Destructive Louisiana Storm Leaves Thousands Homeless
A northwest storm since April 12 causes widespread destruction in St Mary Parish and surrounding towns. Forty houses wiped out at Fausse Point. about 1,500 people left homeless seeking relief. Morgan City reports damaged churches, dwellings, and warehouses in Atchafalaya and nearby areas.
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Louisiana
New Iberia
Fausse Point
Morgan City
Atchafalays
Cypremort
Pendely
First National Bank of Buffalo Closed Amid Financial Crash
The First National Bank closed its doors and drafts drawn on the Fourth National Bank of New York were dishonored yesterday. The unpaid extent is not yet known but thought large, impacting numerous cattle dealers who paid with those drafts. Depositors are believed to be paid in full.
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Buffalo
Dispatch
First National Bank
Tts
Fourth National Bank of New York
New York
Murderers on Trial in New Haven Case of Jennie Cramer
In New Haven on April 18 the trial of Walter E Malley James Malley and Annie Kearns alias Blade Douglass opened in Superior Court before Judge Granger charged with murdering Jennie H E Cramer. Defense assigned ex Judge Wm B Stoddard and E C Dow. impaneling a jury expected to take days. Separately Sunderland England April 18 reports a Blockhouse colliery explosion with feared twenty three dead seven rescued badly burned.
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Jennie Cramer
New Haven
Conn
Walter E. Malley
James Malley
Annie Kearns
Blade Douglass
Jennie HE. Cramer
Granger
Wm. B. Stoddard
E. C. Dow
Blanche Douglass
Sunderland
Eng
Cyclone Strikes Sedalia and Nearby Towns Wrecks Brownsville
A massive cyclone hit Sedalia Missouri and Brownsville wrecking 28 brick businesses and the city hotel block. Mrs Halpin and six children were injured, plus many farm houses destroyed and 150 plus injured regionwide. In Montrose Henry county churches were demolished and a school building carried away with 35 children hurt. Calhoun stock damaged and overall Brownsville damage estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Sedalia
Brownsville
John Halpin
City
Matt Williams
St. Louis
Post Dispatch
Montrose
Henry County
Calhoun
Henri County
Jefferson City
Bank closure after teller’s alleged dishonesty hits state
The Indianapolis Central Bank has closed due to a loss of thirty thousand dollars linked to the late teller Arthur Mueller. During a funeral for her husband, Mrs Julius Beyers of Butlerville reports a home burglary taking all valuables. Notre Dame near South Bend claims the nation’s largest bell weighing seventeen thousand pounds.
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Indianapolis
Teller
Arthur Mueller
Julius Beyers
Butlerville
Notre Dame University
South Bend
United States
Local News Snippets From Indiana 1881
Reports include a log truck accident killing Wm Miller near Knightstown and a man named John Rodewald in Allen County who died by suicide. Ellen Walton faces bail in a Greensburg murder case. A Greensburg Ledger anecdote describes a baby left with beef by a mother. A Greenfield Democrat note recalls a son demanding silver from his father’s coffin. Indiana pension data show 14 446 beneficiaries paid 2 045 624 dollars in year ending Sept 1881. The Central National Bank of Indianapolis is declared insolvent. Evidence links Long to the Kokomo child abuse case amid a lynching rationale debate.
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Knightstown
John Rodewald
Allen County
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Ellen V. Walton
Greensburg
Altiva Ledger
Babe
Greenfield Democrat
Diere Thei
Central National Bank
Ed Pritchard
Kokomo
Long
Congress Proceeds With Tariff and River Improvement Bills
The Senate reports numerous bills and debates tariff commission measures. Actions include approvals for river improvements on the Mississippi and Missouri, an Indian Territory railroad right of way bill, and a public printing deficiency appropriation. A major vote passed the anti Chinese migration bill. The Crow Indians treaty ratification and agricultural appropriations also advance.
