Indiana's Week in Review From New Harmony Register
Indiana's Weekly Record surveys politics, policy, and local incidents. It notes Congressman Bynum predicting no tariff reform soon and hints at splits in Harrison's Republican camp over inauguration imagery and patronage battles. The piece covers ministerial protests, Robertson's status, and a wide array of Indiana happenings from Valparaiso to Vincennes, with crimes, leases, gas finds, and local curiosities.
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New Harmony Register
Indianapolis
Bynum
Harrison
Dudley
U.S. Senate
Indianapolis Journal
Bro
Ben
Harrison Ur
Harrison and Morton
Robertson
Senate
Gov
Chase
Items of Interest From All Parts of Illinois
A survey of happenings across Illinois notes aLebanon clergyman received a ten dollar gold piece by mistake for a twenty two dollar coin and change was demanded that night. The Cairo bridge foundation nears completion with rapid masonry progress and fall completion likely. James Tooly father and son fattened 15 hogs apiece, both weighing exactly 3 895 pounds. Metropolis gains an iron horse ending its railroad delay. Thomas Wood reports twenty horses and colts lost since 1876 between Albion and Crayville. The Marshall Messenger editor died after years without drinking water. William Clevinger of Wayne county drew 14 years for poisoning his grandmother. A farmer and wife jailed for counterfeiting near Decatur. Chicago endured 1857 fires last year causing 1 855 402 dollars in losses. Convicts at Chester pen cost 40 cents daily per person. There are 275 000 farm mortgages on Illinois properties. Gallatin county pecan gatherers achieved high daily earnings last fall. Shawneetown jail rumored to be haunted. Centralia organizes a board of trade. A Carini man patents a foot warmer. Chicago employs 1 255 policemen.
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James Tooleys
Clay County
Metropolis
Thomas Wood
Albion
Crayville
Marshall Messenger
Wm. Clevinger
Wayne County
Decatur
Chicago
Chester Pen
Ilinois
Gallatin County
Shawneetown
Centralia
Board of Trade
Mixed 19th century items span meals to politics and travel
A collage of brief notes recounts Romulus Lawson's frugal meal in Alleryville North Carolina a suffrage stance by Alabama's Woman's Christian Temperance Union a post mortem reveal in Sioux City a boy reveals marble fragments in his stomach and miner pay disputes in Scranton. It also notes a tiny vessel La Libertad returning from Rio Janeiro to Norfolk a Kentucky farmer's death from blood poisoning a Pottstown nailer layoff tied to wage cuts and a hint about W. Virginia name change chatter.
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Romulus Lawson
Alleryville
N. C
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Alabama
Johnny Martin
Sioux City
Scranton
Wichita
Kay
Abolish the Electoral College Say Critics in 1892
A Washington dispatch protests the electoral system highlighting bribery and state power imbalances. It notes that voters in certain states influence outcomes far more than others and argues for abolition in favor of honest equality. Special report aside details Supreme Court Bible usage.
Defeated Republicans Push Seat Contest in Memphis
In Memphis district, Eaton seeks seating over Jim Phelan after a declared 8,000 vote margin. Across symbols, territorial changes rename Dakota, Montezuma, and other states while crop estimates claim 2.0 billion bushels of corn and about 600 million of wheat.
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New Harmony Register
Washington
Memphis, Tenn
Eaton
Jim Phelan
Phelan
Public debt figures amid Cleveland administration
Washington notes the public debt stands at 1,148,489,853 07 with a reduction of about 450,000,000 during President Cleveland's administration.
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New Harmony Register
Washington
Cleveland
Rare Stixxett Escapes Bank Crash Near Juno
A vehicle driven by Stixxett crashed near Juno but he and the horse escaped serious injury though the cart was wrecked. A scout boy named Hobson was jailed last Wednesday night for recklessly shooting rockets on Main Street. Rev. Sawkins of Kentucky preached at the Methodist church last Sunday. Miss Anne Owen visited Evansville this week. James Kinroy of Poseyville was in town last Wednesday. Caas Ford was in Evansville this week.
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Stixxett
Juno 1
Horee
Hobson
Main Street
Rev. Sawkins
Kentucky
Methodiet Church
James Kinroy
Poseyville
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New Harmony
Indiana
John A. Wilhelm
Queensware, Glassware, &c
Armour
Aorner Grocery
Fore
Ford & E
Penne
William Richards
Arctic
Albert S .Newsom
Newsom
Geo. A. Romer
Broadway
New Street
New York City
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Sman
Yman
Congresaman Bynum
25Th Ward
Republican Party
Cus
America
Tnodians Normal
Valparaiso
H. B. Brown
Bnt
Brown
Porter County
Wabash County
Hd Puller
Vincennes
J.S. Prinmer
James Penson
Harrison County
Benson
Primmer
al Thornburg
Muncie
Ingband
Thornburg
Ohio
Syd.Schrawder
Mrs. Bender
St. Joseph County
Mr. Schrawder
Carpenter
Decatur- Shelby
Miles Jobson
Princeton
Crawfordsville
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Carl Strekleman
Columbus
Lons
Africa
Ile
Ike
Lafayette
Anderson
Union Mills
Laporte
J. W. Lovett
Tom Hayes
Missouri
Priscilla Patram
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Metropolitan
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France
Seymour
Evansville
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Conway
Hagarstown
Elkhart County
State Supreme Court
Madison
Diptheria
Boston
Lagrange County
Illinois
Lebanon
Cairo
Russia
West Virginia
Washnutos
D. C
Potomac
la Libertad
Slocum
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Bahia
Pernambuco
Norfolk
Tropics
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F. Ky
Dee
Murray Wilkerson
Pleasure Ridge Park
Pottstown
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Mary Boren
Owensville
Pau Howano
T. W. Thamson
Mt. Vernon
Anne Owen
Caas
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