Indiana News Roundup Highlights Officials and Oddities
Special reports from many counties describe M A Downing elected president of a new agricultural board and discuss state figures. Notable items include doctors counts, G A R membership, school book bids, Sullivan’s beer garden plan, statehouse tree plantings, gas strike at Sheridan, population shifts, new factories, and local election results across Indiana.
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Inpianapolis
Col
M. A. Downing
New Agricultural Board
G. A. RB
Board of Education
John L. Sullivan
Boston
New York
Sullivan
Lake Michigan
Chicago
John
New Orleans
Capitol
Hovey
Matthews
Henderson
Gall
Smith
Otter in Orchard Stuns Rural Community
April reports from Brazin Inc describe farmer Frank Chambers finding a six foot otter in his orchard near Friendly Grove church fourteen miles from Eel River. The animal’s appearance follows twenty years without otters in the area and prompts local cemetery excavation theories.
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Brazin, Inc
Frank Chambers
Friendly Grove Church
Eel River
Diverse Indiana short items on travel, religion, and eccentric locals
The report covers Joe Mills guiding a horse to Monon and Vandalia platforms, Rev. Dodson rebuking rowdy parishioners at Reed Station leading to a knife incident, long-silent Wm. Eton’s land sale and Bible gifts, Mrs. Lotta Martin fined for whipping her husband, J H Jatmore selling possessions for ministry study, Gaines Fisher winning an egg roast at Boonville, and John Templeton claiming to be Indiana’s oldest living Indian man at 84.
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Joe Mills
Frankfort
Monon
Mills
Dodson
Reed Station
Delaware County
Bevera
Divine
Dobson
Eton
Cambridge City
Lotta Martin
Fort Wayne
J. H. Jatmore
Martinsville
G.A.R
Boonville
Gaines Fisher
John Templeton
Union County
Outlook for Little Ben in the 1892 Republican Convention
Washington analysts forecast Harrison as likely to win the Republican nomination given solid support from southern delegates federal machine influence in major northern cities Indiana and territories totaling about 420 votes. The piece notes a potential 30 out-district gains but warns southern carpetbagger influence and liquor pressures could disrupt votes at the convention.
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Washington, D.C
Harrison
South
Federal Machine
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Newark
Jersey City
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
Milwaukee
Detroit
Minneapolis
Omaha
San Francisco
Indiana
Ben
Territories
Nevada
Wyoming
Idaho
Tariff vote, party splits and state election shifts
The Western States Commercial Congress rejected the McKinley tariff. South Carolina white Republicans formed a party. Albany New York leaned Democratic with a large margin while Trenton New Jersey backed Democrats by 1 046 votes.
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Western States
Commercial Congress
South Carolina
Albany
N. Y
Trenton
N. J
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the Register
Co. W. Suuurter
Istbe
John Walz
Main St
New Harmony
Ind
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
C.a.snow &Co
D. C
H. C. Husband & CO
J. D. Owen & Co
J. A. Wilhelm
H. C. Husband
Owen Block
Oliver Plows
Henry Husband
Postoffice
H.W. Nash
W. W. Robb & Co
West Main Street
New Harmony, Indiana
Peter Weber
Merchant -Taylor
Peter Wheber
Ford & Bennett, Orner Grocery
Dsf Frese
Stoddart & Co
Strast
N. W
U. S. Patent Office
Henry Hunsdon
Notary Public
U.S. Pension Claim
Commercial Attorney
W. L. Douglas
W. LL. Douglas Breckhton
Mass
William P. Bdson
Mt. Vernon
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FFICE
Vilte
W.T. Fitzgerald
The
Arctic
City Exchange
Lichtenberger's
Ford & Walz
Jacob Breith
Breith
Jery
New Harmony Indiana
Sheridan
Hamilton County
Indianapolis
Montgomery County
Crawfordsville
Peter Carroll
Clarke County
Ed Thornton
South Bend
Solomon Neiderffer
Lawrence County
Jackass
Madison County
Anton Ochs
Jackson County
White River
Wm. Clarke
Lagrange County
Indiana Educational League
John Dunning
Valparaiso
Columbia City
Plainfield
M. A. Weir
New Albany
Salem
Newbury
Alexandria
Kosciusko County
Huntingburg
Geo. Justice
Muncie
Petersburg
DePauw University
Baptist Church At
Fred Crane
Laporte
Anderson
Porter County
Columbus
Indiana Statehouse
Michigan City
Judge Gresham
Kokomo
Huntington Boys
Walcottville
Chicago Herald
Pennington
Exposition Hall
Simon Haskel
West Salem
Chas. Pfeiffer
Centralia
Albion
Walter Hungatel
Palmer House
Wm. H. Braniff
Monticello
J. W. Ellsworth
Grayville
Olney
Springfield
GosuEy, Inc
Wm. Imes
Corunna
DeKalbe County
Imes
Clippinger
Rockwort, Inc
H. C. Clippinger
Little
Frank Dalby
Illinois
Edwards County Bank
Ill
Thomas Mumford, Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Posey County
Main Street
Church and Tavern
M. E. Lotzen & CO
John Hofreiter
Hunter’s
East Main Street
Ulerk
Dat
Henry Brown
Charles H. Wheatcroft
Charles Edmonds
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