Chicago and Grand Trunk timetable excerpt
An old timetable lists trains with times and lines including No. 8 Pacific Express No. 1 Maul No. 3 Reading Express No. 7 Erie Limited No. 11 Express 415 pm No. 42 Local Freight to Valparaiso 200 pm John Wherritt agent Haskells Ind May 7 1594.
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S Erie Limited
Atlantic Express
Limited
West Bot
Pacific Express
Maul
Reading Express
Erie Limited
Lecal Freight
Lo Valparaiso
John Wherritt
Haskells
Ind
Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Promotes Digestive Health
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is advertised as a perennial aid for constipation indigestion and diarrhea from digestive disorder. Trial bottle 10c, also 50c and 1 size of KE. T Scott.
The Royal baking powder praised at World’s Fair tests
An advertisement extols Royal baking powder as superior to others in leavening power and purity. It also promotes a versatile salve for many skin issues with a money back guarantee and pricing. Separately a testimonial praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for lagrippe relief and recovery, with local seller details.
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Royal Medicine CO
Chicago
Ill
Wentville
Ind
T Scott
E. T. Scott
Debt settlement notice from H. B. Herrold
A creditor, H. B. Herrold, warns that unsettled accounts must be paid immediately or they will be placed with an attorney for collection.
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H. B. Herrold
Delineator magazine valued for domestic needs and value
The Delineator is described as the women's favorite magazine from Famous Fashion Publishers Butterick Publishing Co. at 7017 West Thirteenth Street New York offering a yearly subscription for $1.00 or 15 cents per copy. The publication is praised for cheapness usefulness beauty freshness and utility as a great caterer to domestic needs.
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Butterick Publishing Co
West Thirteenth Street
New York
Five Men Burned as Gas Explosion Rips Barber Shop
Franklin reports five men badly burned when gasoline exploded in Thompson and Stansberry’s barber shop. Injured include Willard Matthews George Noland Arthur Owens and shop owners Thompson and Stansberry. The blast wrecked the Brown block. many escaped flames as stock and nearby shops suffered smoke and water damage. In Seymour a separate blaze damages several local businesses with losses near 63090.
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Franklin
Thompson & Stansberry
Willard Matthews
George Noland
Anderson
Ind
Arthur Owens
Porter
Stansberry
Thompson
Owens
Matthews
Noland
Franklin College
W. S. Brown
E. G. Barnhiser
A. J. Harris
Thompson & Stansbury
Terre Haute case evolves as appeal planned amid uncertain identifications
In Terre Haute, defense for Charles Lutz plans a circuit court appeal rather than a rehearing after eight factory girls identified him. six doubt he was the hugger, two remain certain. Lutz’s wife seeks vindication despite the troubled evidence and a pre-arrest house inquiry letter.
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Terre Haute
Charles Lutz
Lutz
Parole Petition Circulates for John Maher
Miss Maher of this city leads a petition to the governor asking parole for her brother John Maher who was sent north fourteen years ago for killing Barney Moyer the German Isaac Norris and Maher were convicted Maher was a youth and has been a model prisoner jurors and many citizens sign the petition seeking parole from Governor Matthews.
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Lavayvette
Miss Maher
John Maher
Barney Moyer
Isaac Norris
Maher
Matthews
Young Maher
Goode Pierced by Tree Collapse in Clinton County Farm
Lank Goode, 50, was fatally pinned beneath a split tree while cutting timber on his Clinton County farm five miles northeast of Thorntown. His son summoned help, but the tree had to be sawed apart to free him before authorities could reach the scene. The incident marks a tragic farm accident with a well known local farmer as the victim.
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Thorntown
Lank Goode
Goode
Clinton County
Escaped from the Wabash Jail
William Stober and William Stone, both colored, escaped from the Wabash jail during the sheriff and deputy sheriff absence. Stober used a sash weight to break bars and escape through an upper window, then used bedclothes as a rope to reach the ground and flee with Stone. Leander Jones, Finley township farmer, voluntary assignment filed in Scott County. sixth such filing in the county this month amid complex affairs.
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Wabash
William Stober
William Stone
Stober
Stone
Scott County
Scottsboro
Leander Jones
Finley Township
Gas Well East of TriTon Proves Strongest in Indiana Field
TriTon reports all efforts to use the gas well east of town have failed. About two hundred feet of eight inch pipe have blown brown from the well high into the air. Superintendent Mc Ardle of the Eastern Oil company calls the well the strongest in the Indiana gas field.
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TriTon
Jan
Here
McArdle
Eastern Oil Company
Baker Randolph Lithograph Seeks Receiver in Reorganization
Indianapolis January 15 The Baker Randolph Lithograph and Engraving company assigned with Chas EK Hollenbeck named receiver. Liabilities total 45000 while assets reach 75000. Business to continue operations under receiver.
