Local Social News and Incident Briefs
Miss Mary Meyers travels to Chicago. Mrs. W. W. Barnett hosts Shakespeare club this afternoon. Births include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Speelman and a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. H. OC. Greenland. Mrs. H. B. Fishering visits W. E. Jenkinson in South Harrison. Miss Mattie Bittner visits Philadelphia sister in law at 618 South Harrison. A gas main leak at Hanna and Wallace caused Hartman grocery cellar danger. Opie club plans social at Miss Rose Busching 148 Wallace. Mrs. Walter Kelsey reports drunken husband. police find house quiet and occupant asleep.
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Mary Meyers
South Harrison Street
Chicago
W. W. Barnett
Shakespeare Club
R. S. Speelman
Buchanan Street
H. OC. Greenland
Maude Street
H. B. Fishering
Richmond
Ind
W. E. Jenkinson
Hartman Grocery
Opie Club
Fort Wayne
Rose Busching
Wallace Street
Walter Kelsey
South
Calhoun Street
Wabash Offers Low Round Trip to Hot Springs Ark
The Wabash line sells round trip excursion tickets to Hot Springs Arkansas at reduced rates good 90 days. Through sleeping car service from major stations with one car change in St. Louis Union Station. Hot Springs is government endorsed as a health resort with many hotels and clinics.
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Wabash
Hot Springs
Arkansas
St. Louis Union Station
United States
Italy
Wabash Railroad
Cranx
St. Louis
Early Time Card Brings Fort Wayne to Indianapolis Trip
With the new time card in effect on Oct 20, trains depart Fort Wayne at 7 10 a m arrive Indianapolis 11 28 a m and return from Indianapolis 6 25 p m arrive Fort Wayne 10 20 p m. The schedule offers a half day at the State capital for travelers.
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Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Indianapolia
Central Time
Wayne
Pennsylvania Station
Ind
Solia Uaings
Conners Hills
New Castle
Rushville
United States
Canada
Murder of Pearl Bryan fuels Cincinnati mob fears
Cincinnati reports rise in vigilance after Pearl Bryan murder. Drivers and witnesses identified. George H. Jackson, the carriage driver, recalls hiring for five dollars and transporting a man and a woman before Bryan’s death. Detectives trace a rockaway used Jan 31 to Feb 1 with bloodstains and a bloody pencil.
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Cincinnati
Pearl
Bryan
Covington
Newport
Coyington
Pearl Bryan
George H. Jackson
Jackson
Surrey
Fort Thomas
Newport Bridge
Tarvin
George Jackson
Alexandria Pike
Weir
Crim and
McDermitt
Rockaway
Walnut Hills Cab Company
Kentucky's Governor Prepares for Possible Augusta Lynching
FRANKFORT February 17 The McCreary guards moved to armory with ammunition amid rumors of impending trouble in the legislature and a possible Augusta lynching after the murders of Robert Laughlin's wife and his 14-year-old niece. Officials deny but fear mob violence as Governor orders a firm response.
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Kentucky
Augusta
Robert Laughlin
Laughlin
Not Certain About Young Jackson at Midnight Jail
A dramatic, unnamed reporter details a silent midnight jail inspection by a colored man named Jackson who identifies Walling as the man who sat with him. The examination extended man by man, ending with Walling as the suspect. Jackson cites caution, fear of betrayal, and a rough rail weight found in a survey as crucial clues amid threats to silence witnesses.
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Jackson
Walling
John
Wife of Nansen Hopes for News Amid Global Interest
In Christiania, Mrs. Nansen spoke with an Associated Press representative, awaiting word on her husband’s whereabouts. She remains hopeful a message may have reached Jakutsk or other sources, yet she also holds private doubts due to lack of direct communication.
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Christiania
Norway
Nansen
Associated Press
Jakutsk
Dr. Nansen
Mrs. Nansen
Evare
Eight Persons Burned in Soho Fire at No 7 Church Street
London reports a deadly Soho tenement blaze behind the Palace theater of varieties with eight people burned, including five children. A man leaped from a window and was impaled on a fence rail, later dying in hospital. The chaos followed amid a second note on Secretary Morton and seed distribution during Washington proceedings.
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London
Church Street
Soho
Palace Theater of Varieties
Washindon
Morton
Bostner
Silver party urges defy influence in presidential fight
J J Mott of the Silver Party warns that money forces profit over people and calls for a Jacksonian president pledged to unlimited coinage of silver and gold at sixteen to one. He argues gold allies control parties, while silver supporters must unite to restore prosperity and national credit.
