Building associations under tax fire in Indiana session
Greensburg reports widespread opposition to Representative Ader's bill to tax building association capital stock. Shareholders fear higher borrowing costs and see the groups as key community banks. Other items include prison reform proposals, convict labor economics, road funding, prizefighting penalties, and apportionment talks with Senatorial and House committees.
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Acter
Greensburg
Jan
Ader
Indiana
Building Association
Building Associations
Legislative Suggestions From State Press Call For Tax Cuts
A collage of editorials from Indiana newspapers urges the Legislature to cut the state tax from 18 to 12 cents per $100 and to abolish capital punishment. Editors also advise leaving ballot and election laws intact, reducing public spending, trimming judicial districts, ending legislative passes, and preserving county superintendents to protect Indiana's educational system. The calls reflect party perspectives and economic aims across multiple cities including Terre Haute Munice Michigan City Salem New Albany South Bend Shelbyville Bloomington Peru and Rushville.
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Terre Haute
Capitol
Rushville
Indiana
South Bend
Diadems of Items Presented to Democrat Readers
A county wide recap highlights notable, curious, and timely items from various locales. Witty briefs and curious happenings provide light reading across communities.
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Democrat
Local Notices and Health Advisory Items
Newark resident Will Robinson visits. Jefferson Pickard and Ira Miller noted as ill. Ode Buckner works for A W Dyer. no preacher at Friendship meeting. Shelvey Coley plans move to Lyons. spelling bee crowd and social at Sherman Arthur's. candy party turns social, attendees satisfied. Health warning against mercury in catarrh remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with no mercury. sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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Jefferson Pickard
Ira Miller
Ode Buckner
A. W. Dyer
Friendship
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheny & Co
Druggiste
Local Burial and Prospect Update
The notices mention Uncle John P. Hicks dies aged and respected, buried at Prairie Chapel with Rev. McCormic conducting the funeral. It notes coal prospects improving and current drilling about sixty five feet. Also an advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills for constipation and merit.
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John P. Hicks
Praiie Chapel
McCormic
Bloomfield notes and local updates mix old time economy
William Girkin greets with a long summer grin as local figures such as E. Anderson seek county office and new physician Dr. McCride settles in. Fur dealer Joe Hunter and shingle cutter William Donnel are active while Pleasant Ridge hosts a protracted meeting led by Rev. B Enslinger. Center township anticipates about 110 schoolchildren this winter. Mary Ann Richardson, staying with grandfather James Ray, is described as a model young lady from across the river.
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Joe Hunter
William Donnel
Dr. McCride
Pleasant Ridge
Center Township
Mary Ann Richardson
Over the River
James Ray
Local Notes Include Visits Moves and One Theft
Jacob Groomer works on rails while Mary Girkin shows slow recovery. Anna Bingham visited Miss Ray on Saturday. Lizzie Linsey visited W G Pruett’s school Friday. John Groomer buys a sewing machine. Tom Nations family moves to Worthington. Albert Richardson and son of Lyons visit his father in law Monday. John Ray of Dresden seeks to live at Ridgeport again. Jim Burke stole Emma McDonald and they escaped. Brother Bingham plans a protracted meeting starting the first Sunday in February.
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Jacob Groomer
Mary Girkin
Anna Bingham
Miss Ray
Albert Richardson
Lyons
Jim Burke
Emma McDonald
Brother Bingham
Achenwall
Gattingen
Jurry
Universal Lodge of Society
Purgatory
Local Notes and Visits Highlight Community Life
Births mention Myrtle Guard and Joe Carmichael families with a girl and a boy named Mark Jones. Residents like C. N. West and Maggie Hunter are noted along with visits to Bedford and Richlard. Local debates at Walnut Grove and social invitations appear amid health updates and a testimonial for Ely's Cream Balm.
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Myrtle
Joe Carmichael
Salve Claims Quick Cure for Wounds and Ills
An advertises a salve promising rapid relief for cuts bruises sores ulcers fever sores rheum chapped hands chilblains corns and eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and sells for 25 cents a box by 8 Stalcup. tf.
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Stalcup
Plans for New School Building and Local Meetings In Town
Jesse Bedwell visited Tuesday as plans for a new school building were announced. The school board held a special meeting Tuesday night to transact important business. Protracted Providence meeting reports 23 additions through Monday night with many conversions anticipated. Measles cases increase slightly with a few deaths feared. Rev Elrod begins a M E church meeting this week with large attendance hoped. The Northwestern Hotel Reporter notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted cold treatment sold at Cavins' drugstore.
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Jesse Bedwell
Providence
Elrod
M. E. Church
Peas Sisters Swing A Night At The Opera House
Sheriff Johnson and Walter Johnson visit while Nick Adkins and B O Hood families travel. A free for all on Saturday streets alarmed locals amid heavy whiskey. J W Middleton family visits Spencer kin. Ely Cream Balm hailed for nasal catarrh relief by A G Case M D.
