Industrial Commission Urges Uniform Prison Labor Policy
The commission urges all prisoners engage in productive labor under state care with central supervision to harmonize laws across states. It favors interstate regulation of convict product and warns against undermining punitive reform. Dissenters oppose prison-made goods and eight hour workdays for prisoners.
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T He Industrial Commission
Sweemnes
New York
van Smythe
Yorri
Stovthe
Ae Hupes
Public Lands Bill Backed To Protect Ancient Ruins
The House Committee on Public Lands favored a bill to regulate monuments and protect ruins on public lands in Colorado Wyoming Arizona and New Mexico. It urges setting aside and reserving lands from sale entry or settlement to preserve prehistoric dwellings cemeteries forts and other remains.
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Te House Committee On Public Lands
Dma
Winesere
Colorado
Wyre
Ariemas
New Mexico
Why Contract Was Lost in NSW Steel Tender
A report to the state Department explains why American bidders failed to win a large contract for steel runs. Offers from the United States and Britain varied. the lowest bids came from Welvia and Burrow, with Teaseran Mey leading among the cheaper options but payment and credit conditions favored the British bidder. The government’s requirement for banker's credit and exchange terms effectively eliminated American bidders.
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United States
Gioting
Newsminstie
State Department
American Bitters
Celons
Buiter States
Great
Fowest Hilders
Wenvia Company
Burrow Company
Pigland
Minos
Geroment
New South Wales
Atseran
Fitzsimmons Buys a New Pet Nero Replacement
Boxer Bob Fitzsimmons purchased a new pet named Nero to replace his previous canary or pet related to his training circle. The former Nero died in a disgrace, and the new animal is kept in memory of that incident. The article notes Bath Beach Women Watchmakers and a statistic on women watchmakers versus men.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Eclisipsi
Wynivers
Fitz
Grimaed
Aperal Bostock
Elks' Curtival
Nero
Élfee
Bath Beach
Money in Circulation Reaches New Highs in 1900
The April 1 1900 figures show total money in circulation at 2 021 274 506 up from 1 927 846 942 in 1899. Per capita circulation averages 26.12 with population estimated at 77 505 000, while gold totals reach 78 65 and gold certificates rise to 45 549 591. Silver in circulation climbs to 2 051 133 059, a sharp rise from 626 982 804 in 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ten Cent Bus Fare to Join New York Surface Transit
New York will begin ten cent stage fare on July 1 marking a shift from streetcar lines to automobile stages. Six double decker buses with 22 seats each will operate across cross town routes at six to ten miles per hour. The Electric Vehicle Company behind multiple city ventures is controlled by Whitney Interest which also controls New York surface railroads.
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New York
Electric Vehicle Company
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Whitney
Dewar Produces Solid Hydrogen At Royal Institution
Professor Dewar demonstrated solid hydrogen at the Royal Institution London by cooling with liquid air and applying heat to the gas. He noted solid hydrogen as the lightest elementary body and discussed its research value and potential uses in separating mixed gases.
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Royal Institution
London
Prof
Dewar
Beecher’s remedy for sleepy churchgoers
The story recounts Henry Ward Beecher advising a strict approach to waking sleeping parishioners. A clergyman asked how to handle the growing problem, and Beecher recalled his tactic at Plymouth Church. The sexton was ordered to enter the pulpit and wake the minister when he caught someone dozing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Twentieth Century Club
Loston
Henry Ward Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Plymouth Church
Sexton
Woman Arrested in Berlin Mercantile Shoplifting Case
A Berlin mercantile establishment reports a woman arrested for stealing. She claimed the act was part of a fiction she planned to write and that the theft was done to accurately portray a shoplifter's sensations and emotions in her story.
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Berlin
Wyegg Bo
Lions divided into three elasaen species and fate
The article describes three lion types the African Asiatic and American nicknamed elasaen or Dandylion. It notes they are short lived troubled by early death from housewives knives. Some survive in back townships gaining hair or turning gray before a cruel wind makes them bald.
Mrs Sarah McNaughton Dies After Illness
Mrs Sarah McNaughton wife of the late J D McNaughton died Tuesday evening after years of poor health. Born August 4 1839 in Yamouth Nova Scotia she lived in this city many years and was a MEF Church member. She leaves two children Anna Showalter and W F McNaughton. Funeral services were held at the residence with interment in the city cemetery.
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Sarah
J. D. McNaughton
McNaughton
Yamouth
Nova Scotia
MEF
Anna Showalter
W. F. McNaughton
Disappoints Hawaiians as Postal Savings Cancelled
The government bill abolishes the postal savings bank. Hawaii cannot host such an enterprise under the U S post office. All Hawaiian accounts will be canceled and paid with interest up to July 1 next.
