Esther Braddon Plans to Help John Olmstead's Nephew
Esther Braddon confronts her father Thaddeus Braddon with the plan to help John Olmstead's nephew and to counter Richard Raymond's bid. The Braddon fortune is at stake as Esther aims to steer the outcome, while Braddon privately vows to intervene and safeguard their interests and family honor.
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Esther
Braddon
John Olmstead
Robert
Draddon
Olmstead
Jack
Stanton
Thaddeus Braddon
Braddon & Burridge
Braddon & Lurridge
John Olmsteat
Dreddon
John Ormstead
Richard Raymond
Chaddon
Olmstead Estate
Ile
Father
Cay
Paps
Iim
Dyiaddon
Spa Spon Ak
Ife
Malcolm
Witnang
Miss Braddon
MalcuIa
Estherherndike
Malcolmer
Richard Maymond
Papa
Mr. Raymond
Bam
Raymond
Raymode
Europe
Braddon & Norridge
In Love and Secrecy Darkens a California Lawyer
The unnamed lawyer Robert Stanton faces a week before a steamer voyage, isolated in California and tormented by remorse and love. He confesses in a mirror to his shame, writes a brief note to Dr. Gorden defending his wife’s identity, and resolves to Japan as letters from Dr. Borden reveal deeper strains. The chapter ends with the phrase To Be Continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaddeus Braddon
Europe
Stanton
San Francisco
Ile
California
Dr. Borden
Robert Stanton
Dr. Gorden
Japan
Salute by Scrubwoman Stuns Cardinal in Newport Visit
Cardinal Gibbons, in Southampton for visits and sermons, is surprised by a scrubwoman at a hotel hall who pauses from her mop and performs a precise military salute with right hand raised and eyes closed. The scene, witnessed after a church sermon, echoes his stern demeanor and humble reception in Little Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Gibbons
Southampton
Newport
Montauk
Theodore
N. ¥. Commercial Advertiser
Portable Self-Feeder Described For Farms In Breeders Gazette
A Breeders Gazette correspondent details a self feeder built for farm use. The bolted frame avoids nail failure when moving fields. Runners of heavy 3530 oak run 16 feet long with ends rounded for bidirectional pulling. Nine 2x4 joists span two feet apart and are topped by 2x6 joists forming a trough about scoop width for easy feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breeders’ Gazette
Portable Self-Feeder for Cattle and Calves
Plans describe a portable self feeder for cattle with a 16 foot length and 1000 bushels capacity. It allows day access for calves while cows are housed, features side doors, a sloped bottom to twin troughs, a shingle roof, braces, and a supporting rod for strength with an estimated total cost of 50 to 60 dollars.
Incubator Chicks and the Case for Artificial Hatching
A National Stockman reader extols incubators for chicks and quails, arguing they hatch healthier birds free of lice and require less effort than setting hens. The writer notes more work but emphasizes care, persistence, and attitude as keys to success in chicken husbandry.
How to Render Wax with a Sun Extractor Invention
A writer describes a homemade sun extractor for melting and renovating wax. The device uses two compartments with glass lids and a burlap sack over a slatted frame in the upper chamber to heat the wax. The wax is placed in the top compartment to melt and refine through solar heat.
State targets Indiana window glass trust firms
Indiana files to dissolve the American Window Glass Co. and its predecessors. Proceedings before Judge Carter probe ledgers and minute books from Pendleton Window Glass Works, Indiana Window Glass Co, Elwood, Clyde, Union, Anderson, and Victor Glass Companies as evidence in the antitrust action. The state claims written agreements show prior knowledge of a planned industry-wide trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
American Window Glass Co
Carter
Superior Court
Hadley
Chipman
Anderson
Pendleton Window Glass Works
Indiana Window Glass Co
Elwood Window Glass Co
Clyde Window Glass Co
Union Glass Co
Anderson Glass Co
Victor Glass Co
Glass Trust
American Glass Co
Window Glass Trust
Using straw to boost farm efficiency and value
J L Irwin argues in Agricultural Epistolist that straw should be preserved rather than burned or scattered. Properly stacked and fed to cattle can provide rough feed and warmth for sheds, lean-tos, and bedding, with manure absorbed to create valuable fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Irwin
Wax Harvesting in Households Cited for Safety
An 19th century method describes placing wax in a sack with a glass lid to melt and strain it. Wax drains through a spout into a pan with water, catching dirt at the bottom while the wax remains clean. The process is noted as safe with little danger of fire and yields a wax cake next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Brown
Saving Colonies From Starvation in Winter Weather
The article from the A B C of Bee Culture explains that bee colonies may starve during unusual winter conditions. If a colony is recently dead faintly, revive by warm room and diluted honey or sweetened water. within hours bees may return to life and be nearly normal. Queens may survive even when many workers die.
