Society News and Transport Plans Reach Bloomington
Excitement in Bloomington as Edward Gridley faces a breach of promise suit from Vina Farley while Ora Walton is tied to Gridley by marriage. The piece notes a constitutional provision for presidential disability and praises the Louisville New Albany Chicago line progress, detailing expected through service from Delphi to Indianapolis and Chicago, plus relations to Kankakee River routes and the shortest routes between major cities.
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Bloomington
Ill
Edward B. Gridley
Ora Walton
Vina Farley
Gridley
Gen
New York
East
Miss Farley
S'arley
Congress
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad
Kankakee River
Indianapolis
Chicago
Lakes
Delphi
Louisville
Arists
Simpeon
Foster
Warren
Hurst
Foss
Joseph Cook
Beechey
Talmage
Currie
Marchler
McCosl
Crosby
Cuyler
Heo. D. Wrentice
Dean Stanley
Whittier
Longfellow
Peter Lin
Lars
P. Ziegler & Co
Arabat
B. Adams St
Hicago
Miller
M. DS
Arch Street
Greencastle
Cook
Erie Railway installs cushioned pilot seats for officers
Two locomotives on the Erie Railway receive cushioned pilots to accommodate officers who wish to inspect the line while passing. This measures aims to prevent accidents by enabling inspection without forcing directors to ride on the cowcatcher. The rest of the excerpt covers state house progress, a Texas sect suicide attempt, Bloomington saloon debates, and pauper statistics, concluding with obituary of Jesse Meharry.
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Erie Railway
Indiana Past and Present in a Wave of Unrest
Louis Blase of Fort Wayne died suddenly in a barber chair from heart disease. Farmers faced threats from a wild boar near Lafayette, while drought and drying wells troubled Southern Indiana towns. A Newton Stewart stock trader was robbed of 450 dollars by highwaymen near Dubois and Crawford counties. The state seeks data on women’s business avenues. Violent incidents occurred in Vincennes Evansville and Indianapolis with injuries and legal actions. A judge ruled on Sabbath desecration related to railroad tickets, possible appeals loom. Other items include a mob beating in Centerton and a foundling case in Terre Haute, a Matterhorn accident, and finance news on the Coghlen claim, statehouse work, and a bucket shop suspension in Indianapolis.
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Louis Blase
Fort Wayne
Phelps Higby
Lafayette
Indiana
Captain Swift
Newton Stewart
Orange County
Dubois
Crawford
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Vincennes
Mike Grogan
Ohio & Mississippi
William Nugent
Mike Murphy
Nugent
Judge Heller
Indianapolis Criminal Court
George Beck
Heller
Biddie
Supreme Court
Biddle
Evansville
John
Thomas Hannell
John Hannell
Tom
Thomas
Johnny
John Taylor
Centerton
Esquire Beem
Indianapolis
Mary Carpenter
Terre Haute
Matterhorn
Switzerland
Gilbert
Bloomington
Coghlen
New York
Pungent Paragraphs and Polite Pokes Across Papers
A compilation of quips and witty lines from multiple newspapers. It groups satire on character, aging in Chicago, European comparisons, sleep myths, handwriting, and a humorous exchange about a second-hand cutter. Includes remarks from Galveston News Boston Commercial Rustin Free Press Detroit and others.
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Chicago
Detroit
Fernandina
North
Free Press
Boston Post
Wall Street Terms and Market Practice Overview
A dense glossary of stock market jargon outlines bear market concepts, short selling, borrowing, covering shorts, calls, margins, corners, curb brokers, and other tactics. It explains milking the street, puts, stop orders, turning stocks, twists on shorts, and wash trading with a brief aside about a Boston doll joke and a note on Germany's population loss in the Thirty Years War.
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Curbstone
Lamb
Local Notes From Greencastle and Surroundings
Grocer items and local visits fill the Greencastle area with names like Woelier Smisi of Indianapolis and A J Farrow of Oakland visiting. Reports include cattle shipments by Bridges & Lockridge, a boot store move by P R Christie, a burglary attempt on Jennie M Allen, and a newborn baby born to Mrs Marion Bovard in Los Angeles families.
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Sax
Woelier B. Smisi
Indianapolis
Sear
A. J. Faarow
Oakland
Ills
Greencastle
Swan
MaJoe Anderson
C. W. Wysong
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Pe County Clerkridges
Jennie M. Allen
Jennie Allen
Frank Ragan
FE. Martin
Frankfort
Starr
Welch
Marion Bovard
Los Angeles
Cal
J. QR. M. Allen
C. W. Talbart
New York
Philadelphia
Springfield
Rea
Richard Couch
Permits to Marry Issued in Local Licenses
License to marry has been issued to Lewis D. Moore and Martha E. Jenkens, McCamey Ballew and Hanna Wilson, Jonathan Michael and Delila J. Todd, Phillip Baker and Suemma Allen, Carroll K. Priest and Sallie A. Reeves.
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Lewis D. Moore
Martha FE. Jenkens
McCamey Ballew
Hanna Wilson
Jonathan Michael
Delila J. Todd
Phillip 8. Baker
Suemma Allen
Carroll K. Priest
Sallio A. Reeves
Chimes, Married at Bride's Parents Residence
Phillip S. Baker wed Luemma Allen Thursday at 4 30 p m with Rev Dr Marine officiating. A large circle witnessed the ceremony and guests presented costly gifts. The couple left for St Louis for their honeymoon. Elizabeth Miller applies for divorce from Martin Miller alleging cruelty.
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Phillip
Baker
Luemma Allen
Dr Marine
St. Louis
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