Time Work Schedule For Former Curring Shop Employees
Former Curring shop workers are informed of a new time work schedule effective July 12 1897 with rates for various tasks including skiving or facing 20 to 223 cents per hour and 10 hour day earnings from $2.00 to $2.25. The notice lists wages for setting stuffing blacking setting scouring flesh finishing grain finishing jacking trimming milling summacing wringing sam ming casing selecting rolling roosters and related tasks with per hour or per piece figures.
Bicycle Parade heats race events announced for Syracuse
Local Consul Ruddick's Bicycles Races list events including 4 mile open and juvenile races for ages 10 to 15, handicap distances, tandem, and 5 mile races. Entries open with limited slots per race, no entry fee, White Flyer prices kept. dated Syracuse May 15 1897.
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Syracuse
N Y
B.S. Ruddick Co
Columbus
Ind
Personal notices and neighbors' travel plans flash across town
A long list of residents and visitors is noted with departures to Indianapolis Chicago Elizabethtown Seymour Edinburg Kokomo and other spots. Several names appear with travel or guest status while others are referenced in a court injunction filing by Mooney and others against Clymer et al restraining interference with employment practices.
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Samuel Hodler
Frank Beatty
Bartholomew Clieut Court
Chambers
All Tools Will Be Furnished by Us
Miss Darling who has been visiting at Marion Indiana has returned home. E. L. Williams left Tuesday for Alabama. Gov Bradly denounces mob violence and defends a governor’s pardon for Din ning amid Kentucky political sentiment. The Kentucky judge who freed a slayer under unwritten law faces broad public support. 81. Louis Star.
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Mary Shields
Indianapolis
Miss Darling
Marion
Indiana
E. L. Williams
Kentucky
Louis Star
Young farmer heads to Alaska by horseback via Canada
John Randal, a young Kentucky farmer from Warren County, travels last night toward Alaska with 400 dollars and all possessions sold. He plans to reach Chicago then Canada and finish the journey on horseback. A courier journal note suggests Yukon risks outweigh rewards. Farmers across Indiana celebrate ongoing prosperity as a sign of stable returns.
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John Randal
Warren County
S City
Alaska
Chicago
Canada
Randall
Union Station
Agricultural outlook and community notes
The year shows good fruit prospects with wheat near average or better than expected and a potential unusually large corn crop. Potatoes are expected large with fair prices, improving farmers' prospects. Hazel Loy funeral held yesterday from the Loy home on Highland Avenue with Rev Z T Sweeney and Rev Darling. burial at City Cemetery. Ruddick's bicycle races planned for Monday with many visitors anticipated for parade and races. John L Graves of East Columbus is quite sick.
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Little Hazel Loy
Loy
Highland Avenue
Z. T. Sweeney
Darling
City Cemetry
Ruddick
Wheat Rises Sharply on Exportes and Visible Supply Drop
The Herald reports wheat prices climbed due to heavy export demand and a large drop in world visible supply. Overnight engagements exceeded 1.4 million bushels across New York ports Chicago and St Louis, with key movements for August shipments. Most wheat is No 2 Kansas hard.
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New York
Herald
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas
Local notices and community updates from Houston
Mrs. Joshua Brown ill with flux and Mrs. Richard Pruitt suffering malaria fill the scene along with several other health concerns. Local business visits include W. D. Bowman, Charley Cross to Brownstown and attorney W. K. Marshall of Seymour. Chas. W. Lee, candidate for congress, to visit and shake hands. Post Office change and county seat election talks surface. A fatal brain dropsy in a child, and the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Hovis are noted along with Salvation Army Mercy Box League efforts in Columbus.
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Captain McDowell
Chicago
Salvation Army Hall
Fourth Street
Mercy Box League
Salvation Army
Columbus
Fair Dates and Local Notices From Indiana Counties
Fair dates span August to September in Jefferson, Ripley, Jennings, Shelby, and surrounding counties with events in Beech Grove Park Madison Osgood North Vernon Columbus Rushville Salem Franklin Lafayette Shelbyville and Indianapolis. The Shelbyville Republican condemns Rushville girls as vulgar while Columbus plans an illuminated road race. State Fish Commissioner Sweeney backs a Carthage strawboard filter to replace river dumping, pleasing nearby farmers along Blue River.
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Jefferson County
Beech Grove Park
Madison
Osgood
Ripley County
Sweeney
Strawboard Works
Carthage
Blue River
Fox hunting on Columbus streets shocks residents
Report from Columbus notes residents unhappy as fox shooting activities occur publicly on city streets, raising safety and animal welfare concerns. Seymour, a Democratic figure, comments on the issue.
Fish Commissioner Sweeney’s quiet war on violators
A Terre Haute deputy on the Wabash nabbed several violators of the fish law while others in the state operate undercover. Reportedly strangers from Edinburg to Rockford acted as spotters for Sweeney and would report violators to the grand jury. Charles Munson, special agent for Mutual Fire, visited John Mahoney’s office yesterday.
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Sweeney
Terre Haute
Wabash
Edinburg
Rockford
Grand Jury
Seymour Rep
Charles Munson
The
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
John Mahoney
Local Notes From Seymour Area
Miss Mary Huffman returns home from Columbus while Miss Effie Mortiz hosts Mr. George Gunn of Columbus. The item cites Cascarets Cand y Cathartic as a pleasant remedy for kidneys liver and bowels and mentions Clarofate at Stahlhuth's fountain with an advertisement style tone.
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Mary Huffman
Columbus
Seymour
Effie Mortiz
George Gunn
Geo H Cummins Low Prices on Tackle and Croquet Gear
Geo H Cummins advertises fishing tackle hammocks and croquet sets at the lowest prices for budget shoppers. Store promises value with a selection aimed at outdoor leisure enthusiasts.
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Geo.h. Cummins
Strike Tensions Grow at The Tannery Over Job Walkout
Strikers surround workers at The Tannery yesterday as a scab tried to draw a gun, which was seized and turned over to Marshal Schooler. Community leaders urge fair hearing and return of workers, arguing locals are trusted Columbus citizens and urging a peaceful solution.
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Scabs
Marshal School
Columbus Debates Street Funding Ahead of G A R Encampment
Columbus plans to fund street improvements before the G A R encampment opens. City leaders say it will not be completed. the current council is not set up to push such a project.
One Daily Less Ends Edinburg Morning Tribune
The Edinburg morning Tribune edited by S. K. Adams has ceased to exist. Issued Sunday morning for the last time, Adams will move to Knightstown to publish a daily newspaper from a Knightstown printing office. The Tribune prided itself on printing news “without fear or favor,” a rarity in papers of its type.
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Edinburg
the Tribune
Cincinnati Excursion Big Four Special Train
The Big Four runs a round trip excursion from Columbus to Cincinnati for 1.00, leaving Columbus 8 a.m. and returning Cincinnati 7 p.m. Tickets valid only for July 25. Attractions include Brooklyn vs Cincinnati Reds baseball and Lagoon attractions at Coney Island, with Zoological Gardens and Chester Park among others. 252.51 J. S. Smrra, Agent.
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Big 4
Columbus
Ind
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Cincinnati Reds
Lagoon
Coney Island
Zoological Gardens
Chester Park
J. S. Smrra
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Clark
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Shelbyville
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