Man Finds Snake Skin in Bedroom and Sees Sign of Danger
A Chicago resident, Chris Knauer, discovers a six foot snake skin in his bed after his mother notices the item between the sheets. The snake is found under the bed and authorities or household help drive it away. Knauer fears a dangerous double, as local lore says where there is one snake there are two.
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Chris. Knauer
Amelia
Mr. Knauer
Chicago
Colorado
Knauer
McKinley Defends Chicago Platform and National Credit
Major McKinley argues the Chicago Platform protects government credit and currency while uniting citizens across sections to rebuke repudiation. The piece contrasts early Civil War aims with current efforts to safeguard financial honor and national credit.
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McKinley
Chicago
United States
Union
Newtown mound to be opened for excavation this September
The Phares Mound near Newtown Ohio, the second largest temple mound in the state, will be explored after years of failed bids. An agent for Pennsylvania University of Science paid $600 for permission to tunnel the mound, with work to begin in September attracting thousands of onlookers.
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Clermont
Batavia
Newtown
Hamilton County
Phares
Old Pharaoh
United States
Adams
Scioto
Warren County
Cahokia
Illinois
Ex-Milford Mayor Halts Trainbed Theft of $400 from Pocock
On a passenger train near Parkersburg H J Pocock registrar of deeds of St Louis died. Lew Adams ex mayor of Milford and J H Bell pensions commissioner recovered $400 stolen by a supposed wife and her paramour. The money was turned over to the coroner for Pocock's widow.
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H. J. Pocock
St. Louis
Lew Adams
Milford
Ellis Island
New York
J. H. Bell
Chillicothe
Pocock
Batavian Club Struggles In Portsmouth Baseball Match
A large crowd attended the Portsmouth game last Saturday where Batavians and others enjoyed a thrilling amateur contest. Portsmouth edged Batavia 3 to 1 with strong batteries on both sides and sharp fielding especially by Channel in left field. The Batavia team later plans a game in Boston on June 18 and the incident of Thomas Rose’s near fatal injury in a Goshen Hartwell match is noted.
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Portsmouth
Wees
Bantams
Franklins
Bantam Battery
Franklin
Channel
Tmoinses St Vseiesed
Bantar
Batavia
Bostons
Boston
Albert Livengood
Rome Murphy
Wm. White
Wm. Bass
Harry Bass
A. J. Chamberlain
James Ashburn
Halade
Frank Fry
Batavians
Goshen
Hartwell
Thomas Rose
Bose
Bowser
Roasted Lovers Besmirch Church Sermon Scene
A sunny Sunday heat chaos at a church leads to a couple in white duck outfits disrupting service. The minister admonishes then the couple leaves as deacons and crowd react, noting city manners versus country decorum.
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Poland
House of God
Morris
Nolens Volens
Free Coinage Debate and Old Brown County Court Session
The passage discusses free coinage the ratio of gold to silver and bullion values. It notes a Brown County Common Pleas session held in Ripley after 78 years for the estate case J J Rhinehart vs administrator of Lewis Rhinehart with a suit for 8000 dollars.
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New York
United States
New York World
Court of Common Pleas
Brown County
Ripley
Collings
J. J. Rhinehart
Lewis Rhinehart
Alexander Campbell
Hanging at Loveland shows staged effigy protest
In Loveland several disorderly acts occurred with an effigy of a man strung up to a derrick. Pinned on the clothing is the warning good order must be preserved no more cases taken to court the man on the scaffold disturbed his neighbors. The marshal ordered removal and kept the paper for reference.
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Loveland
Buena Vista
Democratic Party
Frederick Kress
Court Actions and Probate Report
Court matters include judgments and orders of sale in several cases such as First National Bank versus Abrams and Rouse and Norris versus Wilson with sums ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars. In probate court the will of Elizabeth C F Tompkins is admitted to probate with multiple bequests and executors named William Fridman and Anna Rice. Noah Tompkins challenges the will in common pleas as estate valued around 12000 dollars and potential settlement in progress.
