Pierce At Home on Orient Trip Warns of China English Strife
Henry D. Pierce recounts his travels through the Orient and warns of rising tensions in China and against Russia. He cites Chinese hostility toward foreigners, British actions near Canton, and possible Russian expansion in Korea as factors shaping regional risk. Pierce also notes famine, naval power plays, and personal brushings with danger during the voyage. He has been invited to lecture on Japan and plans speaking engagements in Indianapolis for charity.
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Japan
Henry D. Pierce
Tim Sun
China
Canton
America
Russia
Shanghai
Col
Denby
United States
England
Kingland
Yangtue-Kiang River
Pearl River
Gibraltar
Korea
Koret
Woosung River
Yangtze-Kiang
Woosung
Russias
Vladivostok
Pacific
Amerive
George Kennan
Kobe
Macao
Dutmes
Pierce
Indianapolie
Frederic T Dent Dies at 72 Brother-in-law to Grant
Frederic T Dent 72 brother-in-law of General Grant died Saturday after serving as a notable figure in Civil War era circles. His death marks the end of a long life connected to national history and military circles.
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Grant
Pexven
Frederic T. Dent
Local tax apportionments and court actions reported
Carroll and White counties paid their state tax apportionments totaling 7 486 37 and 9 683 35. Judge Brown allowed Fleming Smith to borrow 1 000 for taxes and repairs at the Murray mill. Ward owes Panhandle railroad 320 for freight. A jury ruled against John Ray in a track accident suit. Deaths, marriages, and new incorporations noted.
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Carroll
White
Brown
Fleury Smith
Murry
Michael Maroney
Michael Mahoney
Board of Public Safety
Tur Sun
Kosciusko
Monroe
Kosciuske
Monroe County
Jacon O. Linkhauer
Jay County
A. Gillum
Gillum
Panhandle Railroad Company
Patrick Ward
Harper's Court
Ward
Young Burton
Samuel Clayton
O’brien
Illinois Sr
Court House
Brazil Rapid Transit Company
Capital
American Window Glass Company
Gas City
Stanford Veterinary College
Indianapolis
John Ray
L. E. & W. Railroad
Bartholomew
Flora B. Black
Langenberg
Winfield Brown
Woodburn
Propykeum
Bimtus
Fable
W. G
Antonia Schnidel
Frank
Katard McQueen
Thomas
Mary Stringer
Birt
Laura Madison
Wm. R. McGinnis
Lucia Knight
Wright
Champion
St. L & PR
Hlee
McBride
Five Divorces Heard In Courthouse Saturday
Five divorce cases were heard Saturday amid inquiries of abandonment and cruelty. Fran cis Cooper seeks separation from America. America cross-claims, citing threats and removal of the family. Judge Bartholomew presided as cases moved through the docket.
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Francis Cooper
America
Francis
Ome
Bartholomew
Nic Loxyper
Cooper
Nancy Dunlap
Samuel
Iarper
Jennie Deer
Leander
Taylor
Emelia Keepin
Otto
Brown
Wreck of Santa Fe Passenger Train Near Coronado Springs
A Santa Fe passenger train departing Denver at 11 o clock Friday morning wrecked two miles east of a small station north of the city. Several cars tumbled down an embankment in a pile. Two boys, Gert and William Vantiforn, died. Eighteen others injured, none seriously. Engineer and fireman escaped with slight bruises. Congress man elect Lafe Penca and wife were aboard but unhurt.
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Coronavo Springs
Col
Santa Fe
Denver
Usted
Gert
William Vantiforn
Lafe Penca
Mirage in the Southern Sky Over Indiana Town
A fiery sword-like mirage appeared Friday evening over Wainsima Indiana, alarming residents due to a distant burning gas well 100 miles away. The phenomenon reportedly caused superstitions to flare before officials clarified the remote source.
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Wainima
Ind
Miss Belle Nichols Killed by Runaway Horse in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on December 24, Miss Belle Nichols was instantly killed when a runaway horse attached to a buggy shafts passed through her head as she crossed the street. The accident occurred Saturday morning and left bystanders in shock as authorities began investigations into the incident.
