Chinese New Year Observed In 1890 Chinese calendar notes
The article describes the Chinese New Year on January 20, 1890, marking the year 16 of the reign of Kwangsu, with Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist influence. It mentions Empress Dowager Lingchi’s actions, the young king, and New Year customs in concerts, feasts, and paying debts. Local Chinese merchants Pang Yim Pang Ya Gon Wa Alley Sing and events at Jas. Bentford's home are noted.
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Kwangsu
China
Christ
Hen Tang-chi
Hien-fang
Lingchi
Prince Shun
Kong-fa-tse
Chinee
Pang Yim
Wyandot
Celestial Empire
Pang Ya
Terre Haute
Gon Wa
Sun
Alley Sing
Democratic Board of Improvements Elects Olsen President
Olaf R. Olsen was chosen president of the new Democratic Board of Improvements after the city ordinance created the panel. The street commissioners’ payroll of $205 was approved, but several bills were disapproved amid questions about material use. The city attorney said the board’s acts were legal as officers de facto, with council control over expenditures. The report notes scattered materials and demands detailed accounting.
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L. A. Fulmer
Beedine Limestone Company
C. C. Foster Lumber Company
Dunning & Roney
H. B. Stout
Fisher & Roney
Strees
de Raiter
Taylor
Archnasoe
Woollen
Levy the cornet star dazzles at Tomlinson hall concert
A concert company led by Levy features Mme Stella Levy and Olive Louise Barry with Edwin Shonert at Tomlinson hall Wednesday. Levy, famed for his cornet virtuosity, has a long history from London to America including a Russian band offer. The program also mentions Billy Florence's traveling dog act and notes on Me Hoyt's production of Mr Barnes of New York at English's and recent Boston praise for Lettia Hollywood.
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Levy
Tomlinson Hall
Mme
Stella Levy
Mies Olive Louise Barry
Wm. J. Lavin
Edwin M. Shonert
Manhattan Beach
Jules Levy
London
America
Russia
Billy Florence
Southern Hotel
St. Louis
Mr. Florence
Lettia Hollywood
Hoyt
Jia
Boston
Flora Walsh
Rachel Booth
Physicians License Law Quoted in Gun Wa Arrest
A physician discusses Gun Wa arrest for practicing medicine without a license. He criticizes city druggists and clerks posing as physicians. Cites New York enforcement and a $50 penalty. Indiana Supreme Court Hastman v. State Jan 25, 1587 confirms druggists cannot treat the sick legally.
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Gun Wa
New York
Supreme Court of Indiana
Hastman
State
Fires Ravage Several Works and Buildings in 3 States
Industrial iron works destroyed by fire Sunday night causing about 30000 dollars loss. Elliott avenue Baptist church burned in Springfield. Central school building in Cold Water Michigan burned with an estimated forty thousand dollars in loss.
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Kansas
Pringfield
Illas
Elliott Av
Mich
Walker Blaine Buriea funeral attended by president family
Washington dispatch reports Walker Blaine's funeral on Saturday with a large attendance. The president and wife, cabinet, and diplomatic corps were present, highlighting the father's deep grief. Additional items note late northbound trains at Ottawa owing to Soo backlog and a fatal accident in Newroute from an electric wire incident. Weather forecasts call for colder, clearing conditions in Indiana and Indianapolis areas.
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Walker Blaine Buriea
Washington
Spl
Walker Blaine
Ottawa
Ont
Soo
Additonal state grips Tipton schools amid attacks and robberies
Reported incidents include P Bingerstall slashing Williams at Center Point, Daniel Gearry caught during a safe robbery in Burt's store Marion after a struggle, an accomplice fleeing. A Young man Wilber shot in an Anderson resort, likely fatally, possibly by Dutch Ryan who is not yet arrested. John Reddick and John Carberry arrested in Frankfort with their son after raiding New Castle stores last week and taken back to New Castle.
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Tipton
P. Bingerstall
Williams
Center
Ever & Whisky
Daniel Gearry
Burt
Marion
Wilber
Anderson
Ryan
John Reddick
John Carberry
New Castle
Frankfort
Justice Was Blind In Local Police Court Oddities
A chaotic Monday in the police court saw Mayor Sullivan absent due to the grip, delegating to Justice Walpole who rendered brisk, witty rulings. Prostitution and assault cases involved George Stout and Mattie High, with Rawson denying striking the woman, and fines levied on L. W. Woods and Richard Smith. Gangs at a Monte Carlo house were busted, four arrested for visiting a gambling den, and a janitor John H. Bell faced bond for an attempted crime against his daughter.
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Sullivan
Walpole
Erip
Police Court
George Stout
Mattie High
Charles Rawson
Royse
Wright
Rawson
Gant
Rouse
Stout
Bheel’s
Raywson
Highwoman
L. W. Woods
Richard Smith
Carney’s
Washington St
Monte Carlo
Sam Owens
Twelfth-st
Dawson
Clifford
Harris
Wheatley
McClure
Warner
Koeniger
Page
Werrick
Owens
Alford
Daniel Davidson
Oia
John H. Bell
Bunton
Bell
Taylor
Mary E. Ayres
I. D. & W. Railway Company
Mary
Haughville
Blaine May Retire Amid Cabinet Turmoil and Illness
Washington Jan 20 The secretary contemplates retirement after his son’s death deeply affected him while Senator Sherman and other leaders suffer grip moments. Butterworth greets an anti option tax proposal. World’s fair committee appointed. John Castello dies of illness. other officials recover from a series of ailments and a writer finishes a novel.
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WasHington
Panera Hers
Elaine
Hite
Butterworth
Congress
Gas strike at Millersville signals pipeline plan
George H. Schofield of Millersville reports striking natural gas at 250 pounds pressure and proposes laying a pipeline to North Indianapolis and nearby areas.
