Lives in Style at the Capital
The Washington home of Senator Chauncey Depew, formerly Corcoran’s mansion near Lafayette Square, has been leased for six years at $9 000 annually. Depew moved in December after months of renovation by carpenters, upholsterers, and decorators. the grand salon, a vast dining room, and crystal chandeliers define the lavish interior.
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Washington
Chauncey Depew
Corcoran
White House
Lafayette Square
Senator Depew
Depew
Gotham
Chauncey M. Depew
Hoosier Life: Clinton Set to Be Indiana's Largest Coal Field
Clinton Indiana January 29 nine shafts in operation with output of 120 cars daily. Oak Hill company to hoist next week and another large shaft planned by Anderson Bogart Tursher to push output to at least 200 cars daily. Over 100 workers employed earning about 14000 every two weeks.
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Indiana
Clinton
Ind
Oak Hill Company
J. J. Higgins
Indianapolis
John Wagner
Anderson, Bogart & Tursher
Wis
A New Type Setting Machine Invented in Clinton
Frank M. Bishop an architect and inventor has completed plans for a type setting machine claiming 3000 cms per hour speed and a $400 market price. The device would use cold metal and a keyboard with foot or motor power and a trial machine is to be built with test at Clinton Argus editor L Bishop's office.
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Clinton, Ind
Frank M. Bishop
L. ©. Bishop
Clinton Argus
Penny attacked by prank over truste election bid
In Dublin Indiana on January 29 Harry E. Penny candidate for Jackson township trustee says someone stole his campaign cards and attached the line Three drinks at I A Mendenhall s. He calls it a political scheme by enemies aiming to damage his nomination amid strong temperance sentiment.
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Dublin
Ind
Harry E. Penny
Jackson Township
I. A. Mendenhall's
Penny
Three Suspects Freed in Whitmore Murder Probe
Moses Van Dyne Mrs Charlotte Slagel and Henry Fox were released from the Loganport county jail as no grand jury charge followed. The Whitmore murder mystery remains unsolved and Slagel says confinement prevented her opium use and she is now cured.
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Logansport
Ind
Moses van Dyne
Charlotte Slagel
Henry Fox
Whitmore
Burglary Attempt Ends With Wounding in Greenfield
In Greenfield Indiana on Sunday Caleb Moncreath and his wife attended a funeral. Their sons Ed age 17 and John age 15 played a burglar. Ed cracked a safe and John fired wounding him badly.
Enterprising Woman Moves Toward Cooperative Store Setups
Middletown Ind January 29 Movements among tin plate works workers aim to organize a cooperative store. Mrs Welsh a well to do local woman may fund electric lighting for her new building and possibly illuminate the town.
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Middletown
Ind
Welsh
Prominent Man Gone in Loganport January 23
Prominent man reported dead in Logansport Indiana with early details from local sources. Authorities and family prepared notices awaiting full confirmation and funeral arrangements.
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Logansport
Ind
Son of High Standing Dies. Funeral Tuesday Attended by Orders
The survivor of the Mexican War died Saturday. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon with attendees from many orders represented.
Contract repudiated halts Boone County voting machines
In Lebanon Indiana on January 29 the county council repudiated a 12000 dollar contract for voting machines saying the purchase price was too high. The machines were reboxed and returned to the Jamestown manufacturers.
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Boone County
Lebanon
Ind
Jamestown
Jamestown Board Funds Final Bond Payment in Bear Salary
Jamestown town board in Lebanon Ind on January 29 approved using a bear's salary to cover the final installment of twenty thousand dollars on schoolhouse bonds. This move releases the last payment for the bonds tied to the school project.
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Tiberal
Lebanon
Ind
Jamestown
Sudden Deaths Stack Up in Knightstown
In Knightstown Indiana Seth Hayes an aged miller died suddenly Sunday morning of heart trouble This is the third sudden death in five days in the town and surrounding area.
