State fair likely canceled amid board inaction
Indianapolis dispatch reports the State fair will probably not occur this year as the old agricultural board stalls, the new board not yet chosen, and legal delays keep funds and actions frozen. Meanwhile timber-cutters near Lepanon, Indiana, smelled gas from a hollow tree and a five-foot flame erupted for twenty minutes after a match was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Old Agricultural Board
Lepanon, Inn
Mauncie
Fred Bowdiin
K. of P
John L. Sullivan
Tow
Bassa
Lawrence County
Jeffersonville
Alex Keen
Connersville
Asate
Local man claims mare can cover Corydon to New Albany in an hour
Corrpon, Inc., March 29 report that Laban Brown of Scott township says his mare travels the roughly 21 miles from Corydon to New Albany in one hour, asserting remarkable speed for the distance.
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Brown
Scott Township
Corydon
New Albany
Curio Page of Indiana News Sparks Quests and Quirks
In Indiana items range from a Huntington county case where a wife craved quail and a husband argued legality to six dead quail outside a home. Other notes tell of dynamite at a Muncie mill, a saloon turning liquor into grog, and pugilists in Washington and Seymour. Tax, heirs, and a tiny boy taxpayer headline a broad tally of oddities and local drama across towns like Greensburg, Delphi, Indianapolis, and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ivick
Huntington County
Kick
A.L. Johnson & Co
Muncie
John Miller
Anderson
Edward Gartland
John Cain
Washington
Seymour
Cain
Gaviland
Abner Bowen
Delphi
Multitude of Indiana and Illinois News Items Across Counties
A long column of scattered notes from Indiana and Illinois reports varsities, fires, crimes, politics, and industry. Highlights include Easter egg anomalies, strawboard output records, a big smastodon bone find, river drownings, licensing talks, bank examinations, steamboat construction, and coal discoveries. Also noted are anti saloon actions, many saloons in cities, and grippe outbreaks with civil and legal notes. The item catalog blends diverse local events, crime, weather, and commerce across multiple towns and counties.
Mahone Langston duo dominate Virginia politics again
Washington dispatch notes Mahone’s return as Republican power in Virginia through a deal with John M Langston to gain federal judgeship and Negro votes. It criticizes Harrison era moves, Ingalls’ missteps, Foster Blaine Jr scorn, and predicts revival of a bayonet election bill amid a 150 seat Democratic surge and pension office shakeup involving Green B Ran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Mahone
Virginia
White House
Senate
John M. Langston
Langston
Harrison
Ingalls
State Department
Foster
Madrid
America
J.G. Blaine, Jr
Green B. Ranm
Great Shakes Recall Weather Predictions For This Year
Recalled by Weather predictions this year, the New Madrid earthquake of 1811 1812 is described as a series of shocks lasting months. The event altered the region from Ohio to the Mississippi, sinking forests, creating Reelfoot Lake, and devastating Kentucky and Missouri. It notes Humboldt’s investigation and the near-silent human cost due to sparse settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
South America
New Madrid
United States
Reelfoot Lake
Telegraphic Sparks From The Year In Review
Law to pick electors by district could give Democrats five to nine of fourteen in Michigan next year. Wallace county Kansas faces famine with 2400 people starving. Mexico has naturalized 2044 people since 1828, 146 of them American. Wisconsin redraws districts to yield six Dems and five GOPs. Ohio Republicans may revive McKinley efforts. A flawless new counterfeit two dollar silver certificate detected. Senator Voorhees doubts Cleveland renomination. Indians to be mustered into U S army. West butchered hogs approach eighteen million last year. Rhode Island shows Democratic plurality of 1800. St Louis poised for tin plate plant. Eastern states remain snowbound.
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Michigan
Wallace County
Kas
Mexico
Wisconsin
Congress
Ohio
McKinley
Voorhees
Cleveland
U. S. Army
Rhode Island
St. Louis
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the Register
Slater
Oluamn
Vo Delivery
John Walz
Main St
New Harmony
U.S. Patent Office
C.a.snow & CO
D.C
Queensware
Owen Block
McCormick
Henry Husband
Postoffice
Indiana
KE. W. Nash
W. WW. Robb & Co
West Main Street
New Harmony, Indiana
Peter Weber
Merchant -Tatlior
Ford & Bennett, “Corner Grocery
Carden Seeds
Stoddart & Co
Strost
J. W
Washington, D. C
Henry Hunsdon
Notary Public
U.S. Pension Claim
Officu
Douglas
Brockton
John Schhmaed
William P. Elson
Mit
Vernon
Imd
Cea
Fox
The
Arctic
Albert 8S Newsom
Special Wand
Lichtenberger's
Ford & Walz
Jacob Breith
Breith
Jery New Harmony Indians
Rush County
Shelbyville
Court House
Greensburg
J. C. Amstutz
Allen County
C. O.d
Lawrence
Monroe
Bartholomew County
Crawfordsville
Jacob Shively
Michigan City
Columbus
South Bend
Martha Miller
G. E. Toner
Johnson County
Parke County
Marion
Noblesville
H. Dr. Francis
Laporte County
Chas. Pields
Union City
Delaware County
Evansville
Illinois
Monroe County
Ashboro
Clay County
Lee Anderson
Kneepaots
Kienny Tiffer
Tancock County
Princeton
Verre Haute
Hazleton
Boonville
Elihu Nicholson
Grippe
Martineville
England
Crown Point
Caas County
Madigan
YIS K
V. Lodges
Logansport
Vincennes
Peoriz County
Prorta
Chicago
Ilinois
T. Busey
Christian Rausch
Galena
Geo. Rabhel
Montgomery County
Grayville
H. McCrea
Decatur
Landanum
Palmer
W. M. Gentry
J. G. Soulard
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