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Many troubles swirl in Hoosierdam farm reports darken news
A wide sprawl of items chronicles misfortune and oddities across Indiana towns. Reports include vaccination case resumes in Terre Haute, a human skull causing public fainting, a new $100,000 hotel planned for Richmond, a bicycle club for Jeffersonville, and abundant wild geese near Edinburg. Several drownings, hangings, murders, and court actions are noted along with arrests, lawsuits, and local industry like glass works resuming in Muncie and Noblesville. The piece mixes sensational anecdotes with routine notices on farming, crime, legal matters, and local commerce, reflecting a turbulent snapshot of Indiana life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Jeffersonville
Edinburg
Frankfort
Mary E. Brown
Valparaiso
Stone
Elkhart
Bedford Stone
Frank Longenecker
Union City
Union City, Ruicded
H. Over & Co
Muncie
Wm. T. Kelly
Marion
Thornton Hendrix
Brazil
Kansan City
Lake Wawassee
Redkey
Kik. of P
Anderson
Leporte County
A. C. Neal
Sokomo
American Strawboards
Noblesville
First National Bank
North Manchester
Joseph Irnhoff
Bloomington
Lewis Hyman
Kokomo
Deer Creek
W. D. Daniels
Reserve Fund Association
Ohio River
Evansville
John W. Hull
Indianapolis
The
National Sheepman
Della Smith
Connersville
Goshen
Mt. Joe River
Joe Mix
Elwood
Samuel Gard
Hot Springs
Ark
Mix
Mason Whiteman
John Parker
New Albany
Charles Compton
Chicago
Terre Haute
John Pickering
London
Indiana
Augusta Schmidt
Oscar Walton
James Daugherty
Columbus
Daugherty
Hall