Big Four Route Timetable From Cleveland to St Louis 1897
The Big Four line timetable corrected to July 4 1897 lists travel times northbound and southbound between Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis with passenger numbers. Times shown include 11 32 am and 4 31 pm for northbound No 24 and No 64 and 6 53 am and 2 50 pm for southbound No 6 and No 23 with Ae Ae Agent Carthage Indiana for information.
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Big Four
Ae Ae
Carthage
Indiana
Society Directory Notices for Daily Church Activities
Society listings detail weekly and monthly church events including services at 11:00 a m prayer meetings Thursday 10 00 a m 7 30 p m Sabbath school at 9 45 a m Christian Endeavor 6 00 p m Junior Endeavor 8 00 p m singing practice Friday 7 30 p m Sabbath school teachers meeting Wednesday 7 00 p m and a monthly meeting on the first Thursday after the first Saturday at 10 00 a m
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Friends’ Courenu
Christian Endeavor
Junior Endeavor
Local and State News Highlights Across Indiana
Frankfort reports several scarlet fever cases while Decatur plans an opera house. Highest wheat price listed. C G Clark noted in Huntington where idle men are absent and factories run. Calvin Wicks of Wabash dies cleaning a well. James Curtis of Ander son dies of consumption at 42. Simon Cassady of Rushville dies at 54. Coffin's drug store displays brushes. Newsom's advertises slideback suspenders. Ex-congressman Landis to appoint Frank Oldham postmaster at Sheridan. Weingart's Market offers dry stove wood. Anderson touts a 5000-volume public library. Mrs George Carr and Mrs Richard Carr injured in runaway. 250 addressed envelopes for $1.00. Galena post office fire causes $500 loss. Col B B Robertson earns bravery medal at Corbin s Bridge. Newsom's Shoes 50c. Carlisle Shannon dies from lockjaw after nail injury. Dell Dillons barn burns at Wabash. Hambletonian horse Ovid incinerated. fees totaled 4000. Coffin s drug stock remedies. Indiana Vols reunions planned at Bedford Sept 15 and Dunkirk Sept 14. Butter and eggs cash paid. creamery butter advertised. 24 Harrison county pioneers average 83 years. Mrs Etta Personette sues husband for divorce over alleged poisoning. 15c dimities at Newsom s. Crawfordsville firm Indiana Wire Fence and Nail resumes operations. Jas Ford almost killed by a bull after wearing red shirt. Cough syrups stocked at Coffin s Drug. Plainfield Friends note family reunion. Richmond Business College catalog promotion. July oil production in eastern field surpasses demand by 300,000 barrels.
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Landis
Frank Oldham
Sheridan
Weingart
Anderson
George Carr
Richard Carr
Galena
Col. B. 8. Robertson
Fort Wayne
Corbin’s Bridge
Newsom’s. Carlisle Shannon
Shannondale
Montgomery County
Extermination talk ends in seals and fashion debate
A lengthy discussion on seal hunting and extinction shifts to policy and fashion. Historical arguments trace seals' decline, past quotas, and branding experiments, noting Alaska natives' livelihood, President Jordans study, and proposals for protective enclosures and controlled se- releases alongside warnings about pelagic slaughter and the enduring public concern over humane treatment.
Lies and Truth in Business Ethics Debate
A reader questions the ethics of lying in commerce and wonders if deception can ever be justified. The piece probes whether clerks share responsibility for customer lies, the moral balance between diplomacy and falsehood, and if a person can mix church leadership with salesmanship without crossing lines.
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Kessamie
Brighter Day Ahead Promised by Tariff Bill News
The notice proclaims hard times fading with a new era of growth. It urges readers to buy quality goods at fair prices, promising better wages, crops, and factory openings. J Rakkestraw of Carthage Indiana offers first class wholesale jewelry and repair services from Henley Brick Block.
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J. R. Rakkestraw
Henley Brick Block
Carthage
Ind
Mercer and Goar dissolve partnership in Carthage
Dissolution notice states the Mercer and Goar firm of Mercer and Goar in Carthage Indiana is dissolved with George Mercer retiring. Joseph H Goar continues the business and all debts due remain in the partnership and may be collected by either partner. Dated August 3 1897 Carthage Indiana.
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George Mercer
Joseph H. Goar
Carthage
Indiana
Mercer & Goar
Ind
A Million For the Lawyers at the Fair Will Case
Lawyer D M Delmas defends Mrs fair daughters legal action revealing fees to law firms. Contracts name Lloyd Wood Garber Bishop and Wilson with several percent shares. With an $8 million allocation for the two women, fees approach $1 million, as the World notes.
