Public debt and council changes stir Logansport chatter
War department fuel cut order mislaid delays draw derision as a financial efficiency gag. A Baltimore councilman resigns over public payment fears while a Nebraska pest exchange prompts alarm. A new council inauguration follows a sober old regime, amid party loyalty gripes and praise for Capt. Flynn. Mortality in April shows 14 deaths among 15 000, attributed to climate, sanitation, and medical skill.
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Logansport
Allen and Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga anniversary observed
The piece recalls Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold leading 83 Green Mountain Boys to seize Fort Ticonderoga 100 years ago, praising Allen's gallantry and lasting remembrance in American revolutionary memory. It notes the bold episode as a highlight of the war and honors Allen's fearless service.
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Jehovah
Continental Congress
Eathan Allen
Benedict Arnold
Green Mountain Boys
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Line of Patriots Endures in American Memory
The passage recalls generations honoring a heroic American figure and his horse that carried his name for decades. It praises the man as courageous and true, asserting his dedication to liberty under the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress, with lasting national significance.
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Continental Congress
Louis XVI
France
Kentucky
Alan
Louisa
Cincinnati Times
Tice
St. Louis Democrat
Dix
Bates
Canada
Courier-Journal
Washington
Donn Pratt
St. Louis
Columbia
Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Sailron
Ucohanbia
8. C
Union-Herald
Old Cambridge
Cambridge Chronicle
Baltimore
Benton
Johnny
Bill
Josh
Hudson River
Beecher-Tilton
Archy
Loss of the Steamship Schiller Stuns Nation
The Schiller, Eagle line’s large vessel built for 700000 dollars, with 254 passengers and 120 crew, sailed from New York April 28 for Hamburg. Telegraph reports over 300 dead, many German travelers homeward bound, leaving countless families in mourning across states.
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Schiller
Eagle Line
New York
Hamburg
Telegraph
Local newspaper snippets poke at politics and society
A collage of brief notes from Indiana papers notes editorials and campus chatter. Items reference hatwear and boots as markers of manhood, wheat prospects in Carroll county, a Lafayette gymnasium, and a $10,000 purse races. Includes jokes about editors and local curiosities.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Sentinel
The
Sentinel
Dan Paine
Beat Society
Delphi Journal
Carroll County
LaPorte Herald
Republican Party
Lafayette
Kokomo Democrat
Kokomo Fretting Association
Chicago Times
Indiana
Auburn Courier
Storey
Chi Times
Shaker building arson case and varied 19th century items
A roundup of historical notes cites Charles Harris found guilty as the Shaker building incendiary at Mt Lebanon New York. Other items include a centennial gas discovery, seven siblings dying of diphtheria in Renassela re county New York, and anecdotes about Marquis De Caux Heaton Advertiser and Civil War figures.
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Brion
Ferrara
Ima
J. A. Sawtelt
Paget
Charles Harris
Mt Lebanon
N. Y
Alta
Renaselare County
Marquis de Caux
Heaton Advertiser
Man Dies of the Hiccoughs in California
Milton W. Blair of Louisa County, once a local merchant, died in California last week from hiccoughs after weeks of near-constant fits. Blair sought medical help in Burlington and Chicago with no relief, then moved to California with his sister hoping for a cure before his death.
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Free Press
Samuel Whitemarsh
Northampton
Mass
Massachusetts
Benjamin Hobart
Abington
Martin Herbert
Brooklyn
Milton W. Blair
Louisa County
California
Blair
Morning Sun
Burlington
Chicago
This
Louisa Counties
Burlington Thawkeye
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Wogansport Daily
Phares
War Department
Eens
Committee On
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Grant
General Grant
Welt
Capt. Flynn
Flynn
Nobbleaville
Lafayette Granger
Tippecanoe County Agricultural Association
New Castle Mercury
Anderson Herald
White Pigeon
Fort Wayne
Madison Reed
Niconza
Terre Haute Mail
Indianapolis Sun
Bloomington
Anderson Democrat
Crawfordsville
New Courthlouse
Lew Wallace
Noblesville Ledger
Solomon Ifiatt
Westfield
Noblesville
Meeting House
Bodenhamer
Hoston Globe
Niagara
Woodoak
Carly
Ball & Naylor
Market Street
Fanning Mills
J. B. Messinder
Superior Fanning Mills
Ali
S.E. Corner Canal and Elm Streets
Swill
John Roots
Seneca Street
Buffalo
Van_ Schaack
Stevenson & Reid
Kittery
R. J. Connolly
A-P.s
Broadway
A.gleitz
August Gleitz
Ind
James McTagcart
Formenly
Mangar St
Baw
Angie
ER. C. Hversole
Fourth Sts
E. Ss. Barnes
Market St
Marnett House
Western Coal Yard
Oortem
L. P
C. E. Gridley, Practical Watchmakers & Jewelers
Rosenthal & Mack
CA AL
Market
Canal
Dr. Fitler
J. P. Fitler
C.H. Ewing
Media
Penn
Thos. Murphy
D.D
Frankford
Philadelphia
J. B
Stinson & Co
Portland,Me
Jas. Finegan
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