Hoosier Stone Quarries and a Packing Center Shift
In Indiana, Lawrence and Monroe counties mine building stone essential to homes and major cities. The Eppenhouser quarry near Stinesville employs 100 Italian workers. stone is used in Indianapolis Chicago Washington and New York landmarks. Rail access and capital costs slow development but demand remains high as quarries expand and new towns form around Lake Michigan packing plants.
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Reprorp, Inc
Lawrence
Monroe
Indiana
Bedford
Bloomington
Washington Monument
Stinesville
Stineaville
Monroe County
Eppenhouser
Indianapolis
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Texas Capitol
New Albany
Windy City
Census Flaws Spark Partisan Debate Across States
The letter decries the 1890 census as a national scandal with uneven counts in states like Indiana Kentucky New York South Carolina Virginia and Ohio losing seats while Nebraska Minnesota Texas gain. It predicts distorted apportionment benefiting Republicans and notes low departmental activity as elections approach.
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Nevada
Vermont
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
South Carolina
Virginia
Ohio
Nebraska
Minnesota
Texas
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Illinois
Kansas
Michigan
New Jersey
Missouri
Washington
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Oregon
Congress
Harrison
Blaine
Tom Reed
Washington, D.C
Towa
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Maryland
West Virginia
Connecticut
Maine
Florida
Dist. of Columbia
Utah
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arizona
Alaska
Indiana Citizens Granted Patents in Week
Washington D C Nov 1 A list of Indiana residents granted patents this week is reported for the New Harmony Registers by C A Snow & Co patent lawyers. Names include Perrin Stone Bluffs Dawson Terre Haute Hinkle Sullivan Hogan Albion Miller Elkhart Potter Elkhart and others. Drawings and specifications may be obtained for the government price of 250 in stamps.
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Washington, D.C
Indiana
New Harmony
C. A. Snow & Co
United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
A. Perrin
Stone Bluffs
H.R. Allen
Indianapolis
Ki. Dawson
Terre Haute
C. R. Hinkle
Sullivan
H. F. Hogan
Albion
F. W. Miller
Elkhart
F. N. Potter
Local Notes and Oddities from Illinois Towns
Mrs. Geo Green of Albion gathered strawberries on the 27th alt. Clide Pauly, a 15-year-old Chicago boy, has a record of 50 horses stolen over two years. Mrs. Garland Biggers of Albion picked raspberries last week. Sol Young killed a prairie chicken near Carmi weighing 2 pounds dressed. Evanston debating society to discuss What is the U S senate. Illinois charitable and benevolent institutions worth 5 749 418 dollars. Cairo fashionable eloping point for Kentucky couples. Former Indianists in Chicago organizing the Sons of Lodiana. Gravel being spread on Grayville streets. Hog cholera causing losses across counties. White County 1 100 Democrats.
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Gister
Peru
John Hamlet
Valparaiso
James Grantham
Adams County
New
Washington
Bright
Sylvester Johnson
Indianapolis
Vanderburg County
Grand Meadows
Winamac
J. H. Bass
Fort Wayne
St. Joseph County
Beaton
Huntington
Maud Bradfield
Noblesville
Indiana
Logansport
South Bend
St. Louis Fair
Henry Meyers
John Quibey Adams
Muncie
Ben Fisher
Madison
Bluffton
W.H. Alexander
Vincennes
Anderson
Chicago
Kokomo
Bruntington
Danville
Evansville
Geo. Green
Albion
Clide Pauly
Garland Biggers
Sol Young
Carmi
Evanston
U.S. Senate
Illinois
Cairo
Kentucky
Grayville
White County
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John Walz
Main St
Ind
U.S. Patent Office
Addrege
C.a.snow &Co
D. C
the Register
Co. W- Slater
Ertising
Grove
Cornersville
Mags
Paris Medicine Co
Paris
Tenn
W. W. Stinson
M. D
ST. Louis
Paris, Tenn
T. Mumford, Jr
Corner Grocery
New York State
Armour
John A. Wilhelm
Peter Weber
Merchant -Tutilor
New Harmony, Isd
Peter Wheber
Ford & Bennett
Chase & Sanborn
Stansbury’s
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
L. Vandegrift
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
William P. Edson
Mt. Vernon
Ffice
The
Frank Lyon & CO
East Main St
Albert S Newsom
City Exchange
Ford & Walz
Lichtenberger
Jacob Breith
Breith
Jesy
Hoosier
Stone Quarries
Waiting, Inc
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Lake Michigan
Lake County
Calumet
Indianapolis ‘Trema
Indianapolis, Inc
Central Insane Hospital
Institution
Southern Prison
Henry Harrison Smith
Bill” Smith
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Indianapolis Sun
Sun
East
Ohio Street
Wm. Weeder
Columbus
Brown County
France
Order of the Sisters of Providence
United States
Richmond
Edinburgh
Henry Breen
Laporte
Tipton County
Offigal
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