Indiana Special Account of 1893 Legislature
A detailed Indiana press digest notes the 1893 session as a mixed failure with few good laws, highlights saving reforms on township elections and new taxes, and mentions major political events. It covers presidential reception, Purdue dormitory fights, local curiosities, antique medals, a stray Maltese cat, a giant oak, medical curiosities, and several oddities from Marion, Orange, and surrounding counties. It also reports weather, crime, livestock, and municipal notes from towns like Vincennes, Petersburg, and Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IinceRance, Inc
Senate
House
Washington
Harrison
East State Line
Africa
State-house
Matthews
Fairbanks
Indiana
Indianapolis
Inauguration Draws Largest Crowd in Washmerton
General Capital City items report Cleveland and Stevenson inaugurated amid record turnout with delegates from every state. Senate in special session confirms cabinet. attendance ball raises funds. Discontent noted in Montana GOP. secretary appointments and regional offices discussed. Harrison travels to Indianapolis. Gray named minister to Mexico. Hawaiian annexation treaty withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmerton
D.C
Cleveland
Stevenson
Union
Senate
Martin
Dem
Kansas
Washington
Indiana
Gresham
Josiah Quincy
Massachusetts
Democratic National Committee
Montana
Harrison
Indianapolis
Wasuixotoy
I. P. Gray
Mexico
Expert with a Pocketknife Crafts 5-Foot Cabinet
Cartage Illinois March 5 L C Reeves of Bowen Hancock county a war veteran built a 5 foot high 23 foot wide cabinet from two jackknives over four years using about 2000 pieces of wood from 60 kinds including live oak cactus laurel root and California iron wood. The cabinet shows portraits of John A Logan and Reeves and carvings of tools food and weaponry with a 10 piece wooden padlock and a scene of army life. Experts call it a veritable wonder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartage
Ill
L. C. Reeves
Bowen
Hancock
Co. “I
Grant
Pemberton
Vicksburg
Arizona
Dave van Brant
119Th Illinois
Eastport
Tenn
California
Ft. Cudith
San Francisco
John A. Logan
Sheep plague in Marshall linked to lung worms and turpentine cure
Farmers in Marshall report sheep dying in large numbers from unknown causes. Autopsy reveals lung worms and distended gall bladder with clear fluid. Turpentine administration provided relief, solving the mystery for sheep owners. Additional notes include editor Carl Brandt’s will, a girl with artificial arms educated by a home society, and local curiosities such as corn-cob hands, a female locomotive engineer, and various Illinois wartime and World’s Fair items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Carl Brandt
Belleville Zeitung
Germany
Brandt
Katie Smith
Chicago
Fulton County
Ida Hewitt
Cairo
W. Va
Ilinois
David Amos
Jerseyville
Benjamin Churchill
Alexis
E. C. Bradley
Batavia
Pierce Dyer
Belvidere
Nathan Whiting
Franklin
Illinois
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L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
WM. Franzmann
U. S. Patent Office
C.a.snow &Co
Patent Office
Washington, D.C
Jacob Breith
Breith’s
New Harmony, Indiana
Sacker
England
America
W. H. Hooker & CO
Brodway
New York
Henry Brown
Peter Weber
Merchant Tailor
New Harmony
Ind
Peter Wheber
J. D. Owen & Co
J. A. Wilhelm
H. C. Husband
Owen Block
Oliver and
Scientific American Agency For
Scientific American
Munn & Cos Pontioners
Broadway
New York City
Ralph T. Boren, Lawrence A. Warner
Oczy Boren & Varner
Dr. von Peters
von Peters
Hall
William Green
City Exchange
Fred.w.walz
Leger
Fred. W. Walz
M.E. Church
Mayl
Joshua Wade
PROM
Lafayette
Purdue University
James M. Hardman
Orange County
Ferdinand Medica
Duke of Tuscany I
T. C. Barnes
Logansport
Harriman
Tenu
John Johnston
Marion County
Frank Newham
Brookville
J. E. Campbell
Gosport
Tippecanoe
Wm. Henry Harrison
Daviess County
Jack Owens
Terre Haute
Wabash
Columbus
Vincennes
Petersburg
James Culver
Morgan County
Franklin County
Fort Wayne
Oakland City
Evaneville
Eugene
Thrall
Posey Circuit Court
Mt. Vernon
Mary Thrall
G. V. Menzies
Mount Vernon
George H. Wilson
Acker
Sonia Gaariliik
Ieee
Ville
Margaret J. Holloman
John F. Vauway
G. V. Mensies
Sxa
A. D. Smith
St. Paul
Portland
Tulinoig Itema
Solomon Weiser
Hancock County
U. S
New Memphis
Clinton County
Sarah Dabney
Barry
Carmi
Aurora
Illinois Central
Futton County
W.H. Kingery
Jackson County
Springfield
Illinose Steel Co
Carnegie, Co
Macon
Iowa
Detroit
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