Hold-Over Senate Clash Sparks apportionment bid and rival plans
Telegrams from district committeemen show half of Republicans ready to back a special session for a fair apportionment law. Democrats plan to seat hold-over senators de jure if elections occur in 25 districts, risking dueling assemblies. Also notes on local ads and Amelie Rives Chanler marriage rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpranaprouis
State Committee
Matthews
Samuel Kercheval
Marion County
Tom Taggart
Democratic State Committee
Thomas Taggart
Democratic Committee
Handsomely Bound Books at Bennett's 10c Each
Advertisement notes standard works priced at 10 cents each at Bennett's 27 Calhoun Street. Mentions forthcoming opening of Louis Wolf and Co Arcade Dry Goods in the Havenine Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett’s
Calhoun St
Louis Wolf & Co
Hvenine Post
Goto Bennett’s
Evenine Post
Louisa, Wolf & Co
Farm dispute ends with fatal ax blow near Brazil Ind
Last evening James Bridgewaters and Charles Smith, farmers ten miles south of Brazil, fought over stock. Mrs Smith intervened and Bridgewaters struck her with an axe, inflicting a likely fatal head wound. Bridgewaters has been arrested.
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Brazil
Ind
James Bridgewaters
Charles Smith
Free sheet music giveaway at Karns Music Store
Three thousand copies of sheet music will be given away with each customer who spends one dollar at Karns Music Store located at 9 East Columbia Street, Coffee. Offer valid for purchases between 18 and 35 cents at Bennetts, 27 Calhoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karn
East Columbia Street
Lured to ruin in East Main saloon drugged old soldier
An elderly pensioner was drugged in an East Main street saloon after being charmed by women calling him grandpa. He awoke in a police cell then in a poorhouse with head wounds and $100 missing, as police pursue a gang from the alleged robbery. Prosecutors refuse to discuss details while focusing on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Main Street
Grandpa
Main
Columbia Street
Liggett
Doughman
Aiken
Kane's Baby Cabs and Accessories Advertised
The ad promotes Kane's Baby Cabs with prices from 7.40 to 12.50 and claims paraly sers and beauty, highlighting Sleeping Coaches from 7.40. It also lists masks, trunks, satchels, baskets, mirrors, pocket books and purses as available goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane’s
Kane's
Healer Schrader at Lincoln Draws Crowd in Talented Healing
Healer August Schrader, famed as a west coast divine healer, arrived from Mexico Missouri to aid local invalids in Tancony. He uses laying on of hands prayers blessing handkerchiefs and does not charge, only requesting expenses. Reported improvements include a paralyzed patient healing, a plaster cast removed, and sight enhancement. Visitors arrive from Springfield Bloomington and beyond.
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Tancony
Ill
Schrader
Mexico
Springfield
Bloomington
Lenten Regulations Promulgated by Fort Wayne Bishop
The Fort Wayne diocese readers learn of lent regulations announced by Bishop Rademacher and read in Catholic churches last Sunday. The rules, issued under Holy See faculties dated August 3, 1887, cover fasting and related dispensation provisions.
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Rademacher
Fort Wayne
Holy See
Lent Regulations For This Diocese
The document outlines Lent fasting rules for the diocese six age groups, meals, and exemptions. It details one main meal at noon on fast days, a morning collation, permissible foods, and conditions for dispensation including Sundays and specific weekdays. It also notes exemptions for youth under 21, seniors over 60, the sick, nursing women, laborers, and health-affected individuals. It urges moderation and virtuous living during Holy Week.
Three Mischief Makers Cause Citywide Panic and Capture
Three assailants Cherry Studley and Lauer attacked a soap works driver at the east end, overturned barrels, and fought with the employer. Cherry was driven into a river but was rescued. Studley jailed, Lauer captured, and all three badly cut. Subsequent court notes report divorces, false imprisonment suit, drunkenness penalties, and a chicken theft case heading to the jury, with assorted local notices and ads following.
