Indiana Law Bits and Local Quirks Stir Courtroom Debate
Attorney General Balpwin promulgates a ruling that cities cannot levy license fees on saloonkeepers, and a Justice of the Peace loses authority to imprison for fines. A Washington dispatch notes Native Americans pressing for a share of federal distribution. Indiana lawmakers debate doctor and dog registrations, and new weights under Axprova measures raise questions. The criminal code prompts jurists to weigh imprisonment for unpaid fines against property execution.
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Indiana
Indiana memory and rumored appointments in 1881 arcana
A long list of commodities by pounds and tonnage is followed by speculative notes about W M Ridpath to an Indian Agency in Arizona and a possible judge in Washington City's District Criminal Court losing jurisdiction over Guiteau. The piece ends with hints of relief from financial disabilities and an upcoming bankruptcy law in Congress.
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Indiana
W. M. Ridpath
Brazil
Arizona
Cox
District Criminal Court of
Washington City
Guiteau
New Jersey
Congress
Rumors rise of Gorrell arrest in Jennie Doup case
London Ohio rumors suggest James M. Gorrell faces arrest and inquiry into the death of Jennie Doup alias Gorell at the Pennsylvania House. Cousins Doup and Shank arrive. Doup seeks administrator rights, trunks, and unpaid board. Gorrell, ill near Broadway, Indorses a misleading Fort Wayne dated note while a suicide-leaning letter to Jennie is found. Average grades for local students listed at end.
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Jennie Doup
Gorell
Pennsylvania
Jacob C. Doup
Dayton
Shank
Gorell and
Lady
Doup
Wilmington
Broadway
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ft. Wayne
Union County
London
Sidney Smith and Son Soloman Shoe Shop Tale
A colorful local sketch follows Sidney Smith a sharp shrewd shoemaker whose small shop endures amid storms and change. His son Soloman falls for Sophy Spriggs prompting family friction as Samantha counsels patience and plans a possible match with Sophy while the shop and ads blend into a bustling town scene.
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Sidney Smith
Sidney
Samantha Smith
Soloman
Samantha
Sophy Sophia Sophronia Spriggs
Sophy
Sophia Sophronia Spriggs
Sonny
Sophia Sophronia
Sue
Allison Bros
Classified Rates Listed for Subscriptions and Payment
The item lists prices for The Magazine and weekly Bazaar and Young People’s subscriptions including amounts from 3.25 to 3.35 and 1.25, with instructions to apply to Jno A Onose at the Bank for payment.
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Jno
A. Onose
Local notes on harvests and a passing frost in Putnam county
Readable items report a large Gypsy camp gathering near here with about three hundred people, a freight car wreck on the I and St. L railroad, a death in Putnam county of Ollie Park, a frost observed Tuesday morning, travel delays, and local business ads. The passage also mentions Remenyi’s concert reception in Toronto and a sale promotion by A Dickson & Co in Indianapolis.
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Aaron Allen
James Daniels
Parke County
Wm. Robinson
Illinois
Oserona
Ollie Park
John
Ann Park
Putnam County
Indian Creek Church
Toronto
Asbury University
Burials and local notes mix with market reports
Miss Mattie Owens and her brother Jimmie were buried at Blakesburg cemetery, both died of consumption. Oliver Parks died of typhoid fever near town. Community updates cover farm visits, school bell, teachers institute, and underdraining benefits, plus Chicago market cattle and grain quotes and Remenyi's lecture, with local notices and ads.
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Mattie Owens
Blakesburg
Jimmie
Oliver Parks
Here
R. L. Bridges
Milton A
Bob
T. L. Grider
Indianapolis
Leonard Wilson
Sam. Huff
Wabash
J. A. Guilliams
W. F. Goslin
Greeley Fosher
DeMotte
Miss Shannon
Township Institute
D. C. Bridges
Sam Simons Oyster Bay Offers Fresh Oysters
An advertisement invites readers to Sam Simons Oyster Bay opposite the post office for daily fresh bulk and shell oysters with Bucktts furnished free.
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Sam Simon
Oyster Bay
Bucktts
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St. Jacons
Directione
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
U. S
Jim Daggy
National Bank Building
BaLpWwin
Washington
Em. Beauchamp
Em’s “Hole Hart
Axprova
OTLIO
Gorrell
London, Ohio
Rascal
James M. Gorrell
Jennie
James
Kirkwood Cemetery
Limedale School Report
Sallie Bodomer
Florence Allen
Mattie Steeg
Mollie Ellis
Joe Allen
Grant Landes
Lucy Showalter
Clara Torr
Fisk Allen
Mel, Walls
W. Bosson
Smith
Solomon
Smithfield
H. N. Mathias
Coffey
Murray
Case
Cincinnati
Lyon
Delphi
J. P. Allen
Lottie B. Scott
Cincinnati, Ohio
T. P. Rockafellow
Bettie Hough
Franklin
Per Tre Star
H. P. Allen
County
Bowling, Green, Ind
J. M. Torr
A. EK. Smthe
Medical
John Morlan
Reelsville
Iowa
geyThe
Nellie Hammond
Greencastle
Harpers
Allen Bros
Cloaks
Dalia
Allen Brothers
West Side Square
Matta
Brattin
Greencastle Jeweler
A. Dickson & Co
Trade Palace
Seminary Street
Fincastle
Chicago
Colorados
Arket
Pavel Pimos Sacha
Toledo Blade
Remenyi
Asbury
Baattin
Langdon’s
Chas Keifer
C. W. Talburt’s
Fillmore
Joan H. Ranvoiru
C. W. Tansort
N. Y
Hale
Charles Keifer
W. A. Workman
Geo. P. Upton
Cicago Tribune
Rubinstein
von Bulow
Jemenyi
Chas
Keifer
Dolmans and
Olsters
Langdon
Chas. Keifer
TaLeurr’s
Public Square
M. B. Revisit
Co. Clerk’s Office
Landes’ Drug Store
Germantown
Lang— Don's
Landes
Langdon’s Bazar
Landes Drug Store
R. H. Bowen
Putnamville
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