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If You Can Read This It Sums Up the City Skirmishes
A chaotic collection of notes from Marion to Goshen recounts threats of crime, political frictions, labor strikes, and public works. Incidents include elevator accidents, a jail escapee nabbed in Chicago, gas and mail delivery debates, temperance movements, and a plan for an observatory near West Baden. The item also mentions a fatal accident in Fort Wayne and civic meetings in Lafayette, Muncie, and Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Elkhart
Goshen
LaPorte
Steek Elkhart
Michigan
Agrippa
Thos. Pickett
Cleveland
M. S
Fort Wayne
Jenny Electric Lght Company
Chas. C. Ramsey
Forte Wayne
Mt. Arie
West Baden Springs
Orange County
Canada & St. Louis
Sturgis
Mich
Dwenger
Father Lang
Liverpool
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Athens
Lebanon
Murphys
Chicago
Andrew Garrettson
Huntington
Missouri
Kendallville
Indianapolis Sun
Rockport
Grandma Disney
Stephen D. Disney
Har-riseen Hogan
Jeffersonville
Howell
Lin
Bull
Lamb
Public Works
Axe
Cox
Anderson
Indianapolis
Fern
E. d. Wood
Wabash
Ida’ Bellinghurst
Ohio
United States
John Seager
Frankfort
Seager
Millers of
State Association
Haseen
Terre Haute
Jesken
Europe
John Martin
Hill
Sidney
Warsaw Times
Mays
Brazil
Electric Light Company
U. S
Brazil Black Coal Company
Oregon
Manilumbex
Vandalia
John
Northern
Clay
Parke County
Carbon
Valparaiso
Elizabeth Barry
William Cunningham
Cecilia Coyne
Christian Church
D. H.O. Smith
A. M. Atkinson
Ind
Co. W. Granger
Warsaw
A. . Armstrong
Kokomo