21 Dec 1892
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1892
Page
1
A playful verse hints at buying and fitting items to A to improve happiness as B is promised by G themed presentation. The couplet suggests a sales pitch tone with abbreviated letters for outcomes and satisfaction. The text reads as clever advertising style poetry.
Treasury report by Enos Nebecker criticizes current paper money accounting as imperfect and unsatisfactory. He urges a complete numerical registry of every note with issue and redemption dates to ensure accuracy and enable tracing errors. The method relies on departmental examination rather than hard records.
Dr. Johnson, Blaine's physician, states Blaine shows signs of local organic disease affecting general health. He notes slow but uncertain progression and that current condition is better than a week ago. Congress may debate Sunday opening as Durborow seeks a quorum. Souvenir coins from Chicago to be shipped. tax seizures occur in Columbus, Indiana with cash collections.
The body of W Gould Smith a prominent cattle operator was found frozen on the prairie near Fort Benton forty miles east of Great Falls. He had left his ranch Saturday to attend a Republican committee meeting in Benton and was last seen alive then.
J H Dubarry is identified as vice president of a Pennsylvania railway in Philadelphia. Daniel Richardson is described as a leading Indianapolis businessman. John Cockrell is listed as son of Senator Cock Sel in Warrensburg Missouri. Huyy Jong is named as a capitalist in De (text truncated).
A section of Arnotts stores at Twenty seventh street foot in Brooklyn burned Saturday morning. A dozen firemen, including Chief Nevins, escaped a collapsing wall by leaping into the water after failing to run along the docks. Patrick Jafferty, 26, was badly hurt and hospitalized. The seven hundred by eighty foot three story gray stone building stored 5,000 bales of cotton and large quantities of bagging and jute. Loss about 350,000 with unknown insurance.
A Saturday morning blaze destroyed the Cincinnati Lead Pipe and Sheet Lead works at 21 and 23 Ninth street. Loss estimated at $70,000. Fire department response and causes not disclosed.
In West Superior on December 19, police arrested Dick Edwards known as Texas Dick, a theatre performer now identified as William Leroy, wanted in Grayson County Texas for murder last May. Texas officials arrived to obtain requisition papers as details remain limited while investigations continue.
The Berlin Times correspondent reports the Steamship association extends its decision to Belgian and Dutch firms. All cheap World’s Fair ticket plans are canceled, and interest in the fair has shrunk to a minimum due to immigration regulations.
The state grange in Laxsix Michigan defers action on a resolution to urge the legislature to elect a farmer to replace Senator Stockbridge. The delay reflects a policy of remaining aloof from political matters, not opposition to ex Governor Luce.
A H Young condemned for murder in Los Angeles hanged himself in his cell Friday morning. Authorities report no cellmates heard the act. The tragedy closes the high profile case tied to Ferdinand Inijado’s death.
The Federation meeting in Philadelphia voted 1628 to 527 against a plan to govern all means of communication transportation and production. Delegates passed an amended resolution favoring government control of railroads and backed arbitration debates while condemning eager anti immigration measures and supporting eight hour work limits.
The Dun weekly review notes 83 million in gold sent to Europe sparks speculation and currency shifts. Exports of breadstuffs and other goods reach about 95 million monthly, with a healthy domestic trade outlook and year end activity in Chicago and other cities.
M M Garland and J D Hickey arrive on business for the Amalgamated Association. They endorse the Homestead relief committee and say the unions trust the Chicago trades to manage funds. the report follows a note on ongoing Homestead coverage. The Rock Island telegraphers strike in Chicago sits at a standstill with organizers expanding, while Indiana supreme court upholds apportionment law as constitutional.
The jury acquits J. R. Godfrey J. M. Ball and A. F. Mundorf, ex-officers of the supreme lodge Order of Salon on embezzlement and conspiracy charges. Godfrey must pay all prosecution costs.
Joseph Jenkins, colored, was hanged at Mount Pleasant Berkeley county on Friday in front of about 100 spectators. He was executed for the murder of John Morgan a Johns Island storekeeper killed with an axe and robbed.
Bessie Hinkl e a White waitress at the Grand hotel eloped with John Johnson a mulatto from West Liberty on Thursday in Springfield Ohio. The couple sparked local gossip as officials noted the act and began inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the elopement.
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