Confederate Veterans Lead Chattanooga Battlefield Parade
The Chattanooga battlefield dedication drew a huge crowd with a standout feature a company of veteran Confederates in tattered gray uniforms marching proudly and receiving an ovation. Notables rode in twenty-two carriages including Vice President Stevenson Speaker Crisp and Governors from Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Tennessee. The day’s events began with a grand parade through the city ending at Grant University where a Union salute was fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Peffer Hurt
Chattanooga
West Point
A. E. Stevenson
House of Representatives
Charles F. Crisp
J. W. Maddox
Georgia
Tlon. Benton McMillan
Tennessee
D. B. Henderson
Iowa
Peffer
Kansas
C. N. Morgan
Longstreet
Tom Fort
J. W. Leigh
C. Sanders
Miss Sanders
Bishop Gailor
Fullerton
Indiana
Claude Matthews
Robbins
Compton
I. N. Walker
Kr. I. Stone
L. B. Martin
Fassit
A. M. Merchumer
J. M. Healy
Indiana State Commission
Massachusetts
Rich
Michigan
Holcomb
Peter Turney
George W. Ochs
Ohio
United States
Grant University
Orchard Knob
Stevenson
Samuel J. Nicholls
St. Louis
Mountain City
Conflicting Civil War Views Stir Assembly Speech
General W B Bate of Tennessee defends the Confederacy saying no apology for 1861 5 and asserts equal rights for states within the Union while General Grosvenor of Ohio praises the Union victory for preserving the United States and preventing its overthrow. The exchange emphasizes differing histories and loyalties as the chamber reflects on past conflicts.
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W. B. Bate
Tennessee
Union
South
General Grosvenor
Ohio
North
Confederacy
Union of
Union of Hands and States Decree in Execution Emphasized
A speech asserts the union of hands and states cannot be severed. No further legislation will occur. execution follows the decree from the battles of 1861 to 1865. The central claim is that the union is one and inseparable, new in power and force, yet not a new doctrine.
Survivors of Civil War armies gather at Barnum's tent
A large meeting at Barnum's tent brings together survivors of the Army of Northern Virginia and parts of the Army of the Potomac from Chickamauga. Speakers include General E C Walthall and Governor Oates, reflecting on secession, the war, and reunified America. The event precedes a reception for Vice President Stevenson and notable figures, with many officials departing afterward. Indiana reports nearly 1,000 visitors amid crowded rail traffic en route to Atlanta and Indianapolis.
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Barnum
Northern Virginia
Army of the Potomac
Chickamauga
E. C. Walthall
Mississippi
South
W. C. Oates
Alabama
Oates
United States
Supreme Court
J. A. Williamson
New York
L. R. Stegman
Stevenson
Schofield
Read House
McKinley
Rich
Grosvenor
Altgeld
Ilinois
Washington
Morton
Atlanta
Matthews
Indiana
Indianapolis
Nashville
Led by Oshkosh man the gang behind Wisconsin Central hold up
Milwaukee dispatch reports a Wisconsin Central train raid near Waupaca likely led by an Oshkosh man. Chicago detectives join the manhunt under General Superintendent Collins while Sheriff Peterson commands about fifty men. A professional bandits remark links to a Lake Shore experience and a swampy chase narrows the trail for capture.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Central
Waupaca
Oshkosh
Chicago
Collins
Peterson
Dun's Weekly Remarks on Trade and Commodity Prices
Dun’s Weekly Review notes wheat rose briefly on speculation but fell back as foreign crop prospects improve and iron prices surge. Corn tracked wheat with mixed moves amid limited contract grade supplies. Pork and leather show mixed signals with iron demand steady, while cotton mills gain from higher material costs. Wool trade cools as demand tightens and failures rise in US and Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Minnesota
Europe
Middlesboro
America
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Gray Forge
Connelsville Cokn
United States
Canada
Vault Door Opened At Indiana National Bank Fire
Report describes the six ton steel vault door at Indiana National Bank after the Indianapolis fire. The inner steel room and safes remain intact with no money revealed. books and papers in a separate vault also found in perfect condition.
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Indianapolis
Indiana National Bank
C. A. McConnell
Mosler Safe Company
Bank
Juror Hunt Ill in Danville as Trial Hangs
Ill juror Hunt dominates county talk as doctors estimate he may miss court until Monday. Judge Hadley and Dr Summers outline confinement and possible effects on the case. If unable to appear, the jury may be dismissed or the trial postponed, causing county expense and hardship.
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Indianapolis
Minshaw
Supreme Court
Harrison
Danville
William EB. Hinshaw
Hunt
W. C A. White
Hadley
Summers
Harrison Quietly Returns to Practice and City Campaign Talk
INDIANAPOLIS September 21 Harrison plans to devote himself to the law and stay in the city indefinitely. Gossip on a mayoral bid surfaces but friends say he will not comment. Also Indiana Methodist bishops debate diocese limits and lay participation. Anthony Gaa 84 dies, had vowed not to work if Lincoln won, a vow kept to death. State Fair races attract about 15000 spectators with several winners and fast times.
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Indianapolis
Harrison
Trusler
Douglas
Lincoln
Gan
Guy
Argonaut
Renasalaer Wilkes
Joe Allen
Alhambra
Billy W
Lady Roberts
No Religious Liberty for Mormons in Holton Ripley County
In Holton near Pleasant Ridge schoolhouse Mormons have organized secret meetings causing neighborhood turmoil. Five years earlier a similar Mormon group near New Marion sparked disturbances, later suppressed by local citizens.
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Pleasant Ridge School House
Holton
Ripley County
New Marion
Mormon Church
Marriage of Two Children in Adams County
Bluffton dispatch reports Charles M Dutch er aged 14 and Flora A Warner aged 18 were wed in Adams county a few days ago. Authorities consider them the youngest couple ever married in the county, prompting local attention and questions about age requirements.
