Railroad Trust Will Cost 50 000 Men
The Chronicle reports post consolidation of eastern trunk railways will reorganize the transport network from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. It states 60 000 railway workers will lose jobs, commissions vanish, and through trains are reduced. A New York central board will oversee the changes with Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania, Morgan and Harriman interests represented.
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Great Trunk Railways
Chicago
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Centrol
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
Morgan
Harriman
Chicago-St. Louis
Rocky Mountain
Congress
Fire start injures Mrs McConaha near Centerville
Indiana roundup notes include a serious burn incident to Mrs Walter McConaha as she started a fire near Centerville. The page also lists various local events from legal cases to petty crimes and wartime anecdotes across Richmond and surrounding towns.
Novel cross county wedding tour in Indiana
A newly married couple from Cass and Carroll counties in Indiana begin a three hundred mile wedding trip. William Heegland and Emma Wallace drive by horse and buggy from Kokomo to Clinton Fort and Crawfordsville visiting towns along the route. They travel to celebrate their nuptials with minimal baggage and ample finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Punty
Cass ¢County
Carroll County
Clinton Courty
Wiliam Heegland
Emma Wallace
Frankfort
Clinton County
D. L. Reese
Crawfordsville
Grandchildren Act as Flower Girls in Old-Time Darlington Wedding
Joseph Pittman aged 76 and Mary Elliott aged 73 wed at the bride's home in Darlington. The ceremony featured a flowered parlor setting and a full orchestra. Two of the bride's granddaughters served as tower girls as the couple, both twice married and well off, declared the match a love marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Joseph Pittman
Mary Elliott
Darlington
Circus Man Willie Sells Plans New Road Show Next Spring
In Peru Indiana Willie Sells a noted circus man will start a new road show next spring using much of Wallace's extra stock. F Statesman will exit Maj Teele's path in the congressional race and has announced candidacy for joint representative from the district. The Perumannerchor society held a mass meeting to express sympathy and collect Beers subscriptions.
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Peru
Ind
Willie Sells
Wallace
Dares F. Statesman
Majteele
Perumannerchor ‘Society
Richmond Man Enlists in British Yeomanry for Transvaal
Charles A. Jackson formerly of Richmond has enlisted as a shot1shooter in the British yeomanry for service in the Transvaal. John Locke and Everett Thornburg, young men, are under arrest for alleged sheep stealing with Thornburg attempting to sell 24 sheep to a local dealer before fleeing.
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Richmond
Ind
Charles A. Jackson
Transvaal
John Locke
Everett Thornburg
Thornburg
Sheen
Indiana News Briefs Span Oils, Roads, and Local Mergers
Indiana oil rises to 1.15 with a three cent increase. Two new smallpox cases reported in Daleville. Muncie commercial club aims to raise 10 000 for a hospital. Muncie glass company to build plant in Cincinnati. Three new rural mail routes to be established from Wabash. Brownstown to Tampico telephone line completed. Maggie F. Titus of Marion reported missing, possibly sane. Goshen and Indiana traction franchise granted until 1825. Eli Berry near Washington found a cent dated 1828. Bedford quarry owners meet. Bedford hosts event. Prices may rise. John L. Griffiths of Indianapolis addresses Tippecanoe club on Lincoln. F Jones appointed to Philippines post office job. Judge Mattison rules 14-year-olds are beyond compulsory education. Wright shovel fatalities noted.
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Brownstown
Tampico
Marion
Goshen & Indiana Traction Company
Bedford
Bloomington
Thurday
John L. Griffiths
Indianapolis
Tippecanoe Club
Lafayette
Lincoln
F. Jones
Marion Chronicle
Post Office Service
Philippines
Mattison
Evansville
The Sun Not So Large It Cannot Be Read
Readers claim the sun remains readable in all sizes and conditions as the everyday object of light and distance. The remark emphasizes visibility and practical observation in daily life.
