Quiet Winter Wedding and Local Happenings on South Side
Miss Bertha Kelsey wed Delbert Edmunds in a quiet ceremony at the Quicksell home with close family and guests from Columbia City. Emma Valiquette has returned to Dayton, and Mabel and Nellie Lawson plan a sleighing party with a supper to follow. Frank Brown bought the Noftzyer residence on South Fairfield Avenue and will move in after his marriage to Anna Bond this month. Reservoir lake gains electric lighting at both ends and the middle to aid nightly skaters, with a free island light approved by the city.
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Emma Valiquette
Charles Beuret
Dayton
Mabel
Nellie Lawson
Frank Brown
Noftzyer
South Fairfield Avenue
Anna Bond
Reservoir Lake
Board of Public Works
Creighton Avenue
Clinton Street
Electric Light Company
Peter Quicksell
W. M. Kelsey
W. F. Rossman
Ida Sipple
Columbia City
Mrs. Edmunds
Mrs. Wells
First Street
Talk of the Farm and Politics in Indiana Session
The Indiana Congress of Industrial Associations met in Indianapolis with over 200 farmers. Governor Matthews urged a midwinter stock show linked to the Chicago event and wool tariff discussions dominated by the Wool Growers. The meeting featured electricity on farms by Bellamy Sutton and a reception at the state house, amid a strong free silver sentiment and no political talk from delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Congress of Industrial Associations
Matthews
Chicago
Bellamy Sutton
Shelbyville
State House
Virginia C. Meredith
The Champion Married Couple in Indiana
John and Martha Cates, a Wayne County couple, have lived in marriage for seventy seven years. He is 95 and she 98, born in Tennessee and married in 1819. They moved to Indiana around 1830, have eight now-adult children, and Mrs. Cates is gravely ill while Mr. Cates remains able to manage their farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Wayne County
Olive Hill
John
Martha Cates
Indiana
United States
Cates
Woman sues for divorce claiming husband is bigamist
Sophronia Cooper files divorce suit alleging Frederick Cooper left her within two months of marriage to live with his first wife in Vandalia Isis. She seeks relief and alimony of 300 dollars.
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Terre Haute
Jan
Sophronia Cooper
Frederick Cooper
Vandalia
Isis
Bank inquiry on popular bonds meets limited gold reserves
Wasasu banks receive from the New York World a query about purchasing bonds if a treasury loan is asked. With only 40 000 dollars in gold, they say they cannot handle any of the bonds offered at 3 percent. In Wasasu a grocer finds a $10 gold piece in a coffee mill later accepted at 9 50. Jeffersonville sheriff arrests James Barnes accused of stealing 400 dollars, a horse, and a buggy from his wife, while crossing to Kentucky. Terre Haute bondsman cover for Charles W. Ricketts who fled false pretenses, and Roxomo reports the death of John Snow known as Bluster Snow after a freezing incident.
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Wasasu
First
New York World
Secretary of the Treasury
Wasasi
Francis M. Coate
South Side
Jeffersonville
Bruce Garriott
Washington County
Salem
James Barnes
Barnes
Emory
Kentucky
Terre Havuts
Charles W. Ricketts
Ricketts
Paris
Ills
Vigo County
Boatman
Negrns Township
Springfield
Order of
Durfee
J. C. Post
Washington
James Clarence Post
General Poe
Corps of Engineers
Great Lakes
New York City
New York
Delegate Convention in Terre Haute Discusses 1896 Scale
Indiana bituminous miners meet in Terre Haute to study the 1896 wage scale effective April 1 and probe Washington district strike over screen systems. Delegates deny plans to curb output while advocates push for changes. About 3,600 miners represented by 35 delegates from all districts except Clinton.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Washington
Clinton
Bargain Lot Catalog for apparel and fabrics
All caps and shirts offered at reduced prices. Mens shirts and navy blue Latino shirts reduced from 75c to 40c and 75c to 50c. Laundried shirts 25c. Boys Jersey Wool shirts 35c. Ladies skirts 65c. Ladies long sleeve vests 13c. Ladies wool vests 25c. Childs wool vests 15c. Childs wool hose 15c. Deals reflect bulk quantities and older stock.
