Park Ave Opened by City Council Fight on Parke Avenue
Local council proceedings record approvals of street work and finance. Amid votes, Parke Avenue to Main opened by petition, Ord. 44 to curb hacks and drugs passed, fire cisterns referred to a committee, and marshal salary raised to fifty dollars monthly. Street clerk instructed to gravel Church street. ball games banned in school yard. Agricultural yields reported for several farms nearby with mixed fortunes. News notes on local rail schedule changes and a request for public support of subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Journal
Wu. Applegate
Wes Stallings
Henry Wade
Chas. Sloucker
H.C. Husband
Hayden
Timar Lichtenberger
Parke Avenue
Main
Hofreiter
Church Street
Pushing the Work at the Institute and Town News
Bricklayers doubled at the institute building last Monday as walls rise. Local arrivals include Henry Long from Fairfield taking a position at Inwood meat-shop. Various residents from nearby towns and states visited or returned, with multiple people traveling to or from Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute
Henry Long
Fairfield
Inwood
Incoming House Seats 219 Experienced Members Reported
Washington dispatches detail a new Congress with 219 seasoned members and 137 fresh entrants. Secretary Morton trims departmental expenses by 226337 yearly while senators forecast a yearlong session. Indiana items include patents issued in the past week, local accidents, fires, shipyard activity, gold finds, pensions, and notable agricultural yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Morton
Agricultural Department
Voorhees
Congress
Gresham
Indiana
C. A. Snow & Co
U.S. Patent Office
Washington, D.C
A.L Bernardin
Evansville
Erskine
C. A. Clark
Mishawaka
A. Pierce
Anderson
L. Cooper
Patoka
E. Green
Albion
Guernsey
Seymour
C. Mullen
Harrisville
M. E. Myers
Cambridge City
R. Nye
Richmond
H. G. Olds
Fort Wayne
W. T. Putnam
Brightwood
A. Smith
Flora
van Slyke
Indianapolis
Saloon on East Main Draws Palate Ticklers and Town News
Bill Green's saloon on east Main street invites lager and stronger beverages. Jim Wirey's new threshing outfit with a cyclone stacker drew a big crowd at the south edge of town. Tat Epworth League plans a town festival tonight at Henry Hayden's residence on Church street. An anti gambling ordinance takes effect Thursday August 10. For the week ended last evening thirty nine commercial travelers registered at the Tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Green
East Main Street
Jim Wirey
Tat Epworth League
Henry Hayden
Church Street
Destructive Fire Threatens Corner Businesses in Town
A devastating blaze engulfed the saloon and grocery of John H. Chaffin, the Nash furniture store, and Schutz music plant at Church and Brewery streets on Wednesday between 10 and 11. Bucket brigades, two engines, and city residents including women and farmers held back the flames, saving neighboring buildings. total loss nearby projected near 7500 dollars with insured properties and several injuries but no deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Chaffin
E. W. Nash
L. Schutz
Church
Brewery
Husband
Nash
Chaffin
Church Street
Culpepper
Richards
Duclos’ Mill
Brewery Street
Ritherto
Cransfield
John Wilson
Tavern Street
Johnsons’ Hardware
Shhutz
Jacob Breith
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Gloria
Ami
Ford Bros. & Lichtenberger
J. D. Owen & Co
J. A. Wilhelm
H. C. Husband
Queensware
Owen Block
Oliver and the
Scientific American Agency For
Munn & CO
Broadway
New York
Buresu
America
Register
R. D. Twigg
Elouse
Stewart
NEW Harmony
Ind
Rheingold Made
The
Fulton Avenue Brewery
Ulmer & Schulte
Geo. W. Long
Ralph T. Boren, Lawrence A. Warner
Sesson
Boren & Warner
Dr. von Peters
von Peters
Desler In
OODS
Breith’s
New Harmony, Indiana
William Green
Peter Weber
Merchant Tailor
New Harmony, Ind
Feir
Pete
Weber
City Exchange
Fred.w.walz
Fred. W.walz
Park Ave
Ite
Harry Pisely
Wm. Loudon
Mt. Vernon
John Soper
F. W. Cooks
Posey
J. W. Hiatt
Fire Co
Bucket Brigade
Barth Remming
Bowman Bend
Old Posey
J.N. Frank
L. Fredman
H. Sturm
Li. Luchenschmidt
Evanaville
J.P. Bennett
Dalton Althouse
Chicago
Douglas Dalton
H. Stein
Evaneville
W. J. Hollingsworth
Augusta
W. AH. Pick
Kalamazoo
Mich
James Henson
Cyothiana
W.M. Husbands
Charley Edmonds
F.N. Boyer
Olney
Lil
Moorhead
Olney, Ill
G. W.sarlls
Me. Vernon
John Mott
F. O. Fitton
John W.cook
E. W. Need
Geo. Ford
Evensville
M.e.church
Joshua Wade
Washington
Indiana State
John Pierce
Allen County
H. B. Strawn
Orinoco
Princeton
Jeffersonville
U.S
Brown County
Geo. Snively
Columbus
Laporte
Emma Graham
New Albany
F. P. Dill
White River
Clark County
Dick Madden
Muncie
Wincie Harmony
Rockport
White County
C. 8
Deney
Michigan City
Jay County
Bartholomew County
Randolph County
John Hofreiter
Mill Street
Galdwell's
Berns Township
South Main
Tux
J. H. Chaffin
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