Depew Leads Presidential Boom as Elkins Boosts Plan
Chauncey Mitchell Depew appears the strongest contender for the nomination with a New York backed bloc and Western delegation work. Steve Elkins visits Gen. Harrison to drum up support for a Depew-Harrison ticket while Gresham, Alger, and Blaine factions jostle. The convention stalls on platform as political maneuvering intensifies.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew
New York
Depew
Tom Platt
Frank Hiscock
Warner Miller
New York State
California
Minnesota
Idaho
Colorado
Slope
Blaine
Maine
Sherman
Harnson
Allison
Gresham
Alger
Wisconsin
Harrison
Steve Elkins
Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
Elkins
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Stephen
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Gen. Harrison
Albert. G. Porter
Indiana
Hoosier
Harison
Grand Pacific
Harrison Booms
Ailigon
Gen. Krapp
Ohio
Foraker
West
Cleveland
Eslie
Sluggards Head to Chicago for Democratic Rally
Crowded trains from Indiana carry Hoosier supporters to Chicago as Depew gains momentum while drumbeat on Harrison signals and a postmaster prediction stirs party talk. Graduates end high school with honors as fire, county business, and depot dining plans surface amid local notices.
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Tomlinson Hall
R. MM. Hunter
Gussie F. Brown
Eloisa Palmer
Margaret Anderson
Chester P. Wilson
Nellie Ballard
Martha P. Pich
Anna L. Carter
Ralph Bamberger
America
Cassie Selig
Esther May Allerdice
E. Durbin
Dunlop
Lucia H. Ray
Bhe
Essie Mesaj
Arthur T. Smith
Anna Wilcox
Eloise Palmer
Edgar Evans
Wabash College
Very Hot Day in the Hoosier State Highlights Heat and News
State news recounts extreme heat in Indiana with references to Evansville river excursions and Fourth of July plans in Bluffton. It lists multiple incidents: a prisoner count at Michigan City, a chicken thief sent to prison, lightning strike injuries near Peru, fatal accidents in Mishawaka and Anderson, a boat drift at LaPorte, a mill-race injury in Rochester, and local business and telegraph notes. The piece cites the Indianapolis Sun and Evansville Bulletin, notes a large building project in Evansville, and includes farm and market price listings for meats, produce, and other goods.
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Evansville
Bluffton
Anderson Orphans’ Home
Prison North
Michigan City
John Arnold
Lebanon
J. Neal
Péru
Latfel Burghart
Mishawaka
Samuel Martin
Muncie
Fred Boardman
New Albany
Waynetown
Knightstown
New Bank
N. Wilkinson
L. P. Newby
Elkhart Sentinel
Noblesville
C. Call
Boone Township
Madison County
Anderson
Peter Lichert
Winchester
Kokomo
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Lebanon Sun
Indianapolis Sun
Moses Barusch
Miller
Seymour
Evansville Bulletin
Columbus
Western Union Telegraph Company
Marion McKibbon
Chicago
Peru
Citizens’ Gas and Pipe Line Company
St. Charles Church
Sons of Veteran Lodge
Valparaiso
Brown Post
Ohio Drug
Ohio
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Samplé P. Loftin
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S. Mlinois St
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Sido
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Marie
Mammoth
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Reedy Elevator
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Music Teachers
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Abercrorable
Lyra Orchestra
Rich & McYvey's
Pearson’s
Wulschner’s
D. H. Baldwin& Co
Indianapolis National Bank
United States Depository
Oddfellows’ Hall
Tago
P. Haughey
H. Laruam
Hartburn
Marshall C. Woolf & Go
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C. E. Kregelo, Undertaker
Delaware Street
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