Indian State News Briefs From Indiana Towns May 20 23
Reports from Indiana cities detail a dynamite accident near here injuring Martin Bout with severe injuries. A May 21 item notes Mrs Gates found with 5000 dollars sewn in her skirt. May 24 reports mineral paint beds near Ferdinand and coal and gold findings in Dubois. A May 23 dispatch critiques Marion county political indictments and a fire injuring a Roann passenger in a celluloid bustle incident.
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Jasper
Ferdinand
Dubois
St. Anthony
Wasasu
Roann
Detroit
Wabash & Western Express
Awkward Denture Swap Tells No One the Wiser in Crawfordsville
A Crawfordsville man lost his false teeth before a public speech and borrowed a neighbor’s teeth for the moment. The speech was delivered, the teeth returned, and no one was the wiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Boonville
Princeton
Evansville
Pike County
Petersburg
Illinois Briefs: Mines, Insects, Fires and Local Happenings
Items from across Illinois report Grand Tower poised as a major rail hub with metal and coal resources. An insect damages Centralia strawberry crops, destroying up to 75 percent of blooms. The Illinois Club in Chicago shows a 15 by 1 foot redwood plank from California. Cairo sees 17 residents own homes via a building association. Dan H. Graham & Co. losses from a Carmi fire total about 38500 dollars. Shawneetown forms a youth military company. a Freeport man lives to 102 without train travel or hotel meals.
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Grand Tower
Chester
Mississippi
Cairo
St. Louis
Centralia
Ilinois Club
Chicago
Policeman Beaubein
Mark Beaubin
Building and Loan Association
Dan H. Graham & Co
Shawneetown
Freeport
Civil Service Reform and Pension Bills Stir Washington
The Civil Service Commission rules prompt clerks to seek promotions via competitive exams. New members in Congress push pension schemes and district consolidations draw debate. President vetoes pension frauds and plans a ten day vacation with wife starting June 2 at Saranac Lake.
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Soth Congress
Internal Revenue
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Cleveland
U.S. Grant Post
Wilmington
Del
Woods
Supreme Bench
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Semmes
National Bar Association
United States
Washington Monument
Arkansas
Connecticut
Colorado
Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
Michigan
Minnesota
Virginia
New York
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Washington
District of Columbia
Drill Committee
War Department
Saranac Lake
New York Mountains
Indiana Patents Granted This Week
The New Harmony Register reports Indiana citizens receiving patents this past week. Items include tempering machines by C. Atkins and J. McHale. tire setting apparatus by P. G. Austin. fence machine by G. J. Cline. seeding machine by Q. Easterling. hydrocarbon generator by J. McHale. gate closer by W. B. Nelson. mowing machine by A. Ellis. and a camera by J. Krements.
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Wasuixaron
D. C
Indiana
New Harmony Register
G.a.snow & Co
U.S. Patent Office
Washington, D. C
C. Atkins
Indianapolis
P.G. Austin
Hecla
G. J. Cline
Goshen
Q. Easterling
Friendswood
A. Maulen
Indianapolia
J. McHale
Terre Haute
W. B. Nelson
Richmond
A. Ellis
Bedford
E. E. Hess
Brook
J. Krements
New Albany
River Legends of St Louis and the Mighty Mississippi
A historical sketch of St Louis Mississippi River front ages and floods with notes on Levee improvements Bloody Island Arsenal Island and the 1870 R E Lee Natchez river race detailing speeds and outcomes and the decline of river trade due to railroads.
Notable early items from Taftville and beyond
The cricket club of Taftville loses umpire Robert Greenwood to a fatal head injury from a batted ball as the season opens. Other notes list Mrs Louise Daniels becoming a licensed Lake Champlain steamer pilot, a delayed Paris exposition, Mrs Cleveland’s photograph sales, and various global and local items including Russian serfdom propesals, Detroit’s underground wires, and a Broadway land sale fetch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cricket Club
Taftville
Conn
Robert Greenwood
Louise Daniels
New Orleans
Anglers Face Close Call on Black River Reservation
A party of anglers on the Black River last Sunday near 6 pound J W Hiatt nearly blinded by a mishap but he recovered with bandaging. J B Extrott delivered twenty five fleeces averaging 113 pounds to A H Fretageot Co this week. The town council awarded a cluster well contract to Fred Rudhti for 200 dollars. Mrs E D Owen seeks care in Evansville and shows improvement. Local farmers note a profitable visit from Jesse NeAn and Jo an Purteynank Sr of New Harmony. Next Monday the cemetery choir plans music. The Carmi fire light was visible, Mason McEnzira visited, railroad track to the river repaired, strawberry crop short, swimming season opened, rains frequent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River
J. W. Hiatt
J.B. Extrott
A. H. Fretageot & Co
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New Harmony
Amony
the Register
C. Ww. Slater
W. M. Duncan
F. M. Garvin
Harrison Investment Banking Comp’y
Harrison
Ark
First National Bank
Thomas E. Garvin
Board of County Commissioners
Posey County
Main Street
Church and Tavern
Thomas
Ford & CO
Arentcation
Jacob Breith
William P. Ford
Heckman
H. Hunsdon
Jacob Brbeith
Breith
Neby
New Harmony, Indiana
The
Andrew Hofreiter
West Main Street
Weber's Tailoring Store
New Harmony, Ind
Fred, Schaffer
Fred. Schaffer
Wm. F. Lichtenberger
Ind
Sebs Fritz Herberhold
William P. Edson
Mt. Vernon
Fourth Street
Main
Courthouse
P. A. Sexton
Ifiatt Block
Church Street
Horace P. Owen
Eugene 8. Thrall
NEW Harmony Banking Company
Eugene
Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Florace P. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Fred.walz
Ford & Walz
Lichtenberger's
Indiana State News
Michican City
Martin Bout
Here
William Gates
Dabois
Marion
Democratic
Republican County Committee
Gresham
Vincennes
Fort Wayne
David Strattan
Carmi
A. Hoss
Peru
Martinsville
Grayville
Olney
U.S
Tron
Arctic
Albert
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Newsom
Washington Notes
St. Louie
Robert E. Lee
Carondelet
Front Street
Missouri Bank of the
Alton
Bloody Island
Tom Benton
Chas. D. Lucas
Reynolds
B. Gratz Brown
Ilinois
East St. Louis
Ulinois
Ft. Chartres
Madison County
Hill
Missouri River
Kaskaskia
Arsenal Island
Zebulon M. Pike
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Souri
R. E. Lee
Natchez
Lee
Vicksburg
J. M. White
Axppany
Gotham
N. Y
Broadway
Fred Rudhti
Mra. E. D. Owen
Jesse NeAn
Joan Purteynank, Sr
Witnesis
Mason McEnzira
Mt Vernon
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