Court values man's leg at ten thousand dollars
A court appraisal sets the value of a man's leg at 10 000 dollars and clarifies it is not connected to Andrew Chaweyetets.
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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
4
A court appraisal sets the value of a man's leg at 10 000 dollars and clarifies it is not connected to Andrew Chaweyetets.
The State of South Carolina weighs its mud guards as the Sen atorial race kicks off. Voters watch early signals on campaign posture and party dynamics shaping the contest.
A provocative remark claims the ants can only denounce the Supreme Court as unconstitutional, framing an extreme legal challenge as their remaining option.
A reported idea suggests Pennsylvania might copy Kansas by offering ramps workers employment as a path away from ramps. The note frames a policy pivot linking job provision to removing ramps.
Collectors are alerted to misprinted Buffalo stamps showing an inverted locomotive. The error stamps were produced by mistake and each piece is valued at about 30 dollars.
A recent story imagines the moon containing enormous caverns occupied by glorified antlike beings. The concept offers a novel and intriguing premise for speculative fiction.
The Association of Military Surgeons asks Congress to restore the canteen while saloonkeepers issue their response, signaling a public clash over wartime morale and civilian commerce.
A hammer thrower shattered the college meet record while a nearby spectator suffered a skull injury during the same event. Officials secured the arena and launched an investigation into the incident.
The article asserts Jules Verne’s imaginative concepts now verge on fact with his moon voyage idea potentially becoming real, suggesting a future where his science fiction could materialize as actual exploration.
The note emphasizes that promotors of trusts find only a handful of articles suitable for monopolization as successful trusts remain rare.
The remark likens the constitution's appendix to a useless vermiform organ and asserts Uncle Sam will remove it. The analogy frames U.S. involvement as a decisive corrective measure.
China suggests it cannot be expected to save funds for the indemnity while allies persist with punitive expeditions that terrorize the country.
The Administration reports Cuba rejected the Platt amendment but accepted a substantially different version. The change indicates Cuba did not approve the original terms and instead agreed to an alternative arrangement.
Professor Herron and Miss Ward seem satisfied with their union and its method but their children may object when inheritance comes into question. The text notes potential disputes over estate.
When starting budget cuts the king reduces personal expenses by dismissing twenty four chaplains from royal service, reflecting a stance of economy in church spending and household costs.
A Paris newspaper dispatches a grim forecast about the peril facing a globe circler as he traverses the United States. The piece implies dangers from Indians while crossing the country and quips that Populists are the real threats among political groups.
Miss Helen Gould suffered a physical breakdown from the heavy duties of charitable work. Doctors noted nervous strain and added troubles from notoriety tied to Count de Castellane and her rift with brother Howard after his marriage.
The London Daily Mail notes Pat Sheedy as a globe trotter seen in New York London Paris Monte Carlo Ostend and Cairo. He is described as entertaining with moral sentiments and a simple benevolent outlook. A tale recalls his bet with a young man over Webster word spelling ending with the remark money is not everything knowledge counts.
While stationed at Halifax during sea service the heir apparent Duke of Cornwall and York sits in a train smoker reading papers. Senator Temple orders a paper and the prince quietly hands him one. The senator offers Canadian coppers, which the prince accepts and leaves on the seat, later learning the boy is the prince.
A June Ladies' Home Journal reflection questions women pursuing jobs versus homemaking. It venerates the wife and mother as central to the home, contrasting labor outside the family with the sacred duties to husband and sons.
Aggie is set to visit the area and Boston officials say preparations are underway to receive him. Local institutions coordinate hosting plans and community teams mobilize for the forthcoming arrival.
The text notes a surge of lynching sentiment across parts of the country and reports five men were recently executed in California for petty theft, highlighting mob justice and legal peril.
A wry wartime note claims sending school maids to the Philippines could fail the effort, as two thirds likely marry and resign within a year. The piece quips Manila offers white women a risky paradise for service, hinting at social tensions.
In a June Ladies Journal note, a plainly dressed maid asks why working women wear unfit clothes on the street. The reply suggests the poor have nowhere else to wear such attire, reflecting social judgment of attire and class.
Parsonus Kat sas writes that Foley's Honey and Tar gave instant relief after eight years of asthma attacks. The testimonial notes the product eased episodes and cites availability through John Griffith.
A Springfield Massachusetts publishing firm, whose business furnishes more mail matter than the rest of the city combined, secured a four year contract to carry mail to and from the post office and the railroad depot. Several automobiles are being built to perform the service.
Advertises a home cure for drunkenness labeled as a disease with no narcotics. Claims dramatic personal transformations, home use in tea or coffee, and a price of one dollar with full directions and optional physician advice. Provides address in Philadelphia for prepaid sending and confidential correspondence.
A Glasgow committee backs an experiment to run a municipal liquor service. The plan envisions the city dispensing its own liquor, alongside gas, electricity, water, and streetcar services, with parliament asked for the power to proceed.
Cardinal Gibbons left for Rome aboard the steamship Trave on Saturday May 11 to spend three months in Europe. He will visit the pope and then go to London as guest of Cardinal Vaughan. Before sailing he conferred the red biretta on the newly named cardinal Martinelli in Baltimore on Wednesday May 8.
A narrator cites Ibsen as needing a tray on his desk filled with grotesque figures. The items include a wooden bear a Mephistopheles image two or three cats one of which plays the fiddle and some rabbits to spark his concentration.
An advertisement urges relief of ill health through stomach care. It claims most illnesses stem from the stomach and promotes Dr. Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide as a cure, sold by John Gilford.
An 19th century styled ad promotes Dr. White's Electric Comb patented by Issa as the hottest seller. It claims to cure scalp ailments and headaches at the price of a regular comb, offering samples for 50 cents in stamps to N. Rose, General Manager, Decatur D1.
In poor soil shrubs seldom show vivid color but generous manure boosts tone. Iron filings and scale from a blacksmith’s anvil, mixed into soil near roots, can intensify plant coloring.
W C Montanye, a New York coffee and spice dealer, claims the tiger emblem of Tammany dates to the 1850s when William M Tweed, then foreman of Big Six fire company, admired a royal Bengal tiger in Montanye's shop and adopted it for the Americas club, later universal among Tammany.
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