Social Notices in Society Directory
Society directory lists club notices and religious group events. Cartuace Lane No 255 I O C F meets Tuesdays at 7 30 pm Odd Fellows Hall visiting members urged. Friends Church holds Sabbath services 11 am midweek prayer Thursday 10 am and Thursday 7 30 pm church activities Sabbath school 9 45 am Christian Endeavor 6 pm Junior Endeavor 3 pm singing practice Friday 7 30 pm teachers meeting Wednesday 7 pm monthly meeting first Thursday after first Saturday 10 am.
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Cartuace Lane No
Odd Fellows Hall
Friends
Courci
Christian Endeavor
Junior Endeavor
Local and State Notices and Ads Chronicle
A collage of local items notes sales and discounts at Newsom's and Eva Johnson's, church dedications in Anderson and Gas City, town confirmations of new staff, and public services. Mentions include quarter meeting hats, free drinking fountains in Fort Wayne, Scribner school enrollment up 230, and a fatal field death near Kokomo. Also cites a railroad of goods, such as butter, flour, and drip brushes, with other notices about a jury finding.
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Fort Wayne
Eva Johnson
Kerlin B. Sellers
Wells County
Mattie Bentley
Grand Army Hall
Anderson
May Post
Henry Ackers
Kokomo
Saloons, shops, and school notes from rural Indiana
Village Rossville trustees ease saloon entry at 800 dollars while Sidell Indianola and Vermillion county leaders show favor. Local ads cite shoes and potatoes. elections name Henry C. Darnell for county assessor. Reports include a farmer John Hann’s suicide near Otterblend, a new Ander son school building contract, and Terre Haute trotting stakes. Also church debates on the Lord's Supper and Baptism and an analysis of the Jewish calendar error calling for a universal synod.
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Rossville
Sidell
Indianola
Vermillion County
Hill & Gear’s
John Hann
Otterblend
Tippecanoe
Anderson
Columbus Avenue
Terre Haute Trotting Association
George Sprunuth
Noblesville
Pennsylvania
W. Curtis Day
Earnham College
Westfield
Arcadia
E. E. Vance
Hagerstown
J. H. Danseur
Lagrange
Vigo County
Terre Haute
A. J. Frank
Lebanon Christian Church
Cyrus W. Harvey
Kansas
Friends’ Denomination
Monrovia
Morgan County
Elope ends in West Virginia chase scene on horseback
A young couple was stopped on a West Virginia road by an elder man after attempting to elope. The groom-to-be negotiated road costs with the father, including payment for a preacher, horses, and travel. The plan proceeded after money changed hands and the trio returned home to wed later.
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West Virginia
C. E. Wardleigh
Lindy
Sam
Washington Star
Not a Saintly Army but a Healthy Boy by Bicycle
A narrator asserts that while a bicycle will not redeem the world, a boy who rides and comes to school with a healthy glow from exercise in fresh air and sunshine is more tractable. The passage links fitness, appetite, and improved behavior to outdoor activity.
The Voracious Carp
A 19th century note describes German carp as a spawn eater and nuisance. W F Meehan notes carp swarmed a black bass nest in Perkiomen creek in June 1893 or 1894, consuming eggs. State fisheries officials say carp deter sport and may threaten other fish. Introduction in US blamed on Poffe before 1870, likened to sparrow and rabbit introductions.
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W. F. Meehan
Fishing Gazette
Mr. Meehan
Montgomery County
Perkiomen Creek
Pennsylvania
State Commissionrs of Fisheries
Aus
Mr. Poffe
United States
Australia
Easy Work and Incendiary Trepass Dispute
A colored man reports a white employer tried to arrest him for incendiary trespass after hiring him to rake leaves. The employer claimed working for fun is not paying, then offered not to pay to ease exploiting labor. The exchange centers on whether labor done for fun qualifies as work and the motive behind nonpayment.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rats Shown as Easier to Train Than Dogs
A showman who exhibits tame rats claims they learn more readily than dogs, retain language better, and show adaptability. Louise Michel, also fond of rats, notes their virtues including respect for the aged, family feeling, and compassion for the unfortunate.
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Louise Michel
Fragmented Tendrils of Prose Across a Detroit Tribune Page
The excerpt presents scattered quotes and phrases including reflections on youth and family, a distant ball's music, and a note about 4500 paper mills in civilized countries, implying a collage of literary snippets from a Detroit Tribune page.
