Blaine Defends McKinley Tariff With Reciprocity Promise
A historical letter from James G. Blaine dated October 14 1891 in Aveusta Maine refutes a garbled quote about the McKinley Tariff. He asserts support for the bill with a reciprocity clause and cites foreign treaties expanding markets for wheat pork flour and other farm products. Blaine emphasizes the law’s updated provisions and friendly nations expanding trade.
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Aveusta
Maine
Joan Hopney
Journal
Bacyrus
Ohio
Thorughout
James G. Blaine
Frye
Senate
Brazil
Cuba
Porto Rico
San Domingo
Germany
James G, Blaine
Tobacco market in Bodmann Warehouse weekly offerings
In Cincinnati at Bodmann Warehouse on October 17 1881 total bird offerings reached 2675 up from 2473 prior week and 2720 year prior. Strength shown for good tobaccos with rising prices across Tuesday to Thursday. Friday light on good tobaccos led to many rejections.
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Bodmann
Cincinnati
Brown County
They Rise To A Fly In East Fork Fishing Tale
The East Fork fishing scene improves with anglers using artificial flies. Minors report successful catches as rain clears and cooler weather concentrates fish, promising better sport for the coming days.
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East Fork
Syrup of Figs Praised for Gentle Kidney Liver Bowels Cleansing
Public notice extols its excellent qualities and appealing taste. The remedy uses a gentle purgative action to cleanse the system and promote health and comfort for users.
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California
Silver Wedding Surprise for J. F. Israel Couple
Bethel residents Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Israel celebrated twenty five years of marriage with a surprise silver wedding dinner. Forty relatives and friends filled their home on October 18, bringing presents and best wishes for continued happiness. Attendees included Ben and Tom Isreal and families from Ripley, Windsor Illinois, and Kentucky visitors, plus local neighbors and friends.
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J. F. Israel
Bethel
Israel
Twenty-Fifth Mile
Ben
Tom Isreal
Ripley
H. &. Moberly
Windsor
Illinois
Frank Tatman
Lolie
Louisville
Kentucky
Joseph Clare
Silas McCormick
J. W. Clare
Robert Town
Phebe Reed
William Shell
John Hill
Elmira Hanna
Dream Foretells Tragic Fall of Monterey Man
Monterey mourns Uncle Jimmy Hill who died after a 25 foot fall while hickory nutting. His wife had a dream the night before of him falling from a tree and held his head until help arrived. Services were at the Presbyterian church with Rev Pinkerton and he was buried at the Odd Fellows ground near New Boston.
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Monterey
Jimmy Hill
Presbyterian Church
Pinkerton
Odd Fellows
New Boston
Wedding Unites Maggie Cover and Bergan Turner in Monterey
Miss Maggie Cover and Bergan Turner united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents in Monterey. Rev. A J Reynolds officiated at 2 p m with a guest list of relatives and local friends including Grace Reynolds A Wilson Lottie Batavia Kate Max field Frank Daugherty Lela Owensville and others. A wedding march by Lottie Wilson preceded a bountiful dinner and many presents including silver spoons from A Wilson and fifty dollars from the bride’s father. The couple spent the afternoon with song and Rev Reynolds delivered an afternoon talk before prayers and benediction.
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Maggie Cover
Bergan Turner
Monterey
A. J. Reynolds
Grace Reynolds
Cumminsville
A. Wilson
Lottie
Batavia
Kate Maxfield
Frank Daugherty
Lela
Owensville
Joan Cover
Edgar Moorehead
Addie
J. Turner
Anna Turner
Eva Pattison
Katie Burns
Allie Glancy
Eva Burns
Lottie Wilson
Burned Records in Indiana Court House Fire Exposed Political Crime
Indiana officials, led by Auditor Jim Lavelle and accomplices Hawes Ledgerwood and Hardin, allegedly conspired to burn the Daviess county courthouse to hide embezzlement. The blaze destroyed records, revealed coal oil saturation, and resulted in multiple arrests as investigations uncovered a large public funds misuse.
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Indiana
Daviess
Indianna
Hawes
White River
Burr Hawes
Jimie Lavelle
Aaron Burr Hawes
Lavelle
Ledgerwood
Hardin
Quintette
Daviess County
Milford youth charged with mail misuse in potato scam
Charles Rybolt of Milford is charged with misusing the mails by posing as a commission merchant to obtain sweet potatoes from a Baltimore house and inflating ratings with mercantile agencies. He was indicted and released on $1,000 bond posted by his father.
