Sunday Aug 6 Ambitious Local Items and Rail News
Local notes report the death of infant J R Wagner's child at Dupont and funeral details for John Tague in North Madison. Reports in Indianapolis papers cover circus incidents, new church members in Seymour, a Madison street brick project, a Kansas City alcohol license, and a halted train accident tally.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Seymour
America
France
John E. Brundage
Western Union
United States
Railroad Gazette
J. B. Mount
Saluda
Clough & Warren
D. M. Hooker
Joe Rea
Independence
North Vernon
Ed. Kronenburg
Hester Jones
Faulkner
Square Owens
Dupont
Madison
Cambridge City
N. Horuff
Main Street
Bryantsburg
Perry E. Bear
Judge Allison
Local lawyers defend Carrie Curran in libel suit
A Madison letter from Bran & Brar and Korly & Ford with Nicholas Cornet defends Carrie Curran against Joseph Abbott Alonzo Chapman and Joseph Cravens in a libel case published in the Democrat. The missives criticize the circular and recount Curran’s character, schooling, and a $1,500 verdict, urging fairness from Indiana press members.
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Indiana
Carrie Curran
Joseph C. Abbott
Alonzo
Chapman
Joseph M. Cravens
Democratic
Daily
Weekly
Democrat
Versailles
Ripley County
Wm. McGowan
Nicholas Cornet
Cornet
Madison Messrs. Bear & Bear
Korbly & Ford
McGowan
Miss Curran
Democrat Co
Horton
Horton's
Miss Conan
Kentucky
Toas
Madison Courier
Abbott
Democratic Central Committee
Stewart
Jefferson County
Bran & Brar
Korsiy & Foup
Scarlet Fever Reporting Rules Issued by City Health Officer
The city declares immediate reporting of any suspected scarlet fever or contagious disease. Householders must notify the local Health Officer when disease is suspected, to Dr J H Matthews City Health officer for supervision. Penalty for failure to report ranges from five to twenty five dollars. Public funerals or demonstrations at burials of contagious disease victims are forbidden by law.
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J. H. Matthews
Trimble County Vote Totals in Kentucky Election
Trimble County returns show Democratic State ticket 1750 Republican 10 Prohibition 1 People Party and For the Constitution 837 against 370 W F Peak Democrat for Representative 1300 W C Morgan elected County Clerk There was not a full vote polled Alliance backed Democratic ticket Vote to be officially counted may change Mrs Jobin Shaw of Lawrenceburg visiting Golay farm met with an unfortunate accident Thursday evening while sitting on a chair.
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Trimble County
Kentucky
People
W. F. Peak
W. C. Morgan
Alliance
Jobin Shaw
Lawrenceburg
Golay Farm
Muskrats Attack Man and Coral: Loftus Injured
Samuel Loftus near Lawrenceburg was bitten and dragged while rescuing two fish from muskrats at Hogan Creek. He suffered severe wounds to the throat and hands with risk of infection. Indianapolis appoints John P Frenzel as president and manager of Citizens' Street Railway, replacing Shafer with Fowler temporarily. Frenzel, a longtime Indianapolis businessman, is expected to bring efficiency and public satisfaction.
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Samuel Loftus
Lawrenceburg
Hogan Creek
Loftus
John Po Frenzel
Indianapolis
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Raiway Company
Shafer
Fowler
Frenzel
Jeffersonville Debates Time Standard Tie Vote
Jeffersonville City Council wrestled with what time the city should observe after switching from sun to standard time and back again. A tied vote last Tuesday gave Mr Tracey the deciding call to break the deadlock, ending without a clear time standard.
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Jeffersonville
Tracey
Train crowd scene and local notices darken August day
On Thursday August 6 a train carried over a hundred passengers amid a string of local events. Muskrats killed Sam Laffin and a child died from cramps. scarlet fever spread citywide. Various civic notices include fairs, church picnics, a concert aboard the Bellaire, a bus wreck near Dow & Browns, and a funeral at Springdale cemetery.
Letter from Our Niagara and Canada Tourists
A Madison reader recounts a Niagara and Canada tour dated August 2 1891. The letter describes travel by train and boat, views along Niagara River, the Lake Ontario harbor at Toronto, Holy Trinity and St James churches, and a Canadian guide’s accent. It notes Toronto’s population about 250000, music at a church, and plans to visit Niagara Detroit Toledo and Put-in-Bay before returning home next Friday. Names include Mrs James McKibben and Miss Davidson, Mrs Early, Mr Golden, Canon Dylan, and Fagin.
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Toronto
Oaxapa
Canada
Lewiston
Niagara River
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Madison
St. James’ Episcopal Cathedral
Dylan
Christ Churrch
Parliament
Forontois
Niagara
Detriot
Toledo
Put-in-Bay
James McKibben
North Madison
Jeffersonville
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Faust
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Bessie Woolford
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S. J. Alvnt
Poplar and
Third Streets
Kansas City
Harris Circus
John Tague
James Shingleton
Hebron
Russell Craigs Vhild
Milton
Carrollton
Cincinnati
Jota J. Best
Washington, D.C
Paddy
West Second Street
Beet
Tindl
A. ML & Tr
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Tindel
Indianapolis Sentinel
Willison
Anderson
Onion
Ghio
Evansville
Calvercol Chicazo
Ed Ward Stearns
Whatie EB. ¢Urdener
Edward Wropenberg
Hester A. Jines
William Rusk
Mattie Rusk
Walter Hoth
Mary W. Aldridge
Joseph O. Marshall
Emigient Pone Attorneys
Daniel Demaree
John W. Thatcher
West Madison
Theodore Bernham
Brooksburg
Wesley Hamilton
Bedford, Wy
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Swanville
Air
Aaron Hawkins
Bee Camp
Werato
Harris
Teeta
Slick Joe & Co
Madison, Ind
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Marty Kimmel
Ed. Hollis
North Vernon Fair
Here
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Ellington's Woods
Dave Johnson
Black Wilkes
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Eagle Hollow
Hollis Orchestra
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Ahrens Manufacturing Co
Western Fire Vo
John Brundage
Powell
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Springdale
Hunton
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Kifth
Harper’s Drug Store
Ford
McIntyre
Dow & Brown's Law
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Bellaire
Dean Orchards
Hudson
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Monroe Lodge
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Washington
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Kernen
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