Town paper honors loyal worker despite political shakeup
The notice salutes Brother Brown for four years of party service in the city and county, noting his dedication and recent mayoral nomination snub. It discusses internal Republican signals, confirms Azalia postmaster stability, names local committee choices, and recounts a horse incident and a public quarrel between two women on Walnut and Jackeo streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Brown
Brown
Walnut
Jackeo Streets
Columbus
Singular discovery near Cook burying ground reported
A private cemetery near Hawpatch, northeast of Columbus, yielded two skull fragments and a jaw bone. An animal burrow excavated to grave depth, possibly to hide remains for years. The bones of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, buried forty two and twenty years respectively, were reburied. Also noted were a surprise birthday gathering for C. B. Kerr, misaligned guide boards near Columbus, a legal suit against the Agricultural Society, and upcoming local meetings and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Columbus
Goy
Mr. Cook
Mrs. Cook
City debt refinancing pursued by Banfill plan
Negotiations for refinancing the city debt proceed through Mr Frank Banfill with optimism for a successful issue at 73 10 percent interest. Existing bonds pay 10 percent. projected savings over twenty years could nearly erase the debt if managed soundly, though officials express doubt about flawless execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Banfill
Transfers of Real Estate from Various Parties
A sequence of real estate transfers lists numerous parcel trades with buyers and sellers such as Wm C Woebler to Cressentine Senff and Clare Hoopedm to Hopper, detailing lot numbers, acreages, towns, ranges, and prices including 1500 dollars for 30 acres and 100 dollars for a lot. The document records multiple concurrent deeds in Elizabethown and surrounding townships, noting transfers to individuals and couples with quantities from 1 acre to 90 acres and plain monetary values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tranaters
Wm C Woebler
Cressentine Senff
Havens Martin Cohton
Charles Bruner
Clare Hopeedm
Ans Hopper
Alanson Clark
Barah van Cleaf
Wash Burne
Thomas Burns
Jonathan Smith
Lyman B Boyer
Charles W Jones
Tamson Taylor
Bethanes
George
Fred Wolland
J Benker
Elizabeth Thayer
WC Adams
K D Hawley
Elizabethtown
Jesse Walker
Fred Dickman
Meliss Cox
James Marr
Corse
Onerilla
John L Daum
John A Daum
J Levering
Matilda BR Levering
Memory Poem and Local News From Taylorsville
A fragment from Taylorsville news features a lyric memory of Georgie Cox by Mattie McClelland and a stream of local items. It notes community happenings, court activity on the P.O. porch, arrivals, a return from Kansas, and two spring marriages, all through a colloquial town voice.
Mutual aid benevolent order expands lodges nationwide
After a week of effort, Wm A Halstead, Deputy of the Grand Lodge of Indiana, has established a lodge of the Independent Order of Working Men in this city. The order aims to aid members in sickness and provides a $2000 relief for widows and orphans, promoting cooperation between capital and labor with 2800 members across 15 Indiana lodges, 14 in Kentucky, and 1 in Cincinnati, Ohio, with more lodges forming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BE
Wm. A. Halstead
Grand Lodge of
Indiana
Independent Order of Working Men
Kentucky
Ohio
Cincinnati
Reichstag read Bis mark letter and government shifts
