Local notes mix of hires, marriages, and business plans
January updates from the HERALD cover new appointments at Western Union, a councilman's anniversary, lumber offers to locate in town, and new business ventures including James Davidson and Lou partnership, Sulzer brothers buying their father’s store, plus wedding plans for E D Sample’s social note and the Hays steamer’s Ohio Mississippi voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Davidson
Thomas
Louis Holstein
James Davidson and
Lou
Sulzer
Marcus
Louis
Mulberry Street
Will S. Hays
Courier-Journal
Ohio
Mississippi
B.C. Mayfield
Robert Phillips
Wm. Hurry
Clements Weaver
Herald
Charles Middleton
Barnum, Bailey & Co
New York City
Wm. Collins
Totton & Collins
R. M. Bishop & Co
Cincinnati
B.G
Indianapolis
F. M. Randall
George Middleton
George
Chicago
J.T. Brashear
E. G. Tay
Mr. Brashear
The
Southern Prison
Local Notables Make Rounds in Indianapolis and Nearby Cities
A string of visits and movements notes public figures and businessmen: James Ilinois secures a Senate appointment via Doorkeeper Kirk. many others travel to Indianapolis for meetings, shows, or business dealings, including Mayor Smith and captains, showmen, and brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ilinois
State Senate
Kirk
John R. Cravens
Fred Harper
The
Star
Indianapolis
W.G. Wood
Versailles
Deaths of Mrs Osborn and son hint gas poisoning theory
A Greencastle report notes no poison found in stomach analyses of Mrs Osborn and her son Olly after their bodies were found. The banner argues the deaths likely resulted from gas from a stove due to base burner ventilation issues, urging removal or sale of the heater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Republicans circulate petitions for constitutional amendments
County and city notices list locations in Kent area where Republicans posted blank petitions to obtain signatures for a proposed constitutional amendment vote. Locations include Stribling & Walch, Geo W Palmer Ship Yard, Hamill’s store, Hitz stores, Hurlbut’s, Levy Bros, W Recorder’s office, court house, Demaree’s, and other spots. A fox drive west of Kent drew about eight hundred people with nine foxes captured and another drive planned. The Courier questions the opera house project, noting its shipment to Bedford weeks prior. Mrs. Louisa Williams was granted a divorce from Geo I Williams in circuit court. Mapeline stock remains in demand. S. M. Strader bought Linck’s business interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stribling & Walch
Geo. W. Palmer
Ship Yard
John Hammill
Bridge
E Hitz
Depot Street
R. J. Hurlbut
Third St
Corner Cemetery
Kent
Slander Refuted by Taylorsville Citizens
The Taylorsville KY community defends Misses Black from false reports linking them to a Cincinnati house of ill fame. Father Jonny W Black and local leaders publish that Lilly Lovell of Wilsonville was the guilty party, while asserting the Black sisters’ innocence and naming local officials and pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herap
Bligh
Louisville
Cincinnati
Isaac Hamberger
Miss Black
Taylorsvill
Misses Black
Blake
Taylorsville
Isaac Hamburger
Black
Lilly Lovell
Wilsonville
Spencer County
Jonny W. Black
City Council Meeting Notes Public Finance and Expenditures
The council met with the mayor absent. The city clerk reported fifty six deaths in three months. A gas bill of 1754.15 was presented. Damages of 29 were allowed for a horse injury. Delinquent taxes on C A Robbins amount to 223.56 with 111.16 paid. balance to be collected. Treasurer shows receipts 2644.85, disbursements 3447.04, treasury balance 583.18. Water Works: receipts 619.90 expenditures 813.95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Kirk
Schoenstein
Gas Company
McCoy
C. A. Robbins
Treasury
Trustees of Water Works
A Benevolent Gift and Local Rail Talk
A anonymous donor sent $25 to the Orphans Home through Mrs. W. W. Page with a hope for future generosity. The editorial urges improved night telegraph service and at least one daily train to Madison, plus wooing Hall’s Lock and Safe to locate here. Terminus rail woes, court notes on a Christmas streetcar attack, and Mrs. Julius Ernst seeking $5,000 damages from John Gilligan are noted for next circuit court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Page
Julius Ernst
John Gilligan
Civil service reform and early U S history Q A survey
A Kokomo Dispatch reader notes a list of questions and answers from a state superintendent exam for teaching applicants. Topics span civil service reform revolutionary and Civil War eras, Monroe Doctrine, Mexican and French and Indian wars, constitutional questions, geography and notable figures.
