Building Permits and a Grumbling Lecture Highlight 1891
City records show 375 permits issued in 1891, down from 485 in 1890, with total building value falling to 380 600 from 569 075 reflecting a 188 475 drop. Major 1891 permits were for a Bank building and Arcade on Berry street, while the smallest 1891 permit was 15 dollars for repairs. Dr P S Henson delivered a humorous lecture on grumbling at the Y M C A hall, noting universal irritants and urging gratitude and diligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy C. Reinewald
Mr. Reinewald
Joseph F. Delaney
Saint Patrick
Chas. H. Waltemath
Zions Lutheran Church
J. B. White
Geo. Jaap
Wm. Sears, Esq
Arcade
Berry Street
G. Scheffler
A. F. Robbe
Henson
Tariff Investigations Aim to Prober Four Angles
Special correspondence reports how a coalition of House committees plans parallel inquiries into the McKinley tariff. Resolutions target manufacturing, agriculture, labor, and foreign commerce to assess the act's impact on prices, revenues, and industry from four perspectives.
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Wasumetoy
Sherman Sloar
Massachusetts
House
Senate Finance Committee
Hoar
New Hampshire
Committee On Agriculture
Lapham
Rhode Island
Committee On Labor
Houk
Ohio
Committee On
Bold Robbery at Pirrsacee Jewelry Store
A bold robbery occurred at W J S ARVer's jewelry store at 46 Federal Street Allegheny PA last evening. An unknown man broke the window with a coupling pin and seized a tray of valuable diamond rings valued at 1500. The night watchman gave chase but the thief escaped.
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Pirrsacee
W. J. Sarver
Federal Street
Allegheny
Mary Macrac Stuart Will Bequest Big Probate Record
The will of Mary Macrac Stuart, widow of Robert L. Stuart, reveals a $5.1 million estate and over $4 million in paintings, books, and manuscripts to learning and church charities. The Lenox Library receives $300,000. the painting gallery and library also gain. Remote cousins are remembered. Rev. Dr. John Hall gets $30,000. The will excludes near relatives.
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New York
Mary Macrac Stuart
Robert L. Stuart
Old Coin Unearthed Near Lagrange After Counterfeit Plot
Maj. T. B. Carter arrived in Indianapolis from a state region to investigate a discovered stash of counterfeit coins found in a wall of an old frame house north of Lagrange near the Michigan line. The coins, mainly English and Mexican, valued around 300 dollars, were linked to outlaw McDougall, hanged by Noble and Lagrange county citizens in 1858. The report notes Canadian money’s circulation at the time and suggests the hoard was likely hidden by the gang.
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Maj
T. B. Carter
Secret Service
Indianapolis
Lagrange
Michigan Line
United States
Carter
McDougall
Noble
Train Derailed Tragedy Near Brainerd Claims Opera Troupe
A Northern Pacific special derailed between Duluth and Brainerd killing two Andrews Opera Company members, Mrs. Ed Andrews and nurse Miss Lillie Wallace, and burning the car. Five or more injured in the wreck, with swift hospital care arranged in Brainerd and Jonesville. The Andrews troupe, led by Nannie Wilkinson, faced a fatal accident amid unclear ignition sources.
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Minn
Northern Pacific
Brainerd
Andrews Opera Company
Duluth
Braihern
Jonesville
Here
Petrel
No. 9
Superior
South Superior
Grand Forks
Ed. Andrews
Lillie Wallace
Northern Pacific Hospital
United States
Andrews
Nannie Wilkinson
McKeesport
Baltimore and Ohio Limited
Port Royal
Limited
Nicholson
Irwin
Yoders
Wyland
Sequel to a Dance Ends in Hanging Murder Case
Papteau Kentucky January 14 Jesse Brown was hanged at 7 27 am for the murder of John Larry known as Baby John at the Red Cottage during a negro dance January 3 trouble arose over a girl Larry had usurped Browns affections Larry a steamboat roost er by occupation
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Papteau
Jesse Brown
John Larry
Baby John
Red Cottage
Brown
Larry
A Depraved Taste Emma Bellamy Elopes With Cal Hackett
Emma Bellamy, sixteen, of Canton, ran away with Cal Hackett, a burly colored man about twenty eight, after leaving home last Saturday. Parents learned of her actions only after investigation revealed she was seen with Hackett, shocking the community in Atmaxcer Ohio with an unlikely union.
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Atmaxcer
Ohio
Emma
Mr. Bellamy
Canton
Cal Hackett
Alfee
Pastor G H Sims Accepts Wichita Church Call
Rev G H Sims pastor of the Christian church will accept the call to Wichita Kansas and preach his first sermon there Sunday January dist. He has led the local church for several years and enjoys wide popularity. He and his family will visit his father near Cleveland Ohio before moving to their new home.
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P. S. Henson
First Baptist Church of
Adam
Garden of Eden
Ashorn
Chicago
G. H. Sims
Christian Church
Wichita
Kas
Ity
Sims
Cleveland
Ohio
Schools in Indiana Enrollment Tops Half a Million
Superintendent Herry D. Vories reports to the governor for the year ending January 1. Indiana has 521,841 enrolled students with 369,060 in daily attendance and 763,247 total enumerations. There are 13,441 teachers and 9,801 schoolhouses. The financial exhibit shows funds in June 1891 totaling 7,360,271.24 for common school, 2,496,314.53 for congressional towns, and a total fund of 9,856,585.77, with increases and distributions across tuition and special revenues reaching 5,636,199.04.
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Herry D. Vories
Indiana
Winter weather vows southern cold snap and floods
Mossie Alabama and Tombigbee rivers rose rapidly over forty feet above low water. Washouts on the Louisville and Nashville line halted southbound trains since Wednesday. Rome Georgia reports Broad Street two feet underwater with small boats in use. Seven inches of rain fell but damage expected to be limited due to forewarning.
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Mossie
Ala
Alabama
Tombigbee
Louisville and Nashville
Montgomery
Rome
Broad Street
Kingston
Pugilistic Prisoners Fight at Jackson Prison
Two convicts on the shoe contract at the Jackson Michigan state prison fought after a comment from Barr. Dewes, a former lightweight boxer from St. Louis, and Barr clashed when guards were blocked. Barr was taken to hospital with a badly disfigured face.
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Jackson
Mich
St. Louis
Dewes
Barr
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New York City
Hackett
Emma Bellamy
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