17 Dec 1875
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Newspaper
Lebanon Weekly Pioneer
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1875
Page
1
A garbled excerpt mocks a national crisis era speech touching on schools churches taxes and religion plus Cuba currency and inflation. It includes a scene at a depot with a financier clashing with a struggling old man and police intervention.
Auction B22 and other printed items like bill heads circulars visiting cards wedding notices are offered at low prices. The notice invites customers to visit No 4 Lenayoy Street Upstairs to see soupboard prices and learn rates for plain and ornamented styles.
A weary commuter debates currency with a financier at a depot. The talk covers inflation, contraction, and if a dollar equals one hundred cents, ending with a push for a graduated income tax to fund government.
A historical census of Speakers by state notes Massachusetts Virginia Kentucky Indiana Pennsylvania Maine New Jersey North Carolina Tennessee New York South Carolina Georgia Connecticut and others. It recalls Muhlenberg as first Speaker and outlines party control and name length patterns amid a lawn of 19th century political lore.
The report details the burial of Mrs Emma D Adams and her infant after a fatal post partum hemorrhage at 485 Vernon avenue. Doctors dispute malpractice while four prisoners await grand jury action. A separate dispatch warns of Apache unrest near Cimarron New Mexico. An extended moralizing column on gambling and public vice follows, urging enforcement of laws. A domestic tiff over a Thanksgiving chicken ends in a rare comic reconciliation. City ordinance provisions outline sidewalk improvements and cost allocations in Lebanon, dated December 1875.
The fifth annual report from the education commissioners shows Tennessee spends less on public schools than all but Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Virginia. The whisky ring prosecutions leave little defense for accused, with Evangaville witnesses summoned and Gen Veatch facing scrutiny as revenue districts consolidate under new presidential decisions.
In Memphis and Charleston Railroad logs at White's Station the east ward bound power train was struck by a freight train traveling the same direction. Several cars derailed, many passengers were bruised and two were severely injured. Names not yet learned.
An Indianapolis widow arranged a three thousand dollar deposit with a trustee on her wedding day as a potential divorce pledge. A Nashville tombstone proclaims the deceased's accounts were squared to a cent, though many doubt a body lies beneath the stone.
An ordinance by the Lebanon City Council provides that when two thirds of adjacent lot owners petition, sidewalks along any street or alley shall be graded paved or graveled following the general improvement plan. The provision covers parcels lining a square between two streets and allows partial squares if deemed expedient.
A 1875 Leban on ordinance requires owners of flooded lots to fill or drain within 30 days after written notice. If unowned, notice may be posted on the parcel. Failure allows the city to perform the work with a lien on the property, capped at 10 percent of its value, and collected via court precept. The measure takes effect after two weeks and is signed by Mayor Samog L. Hamilton Jr. and City Clerk W. A. Znos.
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