Anglo-Saxon League Formed by Immigrant Voters in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana a meeting of English Welsh and Scotch citizens organized an Anglo Saxon league. Officers were elected and plans set to organize local judges at Alexandria and Elwood. The league aims to unite about 1200 county voters and endorses McKinley’s South African War stance while supporting Great Britain and will engage in county and congressional politics.
Old Gypsy Passes Away at Indian Lake Camp
In Auburn Indiana on March 3 Gypsy families camping near Indian Lake report the death of Mrs Green nearly 100 years old. She is buried beside a daughter who died last summer at Auburn Junction. The grandmother of a gypsy girl recently married to Campbell of Butler is noted in the camp’s record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ind
Indian Lake
Green
Auburn Junction
Campbell
Butler
Rural free delivery starts in Indiana March 15
Washington reports new rural free delivery routes in Indiana set to begin March 15. North Manchester in Wabash County will have one carrier on a 27 mile route serving 1,395 people led by Charles M. Taylor. Pendleton in Madison County will feature James L. Larmore as carrier on a 22 mile route serving 950 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
North
Manchester
Wabash County
Charles M. Taylor
Pendleton
Madison County
James L. Larmore
Local Investors Back Ohio Oil Lands Lease
In Orig Oil Landa Indiana, C. E. Rus sell has secured a lease of 2,000 acres of oil producing land in Southern Ohio and a syndicate is being organized here to furnish capital for many wells. Heavy Indiana capital is flowing into Ohio oil lands as drilling plans expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orig Oil Landa
Laporte
Ind
C. E. Russell
Ohio
Indiana
Indiana & Ohio Traction to Build 70 Miles of Track
The Indiana and Ohio Traction Co plans 70 miles of track from Bluffton to Albany with cross-lines to Hartford City and Portland. The project has a projected capital of 300000 dollars and is to be undertaken from Wabash Indiana as of March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Indiana & Ohio Traction Co
Bluffton
Albany
Hartford City
Portland
Fire destroys two Brazil stores. $5,000 loss insured
Coury and Law grocery stock and the Fashion shoe store owned by S Goldberg of Terre Haute were totally destroyed by fire in Brazil Indiana. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars covered by insurance. Cause of fire not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Coury & Lawless
S. Goldberg
Terre Haute
Early Connecticut Home Advice on Hospitality
The piece quotes a 19th century guideline from the Connecticut valley urging hosts to stock a winter visit larder with a 50 pound codfish a barrel of oysters and molasses and sugar to keep visitors fed. It notes the housewife tradition of ready hospitality with gingerbread custards and rich cake kept on hand for unexpected callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Connecticut Valley
Treating Quiinsy in Hogs
A correspondent recalls a hog quinsy outbreak last summer. After disease advanced, death relief came too late, then a neighbor's remedy of lard and soft soap was given to affected hogs. Each treated animal ate the mixture and quickly recovered though very ill.
Lime as a Plant Food
Lime, a cheap soil conditioner used in farming, improves all soils and supports plant growth. It should be applied in fall or early spring as a supplement to manure or fertilizers, not a replacement, with benefits on both heavy and light soils.
Electric Railway Right of Way Sought Between Wabash and Peru
F L Boyd of New Haven Connecticut arrives in Wabash to secure the right of way for an electric railway linking Wabash and Peru. The visit highlights expansion plans for urban rail transport in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
F. L. Boyd
New Haven
Wabash
Peru
Young Wife Rescued After Morphine Attempt in Muncie
Muncie Indiana February 28 Mrs Riley Williams 24 attempted suicide by taking morphine while husband was away. She left a note declaring she was tired of life. Her husband returned home and saved her by arriving just in time.
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Muncie
Ind
Riley Williams
Farmer sows lime to save wheat from Hessian fly
Peru Indiana February 25 Lewis Perrison of Pokagon faced a Hessian fly threat to 15 acres of wheat. He sowed a barrel of air stacked lime on the field as soon as it appeared. His crop alone escaped destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Lewis Perrison
Pokagon
Dipping Sheep Flocks Advisable On Warm Days
A historic note recommends dipping sheep flocks on the first warm day to remove ticks. It argues that rain soaking causes less harm than ticks lingering on lambs through winter, which would reduce fleece weight and overall animal condition.
