Assessor Parade Forms Line of Battle in Batavia
Newly elected assessors from townships report to Auditor Davis with instruction to ensure blanks show a $100 exemption per taxpayer and that each signer writes in his own hand. They receive rations and blank ammunition, with detailed orders read on parade.
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Davis
Amelia
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Batavia
William Laughlin
Williamsburg
Will
Dori
Moscow
Opie Bolendetwerp
Neville Duke Laycock
North Washington
WOM, Fridman
Laurel Precinct
John Slade
Ohio Township
Lindsey
Locust Corner
Herman Goedekuntz
North Union
William Marshall
South Union TV
Loveland
Branch Hill
Charles H. Canton
John M. Harbor
Edward Miller
Newberry Ofs Srv Cog Mae
Goshen
Edward Hill
Wits
Con
Era
Verdes
North Stonelick
J.M. Robinson
South Stonelick
Micy Glaney
Pretty party at Bethel honors Canton's Lizzie Reed
Miss Katherine Bluestine hosted a charming Bethel gathering for Canton's belle Lizzie Reed. Rooms gleamed with plants and light as music and progressive domino entertained guests. An elaborate luncheon followed at eleven o clock, with games and merriment lasting past midnight.
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Bethel
Katherine Bluestine
Lizzie Reed
Canton
Rubber Nose Divorce Warning Satire
A humorous note on a groom and his bride after a wedding night with a rubber nose causing discord. The piece extols rubber noses for being unbreakable and adaptable, then pivots to praise for Simmons Liver Regulator as a malaria remedy, with a testimonial from C Himrod of Lancaster Olio.
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Simmons
C. Himrod
Lancaster
Oblo
Adams County Election Draws Women Silence and Local Legal Dust
New case filed in Ripley involving W C Williamson and A W Williamson vs W H Schaff et al for 3810.10 dollars. Batavia reports 65 bicycles valued near 5000 dollars with one third owned by women. Westwood Women’s club denounces Fosdick hat bill. Mrs. Cannon criticizes plural marriage views in Washington. Batavia praised for roads and beauty. locals note strong female riders and high bicycle ownership.
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W.C. Williamson
A. W. Williamson
W. H. Schaff
Ripley
Schaff
Batavia
Valuable patent for coal car covers by W G Richards
Highland county inventor W G Richards unveils a telescoping roller operated coal car cover. The design allows one section to slide under the other while loading, then shifts to cover the loaded end, protecting the car from weather and theft. He has received an attractive offer for the patent.
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W. G. Richards
Highland County
Mr. Richards
Grant School House to Be Demolished in Georgetown
The historic Grant school house in Georgetown, where General Grant learned to spell and began his education, is decayed and unsafe. Abandoned for years, it has served as tenement and suffered neglect while props fail. Notable former pupils include President Grant General A V Kautz Rev Ezra Boring General Jacob Ammon and Commodore Ammon.
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Georgetown
General Grant
Grant
A. V. Kautz
Ezra Boring
Jacob Ammon
Commodore Ammon
The Size of London and a Tale of Horror
Letters from Kirby Smith describe London as the capital of the world larger than Paris New York and Chicago combined with a vast population. The Adams County New Era reports a horrific accident where twelve year old Jasper Grooms suffered severe facial and ear injuries from a brush pile fire, with his condition described as precarious and possibly fatal. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad concludes the passage urging blood purification to avoid illness.
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Kirby Smith
Highland County
Hillsboro
London
Babylon
Nineveh
Memphis
Rome
Paris
New York
Chicago
Leesburg
Greenfield
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Adams County
Joe Grooms
Jasper
Mr. Grooma
Jacksonville Pike
West
Ingersoll Lectures on World Reform in Chicago
Col. Ingersoll spoke at a Chicago church last Sunday on reforming the world. He urged converting churches to libraries, using arbitration to settle disputes, education for prisoners, and self supporting, intelligent labor as true religion, with emphasis on charity and liberty.
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Colonel Ingersoll
Chicago
Ingersoll
Mr. Ingersoll
Spring Notes and Local Warnings From Batavia and Surroundings
A long column of Batavia news covers spring bloom, bass fishing fever, a threatened apricot tree with possible snowstorm risk, and civic notes. It reports on a Sons of the Revolution prize for high school essays, local deaths, court actions, church organ recital, school commencements, and upcoming rail excursion. Also details on politics, a Woman's Relief Corps, and legislative bills affecting traffic, education, and temperance.
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Madame
Wild Man Ben Bell Runs For Constable In Portamouth
The Adams county New Hra reports Ben Bell a traveling performer described as a wild Zulu chief was a candidate for constable in Wayne township Portamouth before the Republican primaries. He was defeated by a common laborer.
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Adams County
New Hra
Ben Bell
Barnum
Robinson
Eircuses
Wayne Township
Portamouth
Rain of Mud Spreads Across Lander and Local Papers
In Lander Wyoming a rain of mud is noted as a strange event, while in Ada county three years of mud rain fall on the Republican and Democratic papers. Press boys are unused to the showers and no umbrellas are worn.
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Eli Perkins
Cullom
McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Olney
Whitney
Cal
Brice
Gorman
Horace Greeley
Greely
Bill Nye
John W. Hill
Seth
Dem
Albion (Ill
G. W. Demmisomy
Clerk
H. BE. Bennett
James Hurley
Dew
Piers
E. C. Harding
F. W. Roudebush
A. West
Ind
D. W. Murphy
Marshal
P. Eigher
Killinger
O. Duckett
F. B. Moyer
C. Belt
Barkley
Itiveneger
Ae G
A. Worz
Brower
Conover
Cit
Franklin
Timothy
Drouth
Lander
Wyoming
Adama County
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