Curious Local Drift and Odd News from Indiana Illinois
A cornucopia of small-town items reports a boyish alligator discovery after a circus in Princeton, a high school principal exam rule, salmon-like fish tales near Carmi, vigilante clock mischief in Sumner, farm mishaps, and local political shifts. Reports of fires, accidents, arrests, and community happenings fill the page from various Illinois and Indiana towns with dated notes, prices, and civic details.
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Princeton
Washington Special Summary of Capital Week and Political Buzz
Washington Special reports the week in review from the capital. It covers Colorado politics and a Hill Teller clash, a Soldiers' Reunion set for midmonth, Gresham’s Indians appointment and Harrison’s influence, Senor Romero's European travel, Willard's Hotel summer closure, a planned new opera house, Senator Sill's counterproof against Teller, and upcoming statues for Statuary Hall including Garfield’s.
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Washinarton
D. C
Colorado
Tast
Washington
Hill
Teller
Army of the Potomac
Harrison
W. S. Weeds
Benny
U.S
Gresham
Ben Harrison
Mahone
Virginia
Senor Romero
Europe
State Department
Willard
Connecticut Avenue
Senator Sill
Statuary Hall
Hell of Representatives
Ohio
Garfield
Hatton
New York Tribune
Whitelaw Reid
The
Tribune
Reid
Jacob
New York
Whitelaw
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Co. Ww. Slater
Henry Hunsdon
Illinois
Indiana
New Harmony
Notary Public
Duclos CO
Ind
Jon ¢F
Thrall
Mumford
Family Supplies
Jarixe
Messrs. Thrall & Mumford
Main
Church Streets
F. Owen
Hi. P. Owen
E. F. Owen & Co
New Haenom
Henry Brown
Ding Clothier
Lea
Viets
Peter Weber
Mar Peter Weber
Cook & Rice
Evansville
Epee
Main Street
Jacob Breith
Hovey & Menzies
Attorneys - At - Law
United States
Supreme Court of the State
Posey
Vanderburgh Counties
Court House
Sepsy Mount Vernon, Ind
Talso
John Walz
U. S. Patent Office
A. Snow & CO
Washington, D.C
Maclure
Ellen Taylor
Fred. Herberhold
East Main St
Fred
Herberhold
Gibson Co
White Co
Ill
Gibson County
White County
Carmi
Fox Island
Fox River
Mill Shoals
Wabash
the Times
Hanmere
New Haven
Samuel Grim
Jackson Township
Howard County
Grim
Christopher Corey
Lagrange County
Jeremiah Lewis
Utica
Clark County
Henry Sawyer
Bt. Carmel
Chas
Rhodes
A. B. Tinsley
Muncie
Poens
Tinsley
Sumner
Mr. Simpson
al Dougherty
Connersville
Jacob Warneford
Lawrenceburg
Kentucky
Bert
Fred Shigley
Elkhart
Seymour
Lycurgus Beeson
Connereville
Richmond
Rose Polytechnic Institution
Terre Route
Imperial Institute of Technology
St. Petersburg
Russia
Albion Journal
Shelbyville
Patrick Hanrahan
Leck & Kaufman
Terre Haute
Heenan Negly
Millersville
Mayor Seawright
Vincennes
Petersburg
Vanderburg County
Hanover College
Martinsville
Brown County
Woods
Indiana Supreme Court
Lafayette
Ft. Wayne
Randall
Steuben County
du Quoin
Louisville
New Albany
Chicago
R.R
Citizens
Perry County
Flora
T. H
Edward Fordhirom Flower
Albion
London
Wabash County
Anthony Hanrahan
Delphi
South Bend
Fountain County
Rock Island
Union County
Greensburg
Olney
Rockport
Boonville
Union City
Orange County
Mt. Vernon
Carlyle, Ill
Greenfield
Huntington
Boyleston
Wayne County
Lld
Owensville
Anderson
Henderson
Lawrence County
Covington
Aurore
Jeffersonville
Brazil
NEW York Notes
Gotham
N. Y
Paris
Our City
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Y3th
Great Bridge
Queen Victoria
Hibernians
A.M. Palmer
Union Square Theater
Booth
Edwin Booth
John Zimmermann
Ately
Washington Special
Register
National Capital
Senate
Congress
Griffin’s Station
Bethel
Griveth, Inc
Christian Church
W. T. Brydon
Ida Cox
James Price
Grifin
Edwards County
Richard Enten
Mt. Erie
Citisens
Hiram Miles
Joseph Mattingly
Cincinnati
Horatresk
Ab. Doren
Bryden
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