Notable 19th Century Public Figures and Achievements
A sketch of career highlights for key figures including a naval engineer and Richard Croker. It notes roles such as president of the East River Bridge Commission, consulting engineer for Cramp Shipbuilding, leadership in multiple companies, authorship in military shipyard value, and Croker's long leadership of Tammany Hall with public offices from alderman to city chamberlain.
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Holland
East River Bridge Commission
van Wyck
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
International Smokeless Powder and Dynamite Company
United States Longistance Automobile Company
Carbon Axle Company
Webb's Academy and Home
Idaho Exploration and Mining Company
North American Review
Richard Croker
Black Rock
County Cork
Ireland
New York City
Tammany Hall
Savannah En Fete Crowds Welcome Rear Admiral Schley
Rear Admiral Schley attended a public reception in Savannah city hall, with Mayor Meyers and aldermen escorting him. Mrs. Schley and Gen. Gordon hosted, as crowds lined Bull Street cheering along the route. The reception, in the council chamber, drew a great multitude who lingered at General Gordon's residence afterward.
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Savannah
Schley
Meyers
United States
Feaitn
I Beien
Eity
Ple
General Gordon
Counterfeiters Sentenced in New York Case
Seven Astoria counterfeiters were sentenced by Justice Thomas. Mrs Mary Putterman wife of Morris Putterman drew eight years in Auburn State Prison and a $1 fine for her role. Leader Moses Rosengarten received seven years after turning state's evidence. Others were jailed for four to six years. Henry Abramovitch and Hilas Fox were acquitted.
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New York
Astoria
Thomas
United States Court
Mary Putterman
Morris Putterman
Auburn
Moses Rosengarten
Gany
Morris Saeeared
Putterman
Jacob Poland
Moses Beiistok
Henry Abramovitch
Hilas Fox
Ice Age Predicted by Cambridge Astronomer
New York January 11 Sir Robert Ball professor at the University of Cambridge lectured at Columbia University on the cause of an ice age. He blamed planetary influences from Venus and Jupiter on Earth's orbit shifting from a circle to an ellipse and warned a new ice age could recur when these bodies align similarly in the future.
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New York
Robert Ball
University of Cambridge
England
Columbia University
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
Robert
America
Governor respites Bid dle brothers for pardons review
Harrisburg January 11 Governor Stone has respited John and Edward Biddle the Allegheny murderers so their cases can be brought before the Board of Pardons. John is spared from January until February 6 and Edward from January 16 to February 27. Their cases have never before been before the pardons board.
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Harrisburg
Stone
John
Edward Biddle
Allegheny
Board of Pardons
Edward
Wisconsin paper mill strike over shorter shift time
Fifteen hundred workers at Keenah and Menasha paper mills walked out amid a push for shorter shifts. It marks the first stoppage in the area linked to growing agitation within the United Brotherhood of Paper.
New Rochelle Tax Receiver Arrested After Confession
New York on January 1 receiver of taxes John Koellner of New Rochelle was arrested after a voluntary confession revealing a cash shortage in his accounts estimated between five thousand and one dollar. He was held for the grand jury's action.
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New York
John Koellner
New Rochelle
Weather forecast for Sunday and Monday in Midwest states
Forecaster Blythe notes Sunday fair for Ohio with snow in the northeast, Monday fair with brisk northwest winds. Illinois and Indiana expect fair weather both days with fresh west to north winds. Temperatures show a high/low around 87 and 0.00 precipitation.
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Washington
Jan
Ohio
Linois
Indiana
R.H. Wind
T. Blythe
Movements of Steamers Across Ports
Maritime brief lists arrivals and departures on January routes. From New York nine ships including St Louis and Etruria arrive or sail. Liverpool reports Sylvania and Dominion arrival with Ivernia sailing to New York. Glasgow records Furnessia and Sarmatian. Cherbourg notes Philadelphiabound sailing. Ue[b]enstown logs Um arrival. Antwerp notes Vaderland sailing. Havre shows La Savoie departures and Wert arrival.
