Midweek economic chatter and political notes mixed in unrest
The week shows 179 business failures versus a year ago with slight improvement. Mentions Mo Wag not running for a second term, Friends of O Piduba urging support at Fort Wayne centennial events, and commissions on street lights chaired by Charles Griebel. News references Mark Twain and publishing concerns, plus historical congressional context and Hawaii trade figures indicating American dominance in 82 percent of island trade valued at $2.75 billion.
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Daxter
Secon
Ion
Charles Griebel Ehair
Mark Twain
Mney
Politician noise and public works push amid national talk
A broad mix of 1890s concerns appears as editors debate tariff votes, Coxey's commonweal tour, fort Defiance centennial plans, emigration limits, and pensioner statistics. The piece muses on public improvements, tax policy shifts, Memorial Day remembrances, and cautions about businessmen diversifying beyond their trades.
Fire and politics across a shifting American landscape
The column surveys repeated tabernacle fires linked to religious history, notes maple sugar growth and bounty payments, reports a Kansas marshal sued over a poker game arrest, recalls Fred Douglass era abolitionists in Boston, and critiques tariff bill delay as Congress nears June without clear passage.
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Iola
Kan
Kansas
Fort Wayne Centenary Celebration Promised for October
The Sentinel notes City Council approval of John Mohler Jr s centennial resolution urging a grand October 22 1894 celebration of Fort Wayne marking a hundred years since Gen Anthony Wayne began Fort Wayne. It calls for a city wide holiday showcasing progress and prosperity with rival attractions drawing crowds.
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Fort Wayne
Old Fort
John Mohr, Jr
Mohler
Anthony Wayne
St. Mary’s
St. Joseph’s Rivers
Hamtramack
Great Northwest
Indiana
Local notes on politics and public health in Richmond
Parity in county candidate races remains unclear while city employment improves and industry optimism grows. The Richmond Daily Telegram faces libel allegations over Mayor Freeman and Samuel Whitesell inquiry. Health officials report near elimination of contagious diseases with only three diphtheria and scarlet fever cases, all convalescent. Prohibitionists in Valparaiso propose appointing county commissioners to bar saloons, using moral character as license veto. Captain Billy Stewart launches a one ring circus in West Jefferson with modest opening. Bluffton resident Henry C Townsend found dead in his room, recently worked in local dry goods. Decoration Day plans advance with city band and Masonic Temple offering spaces, florists aiding decorations.
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Richmond Daily Telegram
Samuel F. Whitesell
Richmond Independent
Freeman
Whitesell
Henry C. Townsend
Bluffton
Mr. Townsend
Messrs. Townley, DeWald & Co
George DeWald & Co
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets May 15
Daily market roundup details July wheat prices in New York futures dipping to 60 cents and then sliding to 5% after, with heavy foreign selling. Chicago board reports mixed grain quotes with No 2 cash corn around 37 1/2 to 37 1/2 cents and pork and lard down. Union Stock Yards notes steady cattle and mostly higher hogs, while Toledo and Fort Wayne markets list assorted grain and dairy prices. Local notices include births, engagements, and community events such as a large Berghoff park picnic and Labor Union fair preparations.
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New York
Cincaio
Rys
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Evening Journal
Toledo
Totopo
Marriage at Houghton home unites Jessie Houghton and Ernest Hall
In a quiet Sabbath ceremony at the bride's parents residence Dr. Houghton and wife witnessed the marriage of Miss Jessie Houghton to Mr. Ernest L. Hall with Rev S J Mellinger officiating. Afterward guests shared refreshments. The Tippecanoe club plans its organization with over seventy five young Republicans signing. The first meeting is set for Sunday at 2 PM in Morton hall.
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Fred Dovetass
Boston
William Lloyd Garrison
Francis Garrison
H. B. Blackwell
Robert Treat Paine
Parker Pillsbury
William H. Dupree
Charles L. Mitchell
Massachusetts
Samuel May
M. W. Greene
R. M. Washington
A. H. Grimke
John H. Hutchinson
Sweet Singer
E. G. Walker
Rachel Smith
John Meakin
New York
Tippecanoe Club
Morton Hall
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