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Berey Shail
Los AxcEnes
Belle Nichols
Madame Clemenceau Reunited With Uncle Over Union Split
Madame Clemenceau arrives with her uncle James Stickner president of the West-side street railway company. She has been separated from Clemenceau for years and was unknown until Friday evening. She is agitated by reading of the proposed combat between her husband and Deroulede.
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Rockford, I
Madame Clemenceau
James Stickner
West-side Street Railway Company
Clemenceau
Deroulede
Weather Snapshot For 86 Hours Ending Sunday
Local light flurries of snow and cloudy skies with occasional clearing Saturday night and Sunday as of 8 p m Sunday December 25.
Secretary Foster to resign and electoral reform proposed
Secretary of State Foster will resign before leaving for Paris while Representative Springer advances a new plan for voting. Talks continue on Canadas revenue cutter actions and handling of seal protection in the north Pacific. The Cleveland inauguration committee faces internal trouble as War Department notes cross border troop authority in Indian hostilities. Surgeon General Wyman warns of cholera risk this summer if immigration from infected European ports is not curtailed.
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Foster
Paris
Springer
Canada
Cleveland
Healey
United States Revenue
Bear
North Pacific
Secretary of War
United States
Mexico
Boards of Trade
Wyman
Europe
Stacey
McCulloch
A. M. Thompson
Seventh Presbyterian Church
Railroad Department
Association
Fire Rips Brooklyn Dwellings Killing One Elderly Resident
A three story brick house at 35 Quincy Street in Brooklyn caught fire early Saturday. Chester M. Rogers and family escaped but Rogers’s aged mother died in the smoke. Another blaze at Myrtle and Broadway gutted a department store where 140 clerks fled. $150,000 stock loss and a 15 year old window dresser suspected of accidental ignition.
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Brooklyy
Guincy St
Chester M. Rogers
Rogers
Brouokiyy
Derlinary Goods
Myrtle-ave
Broadway
Isaac Weinberg
Gaz
Worse Scandal and Arrests Ripple Through Paris and Srocaron
A stormy session in the chamber of deputies reports on the Panama canal case with accusations against government officials and calls for punishment. Separately, R A Maddox and J A Scott were arrested in Srocaron for passing counterfeit money. Maddux held 420 in five dollar coins.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Trouquet
Committee of Investigation
Panama Canal Company
Ibles de Bernes
M. Flouquet
MM. Ribot
Charles de Lesseps
M. Fontainsg
Panana Canal
Srocaron
R. A. Maddox
J. A. Scott
Maddux
Doctor Farnsworth Sees Notable Success in Treatments
Dr T W Farnsworth reports remarkable progress in his medical specialty after more than three years of experience. He urges those needing expert care to seek his skilled services and consider a consultation.
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T. W. Farnsworth
Christmas Spirit Amid Hard Times and Local Charity
A holiday vignette describes frugal finances and charitable acts during Christmas in 1892. It notes brief anecdotes of a North Side husband buying gifts, Attorney Carter aiding a boy with shoes, ex Mayor Denny’s wife hosting a gift giving reception for newsboys, and Christmas activities at city institutions including hospitals, homes for the needy, and reformatory workhouses.
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Yuletide
Uni
Santa Claus
Carter
Slioe
Jie
Vance Black
Denny
Pennsylvania St
Insane Hospital
Deaf and Dumb and Blind
the Good Shepherd
Gallup dies former Park Commissioner and signal corps leader
New York reports the death of Albert Gallup a long time park commissioner and captain who helped organize the signal corps He died Saturday morning in the latest city news. In Ida Webb Season case Ivory Beans murder charge near Gem in the Cour d Alene district Webb Season was acquitted and Mrs Langtry shows signs of improved health in Windsor London reports.
