Madison's shipping facilities limit local manufacturing growth
A 1885 editorial argues Madison lags in industry due to perceived river and rail limitations. It cites South Bend and Elkhart as examples of cities that expanded with minimal rail access, noting lower costs here can offset transport to Cincinnati or Louisville. The piece calls for greater local enterprise to unlock Madison’s potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
South Bend
Elkhart
Cincinnati
Louisville
Editor notes Brashear for prison post to placate rivals
An Indianapolis Star correspondent reads the Huratp editor as praising J. T. Brashear for a prison director role, hoping for a subordinate seat he may refuse. The writer favors Brashear due to a pledge to 80 and worries political friend placement if a local candidate from Harper’s circle advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
the Star
The
Huratp
J. T. Brashear
Mr. Brashear
Harper
Courier Defends Senate Door-Keeper staffing
The Courier rebukes Indianapolis papers for unjust insinuations about assistant door-keepers for Senate door keeper Kirk. It stresses Kirk serves the Senate and only hires as directed, noting only two assistants function as door-keepers while others perform unrelated duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Kirk
Senate
Kick
Mr. Kirk
Captured Tennessee Treasurer to be sent back to Nashville
Maria T Pax the Tennessee Treasurer in default was recaptured in San Antonio Texas after a prior release and will be sent to Nashville. He says he will reveal names of many others and implicates a bribed detective who tried to ferry him into Mexico but they were captured before leaving the United States. His nephew fled into Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria T. Pax
Tennessee
San Antonio
Texas
Nashville
Mexico
United States
Illiteracy in South States Contrasted by Political Insight
The American Register notes high illiteracy in Tennessee and North Carolina yet praises the common people as the best informed political thinkers in the United States as a class. It credits wide free discussion of political questions by candidates seeking office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Register
Tennessee
North Carolina
United States
Senate passes presidential succession bill outlines line of succession
The bill establishes the order of succession after the President dies or becomes incapacitated. It places the Vice President first, followed by the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Attorney General, Postmaster General, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Porter Bill Clears Senate In Largely Party Line Vote
The Fitz John Porter bill passed the Senate last Thursday by 31 to 24. Democrats supported the measure while Republicans largely opposed it. only Cameron of Pennsylvania Hoar and Sewell voted for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitz John Porter
Senate
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Hoar
Sewell
Prairie Farmer Prospectus Promotes Longstanding Farm Journal
The notice highlights Prairie Farmer as an enduring and reliable farm journal offering improved value. It promotes subscription at $2 with mailing to readers. The Prairie Farmer Publishing Co. is listed at 150 Monroe Street, Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Farmer
Prairie Farmer Publishing Co
Monroe Street
Chicago
Ill
THE
America
Pratrie Farmer
Tite Prairie Farmer
Prairie Farmer Pullishing Co
Monroe St
Newhall House Fire Claims Sixty-Eight Dead
The latest report from Milwaukee records sixty eight fatalities in the Newhall house fire with many more injured and missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Newhall House
Capitol notes show mixed views on legislators and reforms
Indianapolis dispatch reports mixed sentiment about the 1883 Legislature. Democrats discuss amendments to be submitted at general elections while several bills aim to reshape state boards and the House of Refuge governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Herald
Senate
Charles Jewett
Lloyd and Scott
Ky Nua
Tie
House
Rahm
Journal
Wienator Earnst
Hill
Busiess
Harper Withdrawn From Southern Prison Director Race
Tor Star reports Fred Harper withdrew from the race for Director of the Southern prison. Col. Shea of Scott county also withdrew from the race last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor Star