Prohi convention called for Indianapolis April 24 and 25
The state prohibition convention is set for Indianapolis on April 24 and 25 with 840 delegates. It will elect 33 delegates to the national convention in Chicago on June 27 and 28 and lists possible presidential nominees including Swallow Woolley Johnson and Morrow.
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Indianapolis
H. J. Hall
Edward W. Clark
Chicago
Plaza Restaurant Taken Over by Bostwick Family
Under new management Mr W L Bostwick and Son of Washington Indiana purchase the Plaza restaurant at 40 Monument Place and vow to make specialty of finest 15 cent meals served in the city.
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W.L. Bostwick & Son
Washington, Ind
Plaza
I Monument Place
Miner Kills Wife by Mistake in Hillsboro
Edward Moore, a miner, shot and killed his wife during a suspected burglary in Hillsboro on a Thursday. The incident unfolds as authorities investigate the fatal gunfire.
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Hillsboro, Sr
Edward Moore
Alive or Not A Window Figure At Music Store
At St Wulsehner and Son on N Pennsylvania St a lifelike young man figure sits with a guitar in a music store window. Its head turns and eyes stare while a prominent electric wire runs near its neck. Crowds debate whether the display is alive or a machine.
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Wulsehner & Son
N. Pennsylvania St
Six Boys Fatally Injured in Rochester Sleigh Accident
At Fairport New York on Thursday night a two horse sleigh collision left six dead and twenty one injured among local youths. Serious injuries include Edward Day Samuel Hart Arthur Kohler Floyd Turpenine Jesse Brooks and Orne Sprinket. Kohler steering lost control and the sleigh crashed into a tree as it careened at high speed. The sleigh was wrecked and children were hurled into trees and fences.
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Rochester
N. Y
Fairport
Edward Day
Samuel Hart
Arthur Kohler
Floyd Turpeniine
Jesse Brooks
Orne Sprinket
Kohler
Fine Horse Flesh at Cronk Sale in Union Stock Yards
The Cronk horse company sale at Union stock yards continued Friday with brisk trade despite quieter auctioning. About 2,000 people attended, 400 horses sold, top team $630 and best single $380, with buyers from London and Glasgow, and Indianapolis noted as a strong market.
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Cronk Horse Company
Union Stock Yards
London
Glasgow
Indianapolis
Hanna to Lead Campaign Literature Subcommittee
Washington January 19 First assistant postmaster general Perry Heath said the chairman of the sub committee on campaign literature of the republican national campaign will be filed by Senator Hanna Heath notes McKinley objected to office-holders serving on the campaign committee and resigned with Comptroller Dawes Dick would have held the post but lacks time Hanna will undertake the work himself.
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Washington
Perry Heath
Senator Waira
Heath
McKinley
Heirs Seek Deed Set Aside Over Whisky Deception
In circuit court Kate Sheehan and three others sue Hannah May and Michael Finn alleging they obtained a deed to Mary Sheehan property by getting her drunk and exploiting her impaired judgment. The heirs at law ask the court to invalidate the deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Sheehan
Mary Coval
Louis Coval
Benjamin J. Doughty
Hannah May
Michael Finn
Mary Sheehan
Home for Friendless Women and Children Annual Report
The managers and trustees report assisting 429 persons including 12 aged women and 109 children. Receipts were 2806.54 and expenses 2707.07. Re elected officials include Managers Mrs Franklin Landers Mrs J M Ketcham Mrs Julia M Moore Mrs R K Sifers Mrs K L Dorsey and Mrs W H Hubbard and Trustees Dr N A Hyde J H Varen J G Kingsbury W H Hubbard.
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Home For
Franklin Landers
J. M. Ketcham
Julia M. Moore
R. K. Syfers
K. L. Dorsey
W. H. Hubbard
N. A. Hyde
J. H. Varen
J. G. Kingsbury
Jury Disagrees in Teague Streetcar Damage Suit
The jury trying Emily Teague's $25,000 damage suit against the street-car company disagreed Thursday afternoon. Teague was injured after being struck by a moving car while passing behind another car in the opposite direction.