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New York
St. Louis
Southampton
Cherbourg
Etruria
Liverpool
Graf Waldersee
Hemburg
Plymouth
Cher
Minneapolis
London
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Perugia
Marseilles
Saxonia
Sylvania
First Degree Murder Verdict Won in Neaphan Case Evansville
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Patrick Neaphan of Henderson Kentucky was found guilty of first degree murder in Evansville Indiana for killing his wife last September. The jury deliberated half an hour and fixed life imprisonment as the punishment. The prisoner, aged sixty, remained calm upon hearing the verdict.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Patrick Neaphan
Henderson
Cambridge City
Emmett Driggs
Woman Burned to Death in Mancie Home Incident
Nancy Taylor, fifty six, burned to death in her Mancie, Indiana kitchen after screams drew neighbors. Effie Warfel, thirteen, and two women tried to rescue but found a bolted door. Effie opened the front door and helped drag Taylor from flames. Taylor died shortly after. Three children were away from home. cause viewed as self-inflicted.
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Indianapolis Journal
Mancie
Ind
Nancy Taylor
West Washington Street
Warfel
William Warfel
Effie
C. A. Harter
Danville Girl in Male Disguise Returns Home
Jennie Hughes alias Mary Elliott fled from Attica area three days earlier wearing male clothes. A seven man search questioned Porter Elliott about the disappearance. She was found to have a new home with County Clerk Thomas J. Dale and returned willingly with two men, citing belief a boy could earn more money.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Til
Jennie Hughes
Mary Elliott
Attica
Ind
Porter Elliott
Elliott
Elwood Gray
John Hillyer
Forty Cents Settle Wheat Dispute Between McCoy Brothers
Greensburg Ind January 11 Judge Hord ruled in the McCoy versus McCoy case over a quarrel of a few bundles of wheat washed from adjacent farms last summer. The dispute, valued at four cents, ended with Will McCoy ordered to pay Curt McCoy forty cents and each to bear related costs. The defeated brother paid the forty cents in court and both men proceed to settle incurred expenses.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greensburg
Ind
Hord
McCoy
Invite Extended For Visit At Earliest Convenience
The speaker notes that someone has been invited to visit the ish at their earliest convenience. The fragment implies courtesy and a tentative timing without specifying a date or recipient.
Ninety Ninth Birthday Celebrated in Indiana
Mary Bryan Cobb of New London Howard county celebrated her ninety ninth birthday in Kokomo with remarks on her long life. She was born January 11 1848 in Frankfort Kentucky and recently received a gold souvenir spoon as a Revolutionary Daughters member. She is widow of Louis H. Byran veteran of the War of 1812 and oldest resident of this part of the state.
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Indianapolis
Kokomo
Ind
Mary Bryan Cobb
New London
Howard County
Frankfort
Revolutionary Daughters
Louis H. Byran
Col
W. J. Bryan
Cobb
Burglar Confession Tied to First Baptish Church Theft
The culprit confessed burglary of the First Baptist Church last Saturday night. Police recovered $50 in loot in Muncie and Indianapolis, with Rev. C. N. Carter named as the chief loser. In Hartford City Indiana on January 1, Richard Clore, a Dunkirk glass-blower, arrived seeking his runaway wife and offered $10 for help locating her. the couple had been married two weeks.
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Muncie
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Richard Clore
Wabash
Michael Hyman
Hyman
Star Woolen Mills
Germany
United States
Wooster
Julia Bernstein
New York
Westfield
W. M. Armet
Morton
Portland
Eli Bennett
Fort Wayne
Bennett
Richmond
Charles Lincoln
Cincinnati & Richmond
Peru
Christiana Bradley
Indiana
Chicago
Peru Woolen Mills reopen under court permission
Peru Indiana January 11 The Peru woolen mills will reopen Monday under Receiver Hammond of Cleveland with authority from the Circuit Court and operate until all on hand material is exhausted. The mill's future remains undecided.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Hammond
Cleveland
Circuit Court
Clay City Voters debate draining Eel river bottoms
Voters in Clay and Greene counties discussed draining the Eel river bottoms with most favoring straightening the river though opposition to drainage persisted. The article notes evolving support due to partial drainage work and hints at an agreement soon.
