Indiana State News Weekly Digest Report
Indiana weekly digest reports crop totals and farm outputs including potatoes tobacco and hay. It notes bridge painting incident in New Albany with a rescuer, rising natural gas activity in Portland, and population trends. Local items include storms at Attica, Evansville school gains, grasshopper swarms in Adams county, and Lafayette electric lights.
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Howard County
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Ft. Wayne
Lafayette
Martinaville
Michigan Politics Predict Democratic Turnover in State
Derkerr Michigan May 17 reports telegraphed claims of Republican strength failing in Michigan with Democrats set to gain the governor and legislature next year. Blaine’s 8,300 majority in a prior year contrasts with Democrats winning seven of eleven Congress seats. Hendricks monument funds in Hendricks, Indiana are being called in with enough to erect a notable monument per Indianapolis Judge Holman.
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Love for the Soldiers in Bath Vote Row
New York Republicans bar veterans at Bath soldiers home from voting, arguing inmates are paupers. A legal suit for damages prompts discussion as Democrats push bills granting voting rights. both chambers defeated the measures. The episode exposes alleged political use of war sentiment and pension issues.
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Republican Party
Ants ruin house and granary at Mount Palatine farm
Prof Forbes, state entomologist, traced white ant damage at John Wilson’s Mount Palatine property. The pests hollowed roof beams, sills, and granary boards, forcing potential demolition. He advised destroying affected wood and saturating rest with gasoline.
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Putnam County
John Wilson
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Washington Letter on Congressional Outlook and Appointments
The nation’s capital reports waning opposition to the president’s nominees as defections in the Senate reduce obstruction. Predictions place Democratic gains in several states, with talk of adjournment by late June. Patents granted to Indiana citizens are listed amid sparse Albany and Chicago notes.
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Washington, D. C
Edmunds
Mahone
Logan
Senate
Carlisle
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Indiana
New Harmony Register
C. A. Snow & Co
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H. BE. Lambert
Logansport
R. H. Branch
Martinsville
W. Hensley
Lawrence
Reaper
J. O. Greeson
Alto
J. W. Hoke
Union City
F. Cross
Washington
T. F. Vandegrift
Noah
B. C. Alvord
Goshen
Churn
L. F. DeVoe
Huntington
B. E. Addis
Patriot
A. R. Glover
Clayton
Watergate
F. Michaels
Fort Wayne
Fox
Bluffton
Pottery Industry Across the United States and Widening Scale
Report shows about 275 kilns in operation with $8 million in capital and $4 million in annual wages. American pottery output exceeds $8 million yearly, while two thirds of capital is tied up in plant and machinery.
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Wasarineton
D.C
Fire destroys Tax Worlds mansion near cemetery
A mansion near the cemetery was totally destroyed by fire early Sunday. The blaze, believed incendiary, left the unoccupied house without insurance and losses estimated from 50 cents to 1 dollar. Nearby, the Sons of Veterans organized at the G A R room and the steamer Emma Cooper visited town. Walter Dunn and Joe Myers of Mt Vernon were in town last Sunday. The Oregon Mill second story framing rises this week and Mann Del Vecchio mill work continues slowly. Tas Anglers fished on Black River, guests aboard, as river level still rose about a quarter inch per hour.
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Tax Worlds
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Mt. Vernon
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