boxes with restoring his health and curing his rheumatism.
Providence Journal reports no scallops available in Warren market for the first time this season. A brief supply after September 1st sold at 50 cents a quart, with no current stock. Expect moderate New Bedford supply after October 1st, but wholesale prices may reach 1.60 per gallon due to short Rhode Island seas. Reports indicate scarce sets in Buzzards Bay and Coles River flats. Fishermen blame starfish and dredging for seed loss. experts warn famine may persist and prices entice more hunts potentially harming future scallop stocks.
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