Visit to Indiana State Reform School at Plainfield
A detailed visit to the Indiana reform school for boys at Plainfield describes its campus on the T. H. & I. Railroad twelve miles west of Indianapolis. The 585 inmates live in residencelike buildings with strict yet mild discipline under Prof. T. J. Chariton. The facility includes a chapel, library, tailor shop, bakery, washhouse, and a 225 acre farm run by the boys, with ongoing improvements such as gas lighting and a new barn built largely by inmate labor.
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Plainfield, Inc
Indianapolis
Hendricks County
State Reform School
Indiana
C. W. Lawrence
T. J. Chariton
J. G. Blake
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Blake
Y.M.C. A
Whch
Charlton
Broadside Attacks Blaine From Ohio Editor Tetxero
The Bee editor Gen Beatty, a leading Ohio Republican, denounces J G Blaine as a political Jesuit and warns that appealing to Irish Catholic voters would hurt him among Protestant Republicans. The piece cites past actions, calls Blaine ambitious and untrustworthy, and argues he cannot win in key states.
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Tetxero
the Bee
Gen. Beatty
Ohio
J. G. Blaine
Blaine
Ireland
America
Garfield
Folger
Cleveland
New York
New England
Indiana
Rocton horses run ten miles to butter scare
A Rocton resident's wagon horses bolted for nearly ten miles and were only stopped after tiring. The cream in the wagon hardened into butter ready for market with little finishing. In Oakland a farmer Johnson died from rattlesnake bites after killing fourteen snakes while binding oats.
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Rocton
Johnson
Oakland
Chicago
Matt Hughes
Bunker Hill
Cobden
Shelbyville
R. C. Bradley
Green County
Lawrence County
Richland County
Clay County
Olney
Indiana News Snapshots Aboard the Sam P Jones
Evansville reports the steamship Sam P Jones struck a snag near Diamond Island and sank in about fifteen minutes. Logs valued around 20000 dollars, mainly freight, and the vessel may be salvageable. Pilot Chas Collins was aboard. the Nashville owned boat operated for Evansville & Cairo Packet Co. The incident follows the earlier loss of H T Dexter at a similar site as authorities plan an investigation. Also in Indiana, Allen County digs Little River channel in a major ditch project fifty miles long to drain prairie lands near the Wabash railway, providing many jobs. In Indianapolis, the State Board of Equalization adjourned after forty days assessing railroad property. main track miles total 5679 with value 45156793, and all railroad property valued at 62092439 up about 37006000 from last year.
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Evansville
Sam P. Jones
Wm. Luzy
Diamond Island
Chas Collins
Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
Evansville & Cairo Packet Co
Idlewild
Jones
Wayne
Indiana
Allen County
Little River
Great Prairie
Wabash River
Indianapolis
State Board of Equalization
Indiana Notes and People From Across The State
Col R S Robertson fights a salary claim after a contested lieutenant governor election. Indiana items report carp pond growth, haunted house lore, rare coal veins, and a large Evansville reunion with noted generals. Also covered are marriage ceremonies, car works loss, Odd Fellows sick benefits, and the Rebellion Records project in Washington.
Indecent Display by Senator Sherman Sparks Outcry
In Washington on July 31, critics call Senator Sherman’s bid for the Republican nomination discreditable and desperate. He toured the South and West to push peace and reconciliation appeals, then pressured Ohio delegates and organized a Sherman lobby to secure a state convention endorsement for the presidency.
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Washington, D. C
Sherman
Ohio
West
Cerish
Notable Local Tales and National Highlights
A montage of short items. a Americus man plants a mulberry tree in his sleep, a Coffee county farmer reports vast deer and wildlife killings, the National Veterans Association denounces Turtleism, Jemea Richardson claims a world leading 38 000 acre cotton field, a 3 year old jailed for plums, Mrs Hughes preserves a butter-dish from 1650 ancestors, debt reduction totals 109 million, Texas votes on prohibition, Indiana patents granted for various devices and tools in New Harmony Register.
