Fragmented 19th Century News Snippets From Indiana and Beyond
A crowded, uneven column of brief items notes a shooting death in Evansville by L. B. McKinley, a Kentucky drunk. a cost estimate for a State Knights of Labor convention in Richmond. and damage from a fire at the German Orphan Asylum in Indianapolis with a child suffocated. It mentions pig iron price rises in England, a young Alabama schoolteacher, a jailhouse lynching in Monticello, several crimes, political commentaries, medical ads, and miscellaneous notes on health products and household goods. The items reflect local and national concerns, scattered incidents, and promotional material typical of a busy newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Richmond
Indianapolis
Albert Vogt
Beauty tips and goods advertised in a bustling uptown scene
A fragmentary ad page touts Magnolia Balm for skin beauty and Day's Horse Powder as a hog cholera preventive. It mentions Dr Bull's Baby Syrup for colic and Bull's Baltimore Pills as a preventive, ending with a note on Drexel's Bell Cologne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Bull
Drexel
Salvation Oil
Marks New
Aisquith St
Baltimore
Old physician offers free remedy for lung and nerve ailments
A retired doctor claims a simple vegetable remedy can cure consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma and all throat and lung issues, plus nervous debility and complaints. He says thousands have been helped and will send the recipe by mail in German, French or English with full directions. Address W. A. Novys, 149 Power's Block, Rochester, N.Y., with a stamped request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaat India
W. A. Novys
Power's
Ees &c
W. H. Parker
Bulfinch Street
Boston
Republican Platform Declares for Petitions and Pensions
The document sets forth a Republican platform critiquing President Cleveland for wasteful appropriations and failures on fisheries, arming disputes, and civil service reform. It endorses pensions for Union veterans, tariff protection for wool, state penitentiary finances, labor rights, a national department of labor, anti anarchist measures, and electoral reform. It also praises Ohio Senate investigations and commends actions against liquor traffic and the Dow law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piet
Cleveland
Congress
Republic
Canada
Mexico
Recont
Senate of the United States
Congress of American Nations
General Assembly
National
House of Representatives
General Revenue Fund
Republican Party
Department of Labor
United States Senate
Whist & Oon
Henry B. Payne
Ohio
Fractured Parlin Protests and Grant Memorial Notes
Fragmented text reveals a property protest and remarks on Ulysses S. Grant. It mentions Governor Foraker's administration, debt refunding at 272 percent, and praise for public-institution changes including the State penitentiary. Also notes wartime prisoner counts and reflects on a Black Friday era chorus and various advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirk
Lealetti
Ted Geter
Giovernor Foraker
Pradenes
State Penitentiary
Ulysses S. Grant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eusse
Athursa
Sitigioc
Uwe
Tire Fement
Vie Lovey
Hidneye
Eid Iver
Will McDonald
Dearbon St
Chicago
Tosa
Fernan Enchardo
Penna Avenue
St. Louis
John Thiel
Wilkesbarre
Potter Drug and Chemical CO
Sanfords
Sanford
Porter Daya & Chemica Co
Bonstou
Mass
Bly
Cael
Hayfever
USA
ELY Bros
Owego
N. Y
Walnur Sr
Nordly
Pebe
Bagh Creemey
Dittsburg
SA Ealers
Mrss Enger
Avhare
Ted
Ome
Rte
Gale
Sarre Veras
Athens
Hiei
Bigtey
Joell Yard
Cot
John Martin
Tation Sei-Eorserinder
Evansville
Tod
L. B. McKinley
England
Alabama
Ary Duke
Clanton
Ste
Herg
Monticello
Henry Wildman
Haymarket
Gary
Grinnell
Captain Schaack
Tonis
Pleren
Br Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
Man Street
Buffalo
Acker
C. B. Henderson
Hood
Brooklyn
Magsachusetta
Spaulding
Cape
Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Bucklen
Henderson & Minear
Adams County
Paris Green Hood
Fiead
C. I. Noond& Co
Lowell
Charleston
Bertetee Es
Peat
Graycoats
Chicago Times
Ned
Golden
Golden’s Female Elixir CO
Columbus
Henderson
Minear
Athena
Ohilc
Advertis
Brown Chemical CO
Baltingore
George R. Walker
Boo rHs&s
Court House
Main Street
Athens, Ohio
D. C. Cornwell
Clocks & Jewelry and
Walnut Street House
Cincinnati
Occanion
W. M. Tucker & Co
Ironmascions & Skiles
U. S. Pension Claim Agency
Wesley Block
Calumaus, One
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