Rates of Legal Advertising in The Demorat
The Demorat lists legal advertising rates at $150 per square for the first insertion and 75 cents per square for each subsequent insertion. Ten hours of this type equal one square. All legal ads are charged to the attorneys, with no proof of publication until payment. Letters for publication or other matters should be addressed to R D Dumm Co., Document Office, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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D. Dumm & CO
Orrier
Fort Wayne
Lud
Fort Wayne Trade Ad Pages Include Dozens Of Local Firms
A dense list of Fort Wayne merchants and suppliers is outlined with many on East Main Street, Calhoun Street, Columbia Street and nearby blocks. The directory highlights auctioneers, art galleries, binderys, bookshops, brasses, clothing wholesalers, dentists, dry goods firms, druggists, hardware, groceries, furniture, grocers, mills, prints, paints, wall paper, sewing machines, and trunk manufacturers.
Love and flight in a troubled romance tale
A shocking account from New Albany Ledger recounts a young woman defying a tyrannical mother. After secret meetings, an engagement, and violent opposition, she escapes with her lover to a relative's protection to begin a hopeful new life away from persecution.
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New Albany Ledger
Unruly Motel Affray as Marital Clash Unfolds
A sensational Philadelphia hotel incident centers on Mrs Benneth and a married man, with a second woman revealed as his para mour. The involved husband confronted, chaos followed, and hotel staff recounted the dramatic scene amid divorce tensions and a hurried flight.
State Debt Figures From Indiana Newspapers Compared
The Terre Haute Express and Indianapolis Journal dispute state indebtedness figures with discrepancies in 1860s audits. The debate centers on total state indebtedness, reductions under Republican rule, and which audit (Evans or Auditor) informs to December 1869. Readers are urged to await settled, fact-checked figures.
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Terra Haute Express
State Auditor
John D. Evans
Bere
Terre Haute Express
Indianapolis Journal
The
Journal
John Evans
Express
Indianapolia Sentinel
Rest of the harness the poems say remains missing
A collage of humorous quotes mocks fashioning a harness through literary allusions from multiple papers. It parodies verse about a missing harness, notes on bridal wreaths, and concludes with a Shakespearean spoof about a harness and a grazing misplacement. The item threads through several paper quips and a brief Jackson anecdote.
San Francisco newsboys hawk cough drops and papers
Street vendors in San Francisco cry out to visitors selling not only Evening Tribune but also cough candy. They boast science like cures for coughs colds and sore throat and offer earth quake counts at five cents a copy or six sticks for a quarter.
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San Francisco
Evening Tribune
Widow’s Death Sparks Bittersweet Remembrance in Memoir
An obituary style reminiscence laments a wife’s passing with tender recollections of daily care and companionship. The narrator recalls her hands, hair, and warmth, then notes a morbid anecdote about a neighbor’s gravestone urge and a soldierly line of memory, ending with a quiet tribute to Tabitha Ripley and her pious life.
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EL Madget
Blasi
Skinner
Sbitha
Moses Skinner
The
Trombone
Gillie
Coleman’s
Rachel
Providence
Tabitha Ripley
Wood thief exposed by bold neighbor in Dulphi
A darkey staggers with stove wood at night in Dulphi and follows a thief who dumps wood over a fence. Sumbo then retrieves the timber and escapes to his home. Repeated thefts yield only a half dozen sticks, prompting a question if the thief was that negro.
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Dulphi
Darkey
Sumbo
Mysterious Stranger Burtons Stir at City Theatres
A dejected stranger known as Burton, claiming to be a Boston traveling salesman, attracted gossip across theatres and saloons. He frequented bars, faced losses at card tables, and visited houses of ill fame while seeking trust, prompting speculation he might be the Reverend Horsae Cook. An afternoon telegram from New York later suggested Cooke had telegraphed his wife from Chicago, supporting the theory.
