Fair Play Fire company marks fifty years with jubilee feast
The Madison crowd recalls Sept 15 1843 charter, with Joseph Todd and four charter members honored. Speakers include Mayor Brashear and Hon M B Sulzer recount old fires, old presidents, and the engine purchase. A social hop and a banquet followed the speeches.
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The
Fair Play Fire Company
Joseph ‘Todd
Todd
Fair Play Boys
Western Fire Company
Madison
George EE
Trow
M. BR. Sulzer
William Henry Jones
Salathiel Grayson
No. 3’S
Courier
Dean
Gregory Klein
Jefferson County Tax Assessments for 1891 Reported
Jefferson County Commissioners announced 1891 assessments showing a total county valuation of 9 033 321 with a 10 cent increase and an addition of 707 285 to railroad property under state revision.
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W. H. Foster
Jefferson County
Board of Review
Ceecees
Testament to Madison Superintendent F B Churchill
The Madison school community gathered at the High School on September 15 1891 to honor the resigning Superintendent Churchill. A unanimous preamble praised his efficient leadership kindness and fairness while noting his willingness to address faults. The resolution directs copies to be sent to Prof FLD Churchill and published in local papers and the Indianas School Journal.
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Schools of
Churchill
Fld
Madison
Indianas School Journal
Indianapolis
Fred Haaren
Ind
Soldiers Reunion Highlights Indiana Regiments in Madison
Madison hosts 6th 22nd and 82nd Indiana infantry at the annual reunion. Veterans from across counties crowd streets and gather at Geo. H. Thompson Post G A R rooms for handshakes, stories, and plans for a mass parade tomorrow with dinners for hundreds at the upper market house. Captains and officers are singled out as the days unfold with civic hospitality and a warm welcome.
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Madison
Indiana Infantry
Sixth Infantry
Geo. H. Thompson
Hoffstadts Hall
Mcleland
Jefferson Street
82Nd Regiment
City Hall
W. C. Hall
Franklin
Morton C. Hunter
Bloomington
Morris
J. H. O'Neill
Broadway
Main Streets
Summers rape case verdict and sentences in circuit court
In circuit court, Sherman Day was fined 25 dollars and costs for resisting an officer. William Stapp was fined 1 dollar and costs for carrying concealed weapons. The Summers rape case concluded at 1:30, jury convicted, defendant sentenced to seven years in penitentiary after an hour deliberation.
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William Stapp
Tax Levy for 1891 Details by State and County
The 1891 levy sets the state rate at 35 cents and the county levy as fixed by the county commissioners. The notice lists commissioners and notes the tax assessment structure.
Presbytery of New Albany Meets at Hanover Church
The Presbytery of New Albany gathered Tuesday evening in Hanover Presbyterian Church with Rev. Culver delivering a sermon on Our country its dangers and its needs. Dr. Brown elected moderator and Rev. F N McCoy clerk. missionary Oldfather inducted. Home and Foreign Missions meeting featured remarks including Mrs Williams of Muscogee Indian Territory. The Revision of the Confession was approved except for two paragraphs preferring the old Confessional statement.
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Presbytery of
New Albany
Presbyterian Church of
Hanover
Culver
Charlestown
Dr. Brown
F. N. McCoy
Presbytery
Defense affidavit stalls State vs George Chapman trial
Late yesterday attorney M R Sulzer for the defense filed a long affidavit arguing against a trial in State v George Chapman. Judge Friedley postponed the case indefinitely. Also, State v Andrew Smith charged with craps in the alley behind the Herald office came up for trial this morning by jury. Morris Johnson and James Kennedy, witnesses, were held in contempt for telling other witnesses they did not app
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M.R. Sulzer
George Chapman
Friedley
State
Andrew Smith
Herald Office
Morris Johnson
James Kennedy
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