Political Facts and Fancy from a Northern Editor
A column lists prominent Republican and Democratic leaders and factions for the coming presidential campaign. It notes winged criticisms of the Blaine and Cleveland camps, cites unions and businessmen, and reports state election hints, German votes in Illinois, and recent local result notes including Ohio, Maine, Oregon, and New Hampshire outcomes.
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Gov
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Mass
Herald
Ilinois
Blaine
David Davis
West Virginia
Greenbackers
Kellarsville
Sangamon County
Reform
St. John
Iowa
James Speed
Lincoln
Indiana
J.C. New
Kansas
New York City
Chicago Herald
Ind
Keifer
Robeson
Steve Elkina
New York
Maine
Ohio
Oregon
Thayer
Dem
The Blaine Party Opens Prohibition Campaign in Port Jervis
Hon. J P St John the Prohibition candidate baying for prohibition opens his campaign in Port Jervis New York to a large crowd. He denounces the whisky vote politics of both major parties and recalls a personal tale of aiding a starving boy amid Illinois anti aid laws. He blames Republican misrule for social ills and references Logan Garfield and star-route trials.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
J. P.st. John
United States
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Republican Party
Linois
Illinois
Jad
John A. Logan
Yorktown
Garfield
Posey Pickings and Local News Highlights
A roundup from Posey and nearby regions reports railroad property values totaling 613574 across Evansville Terre Haute Louisville Nashville and related lines. Mt Vernon fines a youth 33 for supplying liquor to two girls. Weevil worm devastates hogs in Point township and a 3 year old child of L R Williams dies at Poseyville. Other items note political standings in Posey and surrounding counties, a Sunday school in Point township, and a theater audience of about 1500 at Mt Vernon. General Guan discards crutches. Alabama Democrats win. Turkish gypsies travel Louisiana. The Mississippi civil service law bans saloon keepers from office. Kentucky votes Democratic. 13 tramps found in a grain car at Redfield. A new beer from Bavarian rice is noted. The Mt Vernon press boat dispersal and political conventions loom.
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Evansville
Terre Haute
Louisville & Nashville
Peoria
Decatur
Mt. Vernon
Point Township
Williams
Cleveland and Hendricks
Poseyville
J.G. Nesbit
Smith Township
L. R. Williams
McLeansboro
Calkins
Culberson
Kentucky
Congress
Washington Monument
Pension
United States
Washington
Rome
Army
Navy
Navy Department
Republican Campaign Committee
Blaine
Steve Elkins
Dorsey
Blaine and Elkins
Wall Street
Beliers
Washington Notes from National Headquarters Gossip and Odds
Washington notes from the national political desk outline July debt figures and treasury gold, estimate presidential votes in several states, and rail at government fraud. It covers campaign money, the Blaine-Elkins faction, republican managers worried over funds and German vote shifts, plus odd local items like statue stone and a sensational price list.
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Wasningaroy
D.C
C. N. York
Wisconsin
Illinois
Pinia
Ohio
Ieee
Michigan
Cece
Sess
Curious Rainmaking Balloon Scheme From Australia
An Australian inventor proposes a rainmaking device a balloon with dynamite underneath to be fired by a ground wire. Trials are planned in dry districts of New South Wales as weather control ideas attract interest amid a wide array of world aviation, science, and colonial news items.
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New South Wales
Cabbage barometer and wide range of Indiana notes
A Lincoln correspondent reports Squire Rudolph uses cabbage plants to predict presidential nominees, favoring Cleveland this time. The North penitentiary houses 695 convicts with 760 capacity. Wabash yard wells reveal a white catfish, while Kellarsville cattle suffer a fatal disease. Various items include agricultural yields, band prizes, fish ponds, New York inheritance scams, fire limits, political nominations, census figures, and criminal rumors across Indiana towns.
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Post-Dispatch
Lincoln, Sr
Squire Rudolph
Blaine
Cleveland
Northern
Mt. Carmel
Wabash
Oakland Enterprise
Kellarsville
Carmi Democrat
Parkhurstville
New York
Grayville Independent
Oxford Hill
J. B. Jolly
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NEW New Harmony Register
New Harmony
the Register
Slat Eir
Tur Register
Wegdtee-Sedeos
Enry Hunsdon
Notary Public
New Harmony Register
Krall & Mumford
Old Brothers
Efrat
H. T. Slater
Enry Brown
F. Owen & Co
Cate Jery
Fencewire
7Tthelm & Co
Eter Weber
Ora & Bennett
Ohn Waln
Desler and Manufacturer
Ohn W. Miller
Marble Works
U.S. Patent Office
C. A. Snow & CO
Washington, D.C
Arctic
Albert
Newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
William P. Ford
Hiatt
Church Street
the Tribune
J. G. Bourne
Buaive
Bnaine
Bristow
Pittsburg
Boarne
Portsmouth
N. H
Blaine Party
John P. St. John
Posey
Louisville
Aband
Louisiana
Mississippi Civil Service
Hoop
Walla Walla
W. T
Redfield
D. T
Alabama
Guan
Bartholdi
James Verve
Java
Salt Lake City
Walnut Canyon
Arizona
Toronto
San Francisco
California
Charleston
Atlanta
Richmond
William Astors
Sheig
Aleel
Nourmahal
Fifth Avenue Palace
Tallahaasee
Europe
West Point
Berlin
Kingston
Ont
China
William A. Brewer
New Haven
Senator McPherson
New Jersey
Thal City
Texas
Onondaga Lake
Norwich
Conn
Cape May
Holyoke
Auburn
Bank of England
Connecticut
Charles Waters
Ninth and Dock Streets
St. Louis
Independence
Cal
Greenwood
Napa
South
England
Newcastle
Omaha
Princeton
W. F. Durlauf
Jasper Band
J. W. Benton
Felix Polk
Grayville
Spencer County
Mattoon
Mother Hubbard
Warrick County
Carmi
Cleveland and
Hendricks
Lafayette
Charles T. Doxey
Endicott Brothers
Phillipstown
Wabash Township
Gibson County
Delphi
6Th
N. G. Smith
Effingham
Princeton Democrat
Wabash County
Vincennes Negroes
Kansas Fever
Oakland
Fairfield
Effingham County
Ill
Jesse James
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