Indiana State News Highlights from Marion to Terre Haute
A compilation of local items across Indiana includes a Tariff Reform League formed at Marion, New Albany’s 142000 gallons of strawberry shipments, Mt. Vernon laying a new high school cornerstone, and perilous weather affecting corn in Delaware county. Also noted are city council tax shifts, a Bremen burglary, oil industry activity in Terre Haute, elopement marriages, and public concerns from Lansing to Johnstown.
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Ord
New Albany
Marion
Jeffersonville
Delaware County
Mt. Vernon
Clark County
Madison City
Grant County
Bremen
Charles Hoople
Standard Oil Company
Terre Haute
Ed Shell
Clara Wenger
Goshen
Michigan
Hannibal Trout
Montgomery County
The
Christian Church
Boone
Montgomery
Clinton
New Ross
Michigan City
Edwin Evans
Dairyman
Pear
Marion City
Lincoln City
Nelton
Air Line
Lemay
Lucy
Rydon
Engineer
Lake Shore
St. Wayne
New Ehine
Player
Lone Township
Harrison County
Madison Water Works
Ohio River
Johnstown
Florence
Vevay
Dennell
Greensburg
Sally Donnell
Hanover College
Lon Barrett
Noah Murphy
North Marion
Mississinewa
Salem
Bluffton
Anderson
John Keily
Father Weichman
D. P. Down
Father Campion
George Butler
Indianapolis
Jerry Boland
National Union
Father Bessonies
John Flynn
Wm. Heffernan
Washington
Spencer Byrn
Hugh T. Green
W. H. Byrom
Francis M. Watts
Henry Sutton
Crawford County
United States
Violent Shooting Incident Shocks Local Community
A boy named Charley Lewis gave a revolver to Charley Donaldson who shot Katie Gall in the face near Logansport. The crime frightened bystanders including Anna Hearny as the weapon was used during play. The case exposed a constitutional conflict over governing acts.
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Logansport
Charley Lewis
Charley Donaldson
Katie Gall
Thomas Gall
Don
Anna Hearny
Johnstown Flood Witnesses Heartbreaking Family Tragedy
A Virginia Valley mother recounts the loss of eight children in the Johnstown flood, detailing how she and her family faced rising water, boarded boats, and saw Bessie and George perish while others survived. Rev. J A Banney also recalls detailing the ruined scene near Conemaugh.
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Virginia Valley
Winchester
Fenn
Johnstown
Fen
Butcher's
Apa
Bessie
Tom
Mamma
Keruville
George
Virginia
J. A. Banney
Conemaugh
Altoona
Miracle survival after flood car wreck told by survivors
In a crowded car during a flood, thirteen strangers joined in prayer and song as they faced death. The group escaped when a pile of floodwood formed a barrier, credited to divine protection. Miss Minnie Hamilton of Minneapolis praised for courage amid the disaster. The survivor contrasted Johnstown’s devastation with distant mountain beauty.
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Scripure
Minnie Hamilton
Minneapolis
Resaca
Johnstown
Ranney
Counsel of Eminent Physicians Report Cancer Healing Cure
A Pontiac Michigan man with liver cancer recounts consulting Dr. McGraw and being told of no cure. He credits Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup, received February 1, 1887, with swelling reduction and significant recovery by March 1887 after two and a half bottles. Local confirmations and endorsements accompany the letter.
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Pontiac, Mica
Pontiac
J. Galbreith
McGraw
Detroit
Galbreith
Hibbard
Peter Schmitz
Cras
A. Spier
Oneeas
Orion
Mich
Charles A. Spier
Jouyx
Berridge & Dge
J. A. Neat
Weekly Review and
Justice of the Peace
J.S. Krrener
Ouion
Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised as health tonic
An advertisement promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla claiming it restores appetite, improves digestion, and strengthens the system during the season of impure blood and fatigue. The copy urges readers to obtain Hood’s Sarsaparilla from druggists and notes it is prepared by C. I. Hood & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Ob Ae
J. C. Naxes
Hobbyville
Ind
S.S
Annie Geeslina
Columbus
Swirt Spectric Co
Hood
C. I. Hood & Co. Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Fire Alarm Evokes Atlanta Crowd Reactions
In Atlanta a crowd reacted to a parrot’s cry of fire causing a beacon scene as a nearby house across the street was found to be in flames.
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Atlanta
Indiana School Books Law Sparks Publisher Letter Response
In May 1889, publishers rebut the Indiana law for supplying school texts, arguing township officers cannot run book sales cheaply and publicly doubt the law’s feasibility. They defend pricing and production costs, deny a school book trust, and warn contracts must be profitable and market-based.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
County Boards of Education
Ac Po
Oierom
van Aprevetls Co
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Silas Lane
Waterbury
Conn
Oregon
Oregon Immigration Board
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Richmond
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