State Prison overhauls and proposals for reform
The report reviews prison management, calls for remodelling and new workshops, and suggests moving the penitentiary from Jeffersonville by acquiring land on a cheaper site. It also urges better care for the insane and deaf and dumb, and emphasizes expanding education as essential to liberty and government stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Pratt
John McDougal
William Collum
Samuel Meriiwether
Fernandez C. Holliday
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eerewith
Samuel Wort
Watds
Granit
Oto
Jefersonsville
Alt
Ewan Alaebert
Lown
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Indianapolis
Congress
General Assembly
State funds and reform calls in education system speech
In a state address the speaker urges auditing school funds and county seminaries, protecting the state university, and aligning education from township schools to a state university under constitutional mandates. He condemns the idea that labor is degraded and argues for practical, useful schooling for both genders within the republic’s framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State University
Davis elected Speaker and officials chosen in Indianapolis
The Telegraph reports both chambers meeting in Indianapolis with John W. Davis elected Speaker on first ballot. In the Senate Douglass Maguire is principal Secretary, J H Farquhar assistant Secretary, Samuel C. Dunn enrolling secretary, David Miller door keeper, while in the House Joseph F. Brown is principal clerk, J C Huckleberry assistant clerk, E M Benson enrolling clerk, and Wm Patterson door keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
John W. Davis
Sulivan County
House
Senate
Douglass Maguire
J. H. Farquhar
Samuel C. Dunn
David Miller
Joseph F. Brown
J.C. Huckleberry
E. M. Benson
Wm. Patterson
Mistaken Notions Respecting Labor
An editorial argues against social caste in labor, noting natural urges to avoid work and the belief that freedom from labor equals greatness. It contrasts Europe’s rigid hierarchy with American ideals where individuals shape their own fortunes and destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Labor as Duty and Dignity in The Cultivator Text
A proclamation urging personal labor as honorable and essential, stressing that the ability to provide for oneself is a divine duty. The message centers on self-reliance and the moral imperative of industrious work for every individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarat
Our
Republic
Dell
Poulson’s Daily Advertiser Joins North American Front
The Philadelphia North American notes Poulson’s Daily Advertiser has united with its paper. It marks the former paper’s 70th year since October first and reflects on other journals born, faded, or altered through politics and time, with comments on longevity and demise in the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia North American
Poulson
Daily Advertiser
Union
Letters of Administration Granted in Ebenezar Harwood Estate
Notice that letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Ebenezar Harwood of Cass county Indiana deceased. Creditors are asked to pay promptly and those with claims must file them in the Clerk's office according to law. The estate is probably solvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezar Harwood
Cass County
Indiana
John J. Cruikshank
George Ballin
McClure
John McClure
Sain
Bill
J.B. Duret
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the Telegraph
Logansport
Este Dy
Indiana Legislature
Cyrus Harwood
Adm’r
Peter Anderson
Wayne County
Hampton Brown
Newgarden
Wayne Co. la
State of
Cass Circuit Court
John Ewing
Israel Johnson
Aanan l
H. Lasselle
P. Barron
Spencer & Rice
G. E. Adams
Broadway Street
Napoleon
Friends of General Education
Ball
Young Peoples
United States
Alwys
Ruth
Rugge
France
Germany
Europe
Oder
John Frost
A. M
High School
Philadelphia
PT Herms
Morton McMichael
South Third Street
Girard Bank
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