War relic letter found by Indiana veteran in South Carolina
In Martinsville Indiana on February 28 1865 reports describe G W Haines of Company F 25th Indiana Volunteers recovering a Civil War era love letter from a young lady to her Confederate-lover. The piece ends with original rhymes about hardship and parting.
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Martinsville, Inc
South Edisto River
South Carolina
G. W. Haines
Co. F
Indiana Volunteers
Shelby County
Anderson
Floyd County
New Albany
Terre Haute
M. O. Nisely
Tippecanoe County
Unusual Find in Cow Stomach Stuns Seymour
Seymour Inc reports James W Henrg killed a fat cow and found a silver half dollar sun bones needles pins and nails in its stomach. Sears Inv notes Mrs Ollie Lowles of Sears was injured by falling plaster severely marring her nose and face while in bed.
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Sears
Inv
Ollie Lowles
Evansville secret club uses black marks to blacklist men
A group of young women in Evansville ran a secret club to monitor local men. Members issue black marks for misbehavior, and after a constitutional number, the unlucky man is blacklisted and shunned. A recent row over a sweetheart sparked talk of punishment and duty prevailed? The piece notes the row and the club’s authority, ending with more local anecdotes.
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Evansville
QO. M.C
Wager Ends with Broken Arm in Tree Jump
An early Illinois note recalls Sherman Bush betting 50 cents he could climb a 40 foot tree and jump free as it fell. When fear hit, he refused a compromise and toppled with the tree, breaking his arm and sustaining bruises.
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Running Lake
Sherman Bush
Davis
Bush
Bavns
Panola
Geo. Long
Centralia
Salem
Mary Borden
Sweet 45
Henry Gauch
St. Clair County
Renard
Wayne County
Oglesby
Logan County
Lebanon Council
Galena
Mt. Carmel
P.lodge
Carmi
End of an era as Congress faces March 4 turnover
Washington dispatch reports a packed retirement for many lawmakers with 12 senators and 175 representatives leaving office. It notes record Congress activity, heavy deaths, and notable battles over ship subsidies, a Nicaragua canal, and war taxes, with Indiana and other states receiving refunds as debt rises by nearly 3 million this month.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hovey
John D. Miller
Greensburg
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Board of Agriculture
Congress
Shelby County
Loveland
Hvansville
Terre Haute
Supreme
Elliott
Indiana
Michigan City
Jeffersonville
Washington, D.C
Horrison
Col
Chas. Denby
China
Blair
New Hampshire
Denby
Senator Voorhees
Shively
Harrison and
Reed
Jay Gould
Wilson
Hearst Cal
Hearst
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