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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
3
In Florence the narrator, nearly penniless with ten crowns, encounters a torchlit procession and a masked woman’s scornful gaze. A rival swordsman accosts him, they clash, he is stabbed, barely retreats to his lodging, and is aided by locals who dress his wounds as he sinks into unconsciousness.
In Florence a mob gathers as the Carroccio is wheeled into the marketplace and Pietro Soderini proclaims red war. Ce ci urges Donati to watch, while the crowd shouts Palle and bloodthirsty cries rise as Medici supporters clash with foes. Monstrous violence looms as the exiled Medici cry prompts a savage response.
A verse anecdote by Esther A. Harding from St. Nicholas pictures Lucindy as a doll like girl. The speaker imagines tender moments and childlike care, expressing affection and playful fantasy.
An explorer recounts capturing a monstrous python in the Philippines. After luring, choking with ropes, and administering chloroform, the reptile fought briefly before the hunter stabbed it to death and skinning yielded a length of 22 feet 6 inches.
The article notes the appearance of a new flag among national ensigns and discusses recognition limits for the Cuban republic. It explains Cuba’s lack of official recognition and the implications for shipping, especially for vessels in the Cuban coasting trade needing a distinguishing ensign.
The United States war department authorizes a blue white flag for Cuba with blue upper and lower bands and a white center bearing a single star. The star is a Cuban emblem, once used by the Texan republic. This leaves Cubans in effect without a formal nationality.
A discussion notes Crete’s new flag under European powers and Prince George of Greece, describes its blue field with a white St Andrew cross and a red inner triangle star, and contrasts it with Crete’s future joining Greece. It also describes Havana coastwise permit holders renouncing Spain and not pledging US allegiance, becoming de facto Cuban citizens with a blue and white flag.
A dull needle bored through a pin using inessential tools. Place corks in a bottle neck, secure the needle and balance two pocket knives. A breath on the knives makes the setup spin and bore the pin through the needle, leaving a clean hole. The method requires patience and careful handling.
A brief history notes the Venetian gazette as the earliest printed public notices around 1556 and explains the term Gazette. It cites the first English newspaper positive evidence as Nathaniel Butler's Weekly News of 1622, and dismisses the English Mercurie of 1588 as a forgery from the eighteenth century.
A steel nest built by wagtails from discarded steel filings was discovered in Soleure Switzerland. A workman reported the birds collecting shining filings to their nest and after the fledglings left the nest was captured and sent to the local museum.
A satirical view argues cats cannot be trusted unlike dogs and recounts a lady’s experience with a cat. The piece notes cats wander when owners are away, leave hairs on furniture, and pretend to sleep when confronted. It reflects daily domestic humor and cautious skepticism toward feline behavior.
A baker tests butter rolls bought from a farmer and finds them under a pound. The farmer had used the baker’s own pound loaves as weights, prompting the magistrate to call out the short weight and expose the farmer’s clever misstep. The baker drops the case on the spot.
A Missouri man finds a deer ensnared by a bear trap in the woods. He discovers a large stag with a catamount attacking it, shoots the catamount, and then ends the stag's suffering. The hunter notes the catamount would not have attacked if the deer were free.
In Hingoli a cotton mill engine broke down and workers, deeming it divine will, thrust a coolie into the furnace to propitiate the deity. The man was incinerated though the engine remained obstinate.
Fred Bruning a prominent German resident of Indianapolis invited Louis Engelking a traveling salesman to join him to the Morris street bridge over White River. Bruning jumped off the rear platform grasped the railing and fell to the rocks then into the water. His body was recovered later. Bruning aged 50 lived with his mother Mrs J Frederick Bruning. The death is described as passing strange by the family.
Ben Hartman and his grandson discovered a decomposing stranger's body in a dense hilltop thicket four miles from BrRookvitute. The man, about 5 feet 11, wore English clothing and sewed shoes marked Slub Gore. a silver Morocco purse held a few dollars and Yale keys. A razor lay at his feet and a white monogrammed handkerchief bore initials C c. A similar unknown suicide occurred nearby less than three weeks earlier.
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the statute prohibiting Sunday baseball. The decision reverses a Marion county ruling that had found the law unconstitutional. The ball club plans a rehearing request while seeking to play Sunday games in the interim.