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George H. Schofield
Millersville
Indianapolie
Baseball contract debates and league signings ripple through teams
Detroit and Chicago figures court player loyalty amid brotherhood bargains while Comiskey and others push for captaincies. Old timers, incl. Gleason and Clarkson cohort, eyed comebacks as contracts diverge between players league and brotherhood. Commentary questions salary guarantees and unity as Martinsville Mineral Water taps into urban life.
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Detroit
Cal
Marquette
Cheboygan
Troy
Albany
Grand Rapids
Comiskey
Catain
Chicago
Pute
Freddie Pfeifer
Ad. Guintert
Ward
Brunell
Charlie Bennett
Bennett
Tom Tucker
Holyoke
Detroit Free Press
John Burdock
Joe Gerhardt
Bill Gleason
Jack Lynch
National League
Cleveland Press
Curry
Foley
Cleveland League
O’brien
Zimmer
Bakely
Use
Indianapolis
Andy Sommers
Carry
John Clarkson
Narantee
Betrayal Not Tempted by Reward in Booth Escape Tale
Washington January 20. Thomas A. Jones a navy yard laborer recounts to Detective-captain Williams how he aided John Wilkes Booth after the assassination. Jones refused offers of up to 3 million dollars, insisting honor outweighed wealth as he helped Booth reach Virginia and escape. He recalls Booth asking about public reaction and describes helping with food and transport before Booth crossed the river.
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Washington
Congressman Mudd
Maryland
Secretary of the Navy
Jones
Booth
Wiliams
Secret Service
Williame
Surrattville
Surratt
Lloyd’s Tavern
Herold
Bryantown
Fifth-ave
Purgatory
Joxces
Samuel Cox
Hearold
Port Tobacco
Brawver’s Hotel
Gen. Jones
Chance
Marc
Henry Woodland
Machocdoc Creek
Virginia
Ima
Franklin
Philadelphia
Carroll
Secret Service of the
Confederacy
Deserted actress sought shelter after family betrayal
At the Home for the Friendless an actress with a tragic past seeks aid. Her father ruined by gambling in Texas and suicide, her mother rich and in Chicago funded her education and stage career. Two years with an opera company ended in betrayal by a tenor. Deserted, she sought refuge. an argot of violence followed as her mother struck her. George Hall and Porter were fined $5 and costs for detaining David Winter last Monday.
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Texas
Chicago
Aurora
George Hall
Porter
David Winter
Oak Hill
Justice Johnson
Infringement Suit Over American Poets Volume
A Boston publisher sues Danville printers alleging copyright violation in a volume titled American poets featuring poems by Whittier Lowell Holmes Taylor Longfellow and others. The case filed in U S circuit court names Sherrill Hart as defendants and cites listed poems as infringing works.
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Boston
United States
A. L. Macon
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
U. S. Circuit Court
Sherrill & Hart
Danville
America
Whittier
Barbara Frietchie
James Russell Lowells
The
Bayard Taylor
Oliver Wendell Bolmes
Longfellow
Paul Revere
Wreck on Georgia Pacific Kills Engineer and Fire Man
A Saturday Georgia Pacific wreck near Birmingham results in the death of Engineer Berry and his negro fire man, with three passengers fatally injured. A second item reports Josef de Navarro commenting on his son’s rumored engagement to Miss Anderson, noting her age, religious leanings, and possible retirement from the stage.
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Birmingham
Ala
Berry
War over 25 St Bernard ends in Aldendorff win
In Justice Smock's court a jury ruled in favor of Theodore Aldendorff in a dispute over a 25 St Bernard dog. Gerhart Ittenbach claimed ownership and sued, but Aldendorff retained the property. Plaintiff's costs totaled about 120 dollars, including jury, witnesses, and court services.
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Aldendorf
City Life Miscellany of Crime and Local Notes
A jumble of short items covers theft, a safe break in, a crane of misfortune at the roundhouse injuring Edwin C. Moore, a skating challenge, a judge's ruling on a Wolff suit, and party leadership changes. Also noted are a local patent medicine figure’s death, street improvement complaints, a newborn tragedy, labor union statements, and a quo warranto action against Fidelity and Casualty. The column ends with an advertisement for Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
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Y. M. Backus
Vic
Edwin C. Moore
Big Four
Roundhouse
Walcott Sr
Flanner
G. Kilpatrick
Virginia Ave
George Wise
Carter
Conrad Wolff
Mra
Susan M. Benson
Wolff
Republican County Central Committee
Dr. Wagner
Jos. Greer
Franklin Township
Chas. Wiltse
Harry Bennett
Wagner
Doc Green
Michigan-st
N. Pine
Fulmer, Cooper & Co
Annie Riley
Washington and
California-sts
William A. Busie
Bricklayers’ Union No. 3
Central Labor Union
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Deaf Institute
Mitchell
Quo Warrantoa
Fidelity and Casuality Company
New York
McGinty Woeful Tale Cuts Through Local Mockery
Four McGinty family members endure repeated jokes about their name in a South Side neighborhood. Patrick McGinty, his daughter Mrs OConnell, son John, and Michael from Cleveland face ongoing gibes and mistaken judgments linked to a popular song. A court incident briefly raises the joke to legal farce as witnesses tease the officer. James McGinty, a grocer, and other locals share their own uneasy reactions. A sick child prompts a comic miscommunication with a doctor, while a hardware store misunderstanding reinforces the town’s long running nickname burden.
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McGinty
South Side
Joe Flynn
Patrick McGinty
Chadwick-st
Gerisson
Michael McGinty
Cleveland
Idlota
James McGinty
McGinnis and McCarty-sts
McGinnis and McCarty-ste
Meridianst
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