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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
4
A report from Tadiana Pennsylvania notes an Indiana Democrat filing as second-clause mud matter for the Post Office. The item highlights political maneuvering and administrative implications within the party.
A. Tarrisburg dispatch reports Senators Henry Philadelphia Cochran Lycoming and Weiss Lebanon returned desks and chairs voted by the Senate last March to Eyre and noted they were sold at a public sale of discarded machinery from Huntington Reformatory. Drury Luzerne Edmiston Bradford also sent back their furniture by freight. Senator Rice Bucks mailed a $20 check to the State Treasurer for his desk and chair. All named are anti Quay Republicans except Cochran.
The piece notes Grover Cleveland as a potential coronation figure and criticizes Depew for retracting praise, while public sentiment favors Cleveland. It reports McKinsey prosperity at the First National Bank of New York with a $5,000,000 extra dividend on $500,000 capital, 1000 percent, claimed to benefit under twenty people, five of whom control the bank, and mentions stock watering to $10,000,000 after paying a 100 percent regular dividend.
A strained relationship between General Miller and General Gobin, who also serves as lieutenant governor, risks undermining discipline and may disrupt the National Guard. Their personal enmities and political maneuvering for major generalship prompted calls for a court of inquiry to resolve who must initiate contacts, with the guard facing possible disorganization.
The writer condemns delays by Secretary Root in curbing officers handling public money in the Philippines. He notes deposits in Hong Kong and a robbery of $20,000, urges congressional action, and critiques timber and labor myths about the islands. The piece also covers Cuban governance timing, Hawaiian labor hopes, and Navy internal tensions involving Schley and Parker.
Excursion tickets will be on sale at Indiana to Chautauqua NY on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays in July and August. Return travel valid for 13 days. Fare 8.20 dollars. The West Indiana House advertises old rates and a value rate of 1.00 dollars per day. Joan Lover, proprietor.
A plea to mothers about the loss of a child and the later search for guidance. The text promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for womanly ills, with testimonials from Miss Jessie Simmons and Mrs. P. A. Graham praising renewed health. It outlines the medicine as a vegetable remedy aiding regularity, healing inflammation, and improving overall health, plus offers free letters to Dr. Pierce for confidential advice.
Tim proposed new German tariff draws flak from protectionists noting it out-Dingleys Dingly yet avoids wool taxation. The Philadelphia Inquirer asks how a foreigner pays, reflecting McKinley’s school argument. Does tariff policy differ abroad and who bears the cost?
Spanish officers who may testify before the naval court of inquiry will witness a strange spectacle. They will meet some official heroes of the Navy Department who stayed anchored at their desks during the war with Spain.
Three day excursion rates set on Tuesdays only not valid in Pullman cars at $6.60. Seven day excursion rate $9.90. Fifteen day excursion rate $1.85. Setgen excursion rate $13.80. Trains depart Indiana at 6:30 am and 4:20 pm arriving Buffalo at 5:50 pm and 7:30 pm.
Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Railway announces Pan American Exposition reduced fares from Punxsutawney to Buffalo. Season Tourist Tickets are $8.50 round trip with returns through October 31. Exposition tickets $7.10 round trip for 7 days, special excursion $5.50, and a $3.74 round trip for show period. Tickets valid in continuous passage, return to Buffalo by midnight Thursday after sale. no sleeping or chair cars. Timetables and info from local agents.
California Colorado and Utah offer special low summer excursion rates to all points. Personally conducted Pullman sleeping cars to San Francisco for the General Convention Episcopal Church. Tickets on sale Sept 22 to 27, good returning until Nov 5 with stopover privileges. Through service with dining cars and free reclining chairs. Fastest line with double daily through service.
Through sleeping cars from Chicago without change and through sleeping car reservations from Cincinnati via Memphis, Tenn., to Beaumont oil field routes are described. The notice lists travel options and connections for long distance rail passengers seeking access to Beaumont area operations.
A few screen doors are sold off cheaply this week to avoid transport. Doors priced from 39c to $1.25 each, with comparisons to past prices. Also offered are stone crocks fruit jars extra lids rubbers.
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