Burglars Captured After Oxford Store Heist
Capt. Colbert and Officer Weirick nab two thieves who fled Oxford after a $1500 loss in silks, notions, and jewelry. They found the pair in a West New York street carding house, disused names John Jones and John Clark, seized them and recovered nearly all stolen goods. The Oxford marshal will bring them in after nightfall.
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Expressman
Calvert
John Jones
John Clark
Library report shows Hoosier reading growth and rules
Miss Browning leads the city library as annual report details growth from 10,000 volumes in 1873 to over 47,000, with 15,000 constant readers and 317 2103 books issued in 1888. Fines rose to 657.41, new card renewals proposed to prevent losses, and state literary movement highlighted by Hoosier readers.
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Times
Gen. Law
Wallace
Miss Browning
Indianapolis
Chica
Cincinnnati
Cleveland
Bernhamer
Coy
Macauley
Gida
Seven Men Die In Embankment Wreck At Tombstone
A construction train on the Arizona & Southeastern railroad jumped its track near Tombstone on a Saturday, sending cars down a rock-strewn embankment. Seven workers were killed outright and several others injured.
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Tombstone
Arizona
Arizona & Southeastern Railroad
Cueurselves
Peddler arrests and court actions in city and county
Nine peddlers were arrested with one convicted for violating the city ordinance that requires keeping moving with wagons. Others were continued or discharged by the mayor. The holiday rush on Washington Street prompted arrests for violating street blocking rules. the ordinance is faulty and under review with aldermen failing to act. Laura March faces a two year term after a grand larceny trial. an appeal to the supreme court is planned. A $2,090 verdict was awarded to Mrs. Mary A Wise in a street railway damages suit, reduced from an earlier $5,000 with a retrial then change of venue.其他 items note office moves and wageNews.
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Jack Hannon
Main St
Kansas City
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Ihat
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Echons
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Board of Aldermen
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Connett
Laura
Laura March
Irwin
Hanijvick
Terrel
Supreme Court
Mary A. Wise
Citizene’ Street Railway Company
Walker
Howe
Street Car Company
Sod House From Nebraska Arrives For General Harrison
A sod house sent from Loup City Nebraska arrived in the Big Four yards on a Union Pacific car. W. J. Wilbur claimed the gift but vanished. telegrams warn to expect him in Indianapolis. Gen Harrison is amused as plans emerge to display the house on a vacant Georgia Avenue corner lot with Western trinkets and Arkansas land information.
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Loup City
Nebraska
Gen. Harrison
Union Pacific Railway
W. J. Wilbur
Wilbur
John Martin
Big Four
Omaha
Wilber
Martin
P. A. Warrick
U. P
Indianapolis
Loup
State House
Arkansas
Train wreck near Idlewild Kills Passenger Rider
Prisstine December 22 report an Idlewild Panhandle passenger train hit a freight train. One man was killed and others injured. The collision occurred Saturday morning as crews investigated the wreck and identified the deceased.
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Prisstine
Panhandle
Idlewild
Alfo company files articles of association and stock cap
The Alfo natural gas and oil company filed articles of association Saturday, capital stock ten thousand dollars. A fire caused two hundred dollars damage to the residence of Dundee Hedges in West Indianapolis Friday night. Friday before Christmas holidays schools celebrated. Harry Miller and Ed O Donnell were fined in police court for jumping a moving train. Judge Gadley Friday divorced Frank and Jennie Arnold, Frank gaining custody of their child. Gov Gray appointed Addison Bybee a Purdue trustee to succeed himself. Term extends three years from August 21, 188? The jury verdict favored the defendant in the suit of William Weingarten vs Fred Shaub for one hundred dollars. Judge Howe divo rced Nancy from John Hannan. Jeacie Taylor treated similarly. Harrison Taylor not bound. James Snow discharged from police court over pants case. Two ladies robbed near Meridian and Michigan streets. purses taken. culprits fled. Monon right of way ordinance objections. Indiana chess association tournament announced for English's hotel. Supreme court decisions listed.