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Burton
Boston
St. Nicholas
Fara
Cook
Horsce Cook
Rover
Manouver
Burnet House
Chicago
New York
Cooke
Cincinnati
Chicago Teachers Told to Remember Blood of Child Victim
Chicago Times denounces corporal punishment in public schools, recounting five months of suffering of a boy who died after a whipping at Skinner School. The editorial blames board of education leaders and urges teachers to refrain from striking pupils, warning that the blood stains every weapon in a school.
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Chicago
Skinner
Yiell
Board of Glacation
Chicago Times
Curious case in Lauzertios law suit in Kingston April
Gossipy tale from Ulster county about two women Mrs Crawford and Christine Russell claiming or defending large estates from Jeremiah Russell’s will. The case involves ante nuptial promises for a marriage benefiting Susan Crawford, a contract for support, and a settlement with executors. The defendant pleads general denial and statute of limitations amid public intrigue.
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Lauzertios
N. Y
Vicinitty
Kingston
Crawford
Twomano
Preoviana
Toanty
Christine Russell
Christina Crawford
Susan Crawford
Jeremian Russell
Christine
Jeremiah Russell
Susan
Jeremiah
Jeremish Russell
Winans
Saugerties
Russell
Gnally
Railroads conceal accident facts say press
A Pittsburgh Post editorial laments railroad secrecy about accidents and urges truth in reporting. It cites Great Western Railway dispatch from Hamilton Ontario on a Capetown accident with one death and injuries. The piece calls for openness and notes telegraph control by railways to shape coverage.
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United States
Great Western Railroad Company
Tlamilton
Ontario
Capetown
Great Western
Pittsburgh Post
Elopement and Death Arrest in Bodkins Case
A Bodkins cleric named Walls eloped with a young woman Lambert, disappeared with her, and later died in childbirth after abortions alleged. The couple traveled to Piqua and Bodkins. Walls was arrested after an inquest found death from abortion. Indiana reports say foul play suspected. Walls has family in Convoy Ohio. Achille Charles Leones Victor de Broglie died in Paris aged 84, a former minister and reform advocate who supported freedom of press, later Monarchist leader and Royalist ally.
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Mr. Walls
Bodkins
Lambert
Nalinag
Duntreville
Galiaea
Piqua
Ikins
Pigna
Centerville
Indiana
Walls
Convoy
Ohio
Anglaize
Achille Charles Leones Victor de Broglie
Paris
Duke de Broglie
France
Cardinal Mazarin
M. D’argenson
Napoleon
Young de Broglie
Louis XVIII
Madame de Stael
Revue Francaise
6 Broglie
Louis Phillippe
Great Britain
Louis Napoleon
Legislative Assembly
Orleans Dynasty
Mother Shot with her Baby at her Breast in Mecklenburg
Richmond Dispatch reports a horrific Mecklenburg County Virginia crime near Gaston North Carolina. Mrs. Rollins was shot through her body while holding her infant. the husband Mr Rollins was away at court. The killer fired a double barreled gun between 8 and 9 PM. The infant was unharmed and the other children cried over the bleeding mother. The motive remains unknown and neighbors heard the shot.
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Seaboard Road
Richmond Dispatch
Meckienburg County
Virginia
Gaston
North Carolina
Rolling
Mr. Rollins
Precocious Youths Elope and Spark Upset in Indianapolis
A six member group, three boys and three girls from Richmond, stayed at a hotel in Indianapolis. One male drew a revolver on his partner after a night together, prompting aid from bystanders. The party, described as from prominent Richmond families, fled the city with the female sent back home. The men departed quietly, taking only small personal items.
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Devil’s Workshop
Satan
Indianapolis
Morpheus
Oussea
Bia Dulcina
Richmond
Old Wayne
Parts
New Albany Ledger
Davidson's Third Trial Begins in Indianapolis Court
George Davidson's third trial for the killing of John Fleet has commenced in the Criminal Court at Indianapolis. The note adds that Terre Haute hanging and Indianapolis criminal trials have a queer aspect about them.