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Pacific Islands
Postal Saving Bank
Hawaiian Republic
Post Office Department of the
United States
Hawaii
University of Chicago rises as a leading modern university
The article notes the University of Chicago's rapid growth within a decade, listing an endowment over 11 million dollars and student numbers increasing from 1,076 undergraduates in 1897 to 1,701 today. It credits a generous founder and a supportive community, with the Philadelphia Press affirming a bright future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Philadelphia Press
Feast day for St Bede observed worldwide May 27
The Venerable Bede the Venerable's feast day will be observed by Roman Catholics globally and in England from 191 on according to a decree from the sacred congregation of rites. The day in the calendar is May 27, his birthday.
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Dode
St. Bede
England
Sacred Congregation of Rites
Lady Curzon Thanks Chicago for Famine Aid
Cable from Lady Mary Curzon wife of the Viceroy of India thanks Chicago for famine funds and notes 6 million people aided by government relief with more need foreseen. She says every dollar will aid genuine suffering as 61 million Indians are affected. The appeal emphasizes nationwide, severe famine conditions across north west and central India.
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Chicago India
Mary Curzon
Lord Curzon
India
Life Saving Inventions Compete for 2040 Prize
Out of 112 Life saving inventions submitted by Americans for the 2040 prize set by Anthony Fulllok, a committee selects winners to be sent to the Paris exposition free of charge. Notable entries include a watertight bulkhead door by Hiehborn and an electric operation device, plus a lifeboat handling apparatus by W J Kennedy.
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Anthony I’ullok
la Bourgogne
Hiehborn
Bowles
Quiet City Council Election Yields Three Republican Winners
City election conducted calmly with a light turnout. Republicans won in three wards with John Ward 231 votes and Alonzo Allison 175 in Ward One. John S. Purt 234 over Alfred Hotchkiss 221 in Ward Two. Craven B. Moore 181 over Wm. Merrill 213 in Ward Three. John Krasser 161 over Harrison Patton 113 in Ward Four.
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John Ward
Alonzo Allison
Johns. Purt
Alfred Hotchkiss
Craven B. Moore
Wm. Merrill
John Krasser
Harrison Patton
Birthday Surprise for Mrs Corbins at Corbins Home
Sunday April 29 over a hundred relatives and neighbors gathered at William Corbins and wife to celebrate Mrs Corbins 44th birthday. Sylvanus Cokefair presented a rocking chair and gifts, a table of good things filled the yard, and Mr Porter photographed the crowd before departures.
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Courier
William Corbins
Porter
Mine Disaster Near Salt Lake City Kills Many
A fierce mine explosion in a Pleasant Valley tunnel near Salt Lake City on May 1 decimated a crew of 250 operators. Most perished or were fatally injured as rescue efforts battled dangerous conditions. Local items note garden weather, funerals, and upcoming reunions and commencements at Fairview and Union Township.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Tuesaday
Pleasant Valley Coal Mines
Alost
Garrison Creek Notes and Local Gossip
Correspondence from Garrison Creek reports Mrs Abner Stevens remains very ill. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Tom Mathey from Basnes Creek and Mrs J Custer's sister. Ed Thomas bought two cows. Dick Webb and wife from Laurel visited Eph Bargoyne's family. Mrs Lou Stevens visited. Will Lea of Glenwood and companion passed through. Mrs George Jones of Sanea Creek ill with lingering cold. Leo J Cully of Brownville nominated by Democrats for joint Union Franklin counties representative. Congratulations Cully though political note remains.
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Courier
Abner Stevens
Tom Mathey
Bsanes Creek
J. Custer
Ed Thomas
Dick Webb
Laurel
Mis
Eph Bargoyne
Fayetteville
Lou Stevens
Glenwood
Friend
George Juones
Sanea Creek
City Tax Notice for Con vereville residents this week
The Treasurer of the City of Con vereville will be at city hall on Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings to receive taxes. Thomas M Little It Treasurer, The Methodist General Conference is in eennion at Chicago. Dr Kay's Renovator a wonderful evetenm renovator. Sold by druggists. Subscribe for the Courier.
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Treaurer
Convereville
Thomas M. Little
Methodist General Conference
Eennion
Chicago
Local item notes residents and school program in Milton
Milton section reports visits by residents such as Mrs. Santford Little of Anderson and Miss Minnie Waddell near Dublin, a fall at the New York Store injuring a man, a Pan Handle railroad survey party at Centreville to Dublin, and completion of new verandas by A Z Hoffman and James Coons. Closing exercises of public schools occurred with program details including songs, recitations, and a school debate on the Boers.
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Mee
the Courier
Frank Shissler
Richmond
Santford Little
Anderson
Elizabeth Wallace
Will
Frank
Frank Clouds
Centreville
Minnie Waddell
Dublin
Ira Hathaway
Laura Frazee
North
Mary Hoshour
O. P Voorhees
Home City
Ohio
C. J. Morris
New York
Pan- Handle Railroad
A. Z Hoffman
James Coons
Fairview Commencement at Christian Church May 8
The Fairview High School commencement will be held at the Christian Church in Fairview Indiana on Tuesday night May 8. Graduates are Lulu McClure Connie Smiley Delbert Smiley and Betty Youngs. Dr Brown vice president of Earlham College will address the class on Things Worth While. Music from Indianapolis will intersperse the exercises.