Fred Harper
Southern
Col. Shea
Scott County
Mexican war veterans call meeting in Supreme Court room
A meeting of Mexican war veterans is scheduled in the Supreme Court room of Indianapolis on the 17th inst at 7:40 PM. The notice emphasizes a formal gathering of veterans and related proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court Room
Indianapolis
Polk’s Stoney Incident Refers to Texas Guilt Question
The Cincinnati News implies Polk’s stone tablet era decision shaped Texas views on surrender. The piece contends Texas would not have consented to relinquish him if the stony artifact had not influenced opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cincinnati News
Polk
Stoney
Eiss
Texas
Tragic Fires Hit Cities Killing Hundreds and Wrecking Hotels
A circus fire in Birdsched, Russian Poland, kills about three hundred spectators. A second blaze at the Planters hotel in St Louis traps guests in night attire. eleven engines respond, one man fatally injured, and theft follows the panic. Damages near 850000. The Planters famed for Dickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peterssorn
Poland
Kied
St. Ours
Patrick Fitzgerald
Planters
St. Louis
A Heroines Career Ends in Tragic Death at Boardinghouse
Anna Meeker, daughter of Agent Meeker, dies after pneumonia at a city boardinghouse. Her life recounts a grim tale from the 2 year past uprising that saw her father murdered by Indians and her long struggle for shelter and dignity in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Meeker
National Republican
Anna Klecker
Agent Meeker
Anna
Denver
Washington
Aione Sivagce
Tiather
Dean
Anni
Indies
Interior Department
Teller Ice
Teller
Mias Meeker
Firehouse Inferno Kills Up to One Hundred in Milwaukee
A fire at a new hall in Milwaukee on January 10 trapped guests on upper floors. Estimates put deaths between seventy five and one hundred with about twenty unidentified victims. property loss around six hundred thousand dollars, insured for three hundred thousand. The blaze raced through a basement start and the elevator shaft, forcing desperate jumps from windows as rescuers struggled to reach those trapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Newhall
Girl Kidnapping Feared. Garrison Safe After Abduction
In St Louis the arresting panic grows as Miss Zerelde Garrison, a 17 year old beauty, vanished after leaving her uncle O L Garrison’s home. Reports say she was chloroformed and kept in a third story room by hoodlums. She was later found by her uncle and is not seriously ill. Police and clergy assist. public meetings organize aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Zerelde Garrison
O’cloeck
O. L. Garrison
Norris
Sixth
Oliva
Wildhunter
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Miss Garrison
Post-Dispatch
Oliver Garrison
The
Doxey Victory in Indiana Special Election Made by Money
Indianapolis article argues the special six week congressional race swung by a large, prearranged payment. It claims Doxey carried the district on a light vote but lost on a full vote, citing a 3 400 vote swing and alleging large sums of money spent with bucket shop endorsement by the Republican state organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Doxey
Republican Etate Organ
Forfeiture debates and seating fights mark ses sion start
Washington news notes refer disputes over land grant forfeiture by delinquent railroads to the Judiciary Committee and report the Knott resolution on Northern Pacific. It also covers contested seats Manning and Buchanan, anticipated adjournment pay, and Cabinet views on Fitz John Porter. A Vincennes earthquake jolts residents, the third in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee
Pacific Railroads Committee
Knott
Northern Pacific Railroad
Briggs
Committee On Elections
Manning
Mississippi
Buchanan
Col. Calkins
Fring
House
Fitz John Porter
Arthur
Senate
White House
Frelinghuysen
Porter
New Jersey
Folger
Christmas Tree At Clark County Church Attracts Huge Attendance
The Clark county Christmas tree at the Christian church drew a crowded audience with Maesais, Chambers and Shilling receiving gifts. Observers report 31,000 in valuables on the tree and a quiet, festive event until William Hooker, intoxicated, caused a disturbance and was fined five dollars plus costs after pleading guilty. Several local youths appeared before the grand jury, and a monster fox drive is planned for the 27th, inviting all sport lovers to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Maesais
