Indiana State News Gleanings From Counties May 7 11
Florence Stewart battles to keep her state health clerk job as court rules appointing power does not guarantee discharge. Democratic gains sweep Indiana towns in May elections. Rowley Bobo faces court penalties for assault drunkenness as youngsters riot after a city primary. Boswells patent fodder and silo harvester described with McCormick Reaper Works interest. Broad Ripple gas strike hints at gold in drill borings. Wheat crop survey reports mix of good to poor across counties. Vincennes reports a mysterious widespread illness among children with no name yet identified.
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Indianapolis
Florence Stewart
State Board of Health Office
Mies Stewart
Decatur
Rowley Bobo
Bobo
Adams County
Rowley
Seasion
Whale
Joseph
George Boswell
Joseph Boswell
McCormick Reaper Works
Chicago
Novel disease and public notices emerge in Indiana report
Feverish symptoms with red spots and scaling appear, not measles, as cases arise following recent recoveries. Gov Gray receives a petition seeking a pension for a father of eight, amid state health plans to curb cholera and sanitary tours. Many local updates follow: railways sold, gas wells expanding, chalk beds found, school builds planned, and votes tallied in multiple towns.
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Indianapolis
Gray
Manam Hitt, Inc
Ind
Adam Hollender
Thunderbolt Strike Scatters Debris but Hurts None in Illinois
An electrical bolt struck a Fairfield area home tearing chimney bricks from the roof and scattering debris, yet all occupants, including Mollie Powless and David Miller, escaped injury. The bolt traveled the stove and floor, moved plaster, and halted a clock. Other notes include geologic observations in Springfield Journal stones, local government wage concessions, a wolf den breakup in Richland County, saloon politics in Efingham, and rising saloon licenses in Grayville.
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Fairfield
Mollie Powless
Mr. Miller
Miss Powless
The
Springfield Journal
Sangamon County
Flora
Richland
Efingham
Vernon
Chicago
White County
Grayville
Mattoon
Mt. Carmel
Garfield Statue and 1888 Political Outlook Washington
The Garfield statue costing 65000 stands near capitol hill with inscription debates. Political chatter centers on Cleveland’s likely renomination and potential vice presidential picks including Carlisle Black Sparks Palmer Gray Voorhees Davis and others. Senator McPherson predicts Cleveland’s re election and notes shifting party loyalties and working class influence.
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Cleveland
Carlisle
Gen. Black
Gen. Sparks
Gen. Palmer
Illinois
Gray
Voorhees
Indiana
W.T. Coleman
California
Vilay
John Davis
Rhode Island
Gas dangers prompt calls for strict laws across states
John Falstaff Ratcliffe of Portsmouth urges Ohio Indiana and Kentucky to curb natural gas drilling warning of catastrophic explosions. He cites a Chinese historical disaster and predicts Lake Erie region upheaval, urging Governor Foraker and President Cleveland to convene extra sessions to enact restraints.
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Cincinnati
John Falstaff Ratcliffe
Portsmouth
The
Commercial Gazette
Ohio
Indiana
China
Lake Foo Chang
Karg
Findlay
Toledo
Kentucky
Lake Erie
Mississippi
Foraker
Cleveland
Congress
Odds and Ends Notes From Across the Nation
A string of brief items reports geese attacking a high flying kite over Waterbury. a Maryland farmer loses spectacles while barrelling potatoes for seed. Daniel B. Anderson travels from Rochester to Des Moines on foot. political skirmishes, disasters, and curiosities fill the column from Boston to Florida. Turmoil in California and Mexico, new laws, and notable prices color the year as various figures and events are noted.
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Goldsborough
Baltimore
Daniel B. Anderson
Rochester
N. H
Boston
Des Moines
J. Madison Wells
Bucks County
Philadelphia
America
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Henry Sandlebin
John Geiss
Nash Frank
Henry Brown
Sandlebin & Geiss
Andrew Hofreiter
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Decléy Albert
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