Indiana Weekly Record highlights scattered Indiana happenings
Indiana's Weekly Record surveys diverse snippets from August items across towns like Yorktown, Laporte, Greenburg and Indianapolis. It notes a dramatic gas well eruption near Yorktown, a historic Miami burial site near LaCrosse, curious animal oddities, medical and public health notes, lightning strikes, local crimes, political shifts, and agricultural reports from counties such as Montgomery, Crawford, Tippecanoe, and Vanderburgh, reflecting a collage of 19th century life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte, Inc
Laporte-Starke County
LaCrosse
Indiana
Illinois Items Highlight Crop Yields and Oddities
The report notes Illinois wheat at about 34 million bushels or 17 bushels per acre. A McLean County woman survived a lightning strike after four days buried in earth for treatment. A Carmi farmer found 112 guinea eggs in a nest used by 15 to 20 hens. A Galena baby named Earl Leroy sleeps since June 12 and gains with spoon feeding. Other items cite heavy weather damaging tobacco and corn, a 1200-bushel wheat yield on a 25-acre Grayville field, Mt. Vernon courthouse cost of 115000, White County representation in the insane asylum, and Carmi cemetery expansion.
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Warrick County
Rockport
Susanna Jones
Marion
Columbus
Madison
Tippecanoe County
Cass County
Montgomery County
Perry County
Gosling
Vanderburg
Lebanon
Evansville
J. R. Brockett
Earl Leroy
Galena
Illinois
Wm. Baum
Driggers
Grayville
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
White County
Insane Asylum
Carmi
Sullivan arrival in Jackson sparks cheers amid legal threat
Sullivan the pugilist arrives in Jackson Mississippi amid a public ovation as Gov Lowry vows to seek a term in the state penitentiary if a jury can be found to enforce the law. Nearby, reports note an alligator near Masson and a farmer cutting tall oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Sullivan
Igin
New York
Lowry
Mississippi
Resolutions Mourning Sydney Pool at Arctic Lodge No 304
A local note from New Harmony reports Arctic Lodge 304 F. A. M. presents resolutions mourning the death of brother Sydney Pool who died August 1, 1889 at age 53. The lodge expresses sympathy, drapes the charter in mourning for thirty days, and directs copies for minutes and publication in the New Harmony Recrster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harmony
Arctic Lodge No. 304
Sydney Pool
Martin Golven
Wo. P. Forp
Joan Watz
Fox Squirrel Surgery Averts Starvation At Mt. Vernon
W A performed delicate operation last Monday on a pet fox squirrel owned by Will Bennett. Incisors were cut to relieve starvation. the animal recovers and should be fine soon. Also notes Mt Vernon Ruben baseballs visit to posey county fairground next Sunday for a 2 30 pm game, and public safety on street parking. Also mentions a picnic at sulphur spring led by W N Hammett. Prep urged for Posey county agricultural fair in New Harmony next month with floral hall handiwork expected.
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W. A
Will Bennett
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
New Harmony
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