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Cherry
Studley
Lauer
East End
East
Beghoffi’s
Lyon Comedy Company at the Empire Promises Cheap Entertainment
The Lyon Comedy Company drew crowds at the Empire last night praising the value, with two performances planned including a ladies matinee and the evening show. They will perform Hazel Kirke, a drama newly seen in the city at low prices, while the Sangerball event pauses tonight.
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Lyon Comedy Company
Saengerbuna
Lyon Company
Hazel Kirke
Empire
Railroad News From the Shops Ahead of Snowstorm
In New York A. L. Searles and C. S. Knight of the Electric works are reported there. Foreman Isaac Wise of the Pittsboro tank shop is very low. Several Pittsburg workers are absent sick or on duty as conditions change. The Pennsylvanian snow plow is being touched up before a storm. engines 168 and 234 undergo repairs and tests. A. O. U. W. grand lodge heads to South Bend. ex-conductor Thomas Hume has a new post at Van Wert. The Big Four in Wabash opens new shops costing nearly 30000. Captain Harrison of the Pennsylvania company gains weight on leave.
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Isaac Wise
Pittsboro
F. Manier
Pittsburg
C. Tierney
al Mercer
Bass Blacksmith
John O'Niel
John Finlason
J. Moore
Julius Koch
South Bend
Grand Lodge
John Koehe
Chicago
Koehe
John Ryan
Dick Hartnett
J. L. Potter
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Company
Western Railway Club
Thos. Hume
Cincinnati, Jackson and Macmaw Road
van Wert
Pat Scully
Laurence Hilgeman
Mary Foster
Read Foreman Foster
Wabash
Hilgeman
Harrison
Lavcaster
Abraham Hoover’s House Burns a Second Time
Northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio doctors met at City Hall to form the Upper Maumee Valley Medical association with Dr. G. W. McCaskey as chair and Dr. Kent K. Wheelock as secretary. Officers and executive committee were named, led by President C. B. Siemen and Wheelock. A fire at Abraham Hoover’s residence on East Lewis Street caused about 200 dollars in damage after an overheated stove ignited wallpaper. The Northeastern Agricultural association convened at Randall to set fair dates with R. M. Lockhart re elected president and J. S. Cosgrove re elected secretary. Pocketbook and citrus ad items appear at end.
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Indiana
Ohio
Upper
Maumee Valley Medical Association
G. W. McCaskey
Kent K. Wheelock
C. B. Siemen
Fort Wayne
J. K. Wood
van Wert
T. P. Williams
Angola
M. F. Porter
J. L. Gilbert
C. E. Slocum
J. W. Squires
A P. Buchman
H. A. Weers
K. K. Wheelock
Abraham Hoover
East Lewis Street
Northeastern Agricultural Association
Randall
R. M. Lockhart
Waterloo
Ind
J. S. Cosgrove
Kendallville
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Adams
VanArsdel
Supreme Court
Gowdy
Clinton
Holt
Dauias F. Green
International Business College
T. L. Stapies
Bennett's
Amelie Rives
Prince Troubetzkoy
New York
Amelia Rives Chanter
Chanler
John Armstrong Chanler
Prince
London
Paris
Farmer
Poe Enos
East Berry Street
Ulle
Lone
The
Business College
Evening Post
Berghoff Brewery
John Hobrock
Ollie Hobrock
Louis F. Ganzer
Messrs
Wm. F. Brenzinger
George Mittag
Brenzinger Baking Company
O'Rourke
John McNamara
Oakley
John
Steve Drew
Henry Koons
Adam Rowe
Circuit Court
Holder
Justice of the Peace
Harry F. France
Frorr Houss
Cleary
Harrison Street
Washington
Railroad News
A. L. Searles and
C. S. Knight
the Electric Works
W. J. Wheeler
Fred Engleking
Pennsylvania
the Fair Association
Dallas F. Green
California Oranges
Cape
Exclusive
Cloak and Fur House
V. Gutermuth
Calhoun Street
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