E. St. John General Ticket and Passenger Agent
E. St. John is identified as the General Ticket and Passenger Agent based in Chicago, per the readable text segment. The note appears to catalog personnel roles within a transportation firm or railway company.
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Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Pacific Coastea
Rock Island
Chicoliet
Ottawa
la Sabie
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Clinais
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Olmmws
Oskaloosa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Des Moiines
Indianola
Winterset
Knoxville
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Galatia
Trenton
Cameron
Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Albert Les
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Dakota
Union
Chicago
Missouri River
Alsll
Albert Lea
Ainneapolis
Territories
Seneca
Kankak
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinmati
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Ransas City
Minareronseae St. Paul
Bs End
Uni
E. ST. John
Rushville dentist and scattered Indiana state items
Rushville reports a woman dentist. Deaths include Derrick Limmeyer of Decatur, age 94. Illinois and Indiana news cover prison escapes, fires, pestilence, strikes, suffrage, and political contests across many counties with detailed local notes.
Indiana contest over 1886 lieutenant governor race and legialtive seats
Report outlines post election challenges in Rush Hancock Vanderburg Gibson Knox Wells counties. Contests cite judge freeholder status naturalization papers residency and citizenship questions. Republicans allege Levi Mock in Wells county eligibility while noting Canadian allegiance during war.
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Rush
Hancock
Rushville
Robert Lowry
White
Congress
R.L. Mackey
Vanderburg
Gibson
Knox
Mackey
Levi Mack
Wells County
Wm. M. Lattimore
Greenbackers
Way it is Done in Germany says Wannamaker
John Wannamaker reports on Europe and Germany where the government runs most railroads. He notes higher rates abroad and a move to unify service with Britain’s postal model. He cites farmers anxious about American prospects and observes strong demand for U S products overseas.
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Germany
Philadelphia
John Wannamaker
Great Britain
America
Europe
Zurich
Wheat plot yields twenty five bushels per acre observed
An Indiana farmer reports on a two fifth acre wheat trial sown on high sand prairie with sixteen inch row spacing. Despite wind damage and no fertilizer the crop yielded twenty five bushels, aided by cultivation which doubled output and saved seed. notes suggest better results with horse or bull tongue cultivation.
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Indiana
Writings, Wit, and Odd Debates Across the Nation
A collage of quotes and anecdotes from political speeches and public figures. Ex governors denounce fortunes, a Philadelphia soap man bets on newspapers, a Chinaman gains opium sales rights in Panama, and a tale of a Cincinnati man’s arc from failure to asylum. Worms threaten apples, blondes outnumber other hair colors, and Ben Johnson’s verse game clears a landlord’s slate.
The Wrong Trains
A newly married couple from Portland on a wedding trip were separated when the bride was sent in the wrong car toward Boston. The husband rode the next train, reached Boston, but found his bride had returned to Portland. She then headed west again, reaching Boston as he returned to the start. They were frantically chasing each other by train.
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Catharine McGorman
Rising Sun
H. 8. Crane
Nashville
H. S. Crane
Tenn
Richmond
America
Metcalf
State Board of Health
Clinton County
Snider
Clinton
Gray
Commissioner of Agriculture
Washington
Jasper County
State Board
Heron
State Board of Agriculture
United States
Indiana
Allen County
Griebel
White County
Niezer
Indiana State Women’s Suffrage Convention
Mary E. Haggart
Mattie
Charles
Mary I. Naylor
Mary F. Thomas
Sylvester Johnson
Pauline T. Merritt
May Wright Sewall
Mary S&s. Armstrong
W. D. Foulke
Mary H. William
Ft. Wayne
Z. G. Wallace
Cataract
Sarah Franklin
Anderson
Mary Wilhite
Crawfordsville
Mary Dixon
Kokomo
Laura C. Reynolds
Columbus
D. Holloway
Decatur
Anna Gifford
Tipton
M.G. Rheabottom
Kendallville
Rena L. Miner
Lagrange
R. A. Larimer
Lawrenceburz
J. B. White
Fort Wayne
Helen M. Gouger
Lafayette
Anna B. Campbell
Rockville
H. R. Ridpath
Greencastle
Fred A. Baker
Reann
Joshua H. Beavers
New Castle
C. M. Reed
Fayette County
Amazon
W. Brightwell
M. M. Allhands
Owen
John B. Burns
Indianapolis
E.D. Eames
Watertown
N. Y
Wiliam H. Danigan
Rock Lane
Henry V. Faries
Atchison
Kan
C. D. Wilcox
William H. Wallaker
Acton
George W. Homsher
Dublin
William A. Krag
Charles P. Lancaster
Fairmount
William B. Logan
G. W. Maschmeyer
Ernest D. Owen
H. L. Uehrenberger
New Harmony
Brownsville
Kennebec Journal
Portland
Boston
Othe
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Indiana State News
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Delaware Country
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First National Bank of Indianapolis
Decatur County
J. G. Laupus
Seymour
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Illinois Supreme Court
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Ingle
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Switzerland
Bet Oppy
Marion
Owens
Durance Vile
Olive Township
Elkhart County
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A. W. Leach
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William Hill
William McBarnes
Pleasant Mills
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Edward Yshaunessy
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Shelbyville
David Hudson
Dry Point Township
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John C. Beagle
Warsaw
James Dickerson
Ripley County
George Condon
Anoka
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Knights of Labor
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JRO
Cereeni
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Harrison
Hendricks
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Jay
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TIS
Jennings
Eeseey Johnson
Conten Kosciusko
Lake
Lawrence
Madison
Bork
Marshall
Martin
Miami
Monroe
Montgomery
Anssi
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Newton
Omy Noble
Onio
Orange
Parke
Jerzy
Perry
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Posey
Pulaski
Putnam
Warren
Warrick
Warne
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Berry
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H&x
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Ohio
J. Frost
Frank Siddall
Panama
Cincinnati
Africa
John 8. Mosby
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Portland Spring
Ben Johnson
Ben
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