Washington Letter 1886 Dakota statehood and Blaine rumors
The column reviews Dakota statehood passage in the Senate by 32 to 22 with party splits, predicts House opposition, and notes Republican Blaine boom plans for 1888. It also covers pension schemes, next Congress dynamics, Cleveland's southern trip hints, and senate friction with the president plus a list of Indiana patents and posts on public notices.
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New Harmony Register
Washixeton
D. C
Senate
Dakota
Voorhees
House
Stanford
California
Congress
Blaine
Blaine Guard
G.o. P
Maine
Associated Press
Indiana
West Virginia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Michigan
New York
Cleveland
New Orleans
Ife
Edmunds
Riddleberger
Vermont
Ile
Edmonds
Virginia
Wheat stocks high as farmers hold for better prices
An oldest grain dealer cites abundant wheat in the area with farmers delaying sales for higher returns. Reports of a bear-hued child in Winnebago county, a train accident near Decatur, and a series of local incidents including fires, library losses, and civic notes from Grayville to Cairo.
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Grayville Independent
Winnebago County
Decatur
White County
Grand Jury
Petit Jury
Wm. Ebbart
Ford County
Logan County
Wayne County
Grayville
Chicago
Cairo
Indiana State News Drift Caught on Hoosier News Currents
At the Jeffersonville penitentiary Pat Stewart escaped danger after a fellow prisoner tried to seize a cash prize hidden in soap. The state coal report shows 2,375,000 tons produced, with 6,502 miners across 215 mines. News covers local robberies, court actions, health, population estimates, county fairs, a deer kill, and civic notes across Indiana.
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Jeffersonville
Pat Stewart
Mulder
Flowers
Wardqgp
Stewart
Capt
Howard
Indiana
Thomas McQuade
Clay County
Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
High License as War Cry in Indiana GOP Campaign
Dispatch notes Indiana Republicans plan a high license platform to win votes while Democrats resist. Republicans hope to gain by shifting liquor regulation, appealing to temperance moderates and nonprohibitionists. Democrats risk alienating liquor interests and fear affecting statewide tickets. Revenue from liquor taxes cited as a factor in public sentiment. Major cities may resist. rural areas could sway overall results.
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Chicago
Inpraxapootis
Republican Party
Indianapolis
Evansville
Lafayette
Fort Waynga
Terre Haute
Chicago Market Report Special to New Larmony Register
Wheat is weak and irregular while corn steadies. Oats rye and barley are steady. Timothy seed active and higher. seeds generally steady. Hogs steady, cattle in fair demand. Prices include Winter wheat 87 to 91 cents per bushel, Spring 56 to 75, Corn 34 to 38, Oats 28 to 32, Timothy seed 1.85, Clover 5.65 to 6.00, Cattle 3.50 to 6.00 per 100 lbs, Hogs 3.60 to 4.50, Sheep 3.50 to 5.00. Also notes on a chestnut tree near Mount Etna, a tombstone misdated February 31, 1869, and rising river at Mt Carmel.
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Chicago
New Larmony Register
Cucaco
Itz
Timothy
Death of Gen Hancock Sparks Local Regret
The town and surrounding area express sorrow over Gen Hancock's death, recalling his twenty three years of service as a renowned fighting officer. Thanks are extended to Mr Abbott Blunt for Minneapolis Tribune copies. An Auction Sale notice appears in the paper by D M Schnee. Our Methodist revival continues amid Spaina weather this week.
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Gen. Hancock
Abbott Blunt
The
Minneapolis Tribune
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F. W. Cook Brewing Company
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New Harmony, MD
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Washington
Mahone
Logan
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A. A. Snow & Co
U. S. Patent Office
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Michigan City
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Kokomo
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Mishawaka
J.E. Mitchell
Fowler
G. W. Jewell
Stancock
House Committee
Illinois
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Switzerland
Paducah, Ky
Prohibition
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Colorado
Omaha
Massachusetts
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Vincennes
Whalley Miller
Hillsboro
Jessie Stephens
State Board of Health
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Pike County
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Union
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Morrison County
Washington County
Gibson County
Africa
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Pickard's Point
Mount Etna
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Register
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D. M. Schnee
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