Maryland Democratic Convention Nominates Ticket At Baltimore
The Maryland Democratic state convention at Ford's Opera House nominated Governor Jerome Walton Smith Isador Rayner for Attorney General and Joshua W. Hering for Comptroller by acclamation. The platform denounces suppression of press freedom, opposes a large peacetime army, supports civil over military authority, bows to peace and commerce, and calls for action against growing trusts. It blames Republicans for Negro voter protections and says votes favor the GOP.
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Baltimore
Ford
Opera House
John Walton Smith
Worcester County
Isador Rayner
Joshua W. Hering
Carroll County
Edwin Warfield
Fathers of the Republic
Congress
Republican Party
Shaw Nominated for Iowa Governor by Republican Convention
Des Moines August 2 at the state Republican convention Governor L W Shaw of Denison was renominated by acclamation after reports from committees and a long debate over a radical anti trust plank. Congressman Smith McPherson presented Shaw for governor and nominations continued as the committee labored.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles E. Pickett
Smith McPherson
L. W. Shaw
Denison
Shaw
County Officials Draft Next Year Expense Estimates
County officers are preparing estimates of the following year's expenses for each office, to be filed in the auditor's office by August 10. The county reform law requires these estimates, and the work occupies much of each official's time as they comply with the mandate.
Reunion of Eighty-Eighth Indiana Regiment in Wolcottville
Official call issued for the Eighthy-eighth Indiana regiment reunion to be held at Wolcottville in LaGrange county on Wednesday September 27 with a camp fire in the evening. Citizens extend a hearty welcome to survivors of the regiment and their families.
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Eighty-eighth
Indiana
Wolcottville
Lagrange County
Highty Eighth reunion notes committee appointment
A committee including Adj.Allan H Dougall Dr Alonzo A Kester George W Sanders Joseph W Nowells and John M Schermerhorn has been named to implement changes in the program. The list of deceased since the last reunion includes Dr Norman Teal Kendallville Jacob North Alfred A Davis Herbert Bell Thomas Neal Jacob Racine Charles Pryor and Joseph A Roberts.
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Adj
Allan H. Dougall
Alonzo A. Kester
George W. Sanders
Joseph W. Nowells
John M. Schermerhorn
Old Highty
Norman Teal
Kendallville
Jacob North
Alfred A Davis
Herbert Bell
Thomas Neal
Jacob Racine
Charles S. Pryor
Joseph A. Roberts
Township Trustees Prepare for September School Openings
A majority of the attending township trustees at the courthouse meeting supported opening township schools on September 18. The county institute will begin September 4. Wednesday will be observed as trustees day in the schools. A follow up meeting is set for September 1 to finalize all opening plans.
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Court House
Carpet Prices Rise Across Brussels Velvets and More
New York reports circulars from several manufacturers announcing higher prices on Brussels velvets tapestries and axminsters due to higher carpet wool costs and labor. Orders through August 15 will be filled at current prices, with further increases anticipated on ingrains art squares and rugs.
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New York
Brussels
Johber
Marriage Licenses Listed for Various Couples
Carl Yaple and Fannie Leis Rus sell. William PD Ott and Caroline L Miller. Constant I Hue and Ruby A Young. Clarence A Arnold and Orphan Barrett. Eugene S Dingman and Grace G Guy. Wolf Landy and Anna Meyer. Ferdinand Brueggemann and Mamie Shivier. James L Greer and Alma Olds.
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William PD. Ott
Caroline L. Miller
Constant I. Hue
Ruby A. Young
Clarence A. Arnold
Nickel Plate Annual Excursion to Niagara Falls
The Nickel Plate road runs its 17th annual excursion to Niagara Falls on Tuesday August 15. Tickets are good returning for fifteen days and include options to Toronto for 1.00 extra and to the Thousands Islands for 6.50 extra. Stopovers at Chautauqua Lake granted without charge. Sleeping car reservations advised. Tickets good on one of the three fast express trains.
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Nickel Plate Road
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Chautauqua Lake
Kansas Corn Crop Forecast Reaches Record Yield
Topeka for August reports state board bulletin from Secretary Coburn based on inputs from county correspondents. Kansas corn condition rated 99.63 with potential to yield 44 bushels per acre. Total area 6,234,560 acres could produce about 362 million bushels, triple last year’s harvest and near 200 million more.
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Topeka
Kas
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
No New Cases In Hampton As Yellow Fever Sways North
Washington reports discuss great concern over yellow fever at Santiago. General Miles urged moving US troops to a northern port, noting higher infection rates there. Secretary Root and Miles held a conference today, but no action had been taken yet.
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Washington
War Department
Santiago
Miles
United States
America
Root
Epidemic at Hampton Soldiers' Home Reported
Washington dispatch notes four new cases admitted to the Hampton Soldiers' Home hospital, all developing in Phoebus. A house to house inspection is ordered, with detentions for travelers from Hampton and nearby areas, and officers at Chesapeake bay ports placed on similar alert.
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Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Vickery
Hampton Soldiers’ Home
Phoebus
Wyman
Snowden
Alexandria
Hampton and
Marine Hospital
Chesapeake Bay
Troop Removal Difficulties From Fort Monroe
Washington reports trouble in moving troops from Fort Monroe as steamships and government transports are unavailable. The plan to use Pennsylvania lines from Fort Monroe to Cape Charles and onward to Battery Point is blocked by Norfolk officials, risking a five day entry delay and cut communications for the Cape Charles to Norfolk route. Surgeon General Wyman urges moving troops farther north. Merritt agrees, with location to be fixed. Governor Taylor seeks troops for quarantine duties but authority is lacking. Medical staff arrive to assist at Hampton and Phoebus amid an outbreak. Wyman remains in Washington managing service duties.
