Santa Claus Preparations Ahead of Christmas Season
The article notes Santa Chats will arrive in three weeks, with his reindeer and sleigh ready well before dawn. It also covers various political and social notes including Indiana figures, militia finances, anti Harrison movement comments, cabinet speculation, crime statistics, and Southern press debates on pensions for Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
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Santa Chats
Joupee
Jeremiah Witsoux
Congress
Indiana
Harrison
Wilson
Reading community Curcano hosts hundreds of papers
A historical column notes Curcano as a reading hub with 531 newspapers. It covers gas company receivership, Indiana politics, Cyrus Field family tragedy, and state prison demographics in Michigan City with inmate counts, pardons, and county representations.
Court rules banks cannot disclose depositors list
In Magdon county Indiana superior court Judge Napoleon Bo Pavier holds the state tax board lacked authority to force banks to reveal depositors or balances as of April 1. The decision rejects discovery against the German Bank of Evansville and limits board power under the state and federal constitutions.
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Phillip Decker
Henry W. Langenberg
Magdon County
Indianapolis
Napoleon Bo Pavier
Opie
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana
Board of Tax Commissioners
Evansville
United States
Treasury Report Shows Surplus Shrinking Under 1890 Conditions
Hon. E. S Nebecker presents the annual treasury report to Secretary Foster. Ordinary revenues for the last fiscal year totaled 392,612,447 dollars, down 2.10 percent from the prior year, while net ordinary expenditures rose by 57,636,190 dollars. Surplus revenues fell from 105,344,406 to 37,239,762 dollars, with the latter amount applied to debt reduction. Postal revenues reached 65,702,902 dollars and postal expenditures 72,067,580 dollars, up about five million on both sides. On June 30, 1890, the department carried a balance of 601,527,403 dollars, plus year receipts of 756,821,305 dollars, totaling 1,457,548,708 dollars. Warrants disbursed were 731,126,376 dollars, leaving 726,222,332 dollars in cash or assets. The treasury also serves as post office and bank note fund depository, with liabilities totaling 787,432,157 dollars at the year's start and 877,854,945 dollars at the close, for which cash and assets balanced exactly, aside from difficult deposits and deficits over which the treasurer has limited control. After deductions true assets and liabilities were 757,915,078 dollars on June 30, 1890, and 748,347,866 dollars on June 30, 1891, with instantly available cash or credits except for partial restrictions.
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Chapin Wis Boal
New York
E. ST. Nebecker
United States
Treasury
Foster
Post Office Department
Bank Note Redemption Fund
Superintendent Blake Seeks More Space For Feeble Minded
Indianapolis News reports Fort Wayne Superintendent Jon Blake says Indiana has about 5,568 feeble minded and epileptic people. He notes the state asylum will house about 450 after expansion and estimates one third of the unfortunates are under sixteen, eligible for admission.
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Indianapolis News
Congressman Bynum
Mgr. Bynum
Chase
White
Fort Wayne
United States District Attorney
Chambers
C. W. Fairbanks
Albert G. Porter
Harrison
Blaine
Porter
Indianapolis
Jon Blake
State Institution
Jolson
State Board of Charities
Johnson
State Board
Blake
Indiana
Drunkenness cure promoted with Golden Specific ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Haines Golden Specific to cure drunkenness whether moderate or severe, claiming a powder form given in beer coffee tea or food without patient knowledge. It asserts permanent, rapid cure and offers a 48 page book of particulars free. Also includes a variety of notices and travel ads.
Blacksmith Mercer Struck by Steel Bullet in Pittsburg Shop
Saturday E Mercer, an employee in the Pittsburg blacksmith shop, was struck in the breast by a steel fragment about the size of a bullet while at his work. The fragment entered below the heart. Mercer was taken home by patrol wagon to 100 West Superior street where a company surgeon examined him and could not locate the piece.
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Mercer
Pittsburg
West Superior Street
Universal attention to muscle culture and tonics
The piece extols widespread culturing of muscle and calisthenics for health. It praises Hostelter’s Stomach Bitters as a comprehensive aid for digestion, preventing stomach trouble and bilious secretions, and claims it supports vigor, treats fever, rheumatism, kidney and bladder issues, and benefits the infirm and convalescent.
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Dress Goods lines at Boston Store attract shoppers
Our stock of Dress Goods is unusually complete this season with new gimps and dress trimming arriving this week. The Handkerchief Department offers a wide range of Americans Irish Swiss and Japanese handkerchiefs in cotton linen and silk with many styles. Camel Hair Spot Eiderdown sells for infants cloaks and makes a thoughtful gift at a small cost. New toys for children, damask towels, table cloths, napkins, tray cloths, chenille spreads and curtains are available for holiday trade. Everyone invited to inspect before lines break.
Tools for Butchering and Meat Processing
Listing of butcher tools including knives skinning cleavers saws and cutters. Describes utensils for butchering and preparing meat with various blade types and implements for processing.
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Ncottsville
Floyd County
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Italy
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Edward M
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Cincinnati
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Allen County Loan and Savings Association
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Corver
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Edward White, Prest
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Ate
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Cleveland
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Jerry Simpson
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Gen. J. Grant
Sheridan
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Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
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Imioney
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