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Emily Teague
Mrs Annie C Crane Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs Annie C Crane 4 wife of ex police sergeant Leonard Crane died suddenly Friday morning at 1062 West Vermont Street. She was in good health Thursday and collapsed shortly before noon from a brain hemorrhage. died a few minutes after Dr Long arrived. Survived by husband and a married daughter.
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Annie C. Crane
Leonard Crane
Vermont St
Long
Funeral for Dr W S Rawls at family home on Central Ave
The funeral for Dr. W. S. Rawls was held Friday afternoon at 1422 Central Ave the family home. He died in New Mexico where he had gone for his health. Locadentists on Thursday appointed Drs. Oliver Wells Hacker Bailey and Byram to prepare condolence resolutions.
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W. S. Rawls
Central Ave
Rawls
New Mexico
Oliver
Wells
Hacker
Bailey
Byram
Odd Fellows Opening Near Greensboro With 15 Inmates
The new Odd Fellows home at Greensboro will open with about 15 inmates on April 15. The buildings are nearly finished. A committee from Indianapolis visited them Friday.
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Greensboro
Indianapolis
Mrs May Wright Sewall Delivers Address at State University
Mrs May Wright Sewall spoke on Privilege and responsibility at the founders day exercises of the State university in Bloomington on Friday morning. J I Berry of Loganton Pa testifies he was cured of pneumonia by One Minute Cough Cure after doctors failed and says it also cured his children of whooping cough. The ad notes the product quickly relieves coughs colds croup grippe and throat and lung troubles and that all druggists carry it.
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May Wright Sewall
Bloomington
The
State University
J. I. Berry
Loganton
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Claims Cure for Croup and Whooping C cough
Ad copy touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a cure for croup and whooping cough with no danger when used timely. Urges mothers to keep a bottle, claiming instant relief for burns cuts sprains and stings and promoting Dr Thomas' Eclectic Oil available at any drug store.
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Monarch
Thomas
Ormonds Lunch Trade Ad at 16 W Pears Street
A daily business lunch from 10 am to 2 pm and a ladies lunch on the second floor at Ormonds 16 W Pearsi. The ad promotes the Old Reliable Onion Co-operative Laundry and a sale of robes blankets harnesses and trunks by Van Derpool.
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Our
Ormonds
W. Pearsi
van Derpool
Sample room and cafe restaurant lunch menu notice
Sample room and cafe restaurant at 127 E Court Street advertises a business lunch in Chiang Mai style from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the finest local setting using a concise time window for diners.
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E. Court-st
Fire consumes $50,000 junk stock in three story building
Fire at 640 S. Pennsylvania Street Thursday afternoon gutted Henry Marks and Harry Bennett holdings with about 75 Lion clothing factory workers evacuating. Firefighters stretched hoses across the Union tracks as the blaze spread from rags, believed to be spontaneous in origin, while trains were delayed slightly. Fire chief Barrett kept men outside to protect floors and walls as sparks smoldered overnight.
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Henry Marks
Harry Bennett
S. Pennsylvania St
Vulcan
Lion Clothing Factory
Harrison Cohen
Union Tracks
Supt. Zion
Panhandle
Monon
Barrett
Lion Clothing Company
Mr. Cohen
Conservator to Return Funds After Discharge
Horace C. Smith as conservator for Model Life Insurance Company received $150 from Judge Carter and was discharged. He reported a balance of $5,891.97 on hand and turned it over to the recently elected directors for the firm.
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Model Life Insurance Company
Horace C. Smith
Model Nfe Insurance Company
Carter
High Wedding Fees Prevent Regular Marriages in Puerto Rico
Special Commissioner Carroll reports on Puerto Rico showing a 1897 population of 890000, whites 64 percent, Catholicism dominant, and high clergy fees driving couples to cohabitation. Coffee and cane dominate crops with shade-grown coffee maturing five years. Cattle farming thrives. daily field wages range 35 to 50 cents. He urges US constitutional extension and a territorial government.