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Washington
Fort Monroe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cape Charles
Battery Point
Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Wyman
Merritt
Del
War Department
Taylor
United States
von Ezdorf
New Orleans
Marine Hospital Service
Old Point
Hampton
Dru
Pettus
Wasdin
White
Kolb
Frank Donaldson
Mordaskovi
Reformatory death ends early release for Roanoke robber
Fred Palmer, a Huntington county man jailed for a Roanoke robbery in December 1896, died July 26 at the Jeffersonville reformatory. His sentence had expired the day of his death, but he could not leave prison. He died an hour and a half after learning he was no longer a prisoner. Arrest records listed his home as 91 Wall Street Fort Wayne, but his true name was John Herring, with relatives still in Fort Wayne. The body could not be brought home for burial.
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Fred Palmer
Huntington County
Roanoke
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Sentinel
Wall Street
Fort Wayne
John Herring
Pair in the Death Chair In Auburn Prison
Oscar E. Rice a white man and John Kennedy a negro were executed by electricity in Auburn New York within twenty minutes Rice collapsed at 515 am Kennedy walked Kennedy died after a 1750 volt thirty six second current Rice 51 second Kennedy 9 seconds Both men were convicted of murders in New York state history details of their crimes are given Rice stabbed his wife in Westfield Chautauqua county and Kennedy killed John Hummings in Buffalo in 1898 The article notes Kennedy was ejected by a woman Minnie Lewis and later stabbed Hummings during a dispute Additional brief items report brick contractors leaving Bluffton without pay post room improvements in Wabash and various local incidents The piece ends with pension news for William Snider a Civil War veteran who died after learning he received back pay for his service.
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N. Y
Oscar E. Rice
John Kennedy
Rice
Kennedy
Mary
Westfield
Chautauqua County
John Hummings
Hummings
Buffalo
Minnie Lewis
Bluffton
Emmet Post
Wabash
Memorial Hall
Benjamin Knapp
Bristol
Roy Bryerly
Valparaiso
Ligonier
Minnie C. Flinn
Plymouth Evening News
Judy
Seymour
Kosciusko County
German Baptist Church
Tinker Church
Plymouth
Wells County
Chris Stagsdale
Crittenden Close
William F. Snider
Wabash County
Snider
Company K
One Hundred and Eighteenth
Indiana
Northern Indiana notes of 1899 milling towns and trials
The Markle lime kilns are abandoned amid trust issues. Three Kosciusko county youths died in the Philippine war. David Johns was recaptured after escaping Auburn jail. Wells county native David Noe dies at 82. Reuben Roberts of Markle jailed for assault on his mother. Maxinkuckee assembly ends. plans for tabernacle and harbor works. Electric South Bend Goshen streetcars carry 3000 in a day. Mrs. G W Gilbert of Kendallville dies at 400 pounds. Rural mail delivery expands in Huntington county with route extensions sought. Robert Anderson identified as Chicago man who died by suicide in Auburn jail amid delirium tremens. Threshing fires burn 1000 bushels on Ed Turner's Wells county farm. Miss Yeagley’s death at South Bend linked to bicycle riding. Thomas O'Hare, 41, arrested for embezzlement dating from 1897. Huntington grocer John Newcomb, 23, makes an attempt.
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Kosciusko County
Philippines
David Johns
Auburn
David Noe
Wells County
Reuben Roberts
Markle
Huntington
Maxinkuckee Assembly
South Bend
Goshen
G. W. Gilbert
Kendallville
Frank Shade
Huntington County
Robert Anderson
Chicago
Ed. Turner
Miss Yeagley
Adams township expenditures and taxes 1890 meeting notice
Adams township Allen county trustee announces budget proposals for 1900 at the advisory board meeting to be held in school district No 8. Proposals include township expenditures 1000 with 5 cent tax, special school tax 2000 with 10 cent rate, road tax 4000 with 20 cent rate, additional road tax 1400 with 7 cent rate, poor tax 600 with 3 cent rate. Total expenditures 9000 and total tax 45 cents per hundred dollars. Signed Co Schlaudroff, Trustee. Dated August 2, 1890.
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Adams Township
Allen County
Co. Schlaudroff
Mothers urged to use soothing syrup for teething children
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pain. The brief promo advocates mothers to choose the product for infants, reflecting marketing norms of the period.
Burglary at Judge Ninde's Wildwood Home
Detective Coling investigates a burglary at Judge L. M. Ninde's suburban Wildwood residence in South Wayne. Accused are Emmett Evens and seven other boys aged fourteen to sixteen. items and keys found, gas jets on, signs point to entry through a back door. Police pursue remaining suspects and determine if valuables are missing after the family returns.
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Prom Whursday
Dhuty
Coling
Wildwood
L. M. Ninde
South Wayne
Judge Ninde
Emmett Evens
Home Avenue
Michael Sullivan
Charles
Michael Ehrman
Travel Tickets Falls to Montreal Offer Extraliberal Limit
Tickets sold from Falls to Montreal for 9.50 dollars extra liberal limit. Secure sleeping car space early. ASK Agents. August 15 date referenced with Nickel Plate Road itinerary.
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Nickel Plate Road
Falls
Montreal
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