Curious Local Drift In Notes From Gibson and White Counties
Curio items from Gibson County Indiana and White County Illinois touch on local baseball clubs, wheat prices, a boy hit by a freight car losing limbs, vivid local anecdotes about schools, crime, and census counts. Other tidbits cover mills burning at Hawthorne, bees hired by a Phillipstown resident, and broad regional weather and agriculture notes.
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Gibson County
Indiana
Princeroy, Inc
Owensville
Williamson
Fort Branch
Gibson
Wabash County
Ill
New Albany
Lafayette
Evanaville
Rockport
Spencer County
Windsor
Robinson
Til
Jasper
Dubois County
Jasper County
Cannelton
Hawthorne
White County
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In Washington July 28, editors weigh the 1880s race as predicted. Democrats hold a lead with about 201 votes needed. Republicans show strength in Illinois Iowa Maine Pennsylvania and more. Nevada and Oregon loom doubtful with money and patronage shaping outcomes. Ohio could swing 1884. Joe McDonald may lead Democrats Arthur may head Republicans with a 41 vote margin.
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Griffin's Station local notes capture social life and events
In Griffin's Station on July 24, residents note daily occurrences. Jim Chaffin and Jim Bryden visited Evansville while 40 New Harmony inhabitants searched for blackberries. Bethel township wheat record set at 898 bushels in 5 hours 10 minutes by Griffin & Miles. News snips include political leanings, a ferry accident near Baltimore drowning 60, and border updates on Chinamen smuggling, New Jersey tobacco laws, and others.
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GruifFin, Inc
Alex Hutcheson
Griffin
Miles
Bethel Township
Dr. Cross
Mt. Vernon
Moses Lame
Lone Stars
Jim DelVecchee
New Harmony
Jim Price
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the Register
Co. V.skater
Tur Register
Henry Hunsdon
Notary Public
Henry Brown
EE. F. Owen
Viets
New Harmony, Ind
H. P. Owen
E. F. Owen & Co
Col
New Harward
Sam
Peter Weber
John Walz
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
U. S. Patent Office
A. Snow & CO
Oppositite Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Fred. Herberhold
East Main St
Ind
Janla
Fred
Herberhold
Thrall & Mumford
Family Supplies
Messrs. Thrall & Mumford
Church Streets
Eugene 8. Thrall
Horace P. Owen
William P. Ford
Hiatt
Church Street
Main and
Brewery
Cook & Rice
Evansville
Gibson Co
White Co
Carmi
Inn
Grayville
Oxford Hill
Phillipstown
Lawrence County
Harrison
Tippecanoe
W. H. Harrison
R. W. Thompson
Terre Haute
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Times
Liberty
Fayette County
le Finder
Crawfordsville
John Livingston
Montgomery County
Peters
Stockwell
Dorf Seeley
Boonville
Johnsonville
Carbondale
Normal University
W.J. Wood
Mt. Carmel
Illinois Penitentiaries
Gretta Holliday
Albion, Carmi & Shawneetown
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Knox County
Petersburg
Martin County
Wayne City
Warrick County
Jefferson County
Huntingburgh
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Alton, Ill
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Fairfield
Chicago
James Vicarys
Stewartsville
Marrs Township
Congress
Carlisle
Vera Cruz
Pensacola
Fla
New York City
Denis Kearney
Wurat
Metropolitan Police
Cedar Keys, Fla
Tax Oyster Industry of
Canada
Ord
U.S. Army
Havana
India
Town
Mexico
Joe McDonald
Arthur
Blooming
Republican
Washingter
Judge Gresham
Indianapolis
United States Treasury
Howell Cobb
Treasury Department
Buchanan
Virginia Republicans
Richmond
Mahone
Blaine
Alabama Republican
N.s.e. O
Hampshire
Carolina
Vane
Griffin's Station
Bethel
Tne
New York Sun
Army and Navy
R. B. Hayes
Fremont, O
Republican Campaign Committee
Baltimore
Teledo
British Columbia
Washington T
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