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George Davidson
John Fleet
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Mob kidnaps five black prisoners after dawn jail raid
An armed white mob seized five Black men from Huston jail in Carroll County after a night of killings and arson demonstrations. They confessed to Coleman murder and other crimes, while planters and townsfolk urged punishment. The guardless assault followed rumors and fear, as the mob executed the prisoners outside town.
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Negeasisidas
Isrom
Nagavihe Univ
Huistsuygion
Cirroll
Wagv
Kiling Coleman
Aegiuss
Spetgavor
Tuatington
Mat Brown
Fayette
Mat
Coleman
Alien Robinson
Bryant
BriLain
Negre Brown
Hustingdon
Colonel Coleman
Hurt
Tartar
Last of Tabbs Gross swindles noted in Arkansas paper
The Little Rock Republican reports Tabbs Gross, a colored paper publisher, swindled J Akers in Memphis with forged state official documents and a fake newspaper office. Akers paid $180 believing a fair deal, only to find Gross had no printing office or dues. The piece questions his return to Little Rock and urges publication of the scoundrel’s tale.
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Tabbs
Little Rock, Arkansas
Republican
J. ©. Akers
Cincinnati Commercial and Chronicle
Colored Citizen
Tabbs Gross
Gross
Freeman
Memphis
Mississippi
Menroe Packet Company
Little Rock
From Workshop to Mind Power in Education
A echoed argument praises mechanics as educators and catalysts of intellect. It cites figures like Moliere Burns Shakespeare Rousseau as products of trades, urging reforms to blend mind development with practical work and noting a Lafayette Courier anecdote of Indianapolis men missing Dr Jewett's church for a streetcar and waiting half an hour.
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Moliere
Burns
Sharspeare
Rousseau
Lafayette Courier
Indianapolis
Dr. Jewett
Whellg
The Granaries of the World The Grain Trade Debate
The article argues Europe may rely on Russia and nearby regions for bread while noting U S farmers still compete. It compares soil, climate, technology, and labor costs, citing high wages in America versus Russian serf-era conditions and rail expansion. It suggests Russia could become the world’s breadbasket, but U S farmers may offset with machinery and efficiency.
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Philadelphia
Europe
Russia
Hungary
Ths Mo Jiterrsmean
Red Seas
Syneul
Great Valley
Radical Skullduggery at County Republican Convention
The county convention in this city faced a manipulation by a ring that divided Center township into four districts and moved to control delegate selection. A small inner circle elected a chairman and secretary and proposed a three-member committee to pick delegates, reporting two of their own. Outside Republicans pressed for broader influence, leading to adjournments and contested voting. The episode raises questions of fairness and ring influence in the convention.
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Center Township
Law
Grand Jury Room
Jnd. Sentinel
Polish Conspiracy Reported By Army Correspondent
A Polish conspiracy described by a correspondent as a revolutionary movement in Russia aims to abolish private property and create a socialist community. The plan allegedly set February 19 for revolt, with arrests of several conspirators including students, and a purported plot to assassinate the emperor thwarted by police activity.
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Aligsmene Zatung-wrzee
Polshhorders
Revela
Russis
Bakupin
Sim
Caucasus
Odessi
Tragedy in Plymouth Yields Murder Trial Cast
A Plymouth homicide unseated the town with a brutal dawn assault on February 19. Thormburg, a schoolteacher, died the next day. Watchmen OConner and Crier were jailed for second degree murder. Haslanger tied to the case faced accessory charges. Bail posted. case set for February circuit court. Timothy Kay lists coal price at 15 dollars per ton in New Albany.
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Plymouth
Oglesbes, Mattingly & Black
Thormburg
Meloa
O’conner
Crier
Coronier
Charles Haslanger
Haslanger
O'Conner
Thornbury
Timothy Kay
New Albany
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Lutiie J. Ritter
Pittsburgh
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York Republican
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Rieh, MI
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