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Bluffton
Charles M. Dutcher
Flora A. Warner
Adams County
Multiple Obituaries and World News Snippets
Mrs Charity Wright dies at 106 near Canton Illinois. Rev Dr F Grenell asked to lead Chicago Western Avenue Baptist at 4000 dollars yearly. Dowager Princess of Battenberg dies in Darmstadt. her son married Queen Victoria's youngest daughter. Prof Samuel Weir named history of education ethics professor at University of New York. Merchant Tailors Society exhibition features plum color velvet collars. Four thousand stoneworkers strike in New York for 88 dollars daily and eight hour day. Perry Bank creditors seize courthouse amid bank failure. Steamers Constantine and Trevelyan collide near Tyne. crew rescued. Military train wreck after German maneuvers. eight killed, forty-five injured.
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Charity Wright
Canton
Ills
F. Grenell
Detroit
Western Avenue Baptist Church
Chicago
Princess of
Samuel Weir
University of New York
Merchant Tailors’ Society
New York
First State Bank of
Perry
C. T
Court House
Richardsons
Constantine
Trevethick
Tyne
Great Britain
Freiburg
Oeberan
A Russian Bell Returns Home After Three Centuries
The Ushich bell banished to Tobolsk in 1693 for ringing at Uglich turmoil is shipped back to European Russia under citizen escort. Uglich seeks its return, Tobolsk cites three centuries of exile. a court battle looms. The Tobolsk decision favors Uglich, highlighting perceived flaws in Russian justice.
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Russia
Ushich
Tobolsk
Boris Godunoff
Uglich
Dimitri
Mr. Kennan
Toblsk
Siberia
Smart Rats Steal Cakes by Lifting Tureen Cover
Mrs. Howlett of Somerset Kentucky witnessed two rats outsmart a cake hiding in a soup tureen. They coordinated by grabbing the handles of the cover and lifting it before slipping in to take cakes, a display of surprising rodent ingenuity. A separate note reports Frank Murphy recovering his stolen watch after recognizing it on a stranger who claimed to own it.
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James Howlett
Somerset
Frank Murphy
Lewis Street
New York
Essex Market Court
Denis Carey
Sheriff Street
Murphy
Burning Lime Industry At Rockland Maine In 19th Century
Rockland Maine supports a lime burning industry with kilns 28 to 36 feet high built of stone. Each kiln, charged with lime rock and wood, runs day and night from February to December, producing about 20,000 casks of lime annually. Six workers operate a kiln, with casks headed and shipped after every six hours.
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Rockland
Some Ghostly Hand Over Dawson Fire Alarm
A fragment from Dawson Georgia depicts a ghostly tale as the town hears a fire alarm and sends firemen scampering only to find no fire. The sentinel and watchman dramatize the eerie moment, while a passerby halts the phantom call and restores calm.
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Dawson
Crosses and decayed nobility in Brazil and Dahomey notes
A curious Brazil observation cites many decorations worn by boys as young as twelve and fourteen, often bought rather than earned, while Dahomey’s King Behnazin hosts apostles as fetishes are demolished. A Athens Barnett family lists six children with many odd names and a race program dates September 23 to 28.
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Brazil
Rio
Behanzin
Dahomey
Abomey
Coin's Financial School and Continued Volumes Advised
W H Harvey's Coin's Financial School is praised as a clear, reliable money primer for youths, with 150 pages and 64 illustrations. The Perex editions list paper 50 cents, popular 25 cents, cloth 1.00. Dare's continuation, 200 pages, 50 illustrations, urged voters to read. Prices for both volumes vary by binding. Times-Post Fort Wayne offers details.
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Coin’s Financial School
W. H. Harvey
Urvo Dare
Corn’s Financial School
Bisa
Coin
Chicago
Financial School
United
Financial
Times-Post
Fort Wigne
Harvey-Laughlin
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Powell
Polly” Wright
Rushville
Orange Township
This County
Hurst
H. Wright
Hinshaw
J. H. Ketcham
Mount Vernon
Ind
Indiana Methodist Conference
Anthony Gaa
Plaisance
State Fair Grounds
Maine
Barnetts
Athens
Mary Magalena
Mandy Medtum
Elizabeth Polly Mack Barnett
Alice Georgia Ann Yorena Marnett
Mattie Frances Annie Tranna Barnett
Tilla Cora Coston Estelle Liniment Ettie Nsidular Barnett
Office Bozma Delphia Athena Barnett
Montine Cinical Emory Seper Walker
Dontewoozy
Wile Persin
4S Bros
Park Place
R. Church ST
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Lines
Wayne, Ind
Ickel
Nickel
WEST
Chicago Express
Chicago Mail
Western Express
A. W. Johnston
B. Horner
Cleveland
A. Boxer
Fort Wayne
Wura Gas
It. Wayne
Cincinnati
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Connersville
New Castle
Aseive
Fort EL Wayne
E. 8
Philley
Ft.w
C. and
L. Railroad
C F Daly
Fuerts
HC Parker
Gola
Eer
Bae
Ning Bart
New York and Boston Limited
Aledo Express
Lafayette Accom'n
Tecific Express
Wanses City Express
Lafayette Accom’n
St. Louis Limited
Pacific Limited Express
Kansas City Express
Cannon Ball
Kansas City
R. G. Thompson
Wland Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapida
Fom
Richmond
Ray Richmond
Capital
Hamilton National Hant
Interay
Charles McCulloch
John Mour JH
Cnahier
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmer
West Wayne St
Telephone
Fort Wayne, Ind
WW McKinnie
Fort Wayne, Inc
East Berry Street
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