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Indianapolis
Obituary notes and incidents from multiple cities
Obituary notices list Matthew Griswold 80 in Peoria Als C W Bunting 58 in Toronto Louis Ch Boisliniere in St Louis Jacob E H Buerk of New Albany Ind Hancock Mich Postmaster Michael R Redmond Rockford Ds Cornelius Zoller $2 Naperville Hrs Adolph Horstman 74 Milton Mich Mrs Araminta Smith $1 Charles Cory elevator operator at Wellington hotel Chisago killed by car accident Cope Clementi Ottawa customs collector missing in Chicago books show $30000 shortage Postmaster Johnson Pendleton Or held up for $500 in postal funds
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Als
Matthew Griswold
Toronto
Ont
C. W. Bunting
St. Louis
Louis Ch. Boisliniere
Boston
Jacob E H. Buerk
New Albany
Ind
Hancock
Mich
Michael R. Redmond
Rockford
Cornelius Zoller
Naperville
Adolph Horstman
Milton
Araminta Smith
Charles Cory
Wellington Hotel
Chisago
Cope Clementi
Ottawa
Chicago
Postmaster Johnson
Pendleton
Weather Summary For Regions At 8 P.M. Yesterday
The forecast covers Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. Indiana is fair and slightly warmer in the southeast with variable winds. Illinois is cloudy and threatening with rain in the far south and variable winds. Lower Michigan is fair and cold in the north with westerly winds. Upper Michigan is fair and colder with westerly winds. Wisconsin is fair but colder in the northwest with variable winds turning northwesterly. Iowa is partly cloudy with snow flurries and a cold wave in the west with winds shifting to southerly.
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HiIncTon
Indiana
Ilinois
Lower
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Jowa
Markets Summary From New York and Chicago Board and Trade
The day reports money on call at 4 1 2 percent, mercantile paper 6 1/2 percent, sterling steady. Bond prices firm with government issues listed. Chicago grain shows wheat at 56 to 59 cents and corn near 28 to 29 cents with oats around 17 to 19 cents. Live stock in Chicago: hogs 3 2 3 8 per cwt, cattle mainly 4 0 4 8, calves and sheep varied with western and Texas grades.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Mexico
United States
Pacific
LA Bid
Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicagga
Board of Trade
Dresser
Burbanks
Illinois
Yale
Chicago
Cricago
Union Stock Yards
JJJ
Texas
Cities vie for Democratic convention amid western calls
Washington dispatch describes early politicking as New York St. Louis Chicago and Cincinnati vie to host the next Democratic national convention. Western delegates seek a western site with unity against eastern locations while Cleveland reportedly won’t seek a third term.
Mulct Law Analyses Prompt Iowa Statewide Licenses
Governor Jack son’s message outlines the mulet law results for Iowa with license counts by year and county, noting losses and gains since July 1894. It reports saloon counts, estimated revenues, and urges keeping the law on the statute books for a fair trial. The legislature held a joint session to canvass state officer votes.
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Des Moines
Jackson
Senate
Iowa
Minnesota Candidate for National Presidency Nomination
The Commercial Gazette reprints Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota praising Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis of Minnesota for the Republican nomination. It highlights his northwest growth, war service, legal career, and public life. It notes his foreign relations stance and Hawaii policy views, Monroe doctrine patriotism, and his role aiding disabled Civil War veterans. It also covers his decisive 1891 Kyle resolution airings during railroad riots.
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Cincinnati
The
Commercial Gazette
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Minnesota
Great Northwest
Senate
Cleveland
First Maryland United States Senate ballot shows split party support
In Annapolis on January 15 the House and Senate voting for the U S Senate seat reveals deep divides. Wellington trails, Westcott and Milli ken receive scattered support, and party lines blur. A second joint ballot is due today, with Willington failing to secure needed votes and likely out of the race.
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United Sates Senato
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Goldsborough
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Mudd
Torbett
Smith
Henry
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Westcoat
Robert B. Dixon
George L. Willington
Brice Senate Seat to be Succeeded by Vorsaker
In Columbus on January 15 1897 the Ohio Legislature cast separate ballots for the U S Senate election. The Senate favored Foraker 29 Brice 6 and Groot 1 while the House backed Foraker 87 Brice 21 and Groot 0 with Cage Judge Blanden and Lawrence Neal each receiving one. The joint session was to confirm the result.
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Groot
Cage
Judge Blanden
Lawrence Neal
Democratic delegates solid for Harrity at Philadelphia convention
At a Democratic gathering in Philadelphia last night Harrity allies won a sweeping victory. The city’s delegation to the state convention will be nearly united and ten district delegates to the national convention will align with Harrity’s supporters. In New Jersey the 120th legislature convened with officers chosen by party caucus and Governor Wertz will resign to Governor Griggs on Tuesday.
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Friends of National
Harrity
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Wertz
Griggs
Alleged St Petersburg Dispatch Debunked
Semi official statement from St Petersburg rejects a dispatch claiming the czar answered an autograph letter from Emperor William. It says there is no foundation for the czar agreeing with William or supporting an anti English policy. The piece notes the dispatch is considered an invention by the news agency.
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St. Petersburg
United States
William
Prince von Radolin
Russia
France
Prince Lobanoff- Rostovsky
Alteged
Tragic Kansas mother poisons eight children then hangs self
A despondent Marysville woman on a farm six miles south of Marysville Kansas poisoned her eight children aged 2 to 14. Seven died and the remaining child and the mother died later by suicide. Joseph Hildebrant is hospitalized in Kansas City.
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Sr. Joseph
Marysville
Kan
Joseph Hildebrant
Hildebrant
Samsas City
Lumber Company Assigns in Cincinnati
The Ketcham Lumber Company, a major lumber firm, made an assignment in the county court to the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Assignees took charge of all assets estimated from 509000 to 600000 with liabilities around 275000.
State Control of Railways Bill Proposed
Senator Nelson introduces a bill to place interstate railroads chartered by Congress under state jurisdiction for tolls rates and fares in the states they enter, overriding charter provisions to the contrary.
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Washington
Nelson
Congress
Utah's Senatorial Picks In Republican Caucus
Salt Lake City January 15 The Republican caucus yesterday chose Frank J Cannon and Arthur Brown for United States senators.
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Utah
Lake City
Reptilican
Frank J. Cannon
Arthur Brown
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