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Charles Rybolt
Milford
Samuel
Rybolt
Baltimore
Notable local items mix crime, notices, and ads
A jumble of society gossip, legal notices, burglaries, sales, and public orders fills the page. Highlights include a reward demand over a physician with a titled alias, estate administrations in Loveland and Clermont, peddler licensing push, school tobacco busts, grand jury indictments in Warren and Adams counties, and a large Chicago tower contract. Also reports on a Felicity fire, a Sunday school institute, and endorsements for Aver's Sarsaparilla and Swamp Root remedies.
Batavia social notes feature visitors and locals
Personal mentions recount callers and visitors in Batavia with names like Anderson Everhart Edwards Buchanan McCord Fagley South Wilson Kline Clasgens and Kincaid. Residents Mary Waesner and James Jamieson are cited alongside civic notes on the G A R post and new pavement.
Sugar buys less now under McKinley bill
Sugar costs show a price shift from prior to the McKinley tariff era. The line contrasts how much sugar one dollar bought before the act with the diminished value after the measure, reflecting the era’s economic impact.
Choice of voters and trade policy in sugar debate
The text questions voting lines on party aims to reverse sweet life conditions. It argues duties on imports and defender of local industry. It notes sugar shortfalls, open markets, and that clothing and wool face foreign competition. It emphasizes home production and employment.
Hoosier poet Riley entertains on vessel voyage
Whitcomb Riley and Pink Fishback, formerly of this place, journeyed to Europe in June and on returning Riley volunteered for the regular concert on the vessel for destitute mariners. He was introduced as Welcome Riley, the Hoosier poet, and read several poems to delighted listeners.
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Whitcomb Riley
Pink Fishback
Europe
Riley
Fishback
Arthur
Happie
Jim
Welcome Riley
Indianapolis
Tin mines in America claim dubious existence
The Cincinnati Post investigates tin mining in the United States. W. U. Cronemeyer of Demmler replies from California that Harneypeak Consolidated Tin Co. plans to market black tin, San Jacinto Estate in California produces black tin experimentally, and other firms in San Diego Pittsburg Mexico export tin plate. Cronemeyer notes limited domestic supply and imports for bright tin plate while expanding capacity. W. U. Cronemeyer signs as president of United States Iron and Tin Plate Manufacturing Co.
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John G. Hopley
Bucyrus Journal
James G. Blaine
Mr. Blaine
Roger Q. Mills
E. H. Wells
KeKinley
Mr. Wells
W. C. Cronemeyer
Demmier
Pennsylvania
Demmler
Cincinnati Post
William McKinley, Jr
Xenia
Canton
Harneypeak Consolidated Tin Company
Hill City
South Dakota
New York City
San Jacinto
California
Pittsburg
Ishowa
New York
Liverpool
Cornwall
England
Straits of Malacca
Australia
W. UC. Cronemeyer
United States Iron and Tin Plate Manufacturing Company
Wells
San Bernardino
Cal
Miss Cowen Praised After Lima Concert Tour
Miss Mary Cowen, Batavia's favored singer, returned from Lima where she impressed the German Literary Society with renditions from L Africana and The Last Rose of Summer. She received lavish applause and a banquet honored her among visiting Toledo and Findlay singers.
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Mary Cowen
Batavia
Ella Spellacy
Lima
Lima Courier
Miss Cowen
Opera
L’africana
Toledo
Findlay
Cowen
Mt Carmel club defeats Amelians with five homers in 19 to n innings
Mt Carmel club beat Amelians 19 to in S innings at Mt Carmel last Saturday, featuring five home runs. Board of Pardons in Columbus rejected the forgery sentence of Frank and Edgar Fitzwater of this county last Friday. Wm Snyder of Mt Carmel was struck by a Little Miami train at Davis Lane while driving through Columbia last Saturday morning. wagon demolished, horse unharmed. Louis G Weyand of Ripley, saloonist, bought a revolver after being shaved and then died by suicide in an upstairs apartment. cause remains a matter of surmise.
