Traffic congestion and rising prices hit 1870s trade
R G Dun reports current trade expanding yet congested by labor disputes and car shortages. Holiday consignments face delays, commodities and iron prices firming, fuel shortages threaten steel production, and mills report backlogs. Wool and cotton goods show mixed demand amid rising raw materials.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Boston
Chicago
Atlantic
Bank clearings in principal cities report week end
Bradstreet compiles a table of bank clearings for the week ended December 6 in major cities. It shows totals of 2,478,151,60 with a 9.9 percent rise nationwide and a 14.1 percent rise outside New York, noting some figures not included due to other items.
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New York
Bradstreet
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Cleveland
New Orleans
Detroit
Loutaville
Indianapolis
Providence
Omaha
U. S
Notable Week in Trade and Industry Signals Holiday Rise
Bradstreet’s notes a notable week in trade with unusually large retail distribution driven by cold weather and holiday demand. Iron, coal, textiles, and metals lead widespread activity. wheat and corn exports rise, prices firm, and railcar demand strong. Business failures total 237 for the week.
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New York
Bradstreet
Pittsburg
Chicago
Northwest
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Smoke Gen. Worth cigar distribution led by KRIEL
C. W. KRIEL serves as distributor for the Smoke Gen. Worth line. The note lists KRIEL as the contact for distribution and sale of the cigar in local markets.
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Worth
County records show 36100 discrepancy in Noblesville offices
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports experts found a $36,100 discrepancy in Noblesville county books. Ex clerk Williams overdrawn $5,504, ex auditor Sturdevant owed $439, ex sheriff Thacker overpaid $421. Fees and small errors noted. current officials cleared. A uniform county bookkeeping system is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Noblesville
Ind
Board of Commissioners
Daniel Leslie
A. F. Ayres
Indianapolis
B. Williams
Calvin Sturdevant
Franklin Thacker
Williams
American Surety Company
Thacker
Horace Carey
Evan Bray
Ledger
Eee
State Board of Commerce
Notable Indiana Obituaries Across Towns Today
A roundup of deaths and community notices from Indiana towns including Seymour Bourbon South Bend Greenwood Richmond and Muncie. The items report deaths of John Schiller Har mon Riverman George Stockman George O Harlan Mrs Carson George Manning and a federation meeting of clubwomen with many participants and a poem themed paper.
Riot arrests follow Prospect Hill coal mine raid in Vincennes
Three miners Thomas Hefti Thomas Dant and Samuel Price were arrested in Vincennes Ind on riot charges for allegedly inciting a riot at Prospect Hill coal mines. The incident drew eight jailed rioters and twenty two bench warrants for further miners involved as nonunion men were attacked by a mob from Petersburg Washington Montgomery and Princeton.
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Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
Thomas Hefti
Thomas Dant
Samuel Price
Prospect Hill
Petersburg
Washington
Montgomery
Princeton
Bond issue dispute delays city treasurer election
ELKHART Ind Dec 6 Fidelity and Trust Co of Baltimore informed the City Council the reason it refused to execute a $70,000 bond for City Treasurer elect E A Campbell. The Indiana Supreme Court recently ruled that such bonds extend to shield municipal and county governments from losses due to depositories. The local agent’s bid included a waiver that the bond would not cover cash losses from depositories, but the company contends the court’s decision voids such waivers by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Fidelity and Trust Company
Baltimore
E. A. Campbell
Indiana Supreme Court
Company
Supreme Court
Two Indiana fatalities from self harm and alleged child murder
In Terre Haute Bert Dewees a city engineer’s draughtsman killed himself with strychnine after a drunkenness arrest. He died en route to the city building. In Fort Wayne Ida Cheney is jailed for alleged murder of Opal Franklin, six, after authorities exhumed the body and found brutal injuries and a skull wound.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Bert Dewees