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Ely
A. G. Case
M. D
Millwood
Kan
Local notes highlight measles cases and community events
Henry Shields and Gus Casner are on the sick list with several measles reported in the area. John Baker of Stanford visited his beset girl. A temperance meeting last Saturday night was excellent and Epworth Leagues are doing good work. A spelling match Tuesday night featured Mr. B. B. Cooke traveling to Owen county on business. The piece ends with health advice praising Simmons Liver Regulator for indigestion biliousness and sick headache.
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John Baker
Stanford
Simmons
Tulip News in Brief From Town and Surroundings
Miss Laura Axe visits friends across the river while Annie Pickard remains quietly ill. Clyde Edwards receives a pug. W R Edwards family visits Newark last week. Ott LaRue and Bill Muterapaugh pass through Tulip on Tuesday. W Osbon visits Highland Township Monday. Joe Boles and Joe Quakenbush were in town shopping last Monday. Tulip residents attend Bethel protracted meeting. Gentry’s store burglarized on the 23rd, loose flour coffee and tobacco stolen. James Colter of Elnora reports hog medicine Dead Shot cured his hogs.
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Ott LaRue
Bill Muterapaugh
W. Osbon
Highland Township
James Colter
Elnora
Ind
Aave
Preacher Rev Frank O Haver at M E Church Sunday
Sunday the Rev Frank OHaver preached at the M E church. Also Thus Holder bought two lots of the Hicks inheritance for 400 dollars. Wm McCloud traveled to Bloomfield Tuesday for legal business. Jno Davidson was chosen by the heirs to settle the Jno P Hicks estate. Our coal shaft progresses well.
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Frank O'Haver
M. E
Wm. McCloud
Bloomfield
Jno
Goop Record Cham berlain Cough Remedy Sold Ten Years
Drugist E. B. Legg of Vail Indiana testifies to consistent sales of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. He states it loosens a cough and relieves a cold faster than other treatments, with no bottle returned in ten years. Available at Cavins Drug Store in 25 50 and 1 dollar sizes. Feb.
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Chamberlain
E. B. Legg
Vail
Cavins
Local notes mention Isaac Foddrill and others amid rural life
Various local sketches describe Isaac Foddrill walking with help, a bridge need at Indian creek, and townsfolk like Paris Riddle and John M. Meredith in business. An accident to T Bogard occurs, Ed Rainbolt rides a filly, and Electric Bitters is advertised as a tonic claimed to cure stomach liver and kidney ailments with a 50 cent price and refund guarantee.
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Stalcup
Scotland Gears Up For New Furniture Store And Local News
Reports from Greene and surrounding areas mention a future Newberry furniture store in Scotland, various residents visiting Martin and Daviess counties, and upcoming institutes. The town awaits coal drilling funding, improving streets amid mud, and a scheduled Taylor township institute with Jackson township teachers expected.
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Refund for Failures
An offer guarantees Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and cold relief with a money back promise if no benefit after proper use. Trial bottles are free at S Starcup s estate and large sizes cost 60c and 100. The article also notes a railway time table supply company serving hotels in New York and Brooklyn with a wide subscriber base and regular distribution.
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Dr. King
S. Starcup
New York
Brooklyn
Southern
Portus
Vale Table Supply Company
New
Yor Herald
Educational Evolution and social reform from a teacher’s view
An extended educational column argues for harmony between education and society to lift humanity. It urges reforms led by teachers and the Teacher's Association, critiques poverty and luxury, and calls for turning schools into engines of social uplift, with references to science, statistics, and envisioning new institutions.
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W. O. Dobbins
Napoleon
Louvre
Europe
Peter
Austerlitz
Marengo
Venice
Rome
Horace
Vesta
Apollo
Capitol
Earth
Diga
Capitoline
Citadel
Gabriel
God’s College
Plate Glass conspiracy aims to keep prices high
A New Year 1802 era cartel of nine plate glass firms appoints a commissioner to control production and prices, with a 25 to 30 percent rise planned, while critics underscore tariff protections and predict Democratic tariff revision could unravel the scheme. The piece satirically contrasts tariff rhetoric with a hypothetical gift to President-elect Cleveland involving imported gloves.
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Pittsburg
New York Tribune
United States
Harrison
Miller
Iso
Chicago Herald
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Bedford
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The
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Sheriff Johnson
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Nick Adkins
B. O. Hood
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J. W. Middleton
Spencer
Solsberry
Henry Shields
Gus Casner
Epworth
B. B. Cooke
Owen County
Laura Axe
Annie Pickard
Clyde Edwards
W. R. Edwards
Joe Boles
Joe Quakenbush
Tulip
Bethel
Gentry
Hobbieville
Isaac Foddrill
Paris Riddle
Cincinnati
John M. Meredith
Indian Creek
Center
A. W. Houston
T. Bogard
Ed Rainbolt
Ed Bogard
Scotland
Wm. Richardson
Martin County
Ed Huguiniu
Daviess County
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Newberry
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Near
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Mineral City
Henry Holt
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Sam Jamison
Greene
John McGinnis
Harry Clark
Jacob Isenogle
Sam Blackmore Jr
Greene County
Sentinel
Taylor Township Institute
Ruth School House
Jackson Township
Co. Supt
Science
Statistica
Edward Bellany
Mr. Jicllany
Plate Glass
Cleveland
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