Indiana Tax History and 1891 Benevolent Fund Levy
The article reviews Indiana tax acts from 1877 and 1891, noting annual taxes on property and polls to fund public debts and institutions. It highlights the Benevolent Institution Fund created in 1891, taxed at six cents per hundred dollars, and warns the levy would expire unless renewed by the next Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State of
Indiana
Benevolent Institution Fund
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Cleveland Nominations Stir Indiana Rally and Press
The Indiana rally and press coverage salute Grover Cleveland and the Democratic ticket. Articles note Green Smith’s ratification speech praising tariff reform and equal law, while Prohibition and Frances Cleveland clubs organize to back Democratic success. An ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla urges its readers to try the remedy.
Origin of Hoosier or Busher Tradition Described
The article recalls early canal workers from Indiana and nearby regions at the Louisville and Portland Canal opening. It recounts Saturday fighting, a strong man named Aaron who fought multiple foes, and a legend linking Hoosier and busher terms to a feats of jumping and ring antics. Cincinnati papers debated the origin before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville and Porthrod Canal
Queensbury
Husher
Morgan County
Jack Payton
Morresville
Mr. Payton
Mr. Short
Cincinnati
Through Car Service to Pacific Coast by Wisconsin Central Lines
An introduction to the through car service via Wisconsin Central and Northern Pacific Railroad touts nonstop through trains from Chicago to the Pacific coast with Pullman Vestibuled cars. It highlights daily 10 45 P.M. departures and scenic routes through prairie forests mountains and cities. It also advertises a 5 00 P. M. daily fast train with Vestibuled Sleepers and dining cars to St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth. A letter from Ada E Hurd of Groton South Dakota shares a testimonial about Dr King s New Discovery for consumption, claiming cure after eight bottles and free trial bottles offered at Mall Drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Central Lines
Northern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Coast
Chicago
St. Paul
Wisconsin Central
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Central
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Ada E. Hurd
Groton
Excursion to Saratoga by Ohio and Mississippi Line
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway offers round trip fares from all points to Saratoga New York and return on a single fare. Tickets valid July 5 to 13 for travel and return until September 15 1892. For rates information contact local O and M agents or C G Jones Dist Pass Agt Vincennes Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio & Mississippi Ry
Womens’ Christian Temperance Union
Young Mex's Christian Association
Mountain Chautauqua Society
National Educational Association
Ohio & Mississippi By
Saratoga
N. Y
C. G. Jones
Dist
Pas’r Agt
Dtd
Vincennes
Ind
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Julius Zeidler
Brooklyn, N. Y
Hood
Madison
Cadwallader
Burrowes
Hindoo
the Frank Medicine CO
Madison, Ind
John Byrne
Central Avenue and
First Sts
Mountain Lake Park, Md
Pass
Penm
Ania Lines
Grover Cleveland
A. E. Stevenson
Claude Matthews
Vermillion
Mortimer Nye
Laporte
W.R. Myers
John Oscar Henderson
Howard
Albert Gall
Marion
Alonzo G. Smith
Jennings
Supreme Court
Sidney R. Moon
Fulton
Hervey D. Vories
Johnson
W. A. Peelle, JR
Jeptha
Congressional
Jason B. Brown
Jackson
the: Herald
Sons Aa Dams
L. C. Jones
Leasee
Indison
Mr. J. Sloat Fassett
New York
People’s Party
Omaha
Walter Q. Gresham
Stree Corner
Cleveland
John Bidwell
California
Dr. Cranfell
Texas
Frances Cleveland
New York City
Mary Frost Ormsby
Frances Cleveland Club
No. 1
Green Smith
Indianapolis
Democratic Party
United States
Washington
Wood
Phosphodine
Woop
Wood Chemical CO
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Swarmstedt & Co
J.B
F. Harper
W. H. Rogers
C. R. McLeland
E. Voegler
Heberhart & Son
Ed Muse
Samuel Pitcher
Castoria
G. C. Osaoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Kincanos
Conway, Ark
H. A. Ancuga
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Boston
Mass
Allen C. Surrh, Pres
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
Erie Medical CO
Buffalo, N. Y
John Adams
Madison Machine CO
Atlas Engine Works
WM. Walgh
Outlid
Wly
O. B. Stribling
Eey
Deering
Deering Mowing Machines
Alling & Lodge
National Branch Bank
F. L. Powell
W. H. Powell
V. Press
G. Phillips
Cashier
Isom Hoss
Chas
Cornett
Joh Jements
Powell
Jame Fargan
John T. Schofield
S. J. Smith
East Main Street
Landreth’s
J. E. C. E. Harper's
Jeffarcon
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