Dwyer
Dewees
Rose Polytechnic Institute Teciag
Ofce
Fort Wayne
Ida Cheney
Payne, O
Here
Opal Franklin
Franklin
Cheney
Eee
Notable Rome prelate visits Notre Dame
The Right Reverend Monsignor Antonini of Rome is in South Bend visiting Notre Dame University president Rev. Andrew Morrissey to seek health restoration. He has long served Pope Leo XIII and praised the pope while noting exaggerated reports of declining health.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
Monsignor Antonini
Rome
Italy
Andrew Morrissey
Notre Dame University
Mer. Antonini
Pius IX
Leo XX
Pontitt
James Sansberry Sr. Dies Prominent Anderson Lawyer
Anderson Indiana December 6 James Sansberry Sr one of Andersons oldest and most prominent citizens died at his home He was a lawyer politician and capitalist born in Ohio 1824 moved to Indiana 1833 and lived in Madison County He helped start the first school in Anderson studied law with Judge Buckels and became a noted criminal lawyer He served in the State Legislature and as presidential elector He helped organize Nations Exchange Bank of Anderson and was its first president He left a family after amassing fortune
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Bourbon
Ind
George Stockman
Bourbon Township
Seventy-fourth
Indiana Infantry
Stockman
Marshall County
South Bend
George O. Harlan
Fremont
Fremont Water Works
Masons
Royal Arcanum
Greenwood
Carson
Isaac Carson
Presbyterian Church
Richmond
George B. Manning
Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
James Sansberry
Sansberry
Ohio
Indiana
Lansberry
Buckels
Muncie
Nations Exchange Bank
Bie
Indiana News Roundup from Dec 6 Reports
Wayne county notes list E B Hussey as president A L Hibbard secretary and Samuel Dick inson treasurer Ray W Hussey named general manager A mix of items from across Indiana reports Fairbanks Beveridge letters on veteran employment in navy yards Greenwood school dedication with Rev Warren Dunham Purdue to build new assembly hall funded by Eliza Fowler entrusting trustees and Samuel Carr Populist chosen to fill county commissioner vacancy in Seymour after O M Goss death
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Wayne County
E. B. Hussey
A. L. Hibbard
Samuel Dickinson
Ray W. Hussey
Inianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Sol Meredith
Indianapolis Journal
Greenwood
Warren Dunham
J. M. Wishard
Robertson
Lafayette
Purdue Board of Trustees
Eliza Fowler
W. E. Sone
University
W.W. Stuart
Seymour, Ind
O. M. Goss
Samuel Carr
Goss
Carr
Local Briefs Chronicle Industrial, Injury and Crime News
In Greencastle Carl Fisher of Orleans Indiana, 22, was fatally mangled Friday when a freight train on the Monon road derailed him at a junction near town while returning home from a trip to Terre Haute and Brazil. Portland reports Haskel Siders injured after a haymow fall, Ira Leathuberry seriously wounded by a stray shot, and Amos Hathway’s failed rat shot. LaPorte notes Bert Flegal’s condition worsened by laughter tearing ribs. Wabash attorney David F Brooks jailed for alleged larceny of $60 from wallpaper dealer Will Miles. Bourbon Tippecanoe post office burgled. safe wrecked, cash and checks stolen. bloodhounds unable to track suspects. Sullivan county commissioners deny Cass township liquor licenses, Cass becomes dry. Elwood Mrs. J A Beatty injured falling in parsonage stairway. Madison Rev W R Kirkwood of St Paul accepts Hanover Church pastorate.
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Greencastle
Carl Fisher
Orleans
Ind
Here
Terre Haute
Brazil
Portland
Haskel Siders
Amos Hathway
New Pittsburg
Ira Leathuberry
Laporte
Bert Flegal
Westville
Wabash
David F. Brooks
Will Miles
Miles
Brooks
Bourbon
Tippecanoe
Sullivan
Cass Township
Cass
Elwood
J. A. Beatty
First Methodist Church
New Parsonage
Madison
W. R. Kirkwood
St. Paul, Minn
Hanover Presbyterian Church
Reduced railway rates set for national gatherings in Denver and Charleston
Chicago agents agreed on lower fares for several summer meetings. One fare plus $2 covers the National Educational Association in Denver July 7 11 with sale July 4 5 6 and return by Sept 1. The International Sunday-school Association in Denver June 6 July 1 uses one fare plus $2. Charleston exposition rates vary by ticket validity. military and bands rates 2 cents per mile, but only for groups of 25 or more with one ticket per party.
