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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1875
Page
3
An old style newspaper advertisement touts additional express trains, superb Pullman sleepers, elegant palace day coaches, and a perfect through car system across a Magnificent track and steel rails. It lists publication times and local delivery details for Pogansport.
City offices and police department listings with names and wards. Includes mayor, clerk, treasurer, civil engineer, police judge, city attorney, and ward representatives. Engine houses and hose companies named with locations and officers.
County offices sit in court at Loute corner North and Pourth streets with officials named. Commissioners meet on Fires Moteiay in March June September and December. Court meets on the first Monday of February fourth Monday of April first Monday of September and third Monday of November.
Directory of fraternal society meetings with dates and halls. Lists numerous lodges such as Orient Lodge No. 272 Logan Chapter No. 2 and Cass Encampment No. 119, noting meeting nights places and officer names including Carson Makinson and Taylor, with officers and secretaries named for each group.
On the last Monday evening each month the Moety group meets in Hull at the corner of Bridge and Market streets over M. Frank & Bro. Officers listed include Michael Wagner as President, Adam Wecht as Vice President, Conrad Gross as Secretary, and John Wolf as Treasurer.
Weekly social halls meet on Thursdays at Market Street hall with officers Wu Shanahan and Thos Mattos. Friday evenings host Odd Fellows Hall and alternate Saturdays in Onward Hall. Y M C A rooms atop Loganport National Bank list officers and Sabbath services led by C Shepard and J K Sammis.
The President appointed Charles P Lincoln of Mississippi as Consul of the United States at Canton China. Decoration Day observed across the nation with Arlington Cemetery address by Dr John S Newman and attendance by President Grant and cabinet members. Confederate graves to be decorated next Tuesday. Drowned student crew from Trinity College reported. Barnum fat woman dies in Baltimore at 20. Various local notices on real estate, lectures, and community events.
A large fire in Great Bend Pa last night destroyed the Masonic hall two wagon shops two dwellings two banks and ten stores. Loss is estimated at 100000 with about 60000 covered by insurance. Authorities flag the blaze as incendiary.
A foreign report states Wiesenger offered to assassinate Bismarck as a ruse to extort money, with no accomplices. Other items note painter Johann Klein's death in Austria, royal Field Marshals named in England, and various European civic notices.
In winter 1881 John C Breckenridge then chair of the Senate refused to help block the formal counting and declaration of Lincoln’s electoral votes. He stood against a sectional conspiracy, asserting the constitution requires proper ascertainment and public reporting of the election results. The London World adds a separate note on the Tichborne claim and Orton.
A reader condemns the performance of Qur Heroes at the Opera House for depicting Irish characters as drunken vulgar wretches. He argues such misrepresentation harms Irish reputation among Americans and urges Irish temperance groups to protest the portrayal.
A Washington dispatch notes rising coolness between President Grant and Vice President Wilson amid policy disagreements since the term began. Analysts tie opposition to the third term idea to political tensions, suggesting insiders blame or defend motives as party leaders align.
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