Lavish Expenditures In the Senate Exposed in Indiana
Editor combs through the Indiana special session budget revealing bloated payrolls and misused funds. Senate clerks doorkeepers pages and extra services push costs above $91,571 for forty days. Calls for fewer employes, stricter oversight, and economy to curb state waste.
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Senate
Hendricks, Hord & Hendricks
Major Gordon
John Brownlee
Newcomb
Mitchell & Ketcham
James Kimball
Greenawalt
Poseyville items mix news, people, and town notes
Poseyville notes report W C Montgomery’s marriage to Mary Eliza Jaquess and Jay Smith becoming a Poseyville citizen. Local business updates name J H Freeman as Union Hotel proprietor, Ab Malone praised as a top Posey County blacksmith, and L H Boyle to appoint J B McPahin assessor. Winter weather, smallpox fears, schoolhouse builds, and political commentary about New York constitutional reform also appear.
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Mararep
W. C. Montgomery
Gibson County
Mary Eliza Jaquess
Mason
Randolph's
J. H. Freeman
Union Hotel
Jay Smith
Poseyville
Robert Davis
Evansville
Bob
L. H. Boyle
J. B. McPahin
Ab. Malone
Posey County
The
Republican
Harmony Township
D. McReynolds
Three Graces and Three Disgraces Noted in Washington
W A correspondent calls Miss Nellie Grant Miss Lizzie Porter and Miss Edith Fish the three graces of Washington while Senator Caldwell of Kansas Patterson of South Carolina and the Credit Mobilier are dubbed the three disgraces. A Ceylon jury verdict notes a death by gulping under water and western Kansas reports indicate thousands of buffalo hunters at work.
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Nellie Grant
Lizzie Porter
Edith Fish
Washington
Senator Caldwell
Kansas
Patterson
South Carolina
Credit Mobilier
Indianapolis Journal
Ceylon
Call for Parent Support at Local School in New Harmony
In a plea to parents, Cc. W. Mints urges regular attendance, respect for teachers, and active visitation to boost the New Harmony public school’s last six weeks. He warns absence harms class progress, urges inquiries into regulations, and highlights the need for parental interest to sustain student learning and morale.
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New Harmony Register
New Harmony
Monopoly or public service cited by Indiana railroad line
A letter from M. E. Ingalls to Starter of Indianapolis Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad Office in 1873 defends railroad service as public trust rather than monopoly while reflecting on political events. The piece also quotes various dispatches and jokes about times, weather, and public figures, including Thiers and Beecher, with brief notes on incidents and cultural tidbits.
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Franklin Herald
Johnson and Morgan
Senate Chamber
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Lafayette
M. A. Slater
Cin
Lafayette R. R
Indiana
Senate
M. E. Ingalls
M. R. Starter
Springfield
Ill
Robb Township
Posey County
Thomas Wilhite
Wm. Barnett
Wm. Johnson
Said Wilhite
John Kilbinger
J.P
Common Pleas
Circuit Courts
Nicholas Shepard
Jesse Hayes
William Hayes
James Ketliner
William J. Dallom
Clark Farris
Mt. Vernon
Alex. Crank
John Christa
Ind
Shadrack Downs
Jonathan Oglesby
WM. Williams
J. P
Common Pleas Court
William A Jaquess
Adam Lichtenberger
James B. Cuyler
Caroline Lichtenberger
Edward Homer
Court House
Mount Vernon
Renal Estate
Mount Vernon and
South Road
Main Street
New Harmony
John Beal
Beal
Eaid
Alex, Crank
George Hutchison
WM. Nelson
H. Priceann
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Ane
Indianapolis News
House
Representatives
National Beacon
Sentinel
Volksblatt
Telegraph and Journal
Journal
Telegraph
Capitol
Ryan
Carroll County
Blind Asylum and Land Office
Supreme Court
Itema
Times
New York
Cc. W. Mints
Thiers Stills
New England
Lansing
Michigan
Steadman
Central Pacific Railroad
Topeka
Washington Star
General Meyer
Weather Bureau
Henry Ward Beecher
California
Connecticut
George Homer
Gprs Sale
Quaeriff
Ee C.C. Warren
Th JR
Cones Armo
Nicneville
TMORE
Chosen
de? Thrall & Mumford
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