Veterans Arrive as Indianapolis Prepares for Encampment
Veterans flood Union Station as Indianapolis readies for the encampment next week. Executive director Fortune coordinates lodging and meals amid grand decorations and hotel allocations. Police horses for patrols, parade plans, and a massive fireworks display heighten city bustle and citizen interest.
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Boys In Blue
Union Station
Fortune
Indianapolis
Kearsare
Osborn
Col
Hassendeubel
Department of Missouri
Lucille Hewlett Carpenter
Genevieve
First
Second Presbyterian
Masonic and
Tomlingen
Colbert
Milam
Quigley
Washington St
Myer & Deery
Musicians Union
Indiana
Fire at L A Clayborn home damages belongings
A Wednesday evening blaze at 524 N Wearst caused $200 damage and led Dowe McCarty to help by holding a pillow slip containing valuables including two $20 bills. The sack was later found $40 short, and McCarty was arrested awaiting a Friday hearing.
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L. A
Dowe
Columbian liberty bell to travel to world’s fair
The new Columbian liberty bell cast in Troy New York from silver pennies old swords tin cups bayonets and gold jewelry will pass through here Friday night on its way to the world’s fair. The six foot high 13000 pound bell will be rung for the first time on G A R day September 6.
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Troy
N. Y
Pension suspensions to be revoked this week
Wasnincron August 31 The commissioner of pensions announced he will revoke the order suspending pensioners under the disability decision Thursday or Friday. The move affects hundreds of cases where pensions have been stopped.
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Wasnincron
Pensiona Haa
Diverse Local Notices and Legal Matters Across Indiana
A mix of court cases, bids, and incidents fills the page. John Brett, 79 Fayettest., arrested for alleged irregularities. Mattie Joyce, 19, declared insane. Rep. J. B. Collins visits for legal business. Governor Matthews issues a requisition for Jezac Crosier wanted in Chattanooga for felonious assault. Delia Bang sues husband Philip and Indianapolis Brewing Co. for support. Jacob Allen and Neal Miller, jailed two years, seek new trial. motion overruled. A rattlesnake corpse joins the state museum, shot by T. F. Dean. Percy Trost sues Citizen's Street Railway for $10,000 after a July mule car incident. Death notices: several infant and child deaths. McHivaine-Richards Co. sues John S. Jenckes over a $275 note. Jenckes once prophesied the world’s end. Leander Chisman sues for $50 after a bucked crap game. Tax matters: Judge Jump and H. Royce contest tax assessments on Terre Haute concerns and water works.
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Piranda
N. Tilinota
John Brett
Fayetttest
Marshal Taylor
Mattie Joyce
J. B. Collins
Laporte County
Roby
Indiana
Harry Lawes
Cal. Divine
University Park
Matthews
Jezac Crosier
Chattanooga
Tenn
Crosler
Delia Bang
Anit
Philip
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Burgerf
Phil
Brewing Company
Jacob Allen
Neal Miller
William Spearman
Wade Hill
State Geological Museum
T. F. Dean
DeVall’s Bluff
Ark
Percy Trost
Citizen's Street Railway
W. Washington St
Mary Bishop
Eva Coval
Robin Bustell
Jennie Thompson
Brrrus
Edward
Florence Steinhaur
W. F
Mrs. Smith
Reuben
Mary Dransfield
McHivaine-Richards Company
John S. Jenckes
Prophet
Jenckes
Mississippi Valley
Leander Chisman
Justice Johnson
Gus Rahke
E Squire
Joshua Jump
H. ©. Royce
Mechanica’ Building and Loan Association
Terre Haute
State Tax Board
Jump
Terre Haute Water Works Company
A Wonderful Stomach Corrector Beechem's Bs Furniture at Wo
A curious line notes Beechem's stomach corrector offered with Wo L Elder's furniture shop presence. The brief item hints at a product or promotion tied to local commerce, but details remain fragmentary and unclear.
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Beechem
Washington storms roll through congress and seas rise
Aug. 31 dispatches report continued extra session in Washington with talks to repeal the silver act abandoned. Sherman and Wolcott debate silver policy amid panic, with calls for bond powers and defense of free coinage. Train wrecks, storms, and shipwrecks claim lives across Massachusetts New York Savannah and Bahamas coast.
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Washington
Congress
Carlisle
Wilson
Crisp
Washngton
John Sherman
Eugene, Seyd
Sherman
Sogaingtus
Enviend
Stewart
Walcont
Colorado
Senate
Cleveland
Treasury
Hill
Wolcott
Vourkes
Sullivan's Clany Pokes Fun At Pepys In Satirical Rant
A long mock prose piece mocks Pepys and public figures with portraits and ludicrous scenes. It lampoons lottery schemes, political campaigns, and a G A R pageantry, weaving crude humor and scathing jabs at unnamed targets amid chaotic imagery.
