Democratic predictions mix with national convention debate
The Madison Herald reports Hon. C. L. Jewert predicting Indiana will go Democratic while Harrison is nominated. It notes opposition to the Bland bill, divides over gag rules, and cites a New York World editorial urging unity for Cleveland backed by David B. Hill to carry New York.
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John Bigelow
Sidney Webster
Alfred ©. Chapin
Grace
New York
David B. Hill
Dancing Debate and Political Row in Local Affairs
Opinion pieces defend dancing as harmless amusement while condemning church asceticism. The column recounts Indiana politics around Geo Trow, Joe Abbott, and McGregor, detailing alliances, feuds, and a defeat, with notes on absentee voting rules and Secretary Foster’s convention stance.
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Trow
McGregor
Joe Abbott
Wiley
Abbott
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Jefferson County
Democratic County Central Committee
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Currow
J. T. Brashear
Abbott, McGregor & Co
Mr. Brashear
Democratic City Central Committee
Brashear
Editor’s claims on Indiana delegates to the Democratic Convention
The Courier Journal reports that Indiana delegates to the Democratic National Convention will vote for Gray first and last, contrary to the Sentinel editor’s assertions. The piece notes the editor is a delegate-at-large and calls for direct interviews to reveal delegate intentions. Also mentions M. F. Parnell of Yazoo City with a two headed turtle anecdote.
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Sentinel
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Mias
Fruits of McKinleyism. Monopoly Follows Protection
In this view the McKinley tariff raises import costs, forcing capital concentration and driving small importers out of business. Large establishments gain dominance, reducing competition, while consumers remain unprotected and subject to tariff-driven profits for monopolists. The piece cites Mill and a New York importer to argue protection harms equal rights and fosters monopoly.
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W. L. Wilson
M.C
St. Louis Republic
John Stuart Mill
New York City
Custom House
Information for Mothers on Child Illness and First Aid
The article warns mothers to recognize danger signs in sick children such as listlessness with upward eyes and a clenched tongue, blue lips from chills, croup, pneumonia, convulsions, and congestive chills. It prescribes home remedies and urges quick doctor involvement while noting Purdue University as an example of newer teaching methods including a locomotive in its engineering lab.
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Purdue University
Indiana
First Train Robbery Ends in Vigilante Hanging
Narrative of the 1868 Jeffersonville to Seymour express robbery where four men halted a train at Marshfield after midnight and stole $94,000. The quartet split the loot, two fled to Canada, two stayed in Indiana. Reno brothers were arrested, mob lynching followed in Seymour after rescue attempts.
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Ohio
Louisville
Americus Whedon
Indiana
Marshfield
Seymour
Canada
Reno
New Albany
The Garden Bed Raiders and the Ambitious Fences
In the Versailles Republican remarking on chicken keeping a man with poor fence upkeep should not raise poultry. The piece notes hens raid fresh garden beds in warm seasons with roosters, causing early vegetables to vanish. It argues neighbors harmed by roaming fowl may justify removing them as they appear.
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Versailles Republican
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