From Lake to the River Special and Prew Reports
Indiana scraps and notices from Aug 11 highlight Sylvester Mollvain visiting Attorney General Smith over depositor taxes, a muskrat attack killing Sam Lafflin, and a century milestone for Mrs. Mary J. Flick of Patoka. Various county items report curiosities, weather, crops, thefts, and local oddities across the state with dates and places including Huntington, Vincennes, Muncie, Fort Wayne, and South Bend.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sylvester Mollvain
Veedersburgh
Smith
Joseph Schwarzmiller
Dubois County
Wm. McCrailis
Muncie
Jacob Benthall
Mt. Vernon
Vincennes
Fort Wayne
Thomas Ammon
Spencer County
Vigo County Agricultural Society
Orle Aund
Frankfort
Frog trade and odd local tales from Indiana news
Reported industry shifts along the Kankakee river show millions of green meadow frogs now hunted by many in Laporte county marshlands with catchers earning modest pay. The item also covers a rash of misdeeds and curiosities from Jeffersonville kidnappings to peculiar livestock incidents, frauds, a tomato likeness, and a large wheat harvest in Knox county.
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Kankakee
Laporte County
Rosa Wright
Jeffersonville
Madison
Nhe
Tell
Hiram Cisco
Stone Lake
Tts Persecutor
Illinois Whisky Output Surpasses Rival States Significantly
Illinois leads in whisky production, generating more than twice New York and almost triple Kentucky. Rock Island reports a population of 15 570, up 2 075 from the census. Central Illinois oat crop yields 19 to 22 dollars per acre, with Illinois totaling 6 279 8 of V.
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Ipenar Greamepeniegian Sas
L. Douglas
Baruch Railroad
Heman
Adies
Caurion
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
John Walz
New Harmony
Ind
New York
Kentucky
Rock Island
U. S
Illinois
Trustees Report on Road and Bridge Funds
Road Fund shows amount on hand at last report 56 98 90 and receipts from County Treasurer July 6 1891. Bridge Fund records reflect amount on hand at last report and receipts from sources including veges dated July 6 1891, with expenditures and balance details incomplete.
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Harmony Township
Posey County
Dog Fund
New Harmony School Board
Demoralized Republicans Rally Behind Any Endorsement
A Sentinel report from Granapolis, Aug 10, portrays Republican sentiment as pro Blaine to secure votes. It notes Republicans once repudiated Blaine now tout him, citing McKinley tariff backlash, rising costs, falling wages, and shifting toward reciprocity as their new rallying cry.
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Granapolis, Inc
the Sentinel
New York
Blaine
Harrison
Maine
McKinley
Ohio
Iowa
Brooklyn
McKinley Forecasts Diminished Governor Lead
Aug 12 McKinley’s boast of 30000 vote majority for governor fades as analysts project about 15000. Foraker Sherman Senate contest grows bitter with GOP fearing lower legislature gains despite a 40 vote gerrymander advantage. Foraker leads overall.
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McKnley
Coumbns
McKinley
Foraker-Sherman
Foraker
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NEW, Harmony Register
Indiana
UMBER
Lhe Register
Co. Ww. Slats
Tus Register
Wwe
Welcones
Ndelivery
Wprand
Main St
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
C.a.snow &Co
D. C
Henry Hunsdon
Notary Public
U.S. Pension Claim
Commercial Attorney Office
W. L. Douglas Shoes
Porn
A. D. Jones
Attorney At Law
H. C. Husband & CO
J. D. Owen & Co
J. A. Wilhelm
H. C. Husband
Owen Block
Henry Husband
Postoffice
Jand Y
ER. W. Nash
W. W. Robb & Co
West Main Street
New Harmony, Indiana
Peter Weber
New Harmony, Ind
Peter Whebber
Ford & Bennett
Stoddart & Co
7Th Street
N. W
U. S. Patent Office
Washington, D. C
The
Arctic
Albert S Newsom
City Exchange
Lichtenberger’s
Tobaccorand Cigare
Ford & Walz
Jacob Breith
Breith
New Harmony Indiana
Aurora, Inc
Sam Lafflin
Lawrenceburg
Hogan Creek
Lafflin
Harvetton
Mary J. Flick
Patoka
Indiana Territory
Flick
Lagrange
Merrifield
Richmond
Bessie Perry
Wales
Fred Kramer
Albert Robinson
Fayette County
Plainfield Inebriate Asylum
Star
Cass County
New Albany
Jefferson County
Clarke County
Seymour
Gibson County
Odon
South Bend
Jackson County
Carder
Oakland City
John Angle
English
W. J H. Brevort
Knox County
Elwood
Michal Wassterstein
Rebecca Crooke
Leavenworth
Robert Larkin
Geo. Williams
Grant County
Wm. Baxley
New Amsterdam
Central
Harrison County
J.B. Huffman
Spencer
Trustee’s
Balance Township
EUGE
Joeneon
Veges
Ben Burure
Thomas Mumford, Jr
Richard Owen
E. F
H. P. Owen
Fred. P. Leonard
Pega
Aaid
Joeman
Mount
Vereon
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