Indiana's Weekly Record highlights rapid legislature work and county news
The Indiana Weekly Record reports an unusually early session with most bills in committee, notes party tensions in the senate, and cites numerous local items from across the state. Events include vote fraud in Spencer county, the expulsion of Senator Carpenter, a dog set on fire incident, miners' protests, and social notes from towns like New Albany and Madison.
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Indianavenis
Senate
Spencer County
House
Parrett
Carpenter
Shelby County
Decatur
Shelby
Grand
Hovey
Western glass factories face closure and job losses
Indiana towns Marion and Kokomo fear window glass trust plan to close western plants next season, risking hundreds of jobs and shattered homes. The issue follows Republican gains driven by the trust in November, with locals warned of tariff prosperity turning to harm.
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Window-Glass Trust
Indiana
Marion
Kokono
Over the River and Other Small Illinois Notes
A Mt. Carmel girl patents a gum board for large families, a Wayne County woman learns pistol accuracy, and Gray township in White County votes Democratic with no officers. Danville reports the largest Illinois coal load, 8,700 pounds. Golconda sells round‑trip ferry tickets with $5 purchases. Grayville youths observe the lunar eclipse with glass, Mrs. Atterbury dies of lockjaw, taxes rise 30 percent, C V C rail line steel, West Salem creamery pays $962, and Wolf hunting haunts Hancock County. A 7‑foot bald eagle is killed near Albion. Chicago reports 15,772 deaths. Grayville debates a woolen mill. Carmi adds a colored band. Harrisburg has 18 lawyers. A rural incident near South Bend describes a rooster attack on a 24‑year‑old girl, leaving severe injuries but eyes spared.
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Wm. Goben
Lexington
Goben
Clay
Owen
McQuade
Hovey
Pike County
Harry Morgan
Henryville
Metzger
New Albany
Dawson
Jeffersonville
Cliff Vance
Indianapolis
Cora Robinson
Tom Denny
Anderson
Misa Viola Nealer
Hartford City Methodist Church
Logansport
Wabash River
Marion
Indianapolis Sentinel
E. Kent
Shelbyville
Indiana
Wells County
Jesse McConkey
Wayne County
Vincennes
Valparaiso Normal
Martinsville
Kate Weissal
Elkhart County
Monroe County
Kankakee
Clay County
Tipton
Michigan City
Katherine Kavanaugh
Madison
Washington County
South Bend
Gray Township
White County
Ilinois
Danville
Golconda
Grayville
M.G. Atterbury
Logan County
Cairo
West Salem
Chicago
Carmi
Harrisburg
Winter ice carnivals thrill St Paul with palace storms
A detailed panorama of the northwest winter scene features St Paul ice carnivals, ice palace storms, tobogganing crazes, curling bonspiels, snowshoe clubs, and the rise of Scandinavian ski running. It highlights the frost king pageantry, crowded hotels, and thrilling outdoor pursuits from sledding to ice yachting across Minnesota and surrounding regions. The piece notes daring ski jumps, eventual dangers, and the thriving social and athletic culture surrounding these activities.
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Cutcaco
Iln
Great Northwest
Canada
Europe
St. Paul
United States
Borealis
Northwest
Milwaukee
Minnesota
gKxi
Bull Creek Terror: Aged Indiaman Defies Capture
Jeffersonville Indiana awaits court action over Harrison Hogan known as the Bull Creek Terror. The 75 year old, famed for outwitting sheriffs, barricaded himself in a bullet hole marked boat, inciting public sympathy as his wife faces restitution in court.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Hay
Harrison Hogan
Bull Creek
Hogan
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Wm. Moss
Fort Wayne Girl Swindled by Reckless Letter Romance
Miss Carrie Guthrie replied to an attractive metropolitan ad and exchanged elegant letters with a presumed gentleman. When he visited Fort Wayne, he arrived as a Black man, revealing a cruel ruse that ends the affair and serves as a warning against reckless correspondence.
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Fort Wayne
Fr. Wayne, Inc
Carrie Guthrie
Metropolitan
Indiana
Posey Wins Narrow Majorities Across District
Evansville reports Posey carried the city by 343 and the county by about 400 with a near three fourths turnout. County totals show Posey leading by about 1,000 overall. Parrett trails in several precincts with a small loss in Harmony and wavesville reports. Further tallies indicate Posey secured Gibson and Pike counties by 600.
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Evansvilwe, Inc
Posey
Vernon
Black
Parrett
Harmony Township
Evansville
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Itavy
W. L. Douglas
Congress
Cc. Ww
Slater
Ford Bros. & Lichtenberger
New Harmony
John A. Wilhelm
Queensware, Glassware, &c
Ford & Bennett
Stanley Chrisler
Clay Duncan
Lawrence County
White River
Chrisler
Duncan
Broad Ripple
Rogers Bros
A. J
John Schofner
Muncie
Schlofner
John Poindexter
Wm. Wooton
Utica
Kansas
Jeffereanwills
Illinois
Mt. Carmel
Louth Bend, Inc
Prairie Road
Orlando Martin
Henry Kale
Martin
ST. Paul Ice Palace
Col
Tur Casino Opera Co
U. S
Earl Fitton
Aline Owen
M. N. Owen
J.C. Miter
Harmony
Tax
Srivs Weoe
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