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Alfo Natural Gas and Oil Company
Capital
Dundee Hedges
Indianapolis
Harry Miller
Ed. O’ Donnell
Gadley
Frank
Jennie Arnold
Jennie
Gray
Addison Bybee
Purdue University
William Weingarten
Fred B. Shaub
Harrison Taylor
James Snow
Meridian
Michigan-sts
Monon
Supreme Court
James A. Johnson
George M. Barrett
Posey
Niblack J
George Dunham
William P. Shannon
Vigor
Affirmed
Mitchell J
John K. Ellis Et
Special Sale on Men’s Fine Shoes in Broken Sizes
Bargain alert from George P. Ma Tol at 16 N Pennsylvania St. Shoes offered at half price if your size is in stock with savings from two to four dollars per pair. Limited by stock and sizes available.
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George P. Ma- Tol
Pennsylvania
The Force Too Small Supt Travis on Local Police
Supt Travis urges the city to add about 38 officers to raise patrol capability and extend coverage. He cites seventeen districts and plans to create two more, push eight hour shifts, and improve a patrol box and telephone system. Police board secretary Sarler notes strong recoveries of stolen property, framing it as a success despite staffing limits.
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Travis
SUN
Thesux
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Oeneia
Sarler
Police Board
Odanne on trial in Berlin amid European spotlight
A London cable reports Sidney Odanne, renowned cosmopolitan adventurer, on trial in Berlin for alleged fraud against the German ambassador in Paris. A Zurich post office veteran Von Hartnung stands with him in the dock. Odanne, about 50, once famed for his flair, now aged and burdened. The piece chronicles his romantic, globe trotting career and his status as Europe’s most distinguished adventurer.
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New York
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Luna
London
Sidney Odanne
Berlin
Paris
Odanne
von Hartnung
Zurich
Europa
Fire at Stroebel frame factory devastates building. several firefighters hurt
Cincinnati reports a midnight fire at Stroebel & Co. pictured frame factory, a six story ruin. Captain Jerry Bray of Engine No. 14 died, several others injured, five families left homeless. By evening only one body recovered and a public subscription opened for affected families.
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Stroebus & Co
Jerry Bray
Cincinnati
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Bray
Pipeman Bushkamp
He Won The Bet And The Society Lady Posed
A wager between artist J. Bissell and a society lady tied to Cleveland's election outcome. If Cleveland won, the artist would paint her portrait in oil. if Harrison won, she would model for two weeks. She posed daily for a week and was released from further service, with sketches shown to her as a partial win.
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St. Louis
J. Bissell
Cleveland
Hissell
Harrison
The All Chapel Fiend Again at His Work
Lustos December 21 report of another murdered woman near Whitechapel blamed on the Fiend. Found in Poplar Dietrich with an empty vial and a cord around the neck. initial suicide thought dismissed by autopsy showing no poison in the stomach.
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Lustos
White Chapel
Poplar Dietrich
Explosion at Wilcox's warehouse kills woman and boy
Reports indicate a woman and a boy perished in the Wilcox warehouse explosion on Friday. Authorities continue investigations into the blast while the town mourns the loss and recalls earlier warnings about the dangerous site.
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Wicaita
Dee
Wilcox
January solstice and portents of a grape crop
A compact column recalls winter solstice facts and weather, noting 17.4 degrees above zero and a forecast warmth. It marks St. Vincent day with grape crop omens, recounts historic deaths Geo. Eliot and Mrs. Mapp, and tells a tale of a bricklayer who rose then lost kinship. It ends with local crime notes, a beheading report in Zanzibar, and ads for gloves and handkerchiefs.
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St. Vincent
Jacksonville
Geo. Eliot
England
Order of the Garter
Treicestershire
Richard II
Plantagenet
Kinging
Persuasion Is A Go In Colored Literary Debate
The Harrison Literary debate at Jones Tabernacle on Blackford Street settled Gen Harrison policy toward the South. A large crowd heard Judge Franklin and Charles Sten for the negative versus James Williams and Mr Anderson for the affirmative. Sweeney presided and kept order as the disputants argued coercion versus submission while a jury of local officials weighed the case. The scene featured vivid oratory and satire, including a defense of the colored cause and sharp reminders of historical issues, ending with a victory for the persuasion side.
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J. B. Durham
Mamie Roberts
Moses
Judge Franklin
Chas. Sten
James Willians
Mr. Anderson
Gen. Harrison
Franklin
Sweeny
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Step
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Cleveland
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Givens
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Williams
Gallagher
Anderson
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Manson
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