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Knightstown
Ind
Seth Hayes
Schools May Be Consolidated In this district
A movement to consolidate all the schools of the district into one location is underway in the county seat.
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CADTZ
Ind
Dot 9
Indiana and surrounding towns a mix of events and incidents
A compilation of scattered Indiana notices reports deaths, crimes, fires, and local happenings. Items include the death of 95 year old John Culp of Elkhart, various property losses from fires in Kokomo and Greenfield with insurance details, legal cases in Logansport and Columbus, a spur of bank robbery manhunt involving Teddy Menahan, and multiple police or civic actions across Marion, Richmond, Greenfield, and other towns.
Wild west era crimes and accidents behind Owensville blast
The report stacks a string of disparate incidents from Evansville area towns including a gun theft during a tailor’s fitting, a nitroglycerin blast at a safe, a nursemaid needle injury, brutal court fines, a damage suit against an airline, a runaway buggy causing a death, elopement attempts, a teen jail case, and a Terre Haute store arson case with a domestic dispute ending in gunfire.
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Owensville
Webster Snyder
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Winfred
Hvansville
Richard Peters
Fires Burn Homes in Scattered Weekend Incidents
At 8:08 Saturday an overheated stove caused minor damage at 321 Fletcher Ave. A later report of a fire at 563 E Washington St. followed. By 8:48 William Bridgewalter’s home at 421 W Mont Vernon St suffered $4 damage from a lamp explosion. A spark triggered a $10 blaze at 1802 Fletcher Ave in S Dorsey’s residence around 4:35 a.m. Sunday. Empire block saw no fire despite a late Sunday afternoon call.
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Fletcherave
Washington-st
William Bridgewalter
Vermont-st
S. Dorsey
Fletcher Ave
Empire Block
Two Minds Beheaded at Heines Monument in New York
Vandals toppled and damaged the heads and arms of two mermaids on the Heines monument at Mott Ave and 161st Street in New York City. The statue sparked controversy years ago when presented to the city amid artist criticism.
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New York
Mottave
Letter reports General Lawton's death on campaign
Liut Charles B. Tarlton of the Thirtieth Infantry writes from San Pedro Macau that reports of General Lawton's death seven miles from there are received. He praises Lawton's leadership and notes the army's high regard and readiness for the southern campaign. Indiana officers are well liked and many have risen to noncommissioned ranks.
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Mount
Charles
Tarlton
Thirtieth Infantry
San Pedro
Macau
Lawton
Indiana
Praise for the Y. P. S. C. EF at ministers meeting
Rev A B Philputt of Central Christian Church lauds the Y. P. S. C. EF for its value to the church noting its 3 000 000 members and two year record of devotion training in public worship. He says it rallies youth to church and fosters religious atmosphere. The next meeting is in two weeks.
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Christian Ministers’ Meeting
A. B. Philputt
Central Christian Church
Should church property be taxed says Rev J H O Smith
Chicago news notes Rev J H O Smith answers the question of church property taxation at Union Christian Church. He argues churches like other corporations should pay for ownership and protection by the state, condemning ideas of tax exemptions for religious initiatives as wrong.
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Chicago
J. H. O. Smith
Union Christian Church
Bynum Ready to Fight Free Silver and Split Democrats
Ex congressman Bynum of Indiana, tied to the gold movement, says sound money Democrats may form an independent ticket again. He predicts a convention of Indian sound money Democrats will indicate the campaign course while asserting his senate confirmation is likely.
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Washington
Bynum
Indiana
McKinley
New York
Shepherd
Crooklyn Democrats
Senate
Trial by Phone in Red River Bridge Case
Montgomery county reports a man pleads guilty to speeding via telephone after the justice, Squire Caldwell, initially refused. The defendant sent in his plea and was fined 45, with the court then adjourning.