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Detroit Tribune
New England Woolen Mills See Shutdowns And Wages Drop
The New York Press reports 82 mills affected with 4 shut down and 7 idle, 2 on quarter time. Estimated annual wages fall from 3,000,000 to 2,625,000, with 6,000,000 loss in native raw materials. Mills claim free traders harm American woolen mills while boosting European and British ragshop production.
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New York
New England
Best Market in the World Says McKinley Quote
Hon. William McKinley proclaims the United States, 5 percent of the world’s population, consumes 20 percent of cotton, wool, 30 percent of iron and steel, and 50 percent of tin plate. He argues the nation must keep this market through favorable labor conditions and policy.
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United States
William McKinley
Thurston quotes on workers and dinner pail politics
Senator John M Thurston warns that workingmen will not be led back to the Republican party by cheap promises. He argues that a universal prosperity comes from American competition setting prices, and that one class cannot prosper while others do not share in the gains.
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John M. Thurston
Temper of the People Speaker Urges Protection for Jobs and Wages
Senator Platt declares the American people will back protectionist policies that restore work and comfort for all. He argues such measures would boost the national treasury and workers incomes, warning any opposing policy will be struck by popular sentiment.
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Senator Platt
Montana Labor Policy Belief Sparks Widespread Support
A damp firm believer in a policy toward American labor and industries claims a large Montana majority are devoted to this stance. The remark reflects broader public sentiment toward national labor and economic priorities.
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Montana
Doctrine supporters urge enlightened national policy
The speakers defend the doctrine despite being buyers of protected articles and receiving only indirect benefits from lead and wool duties. They base their stance on broad patriotic views of national policy, emphasized by Hon. Thomas H. Carter.
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Thomas H. Carter
Tariff Clash: German Law vs McKinley Than Revenue
A compact, data driven note compares the German tariff system with the McKinley law. It shows 18 month totals for free imports, total imports, customs and internal revenue receipts, and overall receipts, highlighting lower German revenues and higher dutiable imports under Wilson. The figures underscore perceived inefficiency of the German approach and lingering boost of McKinley era tariffs.
Inertia in Senate on Dingley Revenue Bill Debated
The last senate vote on the Dingley revenue bill left the treasury without relief. Free trade papers claimed the bill was dead and urged that status. Republican papers and senators supported the Democratic view, while public opinion showed no broad endorsement of protectionist policy.
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United States
Senate
Treasury
Free Trade Papers
Political tariff revival noted by New York Press
The New York Press remarks that the country has returned to a protective tariff principle, achieved amid a maze of other issues skillfully arranged to distract from the tariff question.
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New York Press
Showy yet half-worthless cloth prompts market doubts
Local firms face scrutiny over producing stylish but low-value cloths for American buyers. While earlier prospects suggested fabric could be made at 1s 6d per yard, current makers can mass produce cheap shoddy at about 1s 3d per yard driven by low cotton warp, raising concerns about quality and value.
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Manchester Guardian
London trade balance runs five million weekly in gold
London financial authorities report the trade balance against this country now averages five million dollars a week. We buy in Europe that amount more than we sell, and this sum must be paid in gold or American securities. When the latter do not sell, only gold will foot the bill.
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London
Europe
Springfield
Mass
Homestead
Protection vs Democratic Tariff Sees Wool Trade Compared
An Inter Ocean excerpt contrasts protection and Democratic tariff effects. Under protection a large revenue arises from small wool imports and the farmer commands good wool prices, becoming a large goods buyer. Under the Democratic tariff there is no revenue from a large import volume and the farmer pays low prices, becoming a small purchaser.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
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Lewis Weingart
Clark County
F. W. Parks
Martinsville
Newsom’s
Hugh McGibeny
Richmond
Indianapolis College of Music
Coffin’s
Noble Manufacturing Company
Goshen
Eva Johnson’s
Coffin’s Drug Store
Capital Oil Company
Indianapolis
Groves Farm
Nottingham Township
Bluffton
J. H. Henley
R. E. Henley
First National Bank of
Mount Vernon
Wade
Hill
Henley
W. R. Hadley
Plainfield
John Vestal
Indiana Gas Belt
Muncie
Marion
Anderson and
Redkey
Greenfield
Swayzee
Henry Phelps
Putman County
Henry C. Darnell
Monroe Township
N. F. Scribner
Russellville
J. C. Henley
O. S. Coffin’s
Ithaca, N. Y
Graetz College
Philadelphia
Cyrus Adler
Hillel II
Israel
Graetz
Hillel
Morgan & Wright Tires
N. C. Binford
Nene
Binford
Sete Steeuetty
Himell
Onrlyle
Senator Pratt
Charles S. Hill
Weingart
Mill Street
S. Hill
Ragbag Wilson
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