Arrangements for the first annual reunion of the 157th Indiana volunteers are completed. Company K of AuBurn will participate in the event to be held in Fort Wayne on June 30.
May 24 in Misuawanka Indiana a group of thirty affluent residents organize the Country club with a capital stock of 10000 dollars. South Bend already represented in the club by Charles Arthur Carlisle J Gen Bird sell and J M Studebaker.
Greensburg Indiana May 25 Thomas Hargitt a 17 year old youth living six miles south of Greensburg was shot in the right groin by a gun trap he had set for a corn thief. He accidentally set it off while gathering corn to feed his stock.
Col. Thomas H. Bringhurst longtime Locansport newspaper man died at noon Tuesday aged 0 years He served in the Mexican and Civil Wars and was a prominent local figure with a long journalism career in the city.
Hydrophobia has developed among cattle and hogs in the vicinity of Elkhorn Mills in Ricamoyo Indiana as of May 24. Local authorities report cases of the animal disease and are monitoring affected herds for spread and containment.
A post office is established at Coxton in Lawrence county Indiana with George C. Smith named postmaster.
Mannox Indiana May 24 Union brick masons and plasterers went out on strike Monday in sympathy with car penters who have been out a week. Other trades unions threaten to follow.
Inpranatoris Indiana May 27. William Z Love a noted aeronaut and parachute leaper in his day died from injuries suffered while making an ascent in 1899. He never recovered from the fall.
Lieut. Gov. Haggard reported to Lafayette on May 25 that friends in more than half of Indiana counties back his bid. He called his nomination by the next Republican convention as certain as any earthly thing can be.
Madison Indiana May 26 Captain James H. Smith ex surveyor of Jefferson County perished while trying to rescue his beloved horse from a burning barn.
Lawrenceburg Indiana May 26. A hill south of town nicknamed Thunderbolt Hill attracts frequent lightning. John Mason prospecting for Sales Gold Mining Co. observed a display of celestial fire and concluded the hill is rich with iron ore and minerals near the surface that magnetically attract lightning.
In Logansport Indiana Ford Borges learns he will not contest his mother's will. She left an estate valued 20000 to 30000 in trust for her only son with remainder to charities if he dies. A $2000 bequest goes to a niece and $1000 each to two other nieces in Peru Indiana and Ohio with monthly installments.
The 20th annual Indiana G A R encampment ended in Terre Haute on May 27. Resolutions expressed confidence in the administration policy. Officers elected include Commander W L Dunlap of Franklin senior vice commander Morton C Rankin of Terre Haute junior vice commander Solomon A Pennington of Kokomo medical director Dr C M Gravis of Martinsville chaplain C W Stewart of Danville assistant adjutant general Gen P M Smock of Indianapolis.
In Chesterfield Indiana on May 27 the well pressure of natural gas drops from 500 pounds in 1890 to 90 pounds now. The Richmond pumping station is blamed for the rapid decline, as its gas producing territory spans Madison Grant Delaware Blackford and Jay counties.
Franklin Indiana May 27 Mr Harris made a deal with a stranger for a horse and buggy at sixty five dollars The man named J H Smith vanished but was captured in a barn following a tense chase He says he is married and has two children The horse was stolen from George W Hayes of Erving Indiana
Representative Francis T. Roots of Connersville announced in Indianapolis on May 25 his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. The move leaves the field clear for Senator Newby in the lieutenant governor race, which Roots had previously pursued.
A defective boiler exploded at Henry Myers sawmill near Hindsdale Wednesday afternoon killing two of Myers' sons Virgil and Herschel and worker Perry Morrison. Morrison's body flew about 75 feet from the blast site.
Morristowns Indiana May 26. Quincy K Bankert files damages suit against Charles T Williams Union State bank president William A Bodine merchant and Allen P Worman alleging interference with his work at street cutting by injunction.
Stinesville Indiana May 26 Congressman Miers of this district announces he will not run for governor but will make the race again for Congress.
In Evansville Indiana the infant child of Jonathan Lee in the manufacturing district died after starvation. The poor parents refused aid. Coroner Walker has begun an official investigation into the death.
In Souts Bend Indiana on May 26 John Litchfield from Talma Indiana drank a glass of pop here and died soon after in great agony indicating a fatal reaction or distress following the beverage.
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