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Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1897

Page

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Tax stock disputes sweep Indiana headlines

Indiana state tax officials consider taxing Morrisson Plummer Chicago stock in Illinois rather than Indiana. Bedford and Seymour reports mention back taxes for running stock, a pending receiver for Evansville and Hammond Railway, and an attempted wreck on a Lake Erie and Western excursion train.

Illinois Huntingburg Seymour Ind Evansville Hammond Bedford Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company New York Walkerton Lake Erie and Western Chicago

Embezzlement Charge Stirs Gas Belt Rail Project Case

Indianapolis officers pursue a requisition for Louis Enricht a Chicago railroad contractor tied to a $34 000 embezzlement case involving bonds and notes of Frank Mauss Gas Belt railroad promoters claim delays and unpaid labor while Enricht denounces the project and vows to fight the requisition in Springfield Illinois and Chicago tensions rise as payments and rail delivery disputes are detailed.

Indianapolis Springfield Tanner Louis Enricht Chicago Enricht Frank Mauss Gas Belt Railroad Noah Clodfelter Marion Elwood Mauss Gas Belt

Boom at Huntingburg Brings Unparalleled Growth

Huntingburg Indiana experiences a surge in business across nearly all industries since the year began. The town sees full employment, no vacant houses, and imminent residential expansion to house workers as farmers hire laborers and seek workers from outside.

Westville Masonic Hell Corinky Mraz. Bele Miller Huntingburg Ind St. L

Post-mortem Finds Bone Cancer From Bicycle Accident

A Bloomington post-mortem on bicyclist Harlan Harvey reveals cancer of the bones caused the fall. Amputation failed to relieve, and death came as the disease permeated all tissues, rendering vital organs useless and transforming the lungs into bone, a rare medical finding.

Indianapolis Bloomington Harlan Harvey

Nicholson to run for congress in this district

Kokomo Indiana August 18 S B Nicholson of this city author of the Nicholson temperance law says he will be a candidate for congress from this district to succeed Major George W Steele the present incumbent. Nicholson has traveled as president and organizer of the State Good Citizens League and has formed wide acquaintance across the district.

Kokoko Ind S. B. Nichol

Mrs Stahl arrives in Hartford after Alaska tour

Hartford City Indiana reports Mrs W M Stahl organizer for Alaska and survivor of the Mexico disaster. She visited Alaska organizing branches of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The news notes her two months in Alaska and relief after the shipwreck.

Hartford City Ind W. M. Stahl Woman's Christian Temperance Union Alaska

Japan to contract rails for 1200 miles in Formosa

Tokyo through Vancouver reports Japan will place a contract in the United States for rails and material needed to build 1,200 miles of railroad in Formosa. The project aims to unlock the island’s vast undeveloped resources and boost trade.

Tokyo Vancouver Japan Formosa

Weather Indications for Twenty-Four Hours Vary by State

The weather outlook from 8 p m yesterday shows Indiana and Illinois with fair skies and local showers in the north, variable winds. Michigan Partly cloudy with light westerly winds. Wisconsin Generally fair with light northwesterly winds. Iowa Light local showers and variable winds.

Washington Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Iowa

Chicago trade quotes and Illinois coal strike updates

Chicago August quotes show mixed grain and live market activity with wheat, corn, and oats varying by contract. Reports from Coffeen Hillsboro and St Louis detail Governor Tanner refusing to send troops, miners storming Coffeen, arrests of "General" Bradley, and growing strike tensions across Illinois with mines reopening and legal actions pending.

Chicago Board of Trade Today Ohio Springfield Ill Tanner Coffeen Henry N. Randle St. Louis Republic Randie Ray Coffean Hillsboro Bradley Geeral Ajor Rt House Traylor Miller Mills Ben Jones Willoughby Mount Olive Illinoia Carlyle Ills Clinton Coun Breeze Here Trenton Consolidated Coal Company Ritchie

Miners push for 54 cent coal price as talks fail

Conference in Cleveland with twenty five operators led by W P Read & Co demands that Pittsburgh district mines start at 54 cent mining price and refuse any change until contracts are filled. Strikes, injunctions, and marches spark protests across Fairmont Loup Creek and Kanawha valleys as miners press demands.

Cleveland Pennsylvania W. P. Read & Co Pittsburgh Pittsburg Cincinnati Commercial Tribune Wheeling W. Va Fleming Parkersburg Jackson Fairmont Loup Creek Valle New River O’connell Dilcher Kanawha Valley Loup Creek Famont Montana Mines

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