Indiana State fairground to pay back taxes this year
Inpianarolls Indiana reports the state fairground will owe back taxes after the state discovered it does not own the property. The article also notes a July 27 Democratic city convention and a looming October election attracting Republican attention nationwide. It mentions Indiana negroes leaning toward Judge Gresham and describes a 82 by 48 foot capitol dome flag made of waterproof bunting. A Cincinnati man Joseph Freibur handled rattlesnakes near Taswell, including a terrier bitten, then displayed his snake-charming feats with a barrel and bare hands.
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Enauisu, Inc
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Taswell
Sam Benz
Benz
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Indignation in Point township over Townsend killings
Mr. Vernon Inc reports a large Floyd's Grove meeting condemning bail release of the Townsend brothers who killed Mitchell near Hovey Lake. A Law and Order Society is formed, led by prominent citizens, with evidence alleging cold-blooded murder and calls for justice. Birpseve Inc notes four boys found bank notes hidden in a ragged coat, totaling $1,711 after examining patches.
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Hovey Lake
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Ed Bowles
Tom Graves
Will Nash
Tom Palin
Miscellany of Indiana Local News and Oddities
A collage of short items spans accidents, oddities, politics, and local lore across Indiana. A Mt. Vernon wagon accident yields 20 damage. a Laporte furniture tale survives since 1740. marriages, political clashes, and tax discoveries surface from Crawfordsville to New Albany. Notable bits include a blackwooded table once used by George Washington, a controversial Indy council member shot, and large unassessed property finds.
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Wesley Brown
Carroll County
Minnie Russell
Terre Haute
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Delphi
Henry Sweetland
Indianapolis
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Standard Oil Co
Lake County
Republican
Harry Rose
Evansville
Crawfordsville
John Starr
Fort Wayne
Marshall County
Noble County
New Albany
Tolleston
Chicago
Indiana News Bits Spanning Marriages to Machinery
A Bluffton marriage incentive spree includes free license hats flour shoes and more. Reports from Goshen to Martinsville cover train wrecks frail legends cow milk output and a wide array of local feats from quarries to mills. Evidence of prosperity appears in factory work in Tipton cannery and Indiana quarries while oddities like a 24yearold Jersey cow and a 120yearclock intrigue readers.
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Goshen
Claude Shelley
New Castle
Gus Milner
Sam Russell
Crawfordsville
Tipton Cannery
H. Goodman
Muncie
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Ogies
Martinsville
Dan Harter
Miami County
Mt. Vernon
Lee Mineer
Petersburg
Indiana
J.J. Britain
Noblesville
Indiana University Grants Largest Class in History
The State University graduates sixty-eight students in diverse fields including Greek, history, economics, pedagogy, and science. An Indiana enrollment of 394 with 33 non Indians, faculty changes, and Prof. Coulter as new president accompany a national shift in academic talent and rising university prosperity.
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Japan
Indiana
Marion County
Wayne
Carroll
Posey County
Bloomington
Monroe
Chicago University
Stanford University
Indiana University
Coulter
Telegraphic Sparks of Political and Economic Alignments
The report notes Pittsburgh millionaires pledging 250000 to back McKinley in Ohio for governor, Youngstown mills closing with workers facing tariff hardship, Iowa likely district electors if Democrats win legislature, Pennsylvania iron mills shutting down, Michigan congressional map shows 5 GOP 4 Dem 8 uncertain, a train reached Bike's Peak top at 5 25 last Tuesday, three congressmen died since last fall’s election, Iowa Republicans nominate H Wheeler for governor, national debt rose 5 million dollars last month, Russia population 110 million, and Russian wheat failing.
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McKinley
Ohio
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Iowa
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Russia
Administrator's Sale of Estate Property at New Harmony
The administrator of Washington G. Stilwell's estate will sell personal property at the decedent’s home three and a half miles northeast of New Harmony on the New Harmony and Stewartsville road. Items include a grey horse one third interest in meadow and in wheat a Milch cow chairs wagon harness a hay rake and other articles. Credit of nine months on sums five dollars and up. cash for under five dollars. Property not removed until paid or note given.
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Washington G. Stilwell
New Harmony
Ind
Stewartsville
Posey County Board of Review Set to Meet in Mount Vernon
Posey County Indiana Board of Review will hold a regular session at the Auditor's Office in Mount Vernon on Monday July 6 1891. Purpose to equalize Real and Personal Property assessments correct errors and hear all complaints before the board. Thomas J Johnson Auditor Posey County.
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Board of Review
Posey County
Indiana
Mount Vernon
Thomas J. Johnson
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