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Clay City
Clay County
Greene County
Wabash
Somerset
Elwood
F. M. Strong
American Tin Plate Company
Mr. Strong
Samuel Lewis
Willam H. Richards
J. H. Seiberling
H. M. Strong
Juniata Steel and Iron Company
Greencastle
Peru
Daughters of the American Revolution
George W. Kenney
Pearl Cox
General de Miranda
Benjamin E. Wallace
Third National Bank
Alexandria
John Hoffman
Hall & Merker
Indiana minister declines Booneville call amid 1800 salary
Elwood reports Rev. J Ambrose Dunkle of First Presbyterian Church will not accept a call from Booneville Missouri despite an 1800 dollar salary attachment. Dunkle is a prominent northern Indiana minister and former moderator of Muncie Presbytery. In Richmond Earlham College endowment grows with 15000 dollar gift from Zachariah Stanley and 25000 dollar addition from Sarah Hollingsworth estate. Police and Good Citizens League plan to tackle chicken thief gang in Elwood after tenth raid in a fortnight. a Langshan valued at 350 dollars was stolen from W P Dellinger. Bloomington Purdue student James A Bowles, missing since Dec 23, found alive in Chicago working in a drug store. located by Pinkerton detectives.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
J. Ambrose Dunkle
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Booneville
Dunkle
Muncie
Indiana
Richmond
Earlham College
Zachariah Stanley
College
Sarah Hollingsworth
Earlham
Good Citizens’ League
W. P. Dellinger
Bloomington
James A. Bowles
Purdue
Chicago
Pinkerton
Sundaying Travelers Enter Carrollton's Taverns in Kentucky
Two commercial travelers from New York and Chicago follow a custom by Sundaying in Carrollton Kentucky. The landlord invites officials and townspeople to a Southern style dinner with applejack, then sees the travelers depart for Louisville. The landlord refuses payment as the train leaves, while townsfolk sing Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot.
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New York Sun
Carrollton
Ohio
Louisville
New York
Chicago
Kentucky
Still No Agreement As Glass Price Dispute Continues
In Pittsburg on January 11, window glass interests held a prolonged conference with no clear breakthrough. A future general meeting is planned for Thursday. Independents exit without progress, while cooperatives push for terms. The National Jobbers Association backs a joint order of about 1,000,000 boxes but balks due to manufacturer tensions.
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Pitsburg
Pittsburg
National Jobbers’ Association
Priest pays last dollar for debts in Epiphany plan
Elkhart Indiana January reports that Rev William Kroeger former parish priest who vanished in 1891 to escape creditors has paid the final installments to settle debts. About 17 000 dollars covered by Kroeger including 6 000 to Rev Father Oechtering Mishawaka parish and the balance to Elkhart creditors chiefly parishioners. The payments arose from unfortunate business ventures as he reestablishes his Epiphany sanitarium in Dakota Territory.
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Indianapolis
Elkhart
Ind
William Kroeger
Epiphany
Father Oechtering
Mishawaka
Father Kroeger
Orckelmann
Evansville Leader Cunningham in Critical Condition
Evansville Indiana January 11 George A Cunningham Republican chairman of the First district and a prominent southern Indiana lawyer is in a critical condition tonight after a cee operation for abdominal trouble. Poisoning has set in and there is little hope for his recovery.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
George A. Cunningham
First Congressional District
Indiana
Od Poiseoning
Fort Wayne Gains Direct Rail Link to Detroit
The last spike on the Butler Fort Wayne Wabash link was driven this afternoon, giving Fort Wayne direct rail access to Detroit. Wabash trains now run six times daily through the city, with the new schedule to take effect tomorrow. Fort Wayne Electric Corp board votes to raise capital to 3.0 million dollars for factory extensions, pending general board approval, enabling employment for 1,200 people.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wabash Railroad
Detroit
Wabash
Fort Wayne Electric Corporation
General Electric Board
Young Men In Muncie Jailed In January Incident
In Muncie Indiana January a son of C A Reasoner and a son of local businessman William Footman were jailed. Both youths came from leading families and faced jail in connection with the incident reported.
Charles Major Seeks Opera House Plans in Shelbyville
Mr. Charles Major, then consulting architects in Chicago, discusses erecting the Tudor Grand Opera House and plans to present the project to Shelbyville Indiana authorities.
