Indiana News Roundup: Prisons, Mines, Farms, and Drought
Forty seven prisoners from the Indiana reformatory leave Jeffersonville for Pendleton to work on the new facility. Firemen gather for a major convention in Indianapolis July 18 to 20. Hammond car orders boost Calumet region industry. A Velpen murder case links Asa Miller to his father’s death. Camp Meeting in Anderson draws over 5,000 attendees with missionary programs. Governor McCray pressures Knox Vigo and Sullivan counties to maintain order amid coal strikes. Farm labor and beech nut crops predicted. drought harms Porter county fruit. Large land sale in Decatur county lands at 8,120 dollars for 260 acres. Public health housing division to end September without new funds. Coal fields struggle with strikes and orphaned miners. A bevy of local notices and public works projects fill Indiana headlines.
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Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Pendleton
Betwen
Indiana State Firemen’s Association
Indianapolis
Illinois Car and Equipment Company
Hammond
Calumet
Chicago Heights
Asa Miller
Winslow
Pike County
George Miller
Miller Farm
Velpen
Church of God At
Anderson
McCray
Knox County
Vigo
Sullivan
Thomas A. Riley
Free Employment Service
Walter J. Riley
East Chicago
Interstate Harbor Commission
Indiana
Illinois
Wolf Lake
Lake Michigan
Indiana-Illinois
Calumet District
Washington County Brotherhood of Thrashermen
George W. Applegate
Corydon National Bank
Ben,Applegate
Bank
Wilson E. Cook
A. B. Anderson
Marion Couses
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Decatur County
Greensburg
State Board of Health
Terre Haute
Clinton
Porter County
Albion
Atlanta
Cloverdale
Darlington
Geneva
Goodland
Lynn
Mulberry
Plainfield
Remington
Rising Sun
Scottsburg
Summitville
Thorntown
Vevay
Waynetown
Boonville
Secretary of Agriculture
Fias
Indifna
The Philadelphia State House Independence Hall Reviewed
Robert Shackleton praises Independence Hall in Philadelphia as a model of serene symmetry and noble memory. He contrasts it with Boston and notes the building’s Palladian window, clock tower, Liberty Bell, grand stairs, and Chestnut Street façade, urging continued faithful preservation.
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Annapolis
Philadelphia
State House
Independence Hall
Sir Walter Scott
Washington Irving
Scott
America
Dickens
John Hancock
Independence Fiall
Walter Scott
Great Britain
Boston
Independence Square
Supreme Court
Russia
Chestnut Street
Robert Shackleton
Not a Meaningless Document
The text argues against dismissing the Declaration of Independence as merely symbolic. It states the signers aimed to create a nation and recognized upcoming challenges in liberty, building, and governance, not just a one act gesture.
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United States
Shiney Keine Medicine Aids Women Suffering From Ailments
The notice touts Shiney Keine as a safe remedy for female troubles and mentions placebo relief after years of doctors and medicines. It claims permanent publication rights for Fred Miner and highlights testimonials of women seeking relief from various ailments.
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Cotes
Carr
Interruption at the Chiggersville Clarion Office
The editor learns a visitor fled after loitering by the back door. The incident spares the editor from finishing an editorial praising a militant press with courage of its convictions.
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Chiggersville Clarion
Matrimony Would Be All Right If Fools Could Be Kept Out
A terse newspaper quip noting marriage could be acceptable if unsuitable partners were deterred, reflecting social humor about matrimony and personal choice.
Opportunistic buys may keep people poor in pursuit of riches
A saying warns that chasing every chance at wealth can trap individuals in continual poverty. It emphasizes selective, prudent choices over chasing every offered opportunity.
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Sons of Men
Senijiji
Bellans
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