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Mt. Carmel
Amelias
Board of Pardons
Columbus
Frank and
Edgar Fitzwater
Wm. Snyder
Miami
Davis Lane
Columbia
Snyder
Louis G. Weyand
Ripley
Warren county stock sale yields strong horse prices
Thirty two head sold at Jack Bros stock farm in Warren county bringing a total of 5126 dollars. Eighteen horses averaged about 216 dollars each, with Clyde Wilkes two year old premier mare fetching 1000 dollars and a bay pacing mare with colt selling for 975 dollars. Meanwhile national press battles postal telegraphy while Marshal Thompson travels to Madison to arrest Frank Jamieson for a 75 dollar forged note.
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Warren County
Jack Bros
Clyde Wilkes
Marshal Thompson
Ripley
Madison
Indiana
Frank Jamieson
Lafe Jamieson
First National Bank
Ellis Bardon
Notorious John T Norris Arrest in Chicago Blackmail Case
The Long trial sleuth Norris is under arrest in Chicago for blackmailing crooks who resisted his efforts. Chicago police view him as wronged, but Springfield and Lebanon officers doubt that view as Norris nears home.
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John T. Norris
Chicago
John
Springfield
Lebanon
Farm quarrel leads to near fatal shooting of river pilot
Edward Roberts on a Monroe township farm argued with river pilot E R Shumaker over an offense in the presence of Shumaker's wife. Roberts drew a pistol and fired three times at close range, grazing Shumaker's elbow and hitting his hip, the first Adams county shooting in years that did not end in death.
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Edward Roberts
Monroe Township
E. R. Shumaker
Roberts
Shumaker
Adams County
Man loses 280 dollars in Higginsport saloon
Lamley Ramsey of Fayetteville wandered into a Higginsport saloon, fell asleep, and woke to find his $280 bankroll gone along with the patrons. He reported the loss to the bartender, but the money and crowd were gone. The tale ends with a cautionary moral about drinking and travel.
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Lamley Ramsey
Fayetteville
Higginsport
Army Improvement and General Kautz Retirement
Gen A V Kautz brother of Fred Kautz of Higginsport to retire soon earning 4500 dollars yearly. He started as a private and rose to general with few parallels in the nation. He advocates the army as an educational institution for worthy ambitious youths to attract reform-minded personnel and curb desertions and other evils by enlisting different material.
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A. V. Kautz
Fred Kautz
Higginsport
Prominent Attorney Dies After Long Career in Cincinnati
Judge William Johnson of the Cincinnati bar died at his Loveland home on Thursday. Born in 1803, he was admitted to the bar in 1836 and was esteemed as a leading lawyer. He once worked with Lincoln and Stanton and helped early Cincinnati with its superior court judges. A Whig turned Republican, he lived in Loveland since 1887 after purchasing Shields property. He leaves a wife and one son.
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William Johnson
Cincinnati
Loveland
Lincoln
Stanton
Superior Court of
Shields
Tie
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Warren County Grand Jury
Jeannette C. Peachey
Henry Peachy
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Opera House
North
Captain E. Donley
Felicity
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America
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D. R
Wolf
Wmn
Reynolds
Marion Lawrence
Crafts
Willis Cowen
Wellington
Kansas
West
Courier People
Mr. Cowen
Sun Vapor Street Lamp Company
United States
Pittsburgh
Melville Bros
Anderson
Will Everhart
Norwood
Emeline Edwards
Clermont
Col
John Buchanan
Dayton
Tennessee
Courier
Frank McCord
Red Bank
L. D. Manning
Edwin Perkins
Washington, D. C
Hill Top Homestead
William Fagley
Washington
Peter South
Star City
Anson Wilson
Broadway
Market
W. P. Fishback
John Kline
Kline Engraving Company
M. McDonald
Mr. McDonald
Frank V. Clasgens
O’neal & Dawson’s Insurance
New Richmond
Hin
Harry Kincaid
New
Mary Waesner
Mary
C. T. Jamieson
Clinton Republican
C. N. Browning
Milton Jamieson
First National Bank of
Charlie
Wooster College
Urbana
G. A. R. Post
Albert Heinrici
Kooh
John Bunn
J. B. Walker
Williamsburg
Simmons Liver Regulator
Campbell
Clermonters
Laxgoon's
People’s Grocery
King's
Ayer
Kline’s
Fridman Roberts Comespany
Wannamaker
Adams
Saul
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