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Chicago
National Educational Association
Denver
Cal
The
Educational Association
International Sunday-school Association
Here
Furniture Makers Forming a National Trust
In York on December 6 a plan to unite U S furniture manufacturers into a single group to regulate prices and output was discussed by the Middle States Furniture Association. Chicago is proposed as headquarters with thirty five large firms from New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey represented. a majority approves and expects ratification before adjournment.
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York
United States
Middle States Furniture Association
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Willard Cleared by Jury in Jewelry Store Robbery
Cleveland December 6 George Willard was found not guilty in the robbery of Sigler Bros jewelry store valued about 20 dollars Judge Phillips denounced the verdict as a travesty of justice Willard was rearrested and moved to Hamilton where he faces a charge of stealing 2549 dollars worth of diamonds.
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Cleveland, CO
Dee
George Willard
Sigler Bros
Phillips
Willard
Wil
Hamilton
Colored Baptist preacher J A Young arrested on stamp charge
Fort Scott Kansas December 6 The Rev J A Young a colored Baptist preacher was arrested by federal officials on the charge of using canceled stamps He admits the charge saying he had no money to buy stamps and needed to mail some letters
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Fort Scott
Kan
J. A. Young
Tragic Carnegie Fire Kills Mother and Daughter
In Carnegie Pennsylvania a two story frame home housing the Klee family burned in the early hours. Mrs Sarah Klee aged 43 and daughter Mary age 9 died in the ruins while father Samuel Klee and six other children were injured, with baby Harry age four barely saved. Firemen recovered the bodies after the father refused to leave without them.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie
Sarah Klee
Mary Klee
Samuel Klee
Ida Klee
Anna Klee
Rachel Klee
Eva Klee
Jennie Klee
Harry Klee
Klee
Mary
Harry
Fire destroys Hughes plant and Brown’s storage warehouse in Danville
A blaze in Danville Virginia today wiped out the plant of John E Hughes & Co and Brown s storage warehouse, both full of leaf tobacco in hogsheads and loose. The American Tobacco Company s leaf stock in the warehouse was lost. Dibbrell Brothers leaf plant Banner warehouse and a dwelling were lightly damaged. Total loss exceeds 120000 dollars plus substantial unpaid advances in tobacco prices. Insurance covers the loss except the tobacco price advance.
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Danville
John E. Hughes & Co
Brown
American Tobacco Company
Dibbrell Brothers
Two deaths in New Orleans fire at De la Bretonne cottage
Fires across three cities claim lives and damage. In New Orleans a cottage fire killed Flossie De la Bretonne and Miss Mary Ernest as H V De la Bretonne and family escaped. In Wilkes-Barre Langfeld Brothers store and nearby shops burned, losses around 13500. In Des Moines a starch works fire put loss at 40000 with plans to rebuild underway.
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New Orleans
Flossie de la Bretonne
H. V. de la Bretonne
Charles de la Bretonne
Mary Ernest
Mise Ernest
Captain Deming Yacht Reaches Zanesville in Distress
In a late breaking maritime report from Zanesville, Captain Deming's yacht has finally arrived after a perilous voyage marked by engine trouble and rough seas. Local authorities initiated rescue protocols as weather worsened.
Family Returns From Long Canal Passage To New Orleans
Captain Deming with his wife and two daughters endured weeks stranded at the mouth of the Ohio canal. They traveled from New Orleans along the Atlantic coast and up the Erie canal toward the lakes, hoping to reach New Orleans by the holidays.
