Citizens press for public council meeting on Everett franchise
Fort Wayne readers are urged to attend tonight’s council session where the committee of the whole will report and a vote on the Everett franchise will be held. Citizens demand transparency after a secret meeting controversy exposed by the Post, accusing councilmen of favoring greedy corporations over taxpayers.
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Fort Wayne
Everett
Corporation
Council Chamber
Post
Journal’s malady mocked by rambling critique
A pointed critique likens the newspaper to a broken machine, claiming it staggers under faulty judgment after clashing with E Everett over a 3-cent streetcar plan. The writer mocks the journal’s editor and urges taxpayers to attend tonight’s city council meeting.
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E. Everett
Labor federation moves toward eight hour strike action
Indianapolis dispatch notes the National Federation of Labor executive committee discussing an eight hour day. Carpenters Iron Ore Workers and Horseshoers volunteer for action, with a probable carpenters strike nationwide to test union rights. Gompers to lobby in Washington. money and membership rise for the federation.
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Indianapolis
National Federation of Labor
Gompers
August McGraith
P. J. Maguire
Philadelphia
James Dunbtan
Baltimore
James O'Connell
Chicago
M. M. Garland
Pittsburg
Maguire
Lennon
O’ Connell
Carpenters
Horseshoers
McGraith
Carpenters’ National Union
Washington
Milwaukee
National Musicians’ Convention
Congress
Death Toll Rises After Berwind White Mine Blast
A gas explosion at the Berwind White mines near Dusols kills 13 miners. Bodies removed to a makeshift morgue for next of kin. Most were married. one was a single son. Another Adrian mine blast eight miles south kills two married men, Isaac Jones and Jos Lawrence, who left eleven children.
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Pennsylvania
Dusols
Ien
Adrian Minea
Here
Isaac Jones
Jos Lawrence
Mob lynches Ike Pizer near Emporia Station
A mob in Louisiana lynched Ike Pizer near Emporia Station after he insulted and struck two white girls on the railroad track. The incident spurred a search and the mob pursued and killed him as fearful cries echoed from the woods. Legislative notices and other items appear from Des Moines and Springfield, including routine house business and a horsethief case involving Girard Chouteau.
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Shreveport
Ike Pizer
Emporia
Macon Republicans Split Over McKinley Delegates at Convention
Macon county Republicans held a lively convention with a push to instruct congressional delegates to vote for Hugh Crea and H. N. Schuyler for national delegates and to vote for McKinley at all times. A minority opposed instructions. they left vowing Cullom support may still prevail in the district. A separate item notes Atlanta rumors of a new independent Democratic daily backed by manufacturers and a $250,000 capital to advocate tariff protection.
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New York
York City
William McKinley
Ohio
Union
McKinley
Republican
Hether
Republican Party
Prosperity
Lowell Jerome
Jerome
Wagner’Swayne
United States
Morton
Swayne
St. Louis
Decatur
Macon County
Hugh Crea
Macon
H. N. Schuyler
Christiania
Cres
Mason County
Democratic
Atlanta
William Venable
Constitution
Granite
Venable
Appropriate Perfumes and Dress Accessories
Public sentiment on perfume remains divided with refined women favoring discretion while others scent rooms and personal items. The guide warns against cheap perfumery and musk odors and recommends fresh toilet soaps and careful wardrobe details like belts and velveteen pelerine to complete a refined look.
Announcements for Joint Senator and City Posts
A stream of notices asks leaders and residents to announce candidacies for joint senator Allen and Whitley counties, sheriff Allen county, mayor, city clerk, and council seats in various wards. Names include W S Ganpy Louis J Boprya John H Rehan H P Scoenlen Chauncey Oakley Emmett Martin and others with party nomination caveats.
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Allen
Whitley
W. S. Ganpy
Ephom
Allen and
Whitley Counties
Borror
John H. Rehan
Allen County
Eorror
Sioney C. Lumbard
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Charles E. Everett
Oakley
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Brownstown
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Estate Board of Examiners
Springfield
Girard Chouteau
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Mprinley
Cullom
Edo
Evening Post
the Evening Post
E. Berry St
District Telegraph Office
O. L. Perry
West DeWald Street
Seerea
Louis J. Boprya
J. G. Hartman's Cigar Factory
Maumee Ave
Co- Operative Association
Calhoun Street
Maple Ave
H. P. ScoEren
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Henry Monwine
Weils Street
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Tenth Ward
Emmett Martin
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Apothi Schulte
Chanles Haan
Jefferson'street
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Ial-Barin Farms
Romy & Bobitya
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Normandy
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Schmitz Building
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Good Fire Insurance Co
Louis F. Cardes
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Claremont
Calhoun St
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Business College
International Business College
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