04 May 1891
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1891
Page
1
A menagerie of notices urges voters to support the Democratic ticket tomorrow. Includes calls for dress reform corsets, new hat patterns, and tonic cures, plus local real estate updates and Liver Regulator promotion.
Local note reports the J M I railroad opens a ticket office at Housddale near the new cement mills nine miles north of Sellersburg. It also mentions Dinkey engine 623 overhaul in Indianapolis and rising rail traffic, plus a colorful anecdote about Capt Cy Wright and a long-remembered incident on the J M I line.
A vast forest fire scorched southern New Jersey from Point Pleasant to the state’s southern tip. The blaze devastated pines and cedars, ruined cranberry bogs, and forced residents to battle backfires as smoke choked villages. No confirmed deaths. losses tallied around 109000.
Reports from Illinois and surrounding states show miners pausing operations as discussions with coal operators proceed. In Saline, Rock Island, Vermilion, and St Clair counties activity remains normal with no strikes. in others like Grape Creek and Wilmington officials halted work to seek new terms. The Iowa and Indiana actions feature eight hour demands and wage disputes, with scattered work stoppages and ongoing conferences.
The president and party arrived in San Francisco on Friday noon after a Cruz trip. Mayor Sanderson and a car entourage greeted them at the plant committee with Wanamaker Rusk and others, then moved to the chamber of commerce. A banquet at the Palacio Hotel closed the visit attended by about 280 guests from commercial groups Mexican veterans pioneers and scientific associations.
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