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Senate
Indian Territory Railroad
House
Mississippi River
Omaha
Horest
Thomas Jefferson
Missisippi
National Bank
Yeas
Mississippi
Montana
Horst
Utah
Oace of Campbell
Cannon
Self Salting Beef and Rogue Gallery Mention
A new England meat preservation method injects boracic acid into live animals to circulate through blood vessels, preserving meat for five to six weeks. Separately, New York businessmen label ex Governor Moses a swindler and place his picture in the rogue's gallery.
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England
New York
Moses
South Carolina
The Kokomo Lynching and a Cautious Verdict in Chicago
A controversial Herald card attributes the hanging on Maine Street Bridge to sensationalism or a mistaken witness. A physician, Dr. Williams, testifies the assault on a six year old girl was likely not committed by the man accused, while detailing a lifetime of crimes and prison terms.
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Chicago Herald
Herald
Maine Street Bridge
Williams
Grant County
Blate’s
Asten
Armstrong
Franklin
Ind
Poperty
Sculptors Tales Show How Busts Spark Remarks
A French anecdote set shows sculptors hearing sharp quips about likenesses. A son asks to stress his subject’s contempt for architecture while a widower praises a bust as his late wife with a larger nose. A Somerset House memory ends with a girl exclaiming likeness of Lord B and a scornful elder correcting the nose twitch.
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Chambers’ Journal
Royal Academy
Somerset House
Agriculture in America and soil fertility trends
The article argues that America's agricultural growth rests on rich native soils not yet exhausted in new states and territories. It warns that these soils cannot last forever and cites diminishing productivity east of the Mississippi, suggesting the Old World pattern may repeat as the continent expands.
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United States
Europe
Mississippi River
A Wife's Practical Joke Ends In Tragedy And Trial
A Burlington man feigns a wife elopement prompting a dramatic scene. The husband discovers the note in a staged flight, shoots himself, and dies, then returns to life as the truth emerges. The joke was a setup with the brother aiding the deception leading to a polyphone compromise to keep peace.
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Burlington Bank Keys
Burlington
Will Carleton
William
American Women the Best Dressed Says London Paper
The London Daily News argues American women are the best dressed and attributes it to originality and fresh ideas. It notes Americans’ spending power for fashion and praises the fitting eye, while warning against deformities like tight lacing and suggesting new body lines with hoops and whalebone.
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London Daily News
Europe
Masonry in France Requires Long Path to High Rank
The article notes that in France high Masonry demands extensive time and gradual advancement. Prospective members must accumulate knowledge before progressing through each step, resulting in leaders with solid habits and high moral principles who embody their professed ideals.
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Nels Cederberg
Rock River
Clarinda
Iowa
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Congressional
Whostesday
Tariff Commission
Voorhees
Sherman
Horsa
Callendar
Mr. Pritchard
Agriculture In America
France
America
Madison
J. N. Kinnear
Kingsville
Tolu
Lawrzxos & Martin
Washinton
D. C
Lawrexes & Rock and Rye
Apts
LA Rence & Martin
Pro Foto
Chicago
Druccists
Ma«Le & Holmes
Hemera
Law
Young's
Sullivan, Ind
J Cohn
T. Gunn
South Side
Coulson & Coulson
Sullivan
Indiana
Ennj
Buff & Patten
Attorneys At Law
Square
Eaton & Miles’ Store
Hays
Attorney At Law
Commercial Row
Billman
Crowder
Northside
Janld
BUFF
Maine Street
4Th
Terre Haute
B. W. Cavins, M. D
Burks’ Grocery Store
North Side of
Public Square
Sullivan Indiana
W. Johnson
Curry & Dutton's
North Side Square
Radi
Cincinnati
West Point
Marchisi
Paul
Terre Hauts
J. P, Stratton
If, McEneney
Inowica
Oldiers
Ben Vandel & Co
Beekmanst
N.Y
Saif
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