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Ohio Canal
Captain Deming
New Orleans
Etlantic Coast
Erie Canal
Lakes
Molineux Denied Dismissal Motion in Murder Indictment
New York December 1 Judge Newburger in General Sessions denies Molineux motion to quash the murder indictment or inspect grand jury minutes. Barnett Letters evidence challenged yet appellate power to order new trial upheld. Leave to renew denied as no new facts or leave obtained.
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New York
Newburger
Court of General Sessions
Roland B. Molineux
Grand Jury
Molineux
Barnet Ietters
Court of Appeals
Netherlands Captain Seeks Holland Destroyers for Norway
New York reports Capt V Geelmyrden of the Norwegian navy is in talks to buy three Holland submarine boats for Norway. He met with Vice President Elihu Frost of the Holland Torpedo Boat Company. Japan and Russia have already purchased boats. a test at New Suffolk will feature a dive and a three mile run at fifteen feet.
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New York
Holland
V. Geelmyrden
Royal Norwegian Navy
Geelmyrden
Elihu B. Frost
Holland Torpedo Boat Company
Japan
Rusela
New Suffolk
Grimes Denies Charges From Washington Report
Guthrie Okla Dec 6 William Grimes secretary of state of Oklahoma denies reports that he faced insane sum charges in Washington. He states he never owned any interest in the Oklahoma Sanatorium Company nor benefited from its earnings or contract, and he did not influence its dealings or its seed company connections.
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Guthrie
William Grimes
Oklahoma
Washington
Jenkins
Oklahoma Sanatorium Company
Coffee and Postum Aid Eye Pain in High Altitudes
Mrs. T. L. Blackmon of Oswego Montana describes eye pains linked to coffee use. She switched to Postum and reports clearer vision, better complexion, and no eye pain after three months. A friend, Mr. Randall, also found relief from stomachaches and headaches after quitting coffee.
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T. L. Blackmon
Oswego
Montana
Randall
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Anderson, Tay
Asco
Lawn Co
Wasson Pref
Rice
Jff. Wild & CO
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Stevenson Building
Invalid’s
WM. H. Armstrong & CO
Surgical Instrument Makers
S&s
Meridian Street
C. W. Kriel
Rictous
Masonic Fraternity
Jackson County Necrology
Seymour
John Schiller
Harmon Riverman
Medora
Maud Rucker
Nathan Rucker
Federated Women's Clubs
Delaware
Delaware County
Elks
EB. S. L. Thompson
Lois L. MacDowell
Ida Watson
Daisy Cecil
Magnolia Lewis
Selma
John Meredith
J. O. Llewellyn
W. WB. Silverberg
George Caldwell
Mary Burcham
Graham
Ethel Brady
Nellie Jewett
Louise Lyman
Naomi Canfield
McCarty
Bender
Abbie Lurber
Burton Case
May Sample
Eugene Water
Belle Avermyer
Yorktown
Helvie
Rose Budd Stewart
Kumler
Edith Meeks
Ruby Harvey
Julius McNutt
McNutt
Hannah Bannon
Arbuckle Brothers
George
William
William R. Moffitt
West Lafayette
F. T. Hiner
Clarence Hall
Aznia
James Sansberry, Sr
Madison County
Bedford
Bedford Daily Republican
Republican
Dade Roberts
Lee L. Robinson
Jeffersonville
D. Y. Johnson
Mower Company
Alfred F. Potts
William L. Elder
Hussey Mower
Hussey Mower and Implements Company
Dublin
Greenwood School
Ing
Methodist Church
Mrs. Fowler
Jackson
Indiana Notes
Chicao
Jery
ROYAL
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
Wilkesbarre
Langfeld Brothers
Simon Long’s Sons
Weltzenkorn Brothers
Fecreo
Des Moines
National Starch Works
William 8. Piel
Zanesville, 0
Deming
Zanesville
Norway
Grimes
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