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D. M. Delmas
San Francisco
Ft Delmas
Senator Fair
Theresa A. Oelrichs
V Fair
Lloyd & Wood
Garber, & Bishop
Wilson & Wilson
New York World
Rushville Fire Sale Promises Deep Discounts on Shoes and Clothing
Damaged by smoke, Cincinnati Shoe Manufacturing Co and Queen City Clothing Co saw losses of 175000. A massive five to seven day fire sale runs August 18 to 25, 1897 in Rushville at Bebout building offering hundreds of shoe and clothing bargains with steep low prices and limited stock.
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Cincinnati Shoe Manufacturing Co
Queen City Clothing Company
Rushville
Ind
Bebout
Main St
Rush County
Insurance Company
Oxford
Landy
Save Arid Lands Delegates to Push Federal Aid
Seventeen states and territories will send delegates to the national irrigation congress in Lincoln Nebraska September 28 to 30 to press for federal funds to reclaim arid and semiarid lands. The piece notes eastern opposition, cites a Livingston County New York circular by F S Peer arguing against expanding western farm land, and emphasizes political leverage if western states unite. It also mentions a magnetic levitation idea attributed to Clarence Alva of St Louis as an unrelated science note.
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National Irrigation Congress
Lincoln
Neb
P Se
Congress
F. S. Peer
Livingston County
N. Y
Peer
Europe
Mississippi
Forte
Indiana
East
Clarence Alva
St. Louis
Alva
Discoverer Lanarelli Links Yellow Fever to Icteroid Microbe
In Montevideo a lecture by Dr. Lanarelli identifies a microbe dubbed icteroid as the yellow fever cause, notes its rare presence in patients and post mortem bodies, and describes difficult isolation yet possible bacteriological diagnosis. Twenty four hour gelatin cultures show growth, while animal experiments reveal a cyclic, deadly disease mirroring human gastro enteritis, hemorrhage, nephritis, uremia and liver degeneration.
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Lanarelli
Montevideo
Count Julian Rado Weds Misa Ewald in New York Affair
Julian Rado once of Hungary married Misa Carrie Ewald, daughter of a Jersey City stationer, after a January engagement. Rado reportedly has a criminal past in Budapest and earlier in New York, including a swindling charge while posing as a Hungarian government representative. The ceremony occurred at Pastor Schneider's home in Manhattan with witnesses Henry Weber and Alexander Szaran, whose photo is said to appear in Budapest rogues’ gallery.
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Julian Rado
Hungary
Misa
Carrie Ewald
Frohman
Masqueraders
Miss Ewald
Jersey City
York Street
Broadway
Budapest
Schneider
Second Avenue
New York City
Henry Weber
Alexander Szaran
Rogues
New York Telegram
Wordplay Sparks Family Feud via Urgent Wedding Debate
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment captures a dramatic exchange where a young woman pleads for marriage while a father objects, claiming funeral costs are cheaper than a wedding. The terse dialogue underscores strained family relations and social pressures surrounding unions.
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. L. R.y
Society Directory
Owinkle
Newby & Vestal Block
Knightstown, Ind
Frankfort
Decatur
C. G. Clark
Huntington
Calvin Wicks
Newsom’s
James Curtis
Simon T. Cassady
Coffin’s
Daniel Shumway
New Castle
Dell Dillon
Wabash
Ovid
Hambletonian
California
Coffin
Captain Box
Bedford
Nineteenth Regiment
Indiana Volaunteers
Dunkirk
L. Weingart
Posey Township
Harrison County
Etta Personette
Cass County
Oscar
Indiana Wire Fence and Nail Company
Crawfordsville
Jas Ford
Hamilton County
Jesse Hiatt
Plainfield
Richmond Business College
E. A. Bauer
Star
Eaton
Swayzee
Fostoria
Pendleton
Kankakee
James Walker
Shelby County
George Gaine
A. B. Armstrong
Kokomo
Order of Elks
Joseph T. Fanning
W. E. English
Charles L. Jewett
James Hollars
Terre Haute
Shadowens
Tateville
Hollars
Shadowers
Matthews of
Newberger Bros
Philadelphia
Frank Wingard
Auburn
Old Settlers’ Association
Hendricks County
Cartersburg
James M. Barlow
Jones’s Grove
Eagletown
Meade Vestal
Hutchens
P. Davis
Noblesville
St. George
St. Paul
Russia
Jordan
Moland
New London
Conn
Secretary of the Treasury
Pribilof Islands
M. Rayne
Chicago Times-Herald
Our Dress Goods Department
Main Street
Telephone
Winship & Payne
Thone
DR. Huston
Optician
Calonus
Lincoln, Neb
West
San Francisco Chronicle
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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