Sugar king Spreckels pledges land for beet project
In Westville Indiana edition dated June 3 1876 Sugar king Spreckels offers 6000 acres in California to the Salvation Army to grow beets and employ the unemployed. Judge Allen of Marion County Superior Court halts tax officers from listing life insurance policies for taxation and says taxation authority rests with the legislature with appeals to the supreme court upcoming.
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Misunderstanding drink and a glimpse of weather notes
The article argues drinking does not equal drunkenness with most men avoiding intoxication. It cites Foster's bulletin forecasts for storm waves across the continent from late June and discusses plans for a new water system at the penitentiary. Senator Foraker advocates a tariff commission after a tariff law passes, criticizing frequent tinkering since 1888 and noting its harm to business.
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Ohio
South Bend Times
Decoration Day Sermon Remembers Nation's Dead
The elderly orator urges national unity and moral renewal as veterans and citizens honor fallen soldiers. He recalls Lincoln's liberty creed, the Civil War's tests, and the need to overcome slavery and current social ills while pledging devotion to a more perfect union.
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Gettysburg
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Neveme
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God of Truth
Gai
Amer
Jefferson
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Sumner
John Lord
New England
Lingis
Henry VII
Ren
Conrads
Batle
Editor wins suit over delinquent subscriber in Indiana
The editor collects 83 dollars plus 15 dollars costs after proving the subscriber or family members used the paper for two years without a real order. Major General Miles, in Constantinople, ordered plans to be in London by June 15 for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee ceremonies. The piece weighs war costs, comparing U S army expenses to England and Germany and noting disproportion in naval spend.
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McKinley
London
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Queen Victoria
Property details from Assessor A Williams listing crops and livestock
A state assessor's list enumerates crops sown by year including wheat corn oats rye barley and timothy with counts of acres and yields. It also notes livestock on hand horses mules milch cows cattle hogs sheep dogs and lambs with mortality figures and a paid insurance claim for lightning loss. The entry ends with names WILL AND JOHN HUNSLEY.
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J.b. Green Agt
Will
John Hunsley
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