April birthday festivities and local notices prompt busy week
The town marks Thomas Jefferson's birthday with evening services at Vine Street Baptist Church. Sheriff and local groups report events from boy bands to Odd Fellows meetings, a new Lincoln League Club forming, and plans for a canning factory near Seymour. Local crime, reforms, and railroad tax matters weave through daily life as officials eye Europe trips and permits.
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Thomas Jefferson
Louisville
Vine Street Baptist Church
Smith and Niblack tour Vevay spark governor speculation
Hon A G Smith and Mason Niblack spoke in Vevay and plan Madison return. Smith likely to be attorney general and Niblack perhaps governor as the Democratic race narrows to Niblack and Claude Matthews. The pair diverge from Cleveland loyalists in national party views. April fool joke ends with a ten dollar gold piece found in the eighth box.
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A. G. Smith
Mason Niblack
House of Representatives
Vevay
Madison
Smith
Niblack
Claude Matthews
Cleveland
April
F. M. Huckleberry
Vine Street Baptist Church
Mr. Huckleberry
Rev. Huckleberry
Madison M and M Club discusses city advertising and mail improvements
The Madison M and A Club, led by President Crozier, proposed city advertising using electrotype plates and stamped envelopes for local businesses at 50 cents per thousand. They planned better mail facilities, urged railroads to run a morning train for longer visit time, and to enable Sunday mail both ways. They invited the State Patrons of Industry to Madison next December and pledged aid to the Jefferson County Fair Association.
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M. A& M. Club
Madison
Crozier
St. L
Lexington
State Patrons of Industry
Jefferson County Fair Association
Ottumwa, Ill
Ottumwa Business University
Wallack
W. A. Telegraph Company
Death by own action of William Henley at county jail
William Henley died by his own action at 9 a m in the county jail after taking laudanum last Thursday. A Richmond Va daughter is expected to claim the body, with possible shipment there. Henley belonged to the local stove molders union and a $100 benefit fund is being arranged by the International Union.
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Madison
Louisville
Green Good
Charles A. Korbly
Korbly
Indiana
Scott County Journal
William Henley
Herald
Vail
Richmond
City primaries set for April 11 with local polling places
At a meeting of the City Central Committees an executive committee fixed the city primaries for Monday April 11. Polls will be open 5 to 9 pm. Ward committees will appoint their election boards. Voting sites include Jacob Weber's grocery Second and East streets. Steinhardt's grocery. Assessor's office City Building. Rea's livery Stable. No 3's Engine House. Centennial Hotel.
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City Central Committees
Jacob Weber
Steinhardt
Rea
Fifth Ward
Sixth Ward
Centennial Hotel
Life of Hon. A. G. Smith Highlighted in Indiana History
The Vevay Democrat recalls A. G. Smith from poverty to success as a Senator and current Attorney General, noting his advocacy for the people of Indiana and his legacy as a public servant. Builders and painters begin work. Mrs. Sarah Stephens of Kent dies aged elderly, with funeral planned for tomorrow.
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A. G. Smith
Indiana
Jos. E. McDonald
Frances Hord
Sarah Stephens
Kent
Ice Deliveries Offered Across City at Low Price
Ice is available for delivery to any part of the city at the lowest market price. Place orders at Matt Hoffman's Barber Shop. The notice is signed by William Cowan.
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Spring Lake
Matt Hoffman
William Cowan
Blustery Day Trails Activities Across Jeffersonville
The Grand Jury indicts several cases while Jeffersonville adopts the Gam well fire alarm telegraph system. Reports note deaths, baptisms, and a busy scene of locals traveling to attend funerals as well as a pie eating contest and a large club excursion planned for June 12 on the Columbia steamer.
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Grand Jury
Jeffersonville
Gamwell
Wm. Henley
Springdale
Beech Grove Park
Dickerson
Peter Genau
Louisville
Edward Zeizer
Walker Bakery
West Main Street
Zeizer
Prison Death Sparks Inquiry Over Prisoner Treatment
One year sentence for skiff theft led to a fatal ordeal after a man named Jones was shot escaping Sheriff Williamson. He died in Jeffersonville prison after claims of negligent medical care while Switzerland county officers faced indignation from Warden Patton. His burial will occur in the prison cemetery.
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Otto Reimer
Jeffersonville
Terre Haute
Reimer
Koch
William Brown
Switzerland County
Jones
Williamson
Vevay
Patton
Louisville Commercial
Wilkes Blood The Beautiful Standard Bred Trotting Stallion
A brief note highlights a horse named Wilkes Blood described as a beautiful Standardbred trotting stallion.
Conspirator at Kirk Stable Madison Ind Sires Speed and Beauty
Conspirator 8123 will begin the 1892 season at the old Kirk stable corner of Main and Walnut in Madison Indiana under manager Robert Quail. Sire and dam are producing, promising speed and beauty. Call to see him before contracting elsewhere. J W Brisben owner.
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Old Kirk
Main and
Walnut Streets
Madison
Ind
Robert Quail
J. W. Brisben
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