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First National Bank
New Richmond
John H. Abrams
M. G. Rouse
Cera Britten
W. W. Beck
Deleena Bunner
Charlies W. Wilson
A.C. Norris
Chas. W. Wilson
Charles W. Wilson
John Jarman
Tom C. Logan
Elizabeth C. F. Tompkins
Mt. Zion Church
Wm. M. Fridman
William Fridman
Anna Rice
Husband
Noah Tompkins
Nichols & Nichols
Breeding
Court of Common Pleas
William C. Fridman
Death of Abel S. Smith Batavian business leader remembered
Abel S. Smith a former Batavia resident and longtime merchant died at 86. Born in Vermont in 1810 he lived in Cincinnati and Portsmouth later running a drug store and restaurant in Batavia where he hosted discussions among locals. Survived by wife Emma Parkman and two children Winfield and Emeline. His funeral planned for fall in Batavia.
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Wilmington
Vermont
Bennington
Bangor
Maine
New Orleans
Cincinnati
J. H. Hamilton
Hamilton
Main
Market Street
Dennison
Mr. Hamilton
Dr. Bunn
Mr. Smith
James Wallace
M. J. Kain
Grant
Treasury Department
R. W. Clarke
Cleveland
Washington
Winfield
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Emma Parkman
Emeline
Wages of Sin: Swain Almost Ends Life in Adams County Jail
Walter Swain an Indianapolis man held on sorcery charges almost died by hanging in his upstairs jail cell. He had resisted morphine withdrawal for a week under Dr. Coleman’s care and Deputy McKee rescued him, later reviving him with restoratives. Swain, educated and formerly married, cited fear of jail life and withdrawal as motives.
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West Union
Walter Swain
Indianapolis
Peebles
Dr. Coleman
Swain
Arctic
Perry
McKee
Coleman
Legler
Portsmouth
Otway
Teal
George Williams
Columbus
Morris
Greene County
Williams
Unlovely Carp Draws Critique in East Fork Sketch
Frank Moore hauled a 14 pound carp in the East Fork last week on a trot line. Dr. Bunn’s show windows feature a pen and ink portrait by Mr. Potts. The speaker condemns carp as coarse, destructive to game fish, and hoping for a legislative bounty on them.
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Frank Moore
East Fork
Dr. Bunn
Potts
Circus in Loveland Ends in Courtroom Clash
In Loveland last week Dr. J. D. Wakefield Walter Goodnough Will Thompson and Oscar Crooks played ball in the streets against ordinance and peace. William F. Cushing protested and prompted arrests. A mayoral fine was collected then Dr. Wakefield swore out a warrant. Cushing was bound over to the grand jury after pleading not guilty. The tale ends with a warning not to play ball outside a park.
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Loveland
J. D. Wakefield
Walter Goodnough
Will Thompson
Oscar Crooks
William F. Cushing
Wakefield
Mr. Cushing
Lawn Fete by Presbyterian Aid Society in Court House Yard
The Presbyterian aid society invites all to a lawn fete in the court house yard tomorrow evening. An admission of ten cents grants conversation with the ladies and offers gentlemen the chance to treat guests to cake, cream, sandwiches, coffee, salad, ice and other refreshments for sale. The Batavia orchestra will play several selections as grounds are decorated with hunting symbols and lit by lanterns.
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Presbyterian Aid Society
Court House Yard
Batavia
Batavia Challenge Brick Co Revives Full Operations
The Batavia Challenge Brick Company resumes full production after a brief shutdown to clear clamps. Charles Blanchard, the president and a leading Clermont businessman, directs work as orders pile up, forcing long hours to meet demand.
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Batavia Challenge Brick Company
Charles Blanchard
Clermont
Democratic rift and 1896 politics dominate national view
The New York Sun reports Chicago Democratic platform as favoring inflationary silver coinage and an income tax, while urging William McKinley as the electable candidate for honest money. It notes party struggles in New York and prospects for Democratic regeneration, with ancillary items on court costs and odd local anecdotes.
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New York Sun
Charles A. Dana
Empire State
Chicago
Jefferson
United States
New York
David Bennett III
William McKinley
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