Fractious Judge Delays World’s Fair Injunction Hearing
At the world’s fair injunction hearing in Caiiaco three judges sparred over a 60 day continuance. Judge Dunne read the majority opinion while Judge Goggin tried to interrupt, earning ex-Judge Mason’s charge of judicial anarchy. The session ended with an order overruling the dissolution and a hearing date set. A second item reports the Ohio & Mississippi railway promising free transport for 500 shop workers, then reversing to offer $5 tickets, provoking anger.
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Caiiaco
Cail
Goggin
Dunne
Mason
Washineton
Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company
Reward Offered for Proof on Bomb BREW Purity
A $5,000 reward is offered by 1H Home Brewing Co for anyone providing positive proof that their Viva Thousand Dollicare Bomb BREW is not a strictly pure malt and hop beer.
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Home Brewing Co
Bank of Commerce Trust Open to Depositors Inquiry
Theodore P Tlaughey lies under arrest for alleged embezzlement and warns against Coffin family dealings. A prominent banker recounts a 1887 bond offer and Coffin's extravagance, noting losses from declined bonds. Bosson defends Bank of Commerce amid cautious collections, inviting depositors to inspect books to reassure public confidence.
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Thougne—Bank of Commerce
Theodore P. Tlaughey
Coffin
Francis
Cabinet Works Company
Cabinet Works
Indispapolis National Bank
Haughey
Tom Sey
Deurhey
Bank of Commerce
Mr. Bosson
Thsson
Was It A Scheme Behind The Bond Settlement
Controller Woolen travels to New York and Baltimore to push a bond settlement with an insurance company. The firm resists taking defaulted bonds and a stubborn holder refuses to surrender his bonds, fueling rumors of an advertising scheme and Woollen returning in a weak political position.
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Woolen
Ile
New York
Baltimore
Huw
New York Insurance Company
Mr. Woollen
Business Administration
Brazilian Senate orders civil trial for ex Admiral Vanden kolk
A Rio Janeiro dispatch reports the Brazilian senate will try ex Admiral Vanden kolk, the rebel, by a civil court against presidential wishes. Gen Sarsva has captured Cacs Pava, with government forces taken as prisoners of war. Entre Rios governor seeks federal aid.
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Vauvanaiso
Chibiiaug
Rio Janeiro
Vandenkolk
Sarsva
Rio Grande Do Sul
Cacs Pava
Entre Rios
Robbery on the Kentucky-eve Bridge Stuns Local Worker
John Harris, an employee of Van Camp's canning company, was robbed at about 1 am Thursday on the Kentucky-eve bridge. He was approached by two colored men who, at gunpoint, demanded his money and fled with the $5. Harris notified police, who searched the area but found no trace.
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John Harris
van Camp
Bridge
Harris
Riots flare in Durango and GOP pick Syracuse for convention
A chaotic report notes serious rioting in Durango Mexico and the New York Republican state committee naming Syracuse October 6 for its state convention. Mentioned are Cumberland related events and a shooting death of hauler Michael Small in York Pennsylvania. Also cited is a Brooklyn based manager A A Thompson under arrest for embezzling eighty thousand dollars from Perry store company.
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Durango
Mexico
Michael Small
York Pa
New York
Republican State Committee
Syracuse
Netherlands
Ottoman Empire
A. A. Thompson
Brooklyn
M. Y
Perry Store
President Cleveland Undergoes Cancer Operation
Aug 31 reports from New York and Conn detail that President Cleveland has been operated on for cancer after weeks of denial by his friends. Dr Hasbrouck, surgeon, says the procedure included extraction of two teeth and removal of a jawbone segment for a sarcoma. Cleveland remained calm before surgery and was revived from anesthesia before final relief. The Oneida yacht was at sea during the operation and the president’s party later reached Conn, with plans to sail to New York that evening.
