Madison Herald Notes Local Updates and National Figures
The Madison Herald reports pensions totaling 27 644 in September with first payments at 4 072 476. It notes census figures of 14 220 000 school children in the US and a 195.15 percent rise since 1850. A local Catholic Knights of America branch in Madison is praised. Chicago plans a 1 000 000 sixteen story building named The Columbus with plaques honoring Columbus and Genoa.
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Census Bureau
United States
Catholic Knights of America
Madison
Chicago
America
Christopher Columbus
Genoa
Valladolid
Italy
Columbus
Bettola
Please Don't Mention It Its Newsroom Stand on Publicity
The Frankfort News argues newspapers must publish the news without bowing to lawyers seeking secrecy. It says the newspaper and legal defense are separate businesses and publishers must present the facts as obtained. Public sentiment against the guilty is dangerous but should be considered before crime occurs.
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Frankfort News
American Beauties in Demorest's November issue
The November issue of Demorest's Family Magazine features a notable bevy of American women in portraits. The piece notes their beauty as proverbial and merited, with brief reference to a selection described as an exquisite picket of a score of "Fa. South" aboard a collage of images.
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Demorest
South
The Romances of Pre Columbian Discoveries and More in Demorest Magazine
A San Francisco arc features Demorest Magazine offerings including The Romances of Pre-Columbian Discoveries, Her Soul's Secret and Lessons in Riding. Also listed are Home Art and Home Comfort mottoes Christmas menus dress hygiene and women's wear topics. The piece notes Madison Indiana winter engagements and bustling wedding travel with trains and packets.
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Susanna W. Dodds
W. Jennings Demorest
East 14Th St
New York City
Double funeral for Salyers family shocks Madison
Rev C W Tinsley led a brief touching sermon over the remains of Mrs Richard Salyers and her daughter Mrs Fesler in Trinity Church. The double funeral, probably the first in Madison from one family, drew a large crowd and was followed by interment in Springdale cemetery. Pallbearers named for Mrs Salyers and Mrs Fesler included Avi Grayson John G Moore and Edward Smock among others as Mr Salyers, nearly eighty, attended with effort.
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C. W. Tinsley
Richard Salyers
Fesler
Madison
Trinity Church
Springdale Cemetery
Salyers
Avi, Grayson
John G. Moore
J. Smith
Edward Smock
C. P. Richardson
Harry Kyle
Daniel Demaree
D. M. Fish
Samuel Liggett
Jerome Hurlburt
William Cordrey
William Thomas
Mr. Salyers
Hanover Items from October 12 1891
Local notes recount a playful neck tie festival at the Chamberlain residence and a reform edict banning capital punishment for Freshmen. A Y M C A delegation to the State Convention at Indianapolis is listed. Dormitory plans for Rev Oldfather's residence proceed toward Christmas occupancy. Senior Preps picnic trip and campus phantom cow sightings draw attention. The Union Lit club debates resolve questions on Russian Jews and Civil War legacies. Greek fraternities show new activity and Amateurs music rooms draw nervous readers westward.
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Union Lits
Russia
Sons of Veterans
Bold Arson Case and Disappearance in Indianapolis
Indianapolis police investigate a bold arson case and the mysterious disappearance of Gibbons who rented a Massachusetts Avenue frame building for storing canned goods. Fire broke out Friday evening after pine shavings were ignited under the stairs, and the back door was found open. Gibbons has not been seen since. investigators seek his whereabouts.
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Indianapolis
Unson
Gibbons
Hamilton
Massachusetts Avenue
Charles W. Nickum
Monster Squirrel Measured Three Feet Nine Inches Long
Seymour report describes Mr H W Godfrey a marble dealer near Tampico spotting a giant red or fox squirrel on the ground sixty yards away. After failing to load heavier shot, he killed the creature which measured nose to tail at 3 ft 9 in by three independent witnesses and is being mounted. In Anderson a freight thief was captured after Conductor William Kane trapped him inside a sealed car and police were notified. the man identified as Charles Noble of Indianapolis.
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Seymour
H. W. Godfrey
Tampico
Charles Noble
West
Washington Street
Indianapolis
Anderson and Muncie
War and Peace sculptural competition rules announced
Indianapolis soldiers' monument commission finalizes rules for the War and Peace side group competition. Models required, submissions due July 6 1892, five renowned sculptors invited with 500 each. top design nets 1000 and second place 500.
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Indianapolis
Soldiers’ Monument Commission
Outrage in China and Local Fires Reported
Reports from Peking detail riots targeting churches and missions in Hon Kow and Han Kow with refugees fled to the river. In Pittsburg a factory and machine shop burned with multi thousand dollar losses. an eighteen year old girl is fatally shot in Brooklyn. U S Navy officers warn of renewed Chinese unrest as Belknap shifts flags to Charleston.
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San Francisco
China
Peking
Pachie
Hon Kow
American Episcopal Mission
Padua
Han Kow
Wuchang
Tastai
M. L. Johnson
United States Navy
Monocacy
China Station
Belknap
Charleston
South Dakota Banking Law Question Upheld as Unconstitutional
Judge White rules the state banking law unconstitutional for denying private individuals the right to discount, exchange, loan, or accept deposits and granting these privileges only to corporations. The state appeals to the supreme court, warning many banks may fail if sustained. Bloody clash on railway train leaves several feared dead after armed confrontation between souk men and police near Arthur Tennessee.
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South Dakota
Washton
S. D
White
Supreme Court
Mippiesporo
Arthur
Tenn
Trainmen vote acquits grand officers in Northwestern dispute
Galesburg on October 12 reports that late Saturday night the trainmen's convention voted 302 to 14 to acquit the grand officers of blame and condemn the supreme council for expelling the brotherhood. The grand officers express jubilation over the sweeping approval.
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Galesburg
Dic
Northwestern
Supreme Council
Cooper v Union Railway verdict in damages case
The jury in Congressman Cooper's case against the Union Railway company awarded the plaintiff $800 after an all night session. Cooper claimed assault by a gateman at Union station in a suit for $5,000. Occurred Oct 12 in Indianapolis. Also reports: a severe San Francisco earthquake at 10:27 pm lasting half a minute with no major damage. Horace Knight killed near a Denver suburb fire. William Davis, Brooklyn iron merchant, drowns. Mrs. Susan Harrison dies in New Britain from a heart condition attributed to malicious reports. weather generally fair, cooler south, steady north temperatures, northerly winds.
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Indianapolis
Cooper
Fifth District
Union Railway Company
Union Station
San Francisco
New BricatTon
Susan Harrison
McKinney
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Ous
Charles Barringer
Barringer
Moore’s Hut
James Stevens
Moore’s Hill College
Shoats, Inc
Frederick Sholtz
Spring Garden
California
Nebraska
Anderson
Washington, Ind
Epson
G. W. Myer
Shelbyville
Ralph Edwards
Arlie Wilson
Edwards
Wilson
Matilda J. Lewis
Cincinnati
Harry Williams
Muncie
Franklin Brothers
Pittsburg
Pitissura
Rosenstein Brothers
William Newhanny
C. L. Dickson
Liberty Avenue
Thirthieth
Thirty-first
Newhatny
Dickson
Brooxiysy
Elizabeth Lace
Robert
Lace
Deenver
Horace Knight
New York
William Davis
Brooklyn
N. Horaee
Rogers & Cowlam
West Main Street
Geo
Diederich’s
W. Main St
N. T. Drake & CO
Alliance Razors
Alling & Lodge
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