President Von Forckenbeck read a Bis mark letter in the reichstag noting his health prevents attendance and leave of absence granted. Hoffman moves to home affairs, Von Bulow to foreign affairs, Camphausen to the Prussian cabinet. Also mentions the Meredith monument unveiling and Grange membership trends, plus a casual remark on civil service reform and a possible May extra session of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwin
von Forckenbeck
Reichstag
Bismark
Hoffman
Imperial Chancellery
Department of Home Affairs
von Bulow
Department of Foreign Affairs
Camphausen
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Elimbethtown
J. A. Newton
Louis Croming
Pessena
Ben
Fewell
Fred. Huber
van Bain
of City Clark
Democraic
Ane Sei Isham Keith
Toomes Emex
Alexander Kraning
William C. Abbott
George W. Cooper
William Brockman
First Ward
Azalia
K. D. Hawley
Mr. J. Larwin
J. M. Cook
Nashville
I. O. W. M. Lodge
N. W. Carr
Tennessee
Joe Newsom
Pallas Theater
John Price
Florida
Indianapolis
Cal Wagner
R. H. Wilbur
Sendcresk Township
Jack
Geo. Buxton
Dick Jones
Bis
Columbus Township
United States
Azali
Court House
John Harris
Geo. A. Gilbert
Guilf Mayfield
Cleve Rogers
Smith
C. B. Kerr
Sandcreek Township
The
Agricultural Society
Society
P. of H
Prather & Blake
Gid
McEwen
Washington Street
Tom Anthony
Bridgeport
Ind
Lon
Luke W. Thoman
Julia A. Newhin
Greensburg
Matinds Stevens
Jno. Stevens
Massey
Wright
Simeon Carney
Stevens
George Carruthers
Iowa
Lowell
M. Alf. Burnett
Sweeney
Jesus
James M Ronnell
Abigail Jane Burnett
Samuel Weaver
Nannie Selars
Geof Duvall
Elleanor Graves
Those Armstrong
Madora Snyder
Jake
Jeff Road
Lindley
Wm. Lovelace
B. F. Jones
Arkansas
Little Rock
John Bush
County Recorder’s Office
Carter & Mahoney’s
R. Roberts
Edinburg
M. E. Church
Sol. Klein
Georgie Cox
Mattie McClelland
Angels of Heaven
Taylorsville Temas
Taylorsville
Doyle
Mary Phelpe
Sibbly
P.O
Frank Reisner
Madison
Harve
Reisner
Granny Mabery
Gaston
Web Foot
Vannerman House
Kennedy
Frank Bozzell
Thompson’s
Waa
Anderson
Thomas Sharp
Shields
J. F. Hayes
Kansas
Simp Wells
Thomas Hayes
Herman B. Payne
Aggie Hayes
Sellers
T. Bright
Nannie Sellers
Calrrorp
Clifford S. C
Bro. Allen
Thos. Newton
Wm. Linke
C. H. Butler
R. McDonald
Treas
Maggie Burns
Sentinel
CampripcEerry
Sol. Meredith
Carpenter & Raymond
Cambridgeshire
Eagland
Father Key
Tyner
Hampton
Wheeler
Dr. King
Cle
Barrett & Hauser
Weber's
I. P. Watson & Co
Bilesell Block
Campbell
Bain
Wees
P. F. Weber & Co
J. Irwin
Cheap Cash
Jabelemith
Henry Schnur
Duffy's
Pallas
H. Duffy’s
Ioney
Richter
J. B. Cobb
Kerr & Wright's
Booth
Burton & Blicot
Taylor's
Ulrich Corner
C. Meseke
Occidental Hotel
Adams, Mansur & Co
Brussels
Long’s Furniture Store
Greenwood
Merchant Tailor Establishment
Burton & Bright
Washington St
Greenwood’s
Jong
Columbus Gas Light and Coke Company
F. Vogeel
Long's
Jas. A. Smith
J. F. Tormehlen
Quaker
West
J. A. McKenzie
Thomas & Gysie’s
Trade Palace
City of
Kerr & Wrights
Richmond
Singer Sewing Machines
J. P. Watson & Co
Bissell
Thomas & Geyaie’s
Thomas & Geysie’s
Kerr & Waicar
Bartholomew County
Carruthers
Adama
Carter and Mahoney's
Adams
Columbae Indiana
W. C. Hogue & Co
GEO Carruthels, Ag't
A. Adams
George Gaerne Ag't
W. O. Hogue & Co
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Champion Grocery
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Costa Rica
Carter & Mahoney
Hogue & Herzsch’s
Henry Brockman
Fred. Volland
Champion
Pittsburg
Ceavion
Henry Brockman’s
T Thomas
Kerr & Wright
Ominy
Jace
Samuela
New York
Castoria
Brent
Garr Rosa & Thomas
Boschee
Ben. Vandels & Co
Wooster At
V.e. A. Wilson
Penn St. Williamsburgh
N. Y
John B. Ogden
Cedar St
South America
Joseph T. Inman
Bible House
New York City
Frank
OLD McEwen
Emocrat
J. F.aries
Chas. Hobert
May
Robert c
Sia
Gaddis
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