Income tax clash and Senate critique of Supreme Court ruling
Washington dispatch reports amid a Senate debate that West attacked the Supreme Court for the income tax decision and tied the issue to bimetallism versus gold standard. The piece notes reserves dipping below 60 million and fears of heavy gold exports as February approaches.
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Missouri Statesman
Senate
Washington
West
Sherman
Supreme Court
Republican Senate Caucus Fails to Conclude on House Tariff Bill
Washington January 8 The Republican senate caucus spent an hour and a half debating amendments to the tariff bill with no formal decision. Most favor reporting the bill as from the house while some senators doubt its wisdom. Finance committee members Allison and Aldrich said changes should raise rates on agricultural products spirits pottery and sugar. The caucus adjourned to reconvene in the afternoon.
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Washington
Senate
House
Allison
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Lodge Accuses New York World Editor of Soliciting Foreign Opinions
Washington reports that Senator Lodge charged the editor of the New York World with violating section 6485 by soliciting opinions from the Prince of Wales and other foreigners on the Venezuelan dispute and bond prospects in Europe. The debate touches on public opinion as arbiter and raises questions about the law's reach during wartime.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
New York World
Europe
Gray
Chandler
Pulitzer
Finance Committee
Morrill
Elkins
West
Sherman
Supreme Court
Prince of Wales
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Everett & Doud
Nat. Bank
Calhoun and
Berry Sts. Igigino
Ios
George Meyers
Qivla
RIEL
Hanna, Force, John and
Gay Streets
South Side Wall Paper Store
S. Calhoun ST
Kernan
Taber St
West Side
Calhoun
Phillip Graf
Lafayette Street
WM. Turner
Cor, Hanna
DeWald Streets
Galvin
Laporte
Chesterton
George Adams
Thomas Shay
Adams
Shay
Otto Moench
Masons’ Union Life Insurance Company
Samuel Paugh
Paul
Patrick Galvin
Aurora
Emeline Post
Harrison Township
Ireland
America
Newport
S. B. Davis
Brindley
Davis
Vermillion County
Roxomo
John Snow
Hostier
Snow
Nisl City
Scales
Democratic Party
Congress
Harlan
Brown
Justce
Vanderbilt
Army
Navy
Justice Brown
Sichange
Cuba
Hitt
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Wastiteton
Syndicate Will
Columbia Construction Company
Secretary of State
Moloney
Flourney Company
Omaha
Shiras
Iowa
Flournoy Company
Atchison
Frank McCain
Winthrop
Wash
Nauvoo
Keoxux
Jacob Christ
Montrose
Misaiasippi
Mias Carrie Hoots
Ita Hutian
chKer
Acker Medicine Coo
Chambers St
N. Y
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmer
West Wayne St. Telephone
Clifton
Monroe Street
Wabash Ave
Palmer
GEO. Cummings Hotel CO
Geo. Cummings
Ill
A. €. Gocke
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Albert E. Bulson, Jr
PixLey Long Rock
Fort Wayne
Hamilton National Bank
Charles McCulloch
John Mohr, JR
Ind
Rescue Medicine Company
W. A. Hart
Hall
Avenine
Moellering’s
H. G. Sommers
Wu, Persin Chip
Faultless Chemical Co
Baltimore, MD
The
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Jines
Central Time
Maily
Nickel
TheNer
York
East
Boston
Cleveland Mail
Hastern Express
Princips
A. W. Johnston
B. F. Horner
Cleveland
M. C. Baxgs
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Comneraville
New Castle
Rushville
Canada
Grand Rapids Anddiana Railroad
Rulngsault
Grand Rapids
Cincinnat
Grand Rapides
Boston ‘Limited
Toledo Express
Atlantic Sekt
Lafayette
Pavica
New York and St. Louis
Atlantic
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Cannon Ball
Kansas City
R. G. Thompson
Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western Railroad
Haviland
Cloverdale
Ottawa
Toledo
Findlay
A&i
A. M
P.M
A. Me
A.M. PM
LP. M. West
Wabash Station
Ankt
Ae Maes
Frank Leslie
Bete
Ner
Ear
Huining Post
Bend
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