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Washington
Carroll
Puerto Rico
Brazil
Carrell
United States
Gate lecture request denied for Julia Morrison
Bristol Tenn Jan 19 The request of Julia Morrison slayer of Actor Frank Leiden for a Gate to lecture in Bristol has been turned down by the manager of the Harmeling opera here. It would be a disgrace to countenance such a thing. Miss Morrison continues to meet with poor encouragement in her lecture venture.
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Bristol, Tenn
Julia Morrison
Frank Leiden
Bristol
Harmeling Opera
Cambon
Kentucky girl freed in Ironton murder case
Miss Martha Daniels of Kentucky was released after a jury found her not guilty of the alleged murder of Mrs. Belle Collins last November. Collins was killed with a butcher knife. Daniels had no other known enemies and presented an alibi.
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Williamson
W. Va
Martha Daniels
Kentucky
Ironton
Belle Collings
Collins
Donohue and Henneberry Seek Receivership in Dissolution Case
Chicago January 19. Michael Donohue files suit to wind up the partnership with Henneberry seeking a receivership as a step toward dissolution. Donohue & Henneberry is described as one of the nation’s largest printing firms and a pioneer in producing bound paper covered books.
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Chicago
Michael Donohue
Donohue & Henneberry
United States
Fatal Wood Alcohol in Merrill Man Dies
Bowling Green Ohio January 19 S C McKelcy died at Merrill Thursday from drinking a quart of wood alcohol. McKelcy was said to be a single man but neighbors claim he had a wife and seven children in New York.
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Bowling Green
S. C. McKelcy
Merrill
McKelcy
New York
Remarkable survivals and court mischief in noted tales
The Pittsburg diary of miner Wm Galloway chronicled his entombment in the Kaska mine from Dec 18 until recovery on Thursday. He used a chalked sheet to write farewell messages to his family and subsisted on lamp oil until it ran out. In Baltimore electrical worker Charles Seebeger died within hours from a heart wound deemed instant death by doctors. In New Haven Hart Chappell a kiss led to a $7 fine in city court, contrasted with a Yale senior fined more for a similar act as the runaway Miss Craig returns home to Providence.
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Pittsburg
Wm. Galloway
Kaska
Baltimore
Charles Séeberger
Jerome Swartley
New Haven
Conn
Hart Chappell
Mary Craigs
Chappel
Yale
Craig
Rochele
Providence
Frazer Divorce Case Settled In Favor Of Ida Frazer
Ida Frazer widow of a New York publisher wins settlement in her divorce case against Dr. J C Frazer. The court records show Mrs Frazer fully acquitted Mrs Scrive rer of misconduct. The lengthy dispute concluded with Frazer in Mrs Frazer’s favor and the matter treated as settled.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ake Vorce
Ida Frazer
J. C. Frazer
Two Women Scalded to Death in Chester Dyehouse
Chester Pa January 19 two women Mrs Ida Sible and Mrs Mary Blizzard died after a drunken incident near a Chester dyehouse. They visited a night watchman and fell into a vat during a rescue attempt. Both perished from severe scalding the following day.
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Chester
Ida Sible
Mary Blizzard
Nick Ones
Great War Predicted in Asia and Europe
Lieut. W. Romane of the Russian army, after a three years cruise in Asiatic waters, reports that naval officers of Russia and Japan foresee a great war between their nations. He predicts a general European war to follow, and says England must fight to retain its territory in India.
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Chicago
W. Romaneoff
Asiatic
St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
England
India
Local Post Office Inspector Probes Missing Funds
A St Louis report says post office inspector Dice is investigating losses totaling about 200000 tied to a local sagetwich firm. The case centers on patrons of the so called Joby firm and related schemes.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Platen
Sagetwich, Maken, Schewae
Joby
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