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Richmond and Shelbyville News Blast From 19th Century Balls
A chaotic mix of local incidents fills columns from Richmond to Shelbyville and beyond. Reports include burglaries, fatal accidents, banked fires, a gas well expansion, a major factory hire, a city franchise grant, and several deaths. Notable names appear: George W. Cones, Elsie Pierce, Henry Cuppy, J. Barney Wermes, and Mrs. Studebaker, among many others.
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Richmond
George, W. Cones
Century Cycling Company
Shelbyville
Harrison Telephone Company
Henry Cuppy
Jay County
Laurel
Elsie Pierce
Dublin
Roth
American Tin Plate Factory
Iiwood
Daniel W. Saunder
Allen County
Fort Wayne
Chas. Edward
Warsaw
Morrison
Ik. J. Myer
Millie Milleson
Bhelbyville
John Conini
Tsranium
Dunkirk
Warren Knowles
Henry Warden
Logansport
A.j.freck
Decatur
Green Goods
E. J. Lowry
Jehie McAh
Indianapolis
John I.grace
Hert, Wayne
Anson
Chicago
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Wayne County
California
Squire John G. Overton
W. W. Taylor
South Dakota
Catholic Knights of Pythias
Catholica
David Jones
Anderson
Joseph Studebaker
Arthur Hendrickson
Bert Curtle
F.m. Coates
Wabash
Coates
J. Barney Wermes
Panhandle
Viola
Brown
Greenfield
Gussie Walker
Wm. H. Brown
Pettit
Trees
Bloomington
Company H
State Militia
State University
Indianaw University
Indiana Pensions
Thomas
D. Hosier
Franktown
Madison County
William C. Williams
Marion
Increase
Jacob Oldaker
National Military Home
Grant
Edward D
Curtis
Valparaiso
Porter
Coal City
Owen
Jease M. Hamrick
Greencastle
Putnam