Local notices span weather to electric light tests
An assortment of items includes a weather forecast for April with varying conditions and dates, an note on sending Dr Heaven ridge to Congress, and a detailed report of Wabash Indiana adopting electric street lighting. The piece also covers railroad switch work in Louisville New Albany and Chicago and Greencastle gas works debate.
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Cesaeu
New Albany
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad Company
Vincennes Street
Louisville
Greencastle
Wabash
Indiana
Court House
Urbana
Ax Wabash
America
Marion
Manchester
I. ©. Phillips
Wheat and fruit crops show promising outlook in Indiana
Reports from the Cincinnati Enquirer and county observations across Indiana indicate a larger wheat acreage with strong yields and a favorable fruit outlook. Warm prospects cite reduced late frosts and improving conditions, while tragedies like Mamie Fahey’s death highlight ongoing human interest stories in Cincinnati and Indianapolis regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Indiana
Putnam County
English Movement Aims to Undermine Hendricks in 1880 Race
The piece argues that a push for Mr. English in Gramercy Park circles seeks to weaken Mr. Hendricks across states. It claims the Indiana Democracy has lost hope of Hendricks' nomination and suggests backers elsewhere would be wasted influence. The plan purportedly positions English to gain Tilden supporters if Kelly blocks Tilden.
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Indianapolis
William II. English
Hancock
Justice Field
Tilden
Tilderites
Henri Watterson
English
Watterson
Hendricks
Gramercy Park
Indiana
Kelly
The Splendid Failures And Unspoken Sacredness Of Non Succeeding Men
The piece contrasts worldly success with the quiet dignity of failure. It cites Hillard and a living poet to suggest that high virtue may dwell where worldly fame ends. It notes that celestial grace often grows from conscience and modesty, not public triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillard
Heaven
Earth
Mischief and Moonlight Smoke in a Proper Lady Scene
A tale of Miss Blanche Murray and her brother debating smoking on a front stoop under moonlight. The scene shifts to warnings about smoking and a distant leprosy case in London. Practical cold-water remedies for brain over-excitation close the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Murray
Miss Murray
Algernon
Taming Horses by Electricity
The Par general omnibus company uses electricity to subdue vicious horses. A weak current fed into the horse’s mouth from Clarke system induction machine renders restive animals quiet and compliant. The method causes torpor rather than pain and is pitched as less barbarous than older techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Omnibus Company of
Paris
Clarke
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Tur
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Greencastle Ind
Crawfordsville
Danville
Ind
Heavenridge
Congress
Tice
Just
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New
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Java
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William R. McKeen
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Floomington
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The
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Mamie
Quincy
Leprosy
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Great Britain
St. John’s Hospital
Cyprus
Asia
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Fancy Goods
Germantown
T. B. Scott's
Fancy Goods Man
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Br.srook
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