Chambers
Shilling
Christian Church
Clark County
William Hooker
Squire Chambers
Hooker
Davis
Indiana
McDougal Is Guilty of Murder in First Degree
In Jeffersonville the circuit court returned a sealed verdict finding McDougal guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his wife. The jury also sentenced him to death, a declaration met with broad audience approval. Defense attorney Col Anthony offered to represent McDougal pro bono arguing temporary insanity and urging imprisonment instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier-Journal
Jeffersonville
McDougal
Col. Anthony
Payne supporters host Cleveland event endorsing tariff plan
Henry J. Payne presided at a banquet at the Weddle house and spoke on national politics during a Jackson clubs reception. He argued a tariff must balance revenue and protection and praised concessions in the bill. Also spoke were Judge George Hoadley General Durbin Ward and editor W W Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Clubs
Cleveland City
George Hoadley
Durbin Ward
W. W. Armstrong
The
Pisin Dealer
Insanity Trends in the United States and Europe
A Scientific American note reports 1881 counts of 74 state and 34 private asylums in the United States with annual costs of $12 million. It cites regional ratios of insanity, predicts future declines in certain regions, and calls for asylum expansion and reforms in commitment laws and patient care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Protection of the
England
New England
Middle States
C. F. Dana
West
South
Scientific American
Global Fire Losses of 1882 Framed as Preventable Debt
The article states total world fire losses in 1882 were 400 million dollars with Canada at 20 million, Russia at 105 million, and other nations including Great Britain, Germany and France contributing 892,469,600. It argues these preventable fires could have paid national debts within a generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Huassia
Great Britain
Germany
France
Maine resident Lor M. Moerrenn dies last Wednesday
Lor M. Moerrenn of Maine passed away last Wednesday. The obituary notes his hometown and date of death but provides limited details due to the fragmentary source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tox
Lor M. Moerrenn
Maine
Skinny Men OWells' Restores Health and Vitality
An advertisement claims Skinny Men OWells' by De pot Swormstedt & Co restores health and vigor curing dyspepsia impotence and sexual debility for $1.0 marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owells
Feaith Benewer
Swormstedt & Co's
Market Reports on Flour Prices by City Mills
Market notes from Manion dated January 17 1882 reported by WM Trow & Co list Perfection Flour and brands including Invincible Triumph and Favorite with steady pricing observations across city mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. Trow & CO
Triumph
City Mills
Favorite
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Herald
Busness
Drs. Clunter
Norville
Brashear 13
Fishback
Voyles
House of Refuge
Milwauke
Wis
Lupe
Michigan Street
Allen Johnson
Ife
Lillie Chellis
Tom Thumb
James Gilbert
Minnia Palaer Company
Gertrude Sutton
Gilbert
Wis. Crammer
Evening Wisconsin
Jadson Jough
Majora
Central Police Station
Hough
TUR
Searcie
Keogh
McGill
Smith
Plankinton
Inquirer
Doxy
Indianapolis News
Washington News
Vincennes
Roya, Bakixe Powder Co
Wall St
Nyy
Henry B. Payne’s
Indianapolis News of
Druggisia
Gatarerh
Ely
Owego
N.Y
BE. EE. Bear
E. BR. Wilson
Court House
Madison, Ind
Wilson
Law
Eice
Mainross Street
Striet
Acilyess , CO
Ind
J.C. Mason
Syracuse
Prica
Circuit Court
Jefferson County
Catherine’ DeVersy
Nicholas Deverly
Friepiey & Kortry
Attys
Market Reports
Madison Markets
Manion
Theaenencescenenes
C. Reuse JR
Leven
Jeneenenes Philadelpha Kipp
Patrick Wade
J. Wacott. & Son
Choice Navy
N.O
N. Orleans
R. B. Craig
Timothy
R. McKim & CO
Pittsburgh
WM. C. Lewis
Benson
Seabury & Johnson
New York
H. Blaisdell
Fin
Ag’t
Congress St
Boston
Mass
P. O
Slocum
Dees
J.R. Graves
Baptist
Emphis
Tom
E. A. Huffins
Franklin
J. L. Brittain
Blounteville
Ala
Ana Pott
INS & Ct
Aaa
US Breatre JR. Johnson
M. D
Abbeville
Gacrete
Mansfield
Medicin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!