Planting Corn for Silage Recommendations
Michigan experiment station bulletin advises silo corn planted in drills about three and a half feet apart with kernels two to six inches apart in the row. In very wet seasons a heavier crop may be harvested from plots drilled with a grain drill, every pabe sowing ut ee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Experiment Station
Fire destroys Marion public school building
Firefighters had the blaze under control when an electric car cut a hose in two. The structure valued at 15 600 with 8 000 insured. furniture loss 2 000 with 500 insured. The early Sunday morning fire caused total destruction of the public school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Explosion of Chemicals Anderson Ind
An explosion at a chemical facility in Anderson Indiana caused a hazardous release and prompted evacuations nearby. Local authorities reported minor injuries among workers and an investigation is underway to determine the cause and assess environmental impact.
Scarcity of Cars Bites Black Coal District
Brazil Indiana March 3 Operators in the black coal district lack orders and can mine only part time due to car shortages. Railroads bought cook at high prices and now store many cars and with coal. A delegate meeting of miners in the black coal district is set for March 6 to settle differences and elect new district officers before the annual scale is signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Sow
Bloels
Indiana mills shut as weekly pay law suits filed
The Republic Iron and Steel Co. closes 11 Indiana mills indefinitely after suits seek enforcement of the weekly pay law. Over 5,000 workers idle across Muncie Terre Haute Marion East Chicago Alexandria and more, with mills to remain idle awaiting employer consent amid political pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Indiana
Republic Irom and Steel Co
McAbee
Terre Haute
Marion
East Chicago
Alexandria
Walter N. Bally
Searched the Wrong Man in Linden Case
George C Richards of Terre Haute was accused of stealing a watch charm from James White. John McCorkle the Linden town marshal searched him but found nothing. Richards sued McCorkle on bond, and Fountain County jury at Covington awarded $300 in damages.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Linden
George C. Richards
Terre Haute
John McComble
James White
Richards
McCorkle
Fountain County
Covington
Lafayette Loan Trust Receives Receiver Power Over Benjamin Manufacturing
In Lafayette Indiana the La fayette Loan Trust Co. was appointed receiver of the O P Benjamin Manufacturing Co with liabilities of 50000 and assets of 35000. Flint-Walling Manufacturing Co of Kendallville is the principal creditor with a 42000 claim. The Benjamin Manufacturing Co was among the city’s largest firms and its failure surprised locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Marel
Lafayette Loan Trust Co
O. P. Benjamin Manufacturing Co
Flint-Walling Manufacturing Co
Kendallville
Benjamin Manufacturing Co
Gifford Arrested Over Revenue Tax For Baseball Manager
A. M. Gifford manager of the Ellwood baseball team was arrested in Muncie Indiana for failing to pay a ten dollar revenue tax last season. Commissioner Elis bound him over to the United States court with a $200 bond. It is reported as the first such Indiana case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
A. M. Gifford
Ellwood
United States
Elis
Gifford
Indiana
Fatal Political Quarrel Ends in Stabbing at Greentown
In Kokomo Indiana on March 3 Frank King and Alfred Farrington Republican men from the east end quarreled over primary candidates in a Greentown saloon. King stabbed Farrington five times with a penknife inflicting mortal wounds. King, a township committeeman, claims self defense and has been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Frank King
Alfred Farrington
Greentown
King
Farrington
Trial in progress over $25,000 damage suit after grade crossing death
Logansport Indiana March 3 The trial is now in progress of the $25 000 damage suit against the Panhandle for killing four members of the Harrison McVey family in a grade crossing accident A Panhandle train was chartered to allow the jurors an opportunity of inspecting the crossing
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Logansport
Ind
Panhandle
Harrison McVey
Former Councilman Fatally Injured In Railroad Yard
Jos. Summers a former city councilman in Penu Indiana suffered a severe head injury when crushed between two cars while inspecting steam connections on a Lake Erie and Western passenger train. He was taken to the railway hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penu
Ind
Jos. Summers
Lake Erie & Western
Albany Lawyer Arrested for Embezzling Woodmen Funds
Muncie Indiana March 1 Iran F. Overmyer a well known young lawyer at Albany was arrested and gave bond of 2000 on a charge of embezzling about 50 from the Albany lodge of Modern Woodmen.
Father of Twenty Three Children in Peru Indiana
Peru Ind March 1 Henry Mogel who just moved to Peru from Fulton county is father of 23 children. Fifteen are alive and his wife is younger than he is. She bore triplets three times. Only one child is married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru, Ind
Henry Mogel
Peru
Fulton ‘County
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Gibbons
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American Window Class Company
Indiana Block Coal District
Big Iron and Steel Mills
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