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the Courier
Fairview High School
Christian Church
Fairview
Indiana
Lulu McClure
Connie Smiley
Delbert Smiley
Betty Youngs
Dr. Brown
Earlham College
Indianapolis
Ochiltree Valedictory
Lady Saga Patient Writes Gratitude for Stomach Remedy
Indianapolis, November 19 1897 Dear Sir I feel I ought to thank you for the good your stomach medicine did me After taking a few doses I was relieved and before finishing the first bottle my stomach felt entirely well Please accept my grateful thanks for the good it had done me and hope others will try your valuable medicine Mia T L Woods 162 Nordyke Wakb JEMISON
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Indianapolis
Ind
F. L. Shinkle
Mia
T. L. Woods
Nordyke
Jemison
Navin Named Prosecuting Attorney at Brookville Convention
At the Democratic gathering in Brookville last Saturday J. E. Navin was chosen prosecuting attorney for Fayette Union and Franklin circuits. Lee J. Cully of Browneville was nominated for joint representative from Union and Franklin.
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Brookville
J. E. Navin
Fayette
Union
Franklin
Lee J. Cully
Browneville
Harrisburg Note on Local Visits and Misfortune
Wm. Whipple and family visited Dr. Pierce and John Miller's households Sunday. Mrs. Kehl and one twin boy recently sick are now able to go out. The two buggy robes mentioned before were found and placed in Donnie Robinson's buggy to avert a scandal. Whipple moved to Nelson Grovendike's nearby property. A fine blooded horse owned by Mrs. Pierce died Monday after being moved from Kentucky. Sidney Taylor suffered another stroke of paralysis and grows weaker.
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The
Courier
Wm. Whipple
Dr. Pierce
John Miller
George Kehl
Donnie Robinson
Nelson Grovendike
Kentucky
Sidney Taylor
Over the Range Local Gossip and Society Notes
Chas Freeman and wife of Bentonville and David Showalter and family visited H M Jordan and wife last week. Miss Anna Robinson of Bunker Hill will spend the summer with Mrs Mary C Hawkins. Harrisburg lodge held a Friday initiation followed by banquet. No Sunday School at Wiley Chapel May 8 due to quarterly meeting at Falmouth. Fern B Kerr visited Roxanna Frazier. Everitt Williams and Lena Williams with Abe Kinder at Bentonville. Disreputable travelers described as packeddieres roved the area last week.
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The
Courier
Chas. Freeman
Bentonville
David Showalter
H. M. Jordan
Oliver McConnell
Anna Robinson
Bunker Hill
Mary C. Hawkins
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Harrisburg
Wiley Chapel
Falmouth
Chester F. Kerr
Miss Hope
Raymond Springer
Fern B. Kerr
Roxanna Frazier
Williams Creek
Everitt Williams
Lena
Abe Kinder
Commencement to be Held at This Place on May 17
Miss Eva Perin and others spent time here while Bro Richardson preached a good sermon last Sunday. The Commencement is scheduled for May 17 at this place. J Custer is sick. Mart Wright attends Pearl hunts weekly. Bill Merill and wife moved to Frank Ebby’s place. Mrs S E Thomas and daughter visited Will Thomas and Bast Connersville relatives. Starry Perin is clod hopping for John Jonas. Chas Thomas and friends celebrated his 28th birthday with angling on the White Water River. Miss Ethel Pike from Alpine visited Eva Custer. Frank Wines did business here last Saturday. Null Town Sunday School attendance was high. Ike Tucker visited Brookville friends. Roy Utter returned home from work here. Mrs Wesley Handley and daughter Erhel visited Mrs Noah Hood.
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The
Courier
Eva Perin
Bro. Richardson
J. Custer
Mart Wright
Bill Meriil
Null Town
Frank Ebby
E. Thomas
Will Thomas
Bast
Connersville
Lac
Starry Perin
John Jonas
Chas Thomas
White Water River
Ethel Pike
Alpine
Eva Custer
Frank Wines
Ike Tucker
Brookville
Roy Utter
Wesley Handley
Miss Erhel
Noah Hood
The Rough Riders In Connersville May Show
Sella Gray engages Captain Wethereby and his troop to perform daring horseback exhibitions after May 10 in Connersville. The riders demonstrate mounting at gallop, bareback riding, hurdle jumping, backward riding, saber drills, and grabbing handkerchiefs at speed while praised as patriotic soldiers.
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Cuba
Sella & Gray
Wethereby
United States
Connersville
Marriage License Granted for Roscu C Sanford
Roscu C Sanford obtains a marriage license to wed Eleanor Nick, the ceremony to follow per county records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscu C
Sanford
Eleanor Nick
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