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Americus
Elijah Youngblood
Coffee County
National Veterans’ Association
Des Moines
Cleveland
Jemea H. Richardson
Mississippi
St. Augustine
Fla
Hughes
Lexingté
Texas
Local Items Note Various Town Happenings
The sinking of the Sam P. Jones cannot be charged to Chas Collina as he was forced to exit a narrow river channel. A concert tomorrow night is expected to draw a crowded house and tickets are available in advance at Thrall and Mumford's. W D Wizmari suffered an iron safe accident last Tuesday weighing 406 pounds but no bones were broken. Lost on the river road last Sunday night a light pink silk lined scarf. finder to leave at the office for reward. Miss Aste Bearn and Harry Vaughan of Grayville visited town this week with Mr and Mrs H Husband. The cluster-well corner remains dilapidated due to city inaction. Peres Weber and family visited Evansville last Wednesday. Lew Hamitter left town with his circus band Tuesday. A Native of Japan lectured at the Methodist church last night. Many base ball fans went with the Matta to Mt. Vernon. Mrs C A Paine and children returned to Mt. Vernon yesterday. Tux Julia Bennett Troupe to Poseyville tomorrow night. Ture endures the longest heat spell in years. E V Jouneon was in Mt Vernon this week. Present of watermelons nearby.
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NEW Harmony Register
the Register
Co. v. Slater
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Union Hall
New Harmony
Kate Kilbinger
Part I
Barbiere of
Seville
Eliza Lichtenberger
Mr. W. Golden
Mr. M. Owen
Marion Hunsdon
Lucille Eagle
Etta Truscott
Armstrong v
Hunsdon
Elsie Newsom
Will. S. Haystalline
A. B. Ford
E. Lichtenberger
Gilbert
J. I. Eagle
Phebe Elliott
L. Carew
Jegna
W. A. Hentley
Marcia Jones
L. Kilbinger
Salo
Schleiffarth
J. Mort
Claire Dei Vecchio
Donizella
Nellie Snelling
Eva Carr
Grace Golden
S. Glover
J. T. Eagle
Thrall & Mumford
Art and Music
Tece Old Stand
Jebn Fritz Herberhold
William P. Edson
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Fourth Street
Main
Court-House
City Exchange
S. Ford
Pord& Walz
West Main Street
Lichtenberger's
Fred Walz
Ihc
Ford & Walz
M. Garvin
W.M. Duncan
Harrison— Investment Banking Comp’y
Harrison, Ark
United States
Harrison
First National Bank
Thomas E. Garvin
Eugene 8. Thrall
Horace P. Owen
NEW Harmony Banking Company
Eugene S. Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
P. A. Sexton
Justice OF the Phrach
Hiatt Block
Church Street
Jacob Breith
Bretth
Breith
ME Bank
Andrew Hofreiter
Weber's Tailoring Store
New Harmony, Mnd
Fred. Schaffer
Budinlos
U. S
Washington
Patent Office
Arctic
Albert
Newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Plainfield
Javeniles
Blaine & Co
Ali Parte
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisvire
Buckner
Interior
Labor Party
Covington
Newport
Lexington
Railways In
Robertson
Inpianapolis
Col
R. S. Robertson
Senate
Supreme Court
Additional
John Atkins
New Albany
Atkins
Princeton
Sullivan
Sickles
Slocum
Kolo
Rev. N. Field
Jeffersonville
Terre Haute
Odd Fellows of
A.W. Kilgore
Stockwell
Peseyville
Fort Wayne
Rebellion Records
Wasamutoy
D. C
War Department
Wasuarxcox
C.A. Snow & Co
U.S. Patent Office
W. C. Shoemaker
Richmond
B. Poulson
J. M. Gough
Hagarstown
J.M. Berkley
Clarksburg
M. V. Berger
Mishawaka
Pratt
Valparaiso
Y. B. Meredith
B. Lukens
Pendleton
U.G. Houston
Planetarium
Chas. Collina
Thrall & Mumford's
W.D. Wizmari
Aste Bearn
Harry Vaughan
Grayville
Mrs. H. Husband
Peres Weber
Lew Hamitter
Japan
C. A. Paine
Julia Bennett
Poseyville
Ture
V. Jouneon
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