Oat blade marked with letter B stirs Indiana fields
Indiana's Weekly Record notes farmers near Fort Wayne found oats with a raised B on each blade, sparking superstition of disasters. Other items report a miner’s wife reclaiming a campaign banner, a French coin unearthed near Marenco, and various local oddities from towns such as Roxomo and Lafayette.
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Fort Wayne, Inc
Geo. Weaver
Avilla
Braz, Inc
Harrison and Morton
Marenco, Inn
George
Alex Ritchie
Here
Franco
Roxomo, Inc
Josephus Shaffer
South
Tennessee
Shaffer
Delphi
Wabash
Columbus, Inc
James Beaty
Charles Mattox
Mt. Olive Church
Brown County
Mattox
Beaty
Rockville
Lafayette
Inv
Geo. Schultz
Ile
Roxomo
Russiaville
Hartrorp City, Inc
the Lakes
Montpelier
Nathan Lewis
Ricamono, Inc
George Bates
Princeton
Gibson County
Corypon, Inc
Ethel Wright
Indiana Republicans Reorganize Amidmuted Tensions
Indianapolis July 22 The Republican State committee met to reorganize amid resignations and factional rivalries. L T Michener succeeded Huston as chairman with Frank Milliken as secretary. Speculation swirls around Michener and Hovey seeking Voorhees seat or governorship. Col Frank Posey absent amid Cantelton dispute. Indiana Legion militia drills begin as soldiers’ monument cornerstone set for August 22.
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Indianapolis, Inc
Republican State Committee
Huston
L. T. Michener
Michenor
State Committee
Frank Milliken
Ileary County
Hovey
Voorhees
Senate
Havey
Michener
William Henry Harrison Smith
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Indiana
Jayhanker
Clay County
Indiana Legion
Remarkable carrier pigeon flight reports across Illinois
A Rock Island carrier pigeon flew 20 miles in 20 minutes to the scrgus office to relay the Sullivan Kilrain fight result, then later covered 105 miles from Chicago to Cable in four hours. Grayville residents chased rumors of Sullivan passing through, causing crowds at the depot. The item also notes regional notes on oil exploration failures near Danville, tax and salary disputes in Grayville, and various local civic details including a new city marshal and a larger wheat yield in Wabash county.
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Delaware
Madison
Blackford
Grant
Tipton
Hamilton
Howard, Hancock
Clinton
Jay
Miami
Rush
Marion
Alexandria
Madison County
J. D. Chenowith
Lafayette
Ben Harmon
Cley County
Florence Bear
Florence
Ben
Boonville
Rogersville
Henry County
Washington
Jeffersonville
Alex Kendall
Wabash County
Fort Wayne
Y.M.C. A
Crawfordsville
Thomas B. Wilson
Knox County
Franklin
Allay
Vincennes
Board of Equalization
Anderson
Muncie
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
St. Mary’s Institute
New Albany
Indiana
Clay County
Bartholomew County
Bluffton
Princeton
Valparaiso
Corydon
Montgomery County
Pike County
Orange County
Connersville
Columbus
Laporte
Greensburg
Rock Island
Cable
Scrgus
Chicago
Danville
Illinois
F.M. A
Grayville
Lawrence County
Wabash River
Dan H. Graban & Co
Carmi
Mt. Carmel
John A. Finnell
Flora
River Tug Remains High Flooding Bar Channel
River Tug stays well above the bars with about ten feet of depth in the channel while farmers report unusually severe difficulties with the wheat crop.
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Tug River
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