City Offices Over No 47 Broadway
City offices at 47 Broadway host council meetings on the first and third Wednesday evenings each month as public sessions for local governance.
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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1875
Page
6
City offices at 47 Broadway host council meetings on the first and third Wednesday evenings each month as public sessions for local governance.
County offices at Court House corner North and Fourth listed commissioners Foglesong Uhl and Aynes. Court sessions set for first Mondays in March June September and December with officials including Auditor Drakenore Clerk LaRose Sheriff Manly Treasurer Hebel Recorder Sheerin Surveyor Brophy Coroner Ivins Superintendent Wilson Circuit Judge Chane Hollins and Attorney Hollins. Circuit Court meets on the first Monday in February, fourth Monday in April, first Monday in September, and third Monday in November.
Society Directory lists A F and A M Yipton Lodge Neso Mevts meeting first and third Fridays in their Hall at North and Fourth streets with officers Frank Gug genheimer W OML and others. Orient Lodge 272 Logan Chapter 2 and other groups meet weekly and monthly in Orient Hall on Broadway, with officers Carson Miles Tucker and Taylor recurring. encampments and councils meet on specified Thursdays and Mondays with numerous officers named.
Meets on the last Monday evening in each month in their Hall at the corner of Bridge and Market streets over M. Frank & Bro. Michael Wagner serves as President with Adam Wecht as Vice President Conrad Grosn as Secretary and John Wolk as Treasurer.
The text lists officers for Wa. Shanahen and Malloy and other names as hall meeting coordinators. It notes weekly gatherings at 72 Market Street Wa and alternate Friday and Saturday sessions at Onward Lodge No.201 in Shultztown with listed officers including Rev 0 M Robertson W C Ty D H Graham P W C Otila Ward and J P McNary among others.
Timetable fragment lists connections among Logansport Indianapolis Chicago Louisville Richmond Columbus and Peoria with arrival and departure times. Passengers can travel to Indianapolis and return the same day from noon to five in the afternoon.
In western Minnesota counties reports say grasshopper eggs are hatching on light sandy soils as weather turns warmer. MeZcod and LeSueur counties fear vast hoppers with dry weather coming next month. The affected region spans sixteen counties in the upper Minnesota and Red River Valleys with about 40 000 people and last season produced 1 500 000 bushels of surplus wheat.
Notices report the funeral from St Vincent de Paul church tomorrow at 3 o'clock. Other items note bids for repairing canal bridges at High and Market streets, a Nash letter from Terre Haute, and upcoming sermons by Rev Miles Grant and Rev Beamer. Journal items mention Vandekaar murder verdict prospects, Logan Greys entertainment, and various local society movements.
The Knight Templar held a May expedition from Logansport on a L C and Sw road special with conductor Fox guiding six hours of travel. A gala Terre Haute gathering celebrated Indiana Templar Masonry twenty first anniversary, featuring a large uniform procession and a lavish banquet with formal toasts. Also noted is cross-state coverage of liquor-law debates and Michigan constitutional remarks.
New York reports a silk conspiracy involving about 500 members across wealth centers with England and continental links. Chicago talks of a potential 50 mile branch to Washington lands atop railroad plans. London dispatch notes Schiller wreck victims. Boston probes contraband liquor shipments totaling around 50 000 dollars. Iowa and Wisconsin scenes recount a father son shooting suicide in Glenhaven and a Camden hanging for Benjamin Cooper murder.
A large quantity of gold melted in San Francisco on Thursday. A Rio Janeiro dispatch notes a political change in progress. Salem Oregon reports a special election set for October 25th to fill a congressional vacancy. Silk conspirators probe reveals silk shipments impacting New York revenue. Pittsburgh oil refineries join a refining coalition with no compulsory shipment or price controls, leaving profits to market forces.
Ladies of Warsaw vow strict economy to aid households by limiting clothing purchases. They agree for one year from May 1 1875 not to spend more than 25 cents per yard on fabric and to cut back on nonessential apparel.
A collage of brief snippets covers fashion trims and bonnets, opera plans for next winter, weather notes between Grant and Wilson, Offenbach ballet in a new opera, and Lady Kate a new play. Mentions of a Boston letter carrier gift, Norways’ newspaper idea, and a witty remark on beauty. Also notes about Dublin hall admissions, Evarts on a trial, railroads in Sardinia, a farmyard jest, and the china mania spreading in England.
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