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Savanna
Birmingham
Savannah
St. Helena
Huga Weves
Vna
Havana
Saratoga
Quinec
Wasp
McNabb
du Loup River
Premier
Kleuis
Lower
St. Lawrence
St. Charles River
Lake St. John
Boston
New Yorn
Yemassee
Charleston
New York
Savannah Steamship Offices
City of Savannah
New London
Conn
Chappell
Wm. Burnett
Fisher’s Island
Barthmorn
Astoria
Hunting Island
Augusta
Port Royal
Beaufort
Coosaw
WasumeTon
Burrard’s Bay
Oneida
Hasbrouck
Tims
Erdman
Thirty-fourth-st
Bryant
Cleveland
GhEnNien
Benedict
Charges Hound To Be Untrue In Federal Prison
Rev J N Slaughter a Clark county negro wrote a vile letter to his separated wife. He was sentenced to 18 months. He petitioned President Cleveland claiming brutal prisoner treatment. Marshal Hawkins investigated and found Slaughter unruly, stealing from convicts and causing trouble, resulting in disciplinary punishment. Attorney general Oiney was advised.
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J. N. Slaughter
Clark County
Cleveland
Marshal Hawkins
Slaughter
Oiney
Wake chaos and petty court cases in For's Hebarh
Mike Cagandy and Tom Leonard attend a wake, later meeting Tom Ryan and Tom Cain where a fight begins. Leonard is fined one dollar after testy courtroom remarks. Joe Trince is arrested for a confidence game, while William Battish and his wife face assault and battery charges. Henry Fitts Levi Miller and A L Farris are fined for peddling without licenses for Bowen Merrill encampment programs. Supt Colbert is accused of ordering no arrests for peddlers of books.
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Mike Cagandy
Tom Leonard
Tom Ryan
Tom Cain
Leonard
Iain
Ryan
Cadi
Attorney Reardon
Joe Trince
Chicago
Cade
William Battish
Henry Fitts
Levi Miller
A. L. Farris
Bowen-Merrill Company
Geil
Supt
Colbert
Clock Hidden Cash Theft Trial in Court
Judge Cox congratulated William Eliker on his experience after a burglary at his home during a Sunday dinner. A roll of $100 was found in a bed at Charles Hees’s house. suspects Koepler Hess and Godley faced sentencing with prison terms and fines. Hees and wife jailed two years each, Godley 18 months and $100 fine, Koepler 6 months workhouse.
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Wm. Eiiker
William
Eicker
Kerman Koepler
Charles F Hean
Hess
John Godley
Koepler
Llesses
Godley
Chas
Hees
Cox
Ficker
Hesses
Koepier
Eliker
E. Market
Mrs. Hess
Porter Brutally Attacked in Northeast City Home
William Porter, an old colored ex soldier living northeast of the city near Howland's station, was struck on the head with a gingle-tree by two unknown black men during breakfast. They looted $16, then fled as a neighbor posse pursued them toward Brightwood, stirring fears of the Kline murder case's resurfacing.
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William Porter
Goldier
Thowland’s Station
Porter
Clark
Belt Railroad
Kline
Knobe Sudden Death in Rheumatism Clinic
Sebastian Knobe, 46, a blacksmith, died at the office of Dra Brubaker A. in Indianapolis while awaiting rheumatism treatment. After a standard procedure a medicine dose was given and the doctors left for supper. Knobe was found dead upon their return. Coroner Beck seized several pills from his vest for analysis. He resided with family at 136 Oliver St West Indianapolis.
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Sebastian Knobe
Dra. Brubaker &A.ers
K Knowe
Knobe
Brubaker
Oliver St
Indianapolis
Beck
Riot Park Patrol Ends Idle Disorder in Chicago
Chicago reports police prompt action curbing migrant unrest at Lake Front park. Mayor Harrison vows no more unemployed meetings, leading to near desertion of the area and hopes for no further trouble. Also: fair directors freed to set Sunday hours. West Side Bank reopens with intact capital. 10000 descendants of John Smith attend reunion in Prpack New Jersey.
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Chicago
Harrison
Lake Front Park
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Capitol
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Bisson
Street Railway Company
Bowe
Divy Lira
Wo. L. Elder's
MR. Wolcott
House
Hastian
Hast
Helier
Plysiciavus
Sprinerren
Mags
Pittsfield
Cheater
Springsfield
Mass
St Wreister
Sullivan
Louisiana
Panny
Shepa
Tom Taggart
Satan
Lurge
Ajax
Simeon
Sterling R. Hols
Waitig
Cale Denny
Tom Sullivan
Corbett
Patsy Gorman
Haugmey
Wirh
E.E. Reese
East
Ther Trupa
Anti Police
Blieh
Judge Cox
America
Amsterdam
Leerdam
Smith’s Dye Works
Pennsylvania-at
Btruck
Wm. Porter
Heak
Soldiers’ Monument Commission
M. P. Fisher
Sirwood
Morton
Gqang
Heapens
St. Paul, Minn
Westside Bank
Prpack
N. J
John Smith
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