04 Feb 1886
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1886
Page
1
A neat housewife cleans and waters the doorway sidewalk until it gleams. The heat turns to ice forming a film that children use as a slide. An old man shouts in dismay as he slips, muttering about a woman’s work in New York World.
In Istria, fugitives Sanders and Bathory gain cautious support among peasants and workers while Austrian forces push to recapture them. Andrea Ferrato, Count Sandors, and Maria await the latest word as police despatches flood Rovigno and Trieste. The local fishermen discuss weather and fishing plans to aid their concealment.
Andrea Ferrato plots a sea escape for Count Sandorf and companions as Carpena confronts Ferrato over Maria. A night pursuit ends with Sandorf leaping to the Adriatic and Bathory killed. Sandorf is presumed dead, while treachery by Carpena and others leads to executions and lifelong imprisonment.
Indianapolis Journal recalls W. W. Herod speech to a jury about a witness who saw many things for the other side yet forgot bigger details. He tells of an elderly Bartholomew county woman who could not see the barn but declared she could still see William the farmhand, tying sight to marriage and property.
Chicago News notes the paradox of a man who shaped America's rail system yet lacks a formal biography in major reference works. The obituary editor laments the blind spots of biographers and encyclopedia editors toward Vanderbilt's vast influence and wealth.
In a Soda Jar, California claim, workers revised claims and struck gravel beneath what was thought bedrock. They report removing an ounce and a half daily for the man.
A last week story describes a new method of Mlumination. The author portrays a long, low room made cheerful by a wide feature at each end.
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