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Gallup
New York
Albert Gallup
Signal Corps
Aatiorom
Ida
Webb
Gem
Cour d’Alene
Riley the Sign Painter of Greenfield and His Craft
Greenfield served as Riley’s sign workshop hub where James Whitcomb Riley and a crew painted many miles of signs. The article notes his exacting painting style and humor even in sign work, with a surviving image of his handiwork and references to A. J. Banke hardware sign in Greenfield.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Greenfield
Riley
Ececp
Titk Sun
A. J. Banke
Farmers Benefit From Roof Advertisements Trade
The article notes farmers profit from roof advertising as advertisers pay for space and the roof gains durability from paint. Sign companies employ rapid painters to apply this trade guides, sometimes with expert workers showcasing swift work on rooftops.
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Beecham
Policy game crackdown hopes at colored churches
A movement among colored church and society leaders aims to curb policy gambling by prosecuting gamekeepers and players. J Carr supports enforcing laws and eradicating the practice, while noting active reform efforts in his city section.
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J. Carr
Justin
Swindled Farmer Loses 5060 in Three-Card Monte
Istissono Illinois December 24. Martin A. Ritchie a prominent wealthy farmer was swindled out of five thousand sixty dollars by three men using a monte game.
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Istissono
Martin A. Ritchie
Sign Painting Mastery Through Rigorous Lettering Rules
The passage discusses Riley's gilt lettering and the strict rules of sign painting. It notes common errors by amateurs, such as making the upper half of R or I look disproportionate and misplacing the cross on H, which underline why sign painting is a skilled profession.
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Riley
Ghastly sight as express brings loaded engine to Enarra
The New York and Chicago express arrived at Enarra with the pilot engine bearing four dead bodies and smeared with blood. Snow blocked the view and the crew did not know of the deadly work until the train halted. Authorities investigate the mysterious tragedy on the line.
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Enarra
N. Y
New York & Chicago Express
Night mixing of crime and weather notes from December dispatches
A fragment from a late 19th century chronicle reports Julius Davison waking to a knife attack by a intruder in St Louis. Other items include ship arrivals City of Paris and Etruria, extreme cold in Canada and Minnesota, and local incidents in Iowa and Missouri along with medical notes from Washington.
Dancer Panic Follows Shot Exchange in Indiana Hall
A late night shooting in Sullivanville Indiana leads to three people frightened and a broken violin at Sindlinger's hall. Richey and an assailant exchanged 11 shots with no injuries as arrests follow.
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Sullsyviles
Ind
Skotoski
Hes Richey
Washinston-st
Sindlinger’s Hall
Balla
Panden
Richey
Christmas church services and programs listed citywide
Emanuel churches across the city schedule morning and evening services for Christmas week. Includes Memorial Presbyterian Rev O A Edson. St Pauls Episcopal Rev G A Carstensten. Central Christian Rev D R Lucas with Christmas poems. Roberta Park M E Rev C A Van Anda. First Presbyterian Rev M L Haines. First Baptist Rev W F Taylor. Tabernacle Presbyterian Rev J A Randthaler with baptismal preps. Second Presbyterian Christmas school exercises. Plymouth Congregational Rev Fr E Dewhurst. Friends Church Rev Levi Rees. Meridian St M E Rev H A Cleveland with special music. St Marys Catholic Church presents multiple musical works and Vespers. Additional note on dye works.
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First Presbyterian
M. L. Haines
First Baptist
W. EF. Taylor
Tabernacle Presbyterian
J. A. Randthaler
Second Presbyterian
J. A. Milburn
Plymouth Congregational
E. Dewhurst
Jesus
Friends’ Church
Corner
Delaware and
Olhiosts
Levi Rees
Meridian St. M. E
H. A. Cleveland
Marone
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Hayden
LaHusche
Veni Creator
Sefigy
Bethlehem
Rothe
Kaim
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Amd
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M. Kidd
Boss
Elmer Rosenberry
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A&a
Crespex
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Tom Brooks
Lee
Judye Cropsey
Cadi Buskirk
Police Court
Cadi
Fred. Adier
Shea
William Stafford
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Chafin & Wells’ Hardware Store
Duluth, Menaba & Northern Railroad
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Dee
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Third Cavalry
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Menating
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Leon Bailey
Nealing
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Keating
John W. Kern
Sart Lane
Niagara Group
Bingham
Wassington
J.d. Carnahan
County Records
Blarshal Cavanaugh
Carnahan
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Smith’s Dye Works
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