Mrs Emma A Winsor Reflects on Wyoming Voting Experience
An interview with Mrs. Emma A. Winsor recalls her seven years as a Wyoming resident in Cheyenne where she voted in multiple elections and notes how woman suffrage reduced drunkenness and improved governance. She describes equal treatment at polls, jury service avoidance, and ongoing support from Wyoming friends for her candidacy as Indiana State Librarian.
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Emma A. Winsor
Wyoming Territory
Cheyenne
Indiana
Territory
Wyoming
Local Notes and Marriages Amid Christmas Gossip
Licenses to marry issued for several couples including William H. Young and Sarah J. Haverstick and Henry C. McKee and Nel lie B. Brown. Christmas visits and town improvements dominate the column with shop remodels, arrivals, and social events. Purdue student Earnest Durham home for holidays. outfits and businesses changing hands in Crawfordsville.
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William H. Young
Sarah J. Haverstick
Albert F. Key
Eliza B. Wright
Henry C. McKee
Nellie B. Brown
George R. Burnett
Elizabeth Moreland
George W. Brothers
Amanda E. Harris
Spencer W. Harid
Lydia Shields
Hiram Ngnder
Emma L. Fussler
Maggie Durham
Greencastle
Burnsides
Indianapolis
Wasson
Andrew Hanna
Earnest Durham
Miss Scott
CrawfordsVille
Bozaie
Zie Carter
Purdue University
Chas. Harnell
Harvey Grimes
Benefield
Main
Washington Streets
Geo
Cary
Our City
Carter
New York
Dr. Fordyce
Chas
Spencer
Williams & Wallace
Jas V Durham
Maggie
Oie
Ohio
Death of Seth Foster in Rabies Case At Home
The Philadelphia Press reports Seth Foster died at 11:00 PM after a prolonged rabies illness begun nine days after the bite. He suffered hydrophobia symptoms, including aversion to liquids and spasms, with an unusual death scene minutes before his passing.
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Seth Poster
Foster
Miner shoots at strange noise reveals frozen man in river
Mr. French, a miner near Jefferson, heard a noise he thought came from a beaver and fired. Later he found the object frozen in the river ice and discovered it was a human body. Miss Berger, the great cornettist, with Our Goblins.
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Mr. French
Jefferson
Death by own action at Courtsville incident
Hamilton Kenney, an elderly resident, shot himself at the Baughman House on December 27. The motive remains unknown. Landes' Drug Store advertises a Celluloid Dressing Set for sale.
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Courtsville, Inc
Hamilton Kenney
Baughman
Jene
Landes’ Drug Store
Man with forty-one children from three wives on Maple Street
A Chicago Eagle report tallies John Heffner born 1815 in Germany who fathered 41 children from 1840 to 1868 with three wives. At 65 he lives between Chestnut and Spruce, remembers only later-born offspring, and his brood includes five living daughters.
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John
John Heffner
Maple Street
Chestnut and
Spruce
The
Eagle
Heffner
Germany
Heffner No
John Heffoer
Nine Years Waiting for a Thank You
Rev E P Hammond recalls a Detroit scene where a man scarred by a past accident recounts saving a little girl from a runaway horse. He stayed near death for three days and has suffered neuralgia since, waiting nine years for the girl to say thank you, hoping she would arrive someday.
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Detroit
Hammond
Markets report hogs and cattle firm amid tight supplies
The Drovers Journal notes hog receipts of 18 000 with strong prices. Mixed packing 4.45 to 5.60. light 4.55 to 4.70. fancy up to 4.75. choice heavy 4.80 to 5.00. Cattle receipts 9 500, exports quoted 5.40 to 6.00. shipping good to choice 4.80 to 5.20. butchers firm 2.20 to 3.80. stockers 2.65 to 3.65. Sheep receipts 600 with active market natives 4.00 to 4.65, good 4.90 to 5.25. Indiana market mixed wheat and corn. Chicago area hogs firm with varied lo
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the Drovers Journal
Reforms in Physical Culture Elevate American Woman
A writer argues for stronger physical culture to improve women health and public taste. He cites less reliance on tight lacing, more outdoor exercise, and exposure to sun as signs of progress, while urging continued effort to elevate strength, vigor, and beauty through dress and activity.
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Greece
Rome
Farion
National debt as a blessing or burden in Britain
The London Economist notes Mr Gladstone’s view that Britain may have to guarantee India’s debt of 750.6 million dollars. The piece argues that national debt stabilizes a monarchy but harms a republic, urging rapid reduction and extinction of debt to strengthen republican government.
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Indianapolis
London Economist
Gladstone
United Kingdom
India
To-Morrow and Hope Loss in Sunlit Fears
Poem fragment reflects on borrowing from tomorrow and dawn, contrasting night and day. Mentions Father Ryan and motifs of hope, fear, and tenderness as it contemplates future refuge from hardship. The tone is somber, with imagery of light and shadows guiding resolve.
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Hope
Father Ryan
There Is Where I Was Born.
A Norwich Bulletin piece describes a Norwich to Hanover passenger coach as a unique hybrid vehicle. A woman’s ride on a trip is highlighted when a child in the future may recall that ride as the place where they were born, elevating the coach’s significance.
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Norwich Bulletin
Norwich
Hanover
Modest Pass Request Arouses Railroad Officer Skepticism
A Kansas City man sent a bold request for a round trip pass from Indianapolis to New York stating he would pay cash and use the ticket to please a young woman who would reject a regular ticket. The official declines to issue passes by mail and the letter remains unanswered, as such requests are not routinely granted.
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Burke
LW. C. Diuumms
Kk. H. Chapin
Seneca
IL. de Dalzac
Tousseau
Massillon
Washington
Buffalo Commercial
Booth
Maryland
Boston Corbett
Army
Medical Museum
Surgeon General's Office
Ford
Pesemnmes
Medical Corps
Arsenal
Edwin Booth
Mr. Weaver
Christ’s Church
Baltimore
Johnson
Weaver
Stanton
Kansas City
Indianapolis
New York
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