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Nashville
Tenn
Montgomery County
Squiire Caldwell
Red River Bridge
Suiire
Chicago men to settle general lockout question
Chicago contractors meet Monday to decide on ordering a city wide lockout of building trades workers. Labor men say the threats carry little weight and expect no impact from the move.
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Chicago
McPartland Matthews Set for 20 Round Fight at Hercules
Kid McPartland the New York lightweight and Matty Matthews are scheduled for a 20 round bout at the Hercules Athletic Club on Monday night.
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Washington
Kid McPartland
New York
Matty Matthews
Hercules Athletic Club
Who Is Willing to Work for Indiana
London reports a misdated satire on an Indianapolis ad for detectives. G W Stevens obituary ban by the Pali Mail Gazette is noted. A Missouri hayseed, W L Wagner of Topaz Mo, replies to Gov Mount with a jocular claim of ferreting out train robbers and counterfeiters.
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Barbara A. Rose
Evansville
Lincoln City
Ferdinand
London
G. W. Steevens
South Africa
Pali’ Mail Gazette
Daily Mail
Astor
Gazette
Missouri Hayseed
Indiana
E W. L. Wagner
Topaz
Indianapolis Detective Association
Gov. Mount
Tapz
Douglas County
James
Mount Tam
Govener Stevens
Mont
Wagner
Chicago's First Born Celebrates 78th Birthday
Alexander Beaubien, first white child born in Chicago, marked his seventy eighth birthday anniversary. Beaubien has witnessed Chicago grow from a village to a major city and has served in the Chicago police department since 1862.
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Chicago
Alexander Beaubien
Beaubien
Detroit
Northwestern
Tom Cucob Astor
Beantien
Chieass Police Department
Fort Wayne Hibernians back Boers in war with Britain
In Fort Wayne Indiana on Sunday night the Hibernian societies adopted resolutions endorsing the Boers in their war against Great Britain and condemning the administration for sympathy with the British army. Committees were formed to raise funds for a Boer ambulance corps.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Births and deaths and marriages listed in city register
Births list numerous families with addresses and newborns noted by gender. In deaths section, entries include ages, addresses, and causes such as pneumonia nephritis grippe epilepsy and stillborn cases. Marriages show several couples. building permits record cottages additions and repairs with costs.
Sunday pulpit sayings from various ministers
A selection of church speakers comment on religion and modern thought. Rev A B Philpott argues for unity beyond sectarian lines, Rev Edgar W Emerson rejects incarnation and theosophy, Prof Edward S Ames discusses theosophy as intellectual product, Rev C C Rowlison warns of gin's significance, Rev C B Grove notes moral progress since ancient times.
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Edgar W. Emerson
Edward S. Ames
Plymouth
C.C. Rowlison
Indianapolis Friends Seek Bond for Neil Merrell Case
Friends of Neil Merrell known as Ko komo in Indianapolis press for release on bond pending a motion for a new trial after his sentence of one to seven years for selling a plane under false pretenses.
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Indianapolis
Neil Merrell
Kokomo
Bones of an Indian giant found at Ash Cave Mo
A report notes bones of an eight foot Indian giant discovered at Ash Cave near Mo with other scattered items. The messy clipping also mentions a missing sheriff Wheeler Young and various financial and crime notes.
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Ash Cave
Wheeler Young
Columbus
Postoffice Department
Dowie
Chicago
Anna Beck
Phil D. Armour
Traffic delays in Troy as snow hits across cities
Readable fragments show traffic impeded at Troy New York amid a big show while Erie Pennsylvania sees morning conditions noting a 20 percent drop in visibility. Buffalo reports first real touch of winter with weighty night snowfall and cold winds.
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Troy
N. Y
Mercury
Erie
Buffalo
City Markets Provisions in Indianapolis Jan 2
A market list from Indianapolis details smoked meats bacon sausage and pickled goods with prices per hundredweight and by item. It covers vegetables fruits canned goods teas spices oils and staples with numerous brand names and locality references.
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California
Hamlets
Indiana
Tierces
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