Local Election Ballot Listings for Multiple Offices
The list presents candidates for various offices including judge supreme court eight for representative eleventh congressional district joint senator wells and Huntington counties John W Linear judge it judicial circuit Edwin C Vaughn prosecuting attorney 28th judicial circuit Jay A Hindman representative Michael C Blue clerk Robert F Cummins auditor George W Studabaker treasurer Benjamin F Kain recorder John F Stine sheriff George W Huffman surveyor John H Trostel assessor Thomas J Suwards coroner W W Melride commissioner 1st district Joshua Grove commissioner 2nd district Robert C Reynolds.
Restore Silver and the Democratic Stand on Coinage
The speaker defends silver as essential currency, tracing its history and urging government action to maintain its status alongside gold. He faults Republican policies and external congresses, calling for a clear, domestic commitment to silver as money for the people.
Tariff Debates and Immigration Bill Tangles In Congress
Surprises rose as democratic members objected to Col. Stump’s immigration bill aimed at stopping alien anarchists. The Senate passed it. House action stalled by Warner’s quorum issue. The tariff bill passed without the President’s signature, prompting Republican and Democratic posturing. President Cleveland explains in a full letter why he withholds final approval while praising relief from existing conditions. Bryan seeks influence as a Jeffersonian disciple during a Monticello pilgrimage.
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Con Stump
House
United States
Senate
Representative Warner
New York City
Warner
Col
Stump
Washington
Cleveland
Catching
Wilson
Democratic Party
New Men and Boys Suits at Low Prices
Latest styles in round and square cornered sacks and long frock suits for men. Boys 14 to 19 in black cheviot for 5 dollars. Children 4 to 12 in two-piece suits from 75 cents to 2 dollars. All wool pants 2 dollars. No sewing, one price, plain figures. Lowest prices promised.
Pilgrims visit Thomas Jefferson’s grave as ivy reaches Monticello
The piece recalls a New England style procession from the U.S. Botanical Gardens to Monticello with a plant sprig from a Burns grave to decorate Jefferson’s tomb. It notes Democrats visiting daily pilgrimages and mentions Vice-president Stevenson and Senator Hill among recent participants.
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U.S. Botanical Gardens
Jefferson
Monticello
Robert Burns
Stevenson
Senator Hill
Jefferson M. Levy
Democratic gains cited as tariff repeal gains momentum
The article argues the current prosperity is due to repeal of the McKinley tariff, credits Democrats for shifts in policy, and notes gains for the party in Indiana and Tennessee. It mocks Republican fears of factory closures, cites large Democratic conventions, and highlights savings from the current Congress while praising anti bigotry stands.
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People’s Party
United States Senate
United States
Reanseille Courier
Reep
Maine
Reed
Democratic Party
Matthews
Manly
Indiana
One Dollar Excursion to Tri-State Fair from Bluffton
A special round trip from Bluffton to Toledo offers a bargain excursion for the Tri-State Fair then in Toledo. The train departs Bluffton at six in the morning and returns from Toledo at 5 30 pm, arriving back after nine. Adults 6 to 12 pay 75 cents.
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Bluffton
Toledo
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wells County
Mrs Middleton Returns After Abduction Ordeal
Mrs Middleton of Decatur reappears after two week disappearance. She recounts being abducted by two men in a closed carriage taken to Ohio and held in a woodside house with two guards. She says her child was taken and they claimed it was murdered before she was dumped near home. A citizen posse formed to pursue the abductors amid fears of reward motive.
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Ohio
Rumors Answered on Child’s Fate and Return Chance
The report states that the truth of the rumors will be determined at once and the child may still be returned to its distressed mother. Public concern centers on confirming the information and resolving the family’s uncertainty.
Fox hunting party bags a fox near Klopfensten
Profs Burris Hitchcock Hageler Levi Mock Dwight Williamson and Will Sturgis formed a hunting party and killed a fox at Klopfensten early Saturday. Burris released the hounds, the fox crossed Hitchcock who fired twice and killed it. Several foxes remain in the area and farmers report chicken predation.
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Profs. Burris
Hitchcock
Hageler
Levi Mock
Dwight Williamson
Will Sturgis
Klopfensten
Prof
Burris
Funeral Rites for Robert S. Hughes Held at Bethel Church
Robert S. Hughes of Wells County Indiana died August 24 1895 age 70 years 4 months. He leaves a widow Sarah M. Lanning and a daughter Mrs John Ulmer with other children deceased. His funeral at Bethel church Sunday drew a large crowd with Rev Foster and Brother Edward Bartlemayor conducting hymns.
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Robert S. Hughes
Guernsey County
Ohio
Sarah M. Lanning
John Ulmer
Wells County
Indiana
the Church
Bethel Church
Foster
Pone
Edward Bartlemayor
Bluffton
Albany Boycott Over Rail Line Move to Suburb
Albany residents protest Lake Erie and Western relocation of depot and offices across the Mississinewa river. Citizens shift commerce to Big Four line to Muncie, six miles away, and seek terms with Panhandle to extend Dunkirk to Albany with a $40,000 bounty, aiming to reach Muncie and connect to Indianapolis branch via New Castle.
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Albany
Mississinewa River
Muncie
Pennsylvania
Panhandle
Dunkirk
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Switzerland County
Supreme Court
Charles W. Wellman
Sullivan County
Charles W. Thomas
Harrison County
Bureau OF Statistics
Alexander Fulton
Wabash County
Eli T. Jordan
Shelby County
Fudge Supreme Court
George L. Reinhard
Spencer County
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Dailey
Augustus N. Martin
Wells and
Huntington Counties
John W. Linear
Edwin C. Vaughn
Judicial Circuit
Jay A. Hindman
Michael C. Blue
Robert F. Cummins
George W. Studabaker
Benjamin F. Kain
John F. Stine
EO Sheriff
George W. Huffman
John H. Trostel
Thos
J. Suwards
W. W. Melride
Joshua Grove
Robert C. Reynolds
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Hoar
Massachusetts
Representative Bryan
Nebraska
Senator Bryan
Thoms Jefferson
Virginia
Bryan
G. F. Mtearren
Sugar Trust
Kenn
Alabama
Grandma Hoar
Rervubican
Allen
Petter
Kyle
Jenny Simpson
Tar Whiskey Trust
Tennessee
Cihairman Saveens
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Robert
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