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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
2
The Greensburg Standard notes its 65th year closing with the issue and mentions a demand for a half-cent coin to satisfy trade exactions. The page lists editors Luther D. Braden and Noah Rogers and references annual terms in county and out of county. The notice hints at prepayment terms and a New Year feature.
The text contemplates Indiana likely having twelve Congressmen and fourteen electoral votes in the future, reflecting redistribution or reapportionment effects on political representation and the state’s electoral influence.
The article traces Chicago's rapid expansion from 4,470 people in 1840 to 1,698,575 by 1900, highlighting the city’s remarkable growth. It presents census figures for 1860, 1880, 1890, and 1900 as evidence of urban development and demographic surge.
East St. Louis Illinois now counts 29 655 residents nearly doubling in the past decade. At the current rate it will rise to third place among Illinois cities in 1910 behind Chicago and Peoria.
Serena E. Payne of New York chairs the Ways and Means Committee with George W. Steele of Indiana as a member. The panel currently includes ten Republicans and seven Democrats.
The census bulletin notes Illinois population at 4 821 550 with growth from 2 539 891 in 1870 and 851 470 in 1850. Only six of 102 counties declined. seven cities exceed 25 000, fourteen 10 000 to 25 000, and twenty seven 5 000 to 10 000.
Aged reflections on New Year and new century predict a broad cleansing of bad habits and hopeful resolve to improve. The writer hopes many will live up to the intention and strive to make the world happier and better.
A fifteen year old son of Edward Cadany was kidnapped and held two days near Omaha. A $25,000 ransom was demanded with threats to blind the boy and specific instructions to leave the gold ten miles west of the city. The father paid to end the danger. detectives suspect Pat Crowe as gang leader.
The year ends with a joyous Christmas remembered as the happiest yet in the country. Mail and express services set records, merchants reported great sales, and a mild pre holiday stretch gave way to a snow storm on Christmas Eve that kept people home. Families enjoyed the day as prosperity spread, closing what was called the most wonderful century to date.
The Fugit township commissioners opened bids Wednesday for the nearly eight mile pike project. A L Donaldson offered 18 697 00. W D Daily & Co 19 045 00. 3 3 Puttmann 19 250 03.
All persons with bills due from the county are urged to draw the same before Tuesday, January 1, 1901, as at that time the funds will revert to the general fund. Call and collect your money at once. COLEMAN T. PLEAK, Auditor.
Frank Thomson, after a several months stay in Detroit, has returned home.
A 1:30 a.m. fire on South Broadway damaged the Menzie home, burning the roof and upper section before the fire department extinguished it. Loss about 600 dollars insured. In other news, Mrs. Sarah C. Byers, eight three, aged and frail, broke her hip seven miles west of town. Albert A. Holcomb and Mildred Tucker wed in Shelbyville, and Edna Skillman married Harry C. Jonas in North Broadway home. Both couples plan to live in Indianapolis.
County commissioners opened bids for the next quarter's poor farm supplies and announced the lowest proposals. The list shows the firms and bid amounts read aloud at the Wednesday session.
Wednesday afternoon the Board of Commissioners opened bids for county office stationery for 1901. Five bidders submitted offers, with two local firms among the successful bidders.
The Swift Specific Co advertises S. S. S. as a blood purifier and tonic that removes poisons from the blood without harming the body. It claims cures for cancer scrofula rheumatism chronic sores eczema psoriasis and contagious blood poison, with decades of success and free medical correspondence.
A Saturday gathering in Indianapolis drew twenty to thirty Indiana Democrats to gauge party viability and leaders like Thomas Taggart and John Kern. They oppose a primary law while noting machine influence, debated speaker and senate leadership, and discussed forming a refreshed reform coalition with mid-road Populists amid calls for new party plans.
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