Ontario man wielded whip in love feud
Mies Lowery horsewhipped Edward Orr at Gray Falls Ontario because he favored another girl for marriage. Orr later flogged Lowery and her brothers and her lover, leaving one bedridden for a week. He warned he might whip the girl’s father and cousins unless they changed how they treated him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Lowery
Edward Orr
Gray Falls
Ontario
Orr
Grand Jury and local notices from Carrollton
The piece lists Grand Jury members with party notes, announces a fox drive near Kent, and details Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4 officers led by Henry Schmidt. It notes Ed Robbins moving to Chicago, B F Robbins relocating to Madison, a rumor about Dr De Leste proved false, Mrs. John Rupert’s Cincinnati death, Senator Hill’s committee roles, and A Marks and Son offering 500 to Hall Lock and Safe for 300 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4
Henry Schmidt
Wm, Winter
Joseph Heck
F. W. Grebe
Andrew Jacobs
Conrad Born
James Clemens
Nicholas Hill
Peter Robinins
Peter Frenz
Charles Schmidt
Jerry Roan
Arno Schmidt
George Hummel
A. Marks & Son
The
Hall Lock and Safe Company
Auction notice for Gillett and Jenison wholesale jewelers
Indianapolis wholesale jewelers Gillett and Jenison close out stock in Madison at 35 East Main Cross Street starting Tuesday January 9. Goods include watches jewelry silverware and housewares with assurances of quality and reliable references from Indiana Banking Company and the Mayor of Indianapolis. Auctioneer Major O. W. Bell invites ladies to attend and warns against impostors claiming to be from trusted houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillett & Jenison
Indianapolis
East Main Cross Street
Roger
Wehrle
O. W. Bell
Madison
Indiana Banking Company
Flies and Bugs Cleared Out by Rough on Rats 15e
An old classified note promotes Rough on Rats at 15e for clearing flies roaches ants bed bugs rats mice gophers and chipmunks with a brief price cue and product claim.
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Grand Jury
John Brundage
Luther Martin
Western Union Telegraph Office
Harry Kyle
Fifth Ward
Alex White
Hall Safe and Lock Company
Graham
Pate
Venner
Universalist Church
Fred Kipping
Carrollton, Ky
Conrad Kraut
Second Street
E. D. Sample
Sample
HeraLp
Wm. M. Turpin
Mail Line Company
Adelaide CU. Pogue
Indiana
Mer
Mayor Smith
Joseph DeVersy
Harvey Foster
A. Elliott
Wm. Baker
Elliott
Florida
Charles West
Columbus
White’s Block
John Kirk
Tom Smiley
Ed Smiley
Tom
Atlantic Glass Company
Courier
Bedford
Louisa Williams
Geo. I. Williams
Mapeline
S. M. Strader
John W. Linck
Ike Hampurger
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hall
Thomas McLaughlin
Edward Cook
United States
Johnson
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
California
Spain
A. Kearney
United States Congress
Major Andre
Andre
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
A. Andre
van Wert
Williame
Paulding
Ohio Valley
England
Brandywine
Brandywine River
Eliza Pinkston
Louisiana Returning Board
Boston
Lydia
R. B. Hayes
Colt
Geograpby
Bosphorus
Skagarack
Baltic
Magellen
Mediterranean
Volga
Boniputra
Scotland
Bombay
Asia Minor
Berlin
Union
Tallinois
Rhode Island
Iowa
Baltimore
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Yangtse Kang River
Massachusetts Bay
Indian Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Potomac River
Brazil
Chi
Republic of Mexico
China
A. Dubuque
Davenport
Des Moines
Maumee
Pennsylvania
New York
Ilinois
Kansas
Dakota
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Illinois
Louisiana
Tennessee
Turkey
Great Lakes
Erie Canal
Hudson River
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Archipelago
Adriatic Sea
Bosphorus Strait
Constantinople
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Strait of Gibaraltar
Mediterrean Sea
Jefferson Davis
Whig Party
South
Lincoln
Tilden
A. Grant
Kokomo
the Grand Jury
Peter Paul
James W. Horton
William McLeland
Chas. Rogers
George Dickinson
Stephen K. Todd
J. W. Horton
Samuel Steinburger
Gamial Rogers
Joseph Bordman
Jesse Klein
Independence
Oliver Loyd
Jim Buxton
Carrollton
Ed Robbins
Main Street
B. F. Robbins
Joseph de Leste
Evansville
the Star
Eay
DeLeste
John Rupert
Senator Hill
Richardson & Co
Rogers
W. H. Rogers&Co
Graham Township
Jefferson County
Towit
Simpson Evans
Graham Post Office
Board of Commissioners of
KE. KopeErs
Thomas Graham
J. C
Depauw College
K. A. Friedley
New Albany
America
Europe
Medical Academy of
Paris
Washburne & CO
Washeburne & CO
Prop
Broadway
Cor
ReadeSt
Jno W. Scott & Son
F. C. Wharton
P. O
T. A. Slocum
Lord & Thomas
Chicago, Ills
McCormick Block
Smyrna
Elisha Bassett
Big Creek
Samuel C. Humphrey
Bettof
E. Ropers
Thomas Graiam
H. Blaisdell
Fin’l Ag’t
Congress St
Mass
Boots & Shoes
John Braun & CO
Madison, Ind
Branham
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