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Hoosier News Spoofs and Crises Sweep Northern Indiana
A cluttered Plymouth era column reports threats and mishaps across many towns. Incidents include accidents in Logansport and Shelbyville, a murder acquittal at Seymour, rail and electric concerns in LaGrange and Michigan City, civil notices, fraud arrests, and pensions for several Indiana residents with a mix of local color.
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Indiana
LaPorte
Covington
Johnson ‘County
Brownstown
Strait ‘Railroad
Lebanon N. G
Lagrange
Harry Francis
Michigan City
New Albany
Lebanon
Spencer
Andrew Haskett
Silas Stillman
Seymour
Frankfort
Blaffton Kids
Samuel Downham
Logansport
George Arnold
Mra
Adaline Clark
Blaffton
Willie Ryser
Shelbyville
Ansa B. Langhaus
Andrew Stafford
Plymouth
Marshel Reed
Eli Pitman
Corydon
Eli
Bohitt
O? Eckerty
John W. Heath
Lafayette
LaPorte County
Soseya the Herald
Frank Henry
Union B
Montgomery County
Loverleaf
Chas
Robarts
Eaton
Davin
Crawfordavilla
Mary Roach
John N. Alvey
Mation
David Atchinson
Atchinson
Wrathy Hushband
Washington
Augustus Paris
St. Louis
DePauw University
Wits
DePauw
John Parish
Attica
Billy Owen
Owen
Chicago
Sun
Lannes Batton McPherridge
State Colcmp
Bloomington
Annie Rooney
Judge Fox
State of
St. Joseph County
Walkerton
Jamesa H. Cavil
Kokomo
Navy
James Bradbury
Rising Sun
Michael Carroll
Terre Haute
Jacob T. Hayden
Veaderaburg
Flavious J. Perk
Indianapolis
Emanual Guffin
Bluffton
Incresse
John W. Barr
Solitude
Aaron Layton
Linden
Marion Shosmaker
Samuel Champion
Rome
Comfort E
Poury Burk
Haubstadt