Indiana News Special and Press Reports From Other Counties
Indiana counties named after famous statesmen often vote opposite to the namesakes beliefs. The column notes Adams Jefferson Henry Clay Benton Washington Franklin Monroe Marion Randolph Jasper Wayne and Hendricks counties show countervailing loyalties. Also covered are youth burglars, war-claims funding, a remarkable blood poisoning case, a political prediction, railway weather service plans, and asylum statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
InpraNapolis
Indiana
John Adams
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson County
Adams County
Patrick Henry
Jefferson
Henry County
Henry Clay
Benton
Clay
Washington
Franklin
Monroe County
Marion
Randolph
Jasper
Wayne
Harrison
Gen
Scott
Camela
Thomas A. Hendricks
Cass
Jackson
Hamilton
Joseph Clevenger
Rushville
OUR FIRST RAILWAY A Curious Early American Locomotive
A detailed reminiscence of 1831 New Harmony experiments by Mark Penrose and William Bennett. The small steam locomotive, car and movable track drew crowds as they toured parts of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and beyond. Bennett paid 3200, transported the engine, and the duo sold it after a long western journey ending in New Orleans. Washington items follow on reform trusts and a wordplay on Lincoln Hamlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Magazine
United States
New Harmony
Mark Penrose
Wm. P. Bennett
Penrose
Bennett
America
Robert Owen
Ind
Kentucky
Louisville
Hennett
Vanderbilt
Gould
Penrose and Bennett
Stephenson
New Orleans
Mark Penroze
Society of Friends
Sterling
Vincennes
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Richmond
Dayton
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Cairo
St. Louis
Mississippi
Mexico
Blaine May Seek Nomination Again Despite Opposition
Washington reports that J G Blaine will pursue a presidential bid despite saying he would not run again. A Blaine mob and convention turmoil are predicted as his supporters push to secure the nomination while opponents wake to an unsettled political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. McCullough
Princeton
Menzies
Hovey
United Democracy
Niblack
McCullough
Cant. Myers
Washington, D. C
B. F. Jones
Republican National Committee
J. G. Blaine
Maine
Slippery Jim
Blaine
Europe
San Francisco
Democratic Campaign Officials Picked For 1888
Washington notes detail the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee selection for 1888 and a confident plan to expand the party’s House majority. It cites Shively of Indiana and Tillman of South Carolina mocking overcoats as northern luxuries, plus Virginia’s Riddleberger stirring Republican ire. An international women’s rights conference is slated for March in the capital to observe the suffrage movement’s 40th anniversary. Blaine supporters reportedly dominate Senate and House ranks amid Blaine’s decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Shively
Indiana
Tillman
South Carolina
Hannibal Hamlin
Riddleberger
Virginia
Senate
Congress
Blaine
Over the River and Local Notes Across Illinois
Vermillion county farmer James Puzey at 90 lives simply in a sacred chatty style and rides horse. Greene county’s Vine Hicks, 100, recalls war of 1812 service and a tobacco habit. Rankin family band from Logan county features seven sons and a daughter with Prof. Robert Walter’s circle. Salvation Army members arrested in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Puzey
F. Rankin
Logan County
Rankin
Goodman
Decatur
Robert Walter
Walter
Germany
Hig Old Home
Salvation Army
Springfield
Chicago
Libby
Elizabeth Hendrickson
DuQuoin
Methodist Church
Lawrenceville
Fairfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
John A. Wilhelm
Queensware, Glassware, &c
Ma“Corner
Indiana News
G. A. Arthur
Crawfordsville
Reform School
Purdue University At
U.S. Agriculture Experiment Station
J. H W. Smart
Smart
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago
Todianapolia
Railway Weather Service
the Insane Asylum
Insane Asylum
Marion County
Blackford
Whitley
Big Letter
G.o. P
Post Office Management
Switzer
Ohio
Charles Bruce
Seymour
Greencastle
Huntingburg Mining, Gas and Waterworks Co
Jason B. Brown
Muncie
Standard Oil Co
Madison County
Old
Tippecanoe Club
James Hugbard
Clay County
Clay City
Logansport
John Garris
Cyrus McMullen
Wabash County
W.G. Sayre
Universal Pension Advocates
Ripley
New Albany
Petersburg
Pike County
Nora Loyd
Knox County
Wm. H. Durham
First National Bank
Shelbyville
Oakland City
Brazil
Crawford County
Jeffersonville
Geo. Chrisman
Goshen
John Walker
Harrison County
Gibson County
Lichtenberger & 600
Main Street
CGC
Siuuater
Province
Jacob Breith
New Harmony, Indiana
Eugene S. Thrall
Horace P. Owen
NEW Harmony Banking Camp
Eugene
Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Date Owen
William P. Edson
Mt. Vernon
Fourth Street
Main
Courthouse
P. A. Sexton
Hiatt Block
Church Street
Tod
Franklin HH. Hough
U.S
C.C.C
J. C. Mendenhall & CO
Evansville
Thrall & Mumford
Folz
Monitor
J.T. Eagle
New Narmony
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Ford & Walz
West Main Street
Licht
Fred.walz
Tenberger's Store
Gar Callin
Arctic
Albert 8.Newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Albert
Newsom
Charles H. Roberts
Ter
Rubber Trust
Washington, D.C
Washington Criic
Lincoln
Hamlin
Abra-Hamlen-Coln
The
Sunday Herald
Michigan
Detroit
Mica
White County
Banairstown
Inn
James Rudolph
Half Moon Pond
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