The Unqualified Teacher a 19th Century Letter Debate
A long fragment discusses a letter titled The Unqualified Teacher from 1473 in Davies county Indiana. It criticizes a man named Hastings and his teaching license battles with Superintendent Wise, recounting dates, licenses, and trials, and notes statewide education discussions led by state officials. The piece also covers a late December Brooklyn obituary notice for Miss Charlotta Ball and a Liverpool dealer’s marriage arrangements.
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Indiana
John Geeting
Davies' S
D.M. Geeting
State Partment of Public Instruction
John
J. A. Aastge
Wise
Hastings
Ireland
Mr. Wise
Mr.Bennington
Epsopal
Harrison
Eo -No
Wisa
Erintendenta
Township Steel
Wymouth
Emma Mont Me
Jones
Mentary
J. W. Layne
Evansville
J. A. Zeller
Lafayette
H. B. Brown
Indiana Normal School
Washington
Cipal Point
Ated
York
Brooklyn
George
James Crane
Liverpool
England
Charlotta Ball
Allsop
St. Church
Moving Little Men and the Chess Habit in Indiana
A Wednesday night chess session drew a dozen players in Indianapolis, with Jonathon Gyman an aging rival to Andrew Jackson in appearance. Mr. Ripley, a leading local, played three games, winning two as outsiders beat city players. The piece discusses chess history, culture, and famed enthusiasts from Napoleon to Franklin, noting Tomlinson as Indiana’s current champion and highlighting a long family love for the game.
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Jean
Eadhever
Jonathon Gyman
Indianapols
Orient
Ibn Sherf Mohammed
Alfonzo the Wise
Ruy Lopey Greco
Saul Forbes
Paoli Bo
Napoleon Bonaparts
Haroun al Rashid
Charlemagne
Frederick the Great
Charles XII
Voltaire
Rosseau
Benjamin Franklin
Tominson
Indiana
A Tomilinson
Paul Murphy
The Shoes of Jones and Postmaster Contenders
A lively review of the impending postmaster race in a town, naming Ed P Thompson and Col Samuel Merrill as leading candidates. It notes their backgrounds, political affiliations, and the influence of James A Wildman and other veteran figures, plus a mention of potential reappointments and party tensions. A separate item narrates a divorce case of Mary J Williams against Jeremiah Williams, detailing abuse, separation, and a plea to declare the marriage a failure.
Adjournment of Scientists at Indiana Academy meeting
The Indiana Academy of Science closed its fourth annual meeting with papers read including two added by Prof. H W Wiley. Officers elected: President John C Branner. Vice Presidents F C Mendenhall C P Hey J L Campbell. Secretary Amos W Butler. Treasurer C P Jenkins. A proposal urged state library reform and a board of regents. next meeting set for Greensburg in May. Powderly’s Appeal notes the order’s downward trend and calls for collective experience and counsel.
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Indiana Academy of Science
H. W. Wiley
John C. Branner
the State University
F. C. Mendenhall
Rose Polytechnic
Terre Haute
C. P. Hey
Butler University
J. L
Academy
Greensburg
Daughter saves man by shooting attacker at Cumberland Gap
Knoxville dispatch reports Higdon's daughter intervened in a fight with Pete Morris near Cumberland Gap. Morris, gaining the upper hand, was fatally shot by Higdon's daughter, ending the struggle and saving her father. The event occurred Wednesday, with local men gathering afterward to learn details.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Cumberland Gap
Pete Morris
Higdon
Morris
Change of venue in White Caps cases delayed to March
In Leavenworth on December 27, indictments against White Cap members were not tried, granted continuance to March 26. All defendants attended with families, threats reported against prosecution witnesses Nancy Moore and Clementine Goldman, who were sheltered out of town. Grand jury in session with more indictments expected. affidavits filed against Joseph Wells and Joseph Moon for alleged murder plot near Marengo. Moon in Illinois.
