Local Republican mass meeting outlines varied county race
At Coatesville a joint Republican session drew D. E. Williamson and Will Ridpath along with supporters to a Saturday night mass meeting. The piece also notes a British commission visit by Read and Pell on U S agriculture and stock raising with forecasts and weather outlooks for August 1550.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam, Clay and
Hendriccks
Coatesville
D. E. Williamson
Will Ridpath
Putnam County
Messrs. Read and Pell
Clare Sewell Read
Albert Pell
Royal Agricultural Commission
United States
Canada
America
England
Western America
Middle States
Eastern States
Lice
Gulf
South Atlantic
Gulf Stream
Gulf and
Atlantic
Corner Stone Date Set for Indianapolis Capitol
The Board of State House Commissioners fixed September 28 for laying the corner stone of the new Capitol in Indianapolis. The report from the State Board of Equalization shows Putnam County taxable value at 11,657,659 dollars, ranking fourteenth in wealth. The article also notes various political and religious items and wheat crop projections for 1850. John Geis was buried in a Rochester coffin kept at his home for eighteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of State House Commissioners
Indianapolis
State Board of Equalization
Putnam County
John Geis
Rochester
Putnam County News Details Excursions and Census Figures
Local notes mention an August 5 excursion to New Albany and Louisville via the L N A C RR with round trip fare of five dollars. Also reported are census figures for Putnam County showing population changes by township from 1840 to 1880 and Greencastle ward populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gap
Renick
J. K. Langdon
J. W. Beck
Jas
Curtis
New Albany
Louisville
Miss Dare
Miss Rittenhouse
T. P. Rockafellow
Pres. Miller
Beaver City
Nebraska
Putnam County
M. B. Rudisill
Jackson
Franklin
Clinton
Monroe
Wlora
Marion
Greencastle
Madison
Washington
Warren
Jefferson
Mill Creek
Cloverdale
Viret
WPMER
Absence of mind tragedy in Red Clay Ga
Mrs Rose forgot her ten month old child in a large box at a planing mill in Red Clay while away on business. Hours later the box with meal spilled over revealed the child unconscious beneath the meal. A doctor treated the child but recovery appeared unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Red Clay
Rose
Chase by horned snake and moccasin tale in Americus
The report recounts Americus residents chasing a looping horned snake that pursued Bradley Bradford near Sumpter, ending with his kill of a moccasin after escaping two trees. It notes multiple horned snakes in the area and mentions a Oregon capture of a dangerous outlaw tied to a wagon seat after a powder keg jailbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus Gay Republican
Wash Bradford
William Bradford
Sumpter
Bradford
Oregon
Wheat and hog markets steady to weak in various reports
Inpranaroits July 28 wheat and corn show quiet or steady trading with No 2 red at 90 to 95 cents. Indianapolis hog prices firm at 4.75 to 4.95 per 100 pounds with 2 700 head receipts. Drovers Journal notes hog receipts 26 000 and prices mostly lower. Jersey prices hold at 5.10 per 100 pounds. Cattle, calves, and sheep receipts vary. feeders and grass lexans steady with common to medium cattle 4.60 per 100 pounds and veal calves 5.00 to 6.00, sheep 3.75 to 4.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asion Stock Yanps
Indianapolis
Curiaco
Ivery
Breer Carrig
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Befpall
A. R. Brattin
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Ind
Frank A. Anvoup
Greencastle Ind
Southeast Atlantic
Greenwich
Florida
Gulf Coast
Cape Hatteras
Nova Scotia
Bay View
New California
Java
Darnall Bros. & Co’s
Calland Ees Us
Indianapolis Journal
Columbus
J. C. Ridpath
Greenbackers
Treadway
New York Sun
Bowman
Brethren and Sisters
Wesley
General Jackson
Peter Cartwright
Russia
Europe
Ee Edwin I. Layne
Somerset Church
Sarr
Putnamville
W. Hi. Smythe
Grand Lodge of
Indiana
D. P. Banta
Louis Jordan
Judge Cvartton
Gaye
Kellar
Harr
Franklin Landers
Court House
Cap
Rudisill
Callie
St. Paul
Minn
Union
Jackson Schoolhouse
Marion Township
Gorham’s Grove
Putnam
Allen’s Drug Store
T. G. Bowman
Joan Burley
T. G. Bowman & Co
Cheap Casa
Southard
Langdon’s Book
Wash
Brus
Jones’ Drag Stove
DR. Crook
Dr.crock
Dayton
Ohio
Kramer
N. Smith & Co., Prop
Pe Hammers
Xoyelanais
Qatatun Oak
Chambers
Library of Universal Knowledge
Standaz
Milman
Gibbon
Rome
Macaulay
Chamber
Knight
Plutarch
Geikle
Bunyan
Joan B
Alden
Boston
H. L. Hastings
Philap Clarke & Co
Toledo, Brown, Kager & Co
Chicago
Aling
E. T. Alden
Acme Library of Modern Classics
Taine
Cecil
Rollin
Smith
Flavius Josephus
U. S. Hopkins
Geo
H. Taylor
Library Magazine
DOE Exchange
Tribune Building
New York
Delphia, Leary & Co
Cincinnati
Robert Owen, & Co
Cleveland
Ingham, Clarkeden & Chadwick
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