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Washington
J. J. Mott
National Committee of the
Silver Party
Andrew Jackson
Israel
Straw Vote in Herald Lists Republican Nomination Possibilities
The New York Herald reports estimates for the 1896 Republican nominating convention in St. Louis on June 16. It names four leading possibilities McKinley Reed Allison Morton and fourteen others with varying delegate counts, totaling 911 delegates and a 456-vote majority.
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New York
the Herald
St. Louis
William McKinley
William B. Allison
Levi P. Morton
Thomas B. Reed
Benjamin Harrison
Shelby M. Cullom
Russell A. Alger
Robert T. Lincoln
Matthew S. Quay
Joseph B. Foraker
John Sherman
William O. Bradley
Henry M. Teller
Stephen B. Elkins
Cushman K. Davis
James S. Clarkson
Charles’. Manderson
John H. Spooner
Major McKinley
Reed
McKinley
Allison
Morton
Lincoln
Tennessee
Alger
Davis
Bradley
Quay
Culiom
Commonweal Leader Organizes the Men Who Labor
In Omaha on February 17 two hundred laboring men formed a new national political party. General Kelly, known for the Industrial Army, chaired the gathering. The pledge declares support for no party but the Party of Labor and renunciation of ties to Republican, Democratic, and Populist parties. State and national organizations will be pursued immediately.
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Omaha
Kelly
Industrial Army Fame
Party of Labor
Quay Confirms Sincere Bid for Presidency in Beav er
Senator Quay declared in an interview with Frank De H Robison that his bid for the 1908 presidential nomination at St Louis is bona fide and that he is in the fight to win. He said failure would not be due to a lack of effort by his supporters.
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Pitts Bux
Quay
St. Louis
Frank de H. Robison
Cleveland
Robison
Mark A. Hanna
McKinley
Beaver
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Philadelphia, Pa
Harry Westerman
Harrison Street
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Edgwater Ave
Everett & Doud
Nat. Bank
Calhoun and
Berry Sts
George Meyers
Pittsburg
Hanna
Force
Gay
Frank Alderman
Waiepin
Nae
South Side Wall Paper Store
Taber St
West Side
Calhoun
W.H. Schultz
Fairfield Ave
WM. Turner
DeWaldo Streets
Emmett Martin
Buchanan
Ark
State Capital
Wallings
Wight
Bryanta
Beoath
Hughitt
Northwestern
Cuicano
William H. Hughitt
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Madison
Wis.) University
Marvin Hughitt
Young
Iowa
Des Moines
Senate
Heraldo
Madrid
Spain
John McBride
Drs Morners
Woolson
Kingman & U Co
McBride
Iowa Falls
Louis Fisher
Here
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House
The
White Metal Party
New York Herald Makers
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Weee Soare
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N.Y
Boston
Gleveland Mail
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Chicago Express
Chicago Mail
Western Express
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B. F. Horner
Oro Be
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K ‘Asnonger
Tr Wayne
Indiana
Tla
Mennonite Book Concern
East Main Street
FE. L. Craw
Real Estate, Loans and Insurance
A. ©. Gocke
Broadway and
Washington Boulevard
Telephone
NEW York Herald
W.A. Meyer
Cor. Broadway and
Jefferson Sts
Bradley & Son
East
Wayne St
Ft. Wayne
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
North Bound
Arem
EIN
Booth Bound
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Philley
Ft. W
C. and
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C F Daly
Ae HC Parker
Indianapis
New York and Boston Limited
Toledo
Atlantic Express
Lafayette Accom
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Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Sund Lafayette Accom’n
Sund St. Louis Limited
Indianapoliss
Fort, Wayne
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Inday
By Ay
Adian
New York Palace
New York and St. Louis
BR. G. Thompson
NEW Party
Chicago Bowery
Broadway
Geller
W. F. Geller
C. B. Fitch
Reliable Companies
Bass Block
Keystone State
Clifton House
Monroe Street
Wabash Ave
Palmer
GEO. Cummings Hotel CO
Geo. Cummings
White National Bank
A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
Wland Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
OUTE
Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western Railroad
Haviland
Cloverdale
Ottawa
Taree C.H. & D
Findlay
P.M
A.M
Rom Wabash
Brieght Homn
Evenine Post
Hamilton National Bank
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