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Leavenworth
End
Mrris Moreland
Tham
Nancy Moore
Clemeniine Goldman
Winneseee
Geard
Joseph Wells
Joseph Moon
John
Sherman Nauser
Marengo
Wells
Moon
Iilingis
Visitors to President-elect Harrison stir early reports
A stream of politicians is said to be en route to see President-elect Harrison after Senator Spooner spent four hours with him Wednesday night. Rumors mentioned Blaine sightings and Miller as attorney-general, with Morton possibly declining Stockholm posting. Levi Miller, mistaken for Blaine, resembles Harrison’s associate.
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Gen
Harrison
Spooner
Allison
Blaine
W. H. H. Miller
Oliver T. Morton
Stockholm
Mr. Miller
Levi
Haughey
Indianapolis National Bank
Wedding Trouble Tests Justice In Italian Bride Case
Justice Feibleman unites El mer and Jennie Foppianno in marriage. The bride's mother and her pugilist son confront the groom at Long's rooms. Jennie, an Italian girl, wed Long who bars at William Selking's, against family wishes. The mother later swears perjury to aid license. warrant sought in police court.
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Justice Feibleman
Elmer & Long
Jennie Foppianno
Joe Foppiango
Long
Jennie
William Selking
Ker Child Reported Kidnapped by Husband Ayres
A woman identifying as Mrs Ayres told police her year old child was abducted by Billy Ayres a machinist at the car works in West Indianapolis She says she was lured to the St Denis hotel at the stock yards and left the child unattended while she visited a short time ago from Chicago She has been working in a local restaurant and is described as a good looking woman wearing a red plush costume The note from Cincinnati December 27 reports telegraph companies will not stay on a change after January 1 unless paid three quarters of a cent in fare causing unrest among members and a push to involve chamber officers in the matter
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Ker
Winchester Des 27 Lynching Threat After Assault Case
A Regro reports Miss Effie Towsen, 16, daughter of Silas Towsen, sexually assaulted by a man named Perkins near Batavia. A vigilant search for Perkins is underway and a lynching is expected if captured. Judge Irwin fined James Ferriter $50 costs and four months in the workhouse for assault on W C David. John Taylor received 30 days for petit larceny.
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Winchester, O
Des
Miss Perkins
Effie Towsen
Silas Towson
Batavia
Perkins
Ferriter
Irwin
James Ferriter
W. C. David
John Taylor
City Life Briefs Include Brief Fire At Fos ter’s Restaurant
Attorney general Michener stays in his office most of the time. A small gas explosion occurred Wednesday at Fos ter’s cyclorama restaurant, lit itself, causing no damage. Officials delay with the state likely due to political neglect. A burglar stole a pocket bank from Big Four agent C G Dixon’s residence. Mrs Dixon absent visiting a neighbor. Walter Campbell, meat stand keeper, was arrested for assaulting Ada Malcom. James 2 continuance granted. bond set at 200 dollars. H H Brands, state senator and Michigan City Dispatch proprietor, registered at the Grand. Senator Francia nominated Gray for governor and claimed a distant state presence.
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Michener
Foster
Politico
Taiesves
C. G. Dixon
The
Big Four
Missouri St
Walter Campbell
East Market
Swindles of Shaw in Chicago Bond Theft Case
The long record details a Chicago bond theft on April 27 at Kellogg Johnson Bliss vaults. Accomplice Cutting, held, then jailed, named Shaw Plessner and Taylor in a widening web. Shaw, a Columbia building and loan manager, was tracked to Indiana, with arrests and confessions tying them to stolen bonds. Plessner and Shaw admit buying bonds, while investigators press for fuller disclosure as trials loom. Amendments reveal irregular association books and a swindler past, with multiple indictments for burglary and receiving stolen property.
