Don’t Touch the Consolidated Street Railway
A 1897 editorial attacks a city push to underground wires, defending the Consolidated Street Railway as the city’s favored firm. It argues pole taxes hurt working people while other utility wires remain above ground and condemns biased reporting by the Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Joseph Mulhattan
Indiana School
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Cleveland
Consolidated Company
The
Common Council
Street Railway Company
Mythical Millions Heirship Rumor Sparks Newspaper Talk
A curious reader note discusses a paragraph claiming a person has fallen heir to several million dollars in a distant country and will soon be announced. The item reflects typical sensational rumor patterns found in period newspapers.
Truth on a Fraudulent Heir Lottery
A column debunks rumors of Trinity church property and an $80 million Bank of Holland fund accusing heirs and claimants nationwide of fraud. It warns against paying fees to pursue nonexistent fortunes and urges exposing swindlers while advising vigilant skepticism toward grand inheritance promises.
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Trinity Church
Bank of Holland
The
New York Tribune
England
How to Make Taxes Light in Chicago and Fort Wayne
John Mcculloch, Glasgow MP, told a Hull House audience in Chicago that in ten years Chicago will collect no taxes. He cited $1,000,000 yearly from gas, water, and street railways and urged aldermen to demand compensation for public franchises. The piece links pole taxes, conduit systems, and corporate interests, noting editorials and labor views, with sharp city politics and forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mcculloch
Glasgow
Hull House
Chicago
Dr Talmage in a row over Washington church affairs
Dr Talmage conflicts with the First Presbyterian Church of Washington and its presbytery over compensation and pew rents. Trustees seek his morning pulpit position. Rev Adolphus Allen and Rev Sundeland resist removal. Also notes on Chicago mayor’s critique of billionaires and U S court sanity ruling in murder cases.
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Talmage
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
Adolphus Allen
Sunderland
Allen
Dr. Talmage
Church
Mr. Allen
Wall Street and Chicago Markets Report Lead with Mixed Notes
The New York money market shows 5 percent on call with no loans and mercantile paper at high rates while sterling remains quiet. Chicago Board of Trade quotes cover wheat, corn, oats, lard and markets for butter eggs and produce with varied gains and losses. live stock at Union Stock Yards reflects mixed demand for hogs cattle and sheep. Also a notice announces a stockholders meeting for the Fort Wayne and Decatur Gravel Road at the Wayne hotel on January 21 at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Chicago
Carcano
Board of Trade
Illinois
Fort Wayne and
Decatur Gravel Road
Wayne Hotel
GarrLers HaLuer
Peter F. Poirson
Columbia Street
Purman Street
Bank Block
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sensation in London over possible mobilization
The Globe reports activity in the War Office and rumor of impending orders. A dispatch from Aldershot camp says belief persists that authorities may mobilize the army reserves and part of the militia, with ordnance stores workers unusually busy.
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London
The
Globe
War Office
Colonial Office
Aldershot
Relinquishment of Arms in Transvaal Reform
Sir Hercules Robinson reports from Pretoria that the reform committee has decided to relinquish their arms and yield to the Transvaal government demands. Johannesburgers place confidence in him to secure justice.
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Johannesburg
London
Hercules Robinson
Colonial Office
Pretoria
Reform Committee
Transvaal
Convenient mileage tickets from Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburgh
Travelers find mileage tickets issued by the Pennsylvania Lines great convenances and money savers. They cover major Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois cities including Pittsburgh Erie Cleveland Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Columbus Wheeling and more. A 1000 mile ticket costs 20 dollars at 2 cents per mile, with larger savings on longer trips. available at Pennsylvania Lines ticket offices. For Fort Wayne information contact JE. Baa at 1-6-m.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Erie
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Columbus
Wheeling
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Pan
Fort ‘Wayne
Sympathy for Cuba Affects Policy and Belligerent Rights
Washington reports growing sympathy for Cuban independence and signs that the United States may intervene if Spain fails to suppress the revolt. The piece notes Spain’s heavy winter campaign and Cuban advances, with the president hinting at possible action within 60 to 90 days, including a cautious moral intervention rather than immediate recognition of belligerent rights. Walter Wellman comments from high official circles on potential policy shifts.
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Washington
Cuba
Congress
State Department
Senor de Lome
Cleveland
Olney
Spain
United States
Madrid
Martinez Campos
Haryana
Atlantic
Cuban
Havana
Armenia
Europe
Walter Wellman
Diseases and Conditions Treated at Local Clinic
A list of ailments including syphilis gonorrhoea gleet stricture varicocele hydrocele loss of manhood vital drain in urine and nocturnal emissions. Impotency impaired memory weak back kidney and bladder diseases Brights disease diabetes and other self abuse related issues are described as successfully treated with a frequent urge to pass bloody mucus in urine noted.
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Bright
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R.L. Krull
E. Washington Street
the Evening Post
M. E. Burns
East Berry Street
Charles McCulloch
the Post
Electric Light Works
McDonald
East Siam
Court House
Trade and Labor Council
General Electric Company
Kaiser
Billy
Coudert
Frederick QR
Supreme Court of the United States
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Africa
Epinsurg
James Ward
Rockville
John Ott
Rockbridge County
Virginia
Richmond
John Harrison
New York Financial
Union
Talay
Texas
Pennsylvania Lines
Porson
Standard Medical and Surgical Institute
N. R. Wenger
Calhoun Street
Bohemian
Telephone
Centlivre
IHS
Evening Post
East Berry
E. Berry St
District Telegraph Office
Evenine Post
Eee
Louis F. Cardes
Pixley-Long Block
O. Y
Barrer
Barr Street
New Avelune
West Main Street
J. Care Post
G. B. Evening Post
Evening Post Office
John E. Thompson
Wall Street
Noble
Clinton Street
Hox
M. Evening Post
Washington St
East Main Street
Henry Monnine
E. Wayne St
Romy & Bobiya
Normandy
F. J. Curtice
Schmitz Building
Simon Freistrofffer
Clay Street
A.C. Aurents
Berry Street
Washington Street
Harrison St
Douglas Ave
White National Bank
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