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Roswell Field
Chicago Post
Charles Major
Chicago
Shelbyville
Ind
Bram Stoker's Chicago Roots Spark Literary Debate
A Chicago lit discussion centers on Bram Stoker and claims of Indiana birth. The speaker argues Stoker connected to an Indianapolis cult while noting a youthful move to England. The piece notes interest in Stoker's literary school and hints at a Lake Michigan literary center.
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Bram Stoker
Chicago
Mr. Stoker
Indianapolis
Indiana
England
Ade
Dr. Stoker
Lake Michigan
Fears for a Warship Condor Missing Near Honolulu
In Victoria British Columbia reports warn for the Condor sloop of war after leaving Esquimalt for Honolulu with no news by January 3. A storm that wrecked the Mattewan coincided with this departure, raising concerns coal supplies or rough seas hindered Condor. If no update arrives via the Moana, the H M B Phaeton will be sent to search.
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Honolulu
Moana
H. M. Bi Phaeton
Ironic Patient Finds Compassion Through Crisis
A Alabama man recounts his battle with an overpowering craving to overeat and thoughts of suicide. He details how dyspepsia and mental impulses drove him toward self-harm until a Europe trip was halted by his wife. He credits the stay at home and relief from the impulse with a renewed will to live and empathy for others facing weakness.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Alabama
Europe
Spurious Coin Tricks Exposed by Secret Service Experts
New York Evening Post outlines how counterfeiters use high quality imitations of half-dollars quarters and dimes. Federal agents note that surface treatments, milling patterns and incorrect reeding reveal fake coins, while common passers pass them to unsuspecting riders.
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New York Evening Post
William P. Hazen
Cool Proposition bounty to Cuban planters
Boston Journal argues for a US bounty to Cuban sugar planters instead of reducing import tax on sugar. It cites Cuba’s independence and poverty risk prompting revolution, urging Congress to aid foreign producers to keep Cuba prosperous under its new government.
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Boston Journal
Oxnard
Congress
Cuba
United States Treasury
Oxnard sugar bounty proposal opposed in Congress
The article argues against Mr. Oxnard’s plan to pay a bounty of one half cent per pound on Cuban sugar to revive Cuba’s industry. It estimates costs at 7 million dollars next season and 23 million in a few years, noting beet sugar production already supports a multi million dollar industry and criticizing the treasury outlay and tariff stance. It highlights that Cuban reciprocity would not match the beet sugar sector’s interests and cites past statements challenging Cuban sugar’s impact.
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Oxnard
Congress
Cuba
Washington
Funston Blessings and the Question of Aid for Greatness
A Kansas City Star column argues over giving aid to General Funston upon his return from the Philippines. It questions whether charity should favor the already fortunate and suggests helping the needy over celebrated figures, using contrasts of unimpressed genius and starving children to make the point.
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Kansas City Star
Kansas
Funston
Philippines
Samuel Johnson
Emerson
Police ward man granted doubt certificate in Brooklyn
Edward Glennon sentenced for failing to suppress a disorderly house received a certificate of reasonable doubt from Justice Gaynor in the Supreme Court Brooklyn. The ruling acts as a stay of execution.
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New York
Edward Glennon
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Bath launches Aten ship in steel mast series
Bath Maine January 1 The our-masted steel ship Aten the third core series of Standard Of Company Bath was launched today in Bath.
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Bath
Aten
Em Bath
New York burglar steals jewels from Fuller residence
On January 1 in New York Burrellus entered the residence of Mr. Everhard Fuller and stole jewels valued at 1.00 dollars, structure details mention 1000 worth of which were a friend’s. The report emphasizes a small theft with a questionable value and identifies the involved individuals.
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New York
Burellus
Everhard Fuller
Miles Leaps Into Trouble with Grace and Facility
General Miles had to leap over two f and cross a road to get into trouble, but did it all with grace and facility.
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Sioux City
Miles
Mullally Jeweler List of Bargains at 23 Monument
Frew bargains advertise vods in stock with power to call and examine. Mullally Jeweler at 23 Monument offers viewing options and inquiries for potential buyers.
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Mullally Jeweler
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