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Charles 8
Cutting
Chicago
Kellogg
Johnson & Bliss
Kellogg, Johnson ,& Bliss
Grand Jury
Henry Plessner
Charles D. Taylor
W. H. Shaw
Shaw
Columbia Building and Loan Association
Indiana
Frankfurt
Marion
Columbus
Tipton
Banfield Coon
Greenwood
Marchal
Plassner’s
Plessnar
Plessner
Banfield
Taylor
Building Association
Association
Otis Corbett
Michigan
Plasauer
Biel
Mollie Mott
Pressner
Inspector Banfield
Cahn, Wampold & Co
Kellogg, Johnson & Bliss
Columbia Building and Savings Association
Cahn Wampold
Home Safety Deposit Company
Home Insurance
South Bend
Ind
Building and Loan Association
Puessner
Corbett
Minor court faces on Christmas eve offenses in city
Polis judge Denny presided as mayoral term court heard cases on Christmas eve. Harry Barking faced a Mary Johnson alleged incident while his wife slept upstairs. case not concluded. Sullivan faced pocket picking and possible safe blowing. Zeidler pled guilty to selling intoxicants and was fined. Payne kicked and slapped his wife, fined 25 dollars and 30 days’ confinement. Brendan hurt Elliott. Craft fined for mistreatment. Lewis discharged from larceny charge. Rosenfelt guilty in one whisky sale case, fined 20 dollars. another case dropped. Frey fined for selling goods at public outcry, appeal noted. Lintsky, Brennan, Woods discharged after conflicting testimonies. Mary McKinney sought dismissal of old assault charge. request accommodated.
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Polis¢s
Denny
Harry Barking
Mary Johnson
Burking
Sullivan
Thornton
Chas. Zeidler
Christmas
William Payne
Tuy
Thomas Brennan
Jerry Elliott
Sanel Craft
Alexander Jackson
James Lewis
Terpin’s Nation
Julius Rosenfelt
Frank McQuade
Bernard Frey
Ing
Reportera
Board of Aldermen
John Lintsky
John Brennan
Alonzo Woods
Martin Merrick
Blake
Michigan Srs
Mary McKinney
Dying Nebraska Congressman Laird Nearing Death
Washington December 26 Special James Laird of Nebraska, a 39 year old congressman and famed athlete, lies near death in a close district possibly triggering a Democratic succession. Once a homestead champion, he struck a notable blow to Cobb of Indiana in intra chamber conflicts.
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Laird
Uau
Cobb
Washington
James Laird
Nebraska
Indiana
Committee On Public Lands
Dehbraska
Bold Burglars Hit Market Street In Daylight
The report details multiple daytime burglaries. At 260 S Tennessee, carpenters locked $25 worth of tools inside a house but woke to find them gone. Helman's saloon on Battes Street saw a raid yielding $200 cash and a $20 gold watch. At 94 E Market, a young man jimmied the door of N B Goft's produce, stealing three tubs of butter while bystanders watched.
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Market St
Harry Wicks
L. Moore
S. Tennessee St
Helman
Battes St
N. 8
Goft
E. Market al
Canada and St Louis railway expands to Michigan route
The Canada and St Louis railway begins operations from Goshen to Battle Creek Michigan. Bee-line plans a new depot at Anderson. Bee-line executive Tom Peck noted New Year greetings from the general manager. WIRE WHISPERS mention seastoning in Cincinnati and a $5 000 goods claim by Mary Greenhut of Cincinnati. Additional items report a Chicago coal oil barrel blast injuring Frank Polo, deaths of W A Ogden and Richard Hopple, Cincinnati divorce suit by Viola Decamp, a hospital fatality after a blow, and a Cleveland judge suing Hocking Valley officials for damages. George Pi Marotti advertises holiday shoes and slippers at 16N Pennsylvania.
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Canada & St. Louis Railway Company
Goshen
Battle Creek
Mich
Bee-line
Anderson
Tom Peck
The
Cincinnati
Mary Greenhut
Chicago
Frank Polo
W. A. Ogden
Chauncey Depew
New York
Richard Hopple
Viola Decamp
Henry King
Chas. Hageman
Burke
Cleveland
Shaw
Hocking Valley Railway
Bondlemen
Blood Will Be Spilled The French Eversole Feud Near
Word arrives that the French and Eversole factions in Louisville are poised for a new battle. About 80 Frenchmen armed with Winchesters encamp near French’s home, paid 60 pounds each monthly as soldiers and guards. The Eversoles boast a larger force and are eager for combat.
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Louisville
Indiana Chess Convention Opener at Englishs Hotel
Reports from Cincinnati indicate a northern Indiana storm disrupts telegraph across Indiana and Michigan. Indiana Chess association opens its semi annual meeting at Englishs hotel with around a dozen members present and a later team match to decide traditions amid light banter.
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Indiana Chess Association
Indianapolis
Jower Padunk
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