Chicago Grand City Terre Haute Railway On Paper
A proposed state line from Chicago to Terre Haute would be named the Chicago Grand City and Terre Haute railroad. Grand City sits on paper six miles west of Terre Haute near Nelson post office, with coal land and agents prepping leases along the route. The line would terminate near Terre Haute via Vandalia and rely on a belt road at Chicago for distribution. The plan includes coal control and possible electric operation, with subsidies sought from towns along the line.
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Chicago
Terre Haute
Grand City
Vandalia Road
Nelson Post Office
Torre Haute
The Disockar: a clean family journal in Clay County
The Disockar is a conservative yet Democratic leaning local paper advocating governance and truth. It promotes cash in advance subscriptions at fifty two weekly issues for Tur Brazu and Demo nat for one dollar, urging neighbors to subscribe to the best newspaper in Clay county.
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Disockar
Seakern
Truth
Clay County
Divorce Complaint Filed by Emma Foreman of Clay City
Emma Foreman, of Clay City, files for divorce from Joseph K. Foreman alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. They married August 6, 1801. The piece also includes assorted medical ads and local notices about farmers institute elections and health remedies.
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Emma Foreman
Clay City
Joseph K. Foreman
Belt Line and Double Tracks Plan for Terre Haute Area
Terre Haute railroad developments promise a double track from Chicago to Danville with ongoing improvements from Danville northward and a belt line encircling Terre Haute. Plans include relaying Chicago yards to Oakdale, expanding passenger capacity, and new yards east of the city. Officials cite coordinated E and T HL efforts and World’s Fair traffic as factors shaping schedule and scope.
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Terre Hauts
Chicago
Danville
Porter
Clinton
Illinoia
South
E. L
Oakdale
Thirty-third Street
Tects Haute
Big Four
Vandalia
Terra Haute Express
Woods Acquitted in Self-Defense Murder Trial
The 17 year old Woods of Brazil was tried in the Madison Girenit court for the November 18 shooting of James Costello in Anderson. The jury acquitted after half an hour, ruling self-defense. A letter from Mrs. Adam E. Hurd of Groton SD recounts recovery from consumption aided by Dr King’s New Discovery, with trial bottle offered at J N Dilley’s Drugstore.
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Woods
Young Woods
James Costello
Anderson
Madison
Adam E. Hurd
Groton
J. N. Dilley
Terre Haute and Brazil teased as suburban hub namesake
The Terre Haute Ex press critiques a April report linking Terre Haute to a broader prairie city network. It cites a geological estimate from 1891 showing 2,100,380 tons mined within sixteen miles of Terre Haute and argues the description inflates Brazil as a peripheral suburb in the black diamond wheel.
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Terre Haute
Ex press Sees Strike Echo In Indiana Coal Field
The Ex press notes that strikes at Torre Haute in Indiana's coal region do not affect the output of Brazil’s big strike year. It argues that the big strike in Brazil was the true cause of the previous year’s product decline and that Torre Haute’s actions have no bearing on the global coal industry.
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Brazil
Express
Torre Haute
Indiana
Coal Boom At Grant Station Lures Investors And Jobs
A Chicago organized Grant Coal and Mining company with a $250000 capital plans large mines at Grant station eight miles northeast of Terre Haute on the Big Four railroad. The firm will employ up to 800 miners within six months, add two new slopes, and increase Woodruff and Troohey shaft output. The operation aims to vastly expand coal production, with direct Chicago access via the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail line. In other news, a deputy U S marshal brought Sheldon Christy from Indianapolis after his arrest for post office robbery. Christy will face the Federal court in Terre Haute. Local coal trade runs at peak, with coal wagons and sleds awaiting at Harrison and Batty mines as demand outstrips supply in Clay and Owen counties.
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Terre Haute
Grant Coal and Mining Company
Chicago
Grant Station
Grant
Woodruff & Troohey
Wm. T. Smythe
Woodruff
Big Four
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Sam
United States
Indianapolis
Sheldon Christy
Centerville
Chriety
Terre Haute Express
Sand Creek
Harrison
Batty
Rockville
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99 Cent
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Thomas
Pree
Chicago, Grand City and
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Clara M. Dewitt
Lapel
Anderson Democrat
Kenwood
Papera Fond
O. P. Saller
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Knightsville
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Hendricks
Cloverdale
Suillor
Hoe
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Hood
Milla
Perrysville
Hoosier State
Farmers’ Institute
Clay County Farmers’ Institute
Salice City
Jacob Fornsel
Sugar Ridge
O. B. Johnson
Jackson
John T. Smith
Bowling Green
S. B. Modesitt
Posey
Lucius Carter
Dick Johnson
Henry Mercer
van Buren
C. B. Johnson
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Mr. Hanna
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State Horticultural Society
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Grant Mining Company
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