Indiana's Weekly Record highlights Prof James May death
The Indiana weekly digest notes the passing of Prof James G May at 84. He was the state’s oldest teacher, taught since 1828 across New Albany Frederickburg Corydon Salem Kossuth and Campbellsburg, and educated 12,000 days of students. Noted for voice and penmanship, he mentored figures like Judge Gresham and Senator Newton Booth. buried by the Masonic lodge.
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Hovey Opposed Ring Sparks Indiana Reform Clash
A sharp Indianapolis dispatch accuses Gov. Hovey and Republican bosses of plans to seize control of state asylums and benevolent institutions. The piece lauds Democratic reform efforts, lists enacted laws from the session, and notes political shifts, resignations, and future campaigns amid a heated battle over education and law enforcement.
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Illinois Items: Medical woes to industry and odd notes
A roundup from Illinois towns reports Mrs. Schatz's arm infection turning critical after a cat scratch, Gravesville city salaries rising about 50 percent, and a $25 attorney’s pay cut. Olney plans a gas-well blast, 2300 feet deep, while 3700 patients are in Illinois insane asylums with 1200 new cases last year. County records show 1000+ unrecorded deeds for unpaid fees. The Nashville creamery handled over 1.56 million pounds of milk and 69,987 pounds of butter. G. A. I. in Illinois grows to 31,065 members in 560 lodges. Other notes include a Fairfield man saved from sardine poisoning, a tramp killed by a train with 12 shirts and 6 pants, 86 indictments by Gallatin grand jury, a Golconda man’s goose, Sandoval woman baking 800 pies, Rushville poultry payments of 14,000 to Schuyler farmers, and plans for a shoe factory in Centralia. The 83-foot coal vein at Coulterville, Alaska garnets on exhibit in Grayville, and measles surges in Fairfield. The Chicago auditorium adds a large banquet hall, Perry county farmers combat chinch-bugs, Mattoon to host a 10-ton daily ice factory, and a false White-Cap scare at Carmi.
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