Sixth District Candidates Stir GOP Rivals And Loyalties
The Sixth district Republican race sees Henry A. Johnson reentering the contest after earlier saying he would not run. Jim Watson, the Rushville statesman, gains momentum if Johnson stays in, while Knightstown lawyer Leonidas Perry Newby is poised to announce, potentially creating a three way race. Citizens weigh Johnson's renewed bid and Newby’s ambition amid mixed enthusiasm.
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Gressional
Henry A. Johnson
Leonidas Perry Newby
Knightstown
Watson
Henry County
Johnson
Senti
Spanish Raid From St. Louis To St. Joseph 1781
The Chicago Chronicle recounts a Spanish raid in 1781 led by Captain Eugenio Parre against British St. Joseph. They moved from the Mississippi to the Desplaines and Illinois rivers, seized stores near Fort St. Louis, proclaimed Spanish sovereignty, and returned to St. Louis after a 1400 mile midwinter march with few casualties.
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St. Louis
Michigan
Chicago
Escarial
Ilinois Prairies
Paris
France
Spain
Louwislain
Mississippi
Great Britain
United States
Holland
San Luis de Illinois
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Mich
Jal. 2
Eugenio Parre
Carlos Tayon
Luis Chevalier
Electorno
Nequigen
Pottawatomie
Mississippi River
Clingis
Illinois River
Fort Creve Cour
Peoria
Old Fort St. Louis
Starved Rock
Aragon
Castile
la Salle
Parre
Kankakes
Desplaines
Detroit
Chicago Chronicle
Ingram Decorates Office With Flags For Extra Copies
Marion H. Ingram editor of the Pulaski County Democratic Journal in Winamac Indiana decorated his building with red white and blue and issued 2000 extra copies of his paper. He claims Mr Van Hazel owes the paper but subscription details are unclear and the note hints at financial troubles.
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Winawac
Ind
Marion H. Ingram
Pulaski County
Democratic Journal
van Hazel
Doe P
Theosophy and Spiritualism in Early 20th Century Debate
The piece argues theosophy grew from spiritualism and must not sever ties with it. It cites Isis Unveiled, Blavatsky in India, and investigations by the Psychic Research Society. It questions claims of supernatural power and notes alleged mahatmas guiding the movement.
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Far East
Isis
Lidia
Egypt
Mme. Blavatsky
Colonel Olcott
India
Psychical Research Society of England
Theosophy
Moncure Conway
England
Mahatmas
Tibet
Nature’s Ugly and Beautiful Plays Amid High Vistas
Dallas Love Sharp ponders ugliness in nature beyond utility and beauty. She argues nature’s blemishes can intrigue a lover when seen from afar, but become jarring up close, as Thoreau’s praise gives way to harsher sight of a bald, necked buzzard on a stake under the vast sky.
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Poe
Thoreau
Dallas Love Sharp
Lippincott’s Magazine
Turn of Life in Man and Its Risks and Rewards
The piece discusses aging from 40 to 60 as a prime period with strong health and judgment, followed by a dangerous turn after 60 where gout and apoplexy threaten health. It also includes a narrative about a man unsure how to respond to an invitation, framed as a moral dilemma in a social scene.
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New York Ledger
Death and memories in Cornhill and notes on a crowded graveyard
An Englishwoman laments the death of a liberal neighbor who aided charities. The text notes old graves in a crowded Penletonville yard including Grimaldi and the Dibdin family, cites Irish immigration to Australia, and reflects on social change, revolution, and the need for educated leadership.
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Cornhill Magazine
Pentonville
Grimaldi
Dibdins
London
Local names and ages listed in the community roster
A fragmented OCR roster mentions Geryl May J H Kaiser E J Williams Ed Everroad Miss Ethel Beaty Lloyd Smith Mrs Gill Mollie Blessing Chas Crabb Nellie Long Charles Clark Joseph Hoelke Maggie Christian Will Wolf Lizzie Rumford and others with scattered ages and initials, indicating a local listing of residents or attendees.
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Ed Everroad
Ethel Beaty
Lloyd Smith
Gill
Mollie Blessing
Chas Crabb
Nellie Long
Charles Clark
Joseph Hoelke
Maggie Christian
Interchangeable thousand mile ticket list details
A large list of railroads accepts one thousand mile tickets for exchange. Tickets cost thirty dollars and are non transferable. If used only by the original purchaser and covered with proper certification, a ten dollar rebate applies if returned within eighteen months of issue. E. O. Mecomick and Warren J. Lynch sign as officials.
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Vandalia
Wabash Railroad
Zanesville & Ohio River Railway
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Newby
Jim” Watson
Rushville
Holman
Ing
Nel
Chicago Post
Australia
Republic
Geryl May
J. H. Kaiser
E. J. Williams
Oeepee
Te Enweee
Emma Ping
Ollie Smith
Susie Wilson
Ed Jones
Aweveer
Walter Waltman
George Schooler
Leonard Tay
Will Wolf
Lizzie Rumford
H. L. Rost
Funkhouser
6Th and
Washington Street
Winans Grocery Store
Columbus
W. C. Roland, M. D
OF Ice
Griffith
Fifth St
Western Union Telegraph Office
Citizens Phone 21
Fearner Eighth and
Chestnut Streets
Fatent Medicines
Choice Brands of Cigars
Tion
Dan Adam
Old Stand
Sanders & Tailor
Ann Arbor
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chicago & West Michigan Railway
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Rail
Cleveland & Marietta Railway
Cleveland, Canton & Southern Rail
Road
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Rail
Terminal & Valley Rail
Way, Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking Railroad
Dayton & Union Railroad
Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co
Detroit, Grand Rapids& Western Railroad
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
I. R, Evansville & Indianapolis Railway
Evansville
Terre Haute
Findlay
Fort Wayne & Western
Flint & Pere Marquette Railway
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Indiana, Decatur & Western Railway
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Louisville &Nashville
Louisville
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Railroad
Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway
Manistee & Northeastern Railroad
Michigan Central Railroad
New York, Chicago & St Louis Railway
Ohio Central Lines
Pennsylvania
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway
Lake Erie
Pittsburg & Western Railway
Pittsburg& Lisbon & Western Rail
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City
Railroad
E. O. Mecomick
Y Warren J. Lynch
Ass’t Gen'l Pass
R & Ticket Ag’t
Majestic Steel
Ivote
Mre
J. G. Swartzkopf & Sons
Fred Ulrich
George Babig
Fred Ollemeyer
Tom Hull
Sbstens
Chas. Jones
Lee Loy
Albert Owens
Vandy Tooley
Oliver Ong
George Clutch Pennisg
Shane
Dick Jones
Veer
Wick Larue
Frank Bowman
P. B. Ensley West
Jonathan Smi
Walter Coup
Charles Norto
John Fehring
Mrs
James Lash
Hal Daffy
Thomas
Joe Gysie
N G Smith
Mode Smith
Jack Patram
John Hughes
Conham
Crystal
Bell
Fifth Street
Harrison
Mage
Drake
BO 7Ders
JOS. Villa & CO
JAS
FatCox
Attorney-At-Law
Crump’s Block
Columbes
Ron Wy’g. CO
Fifth and
Jackson Streets
Etter Braszich
Indiana
Garland Steel
Halesi
Romanza Agency
Sycamore St
Prairie Farmer
Theede Fassnen
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