Two Dromios A Quaint War Episode From Evanaville
A Carlisle area farmer Walker had twin sons John and Martin who swapped identities during the Civil War. John was wounded in Kentucky and Mart joined in his place, disguising himself and deceiving family and comrades while John recovered at home. The ruse continued until the officer revealed the tale to the soldiers.
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Sullivan County
Carlisle
Walker
John
Martin
Indiana
Kentucky
Mart
Matt
Graysville Notes Tilt at Justice and Rail Line Talk
The Graysville column criticizes county justice and praises local efforts on a Terre Haute to Merom railroad. It notes tax debates, school progress, a serenade, icebound conditions, and a long critique of post office knowledge, urging more public postal information in papers.
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Terre Haute
Merom
Win
Medsker
Bulletin
Terre Haute and Merom Railroad
Post Office
Labd
Twin Walker brothers fool Carlisle merchant for years
After the Civil War, Mart and John Walker of Sullivan County New York married and settled on adjoining farms. They look alike, share six foot height and florid complexions, and even trick a Carlisle merchant by charging goods to an account while one appeared to purchase them, fooling clerks and the merchant for years. Their father Geo W Walker remains near ninety on a Carlisle-area farm and still rides into town.
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Mart
John
Sullivan County
Carlisle
Walker
George
Geo. W. Walker
Cholera fears and varied curios from a 19th century page
Dr Blackburn warns of summer cholera spreading after influenza with cases in Chicago under cholerine. Reports note opium dens crackdown in New Orleans, translations in Japan, and Melinda Mason jailed in Galveston for aiding prison escapes. Humorous snippets include Henpeck on a wife and stories of Irish stew and a child asking for numbers in tales.
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Blackburn
Kentucky
Chicago
Exhibition of new fuel blend in Jersey City promises cheap power
An exhibition in Jersey City featured a fuel formed from steam and petroleum. Proponents claim it is vastly better and cheaper than current fuels. Cul. Rose of the Pennsylvania Railroad says a locomotive could run from New York to Philadelphia for 34 dollars, a substantial saving from the present 25 dollars.
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Inersey City
Rose
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Readings of Shipton prophecy Spark End of World Fears
A newlywed reacts dramatically to Shipton's prophecy declaring the world ending. A French doctor suggests widowers self-harm more than married men, and children in the home reduce suicide risk. Mrs. Williams of Alpine Michigan thinks she must make a sacrifice to the Lord by cutting out her tongue. The piece notes danger in judging a young woman's weight by her sighs.
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Indy
Shipton
Williams
Alpine
Michigan
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Political Directory
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Cambers Patterson
Perry Vi. Blue
Fourteenth Judicial District
Sullivan
Vigo
T. J. Mann
David Crawley
Dam P. Riggs
J. L. Berry
J. N. Fordyce
Jackson Rich
J. J. Snyder
John L. Kaufman
Gill
Will Willis
Sullivan Town
Murray Briggs
J. Patten
Uriah Coulson
Thomas Stanley
D. W. Larr
Wm. M. Johnson
C. P. Gwin
BR. L. Jenkins
E. D Denison
Evanaville Courier
Graysville
Marion County
Wade
Brown
A. A. Phillips
Buckeye
George Burton
Beagle
G. W. Knowland
Turman
Will Cooper
R. J. Turman
Jason Peters
White Babines
David Watson
Akers
Big Miribg
Looker
New Orleans
Milt Spencer
Darwin
Japan
Melinda Mason
Galveston
Henpeck
John Bull
Mr. Ever
Miss Toy
Uticura
Consis
So Whipple
Neeater
Moen
Canton Street
Chetuiettli
Flzabeth Buck
Patuetor
A. Mayne
Saeiter
Ime
Geners
Frank A. Pern
Boston
Winton
Thomas Lee
Frankford
Who Kok Pottery
Washington Street
Peorhouse
Iarge
Sanford
Ail
General Agents
Weezs & Potter
Calisaya
Malt Bitters Company
Mass
Bee Guysett
Crawley & McKinley
Senate
J. EX. Betoimnm Ce CO
Wilbery
A. M. Knotts
Court Street
John Davis & Sons Hardware
Moen’s
G. W Starr
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Robert J. Culver Wele, M. D
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The
Coverwell Medical Co
Ann St
N. Y
Eet Lindy Post
Nichols, Shepard,& CO
Battle Creek
Nichols, Shepard & CO
Battie Creek
Guenther
Guenther & CO. Proprietary
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh
J. A. Collier
Square
Sullivan, Ind
BeckFon
Daniel F. Beatn
Washington
Apt
W.H. Crowder
Patent Office
C. S. Foster
Washington, D. C
Ficera
2Nd National Bank
Bank of the Republic
Massachusetts
London
Journal of Medicine
John St
Towa
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
J. K
Broadway
Valentine Bros
Janesville
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