13 Nov 1891
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
1
A roundup from multiple Indiana counties notes election mood in Indianapolis editors meeting, Harrison re election doubts, and assorted local items. Reports include oil in Allen county, coal in Knox county, drought in Clarke counties wells, floods of news on farms, fires in Indianapolis, and various small incidents across Marion Madison Petersburg and Martinsville.
Washington nov 8 patents granted to Indiana citizens reported for New Harmony Reaisree list exhaust mechanism steam condenser steam purifier feed water regulator J L Alexander Hazlerigg boiler cleaner A H Bryan Evansville pump elevator J W Elliott Medora car coupler J O Keller Ft Wayne dental engine hand piece J Murray Ft Wayne wood pulley R E Poindexter Indianapolis fence and wire tightener C F Tower South Bend sulky plow Williams Kentland dine harrow Lepanon inc nov 6 miss cora neese 16 died after smoking cigarettes attributed to opium and nicotine. Tirron inc nov 6 sotia cash building a cane to display at world’s fair resembling ark animals around cane and reptiles at tip
Reports from Indiana describe a lightning strike yesterday on Joseph Reed's farm near Munerg that ripped the house apart but left the entire family uninjured. Other notes cover bass fishing near Vincennes, a coal-oil mixup, stove explosions, hog cholera tests, a fatal gas explosion near Anderson, a newspaper collector in Jefferson County, a dynamite accident in North Vernon, a Kokomo head condition exhibit, a large elm tree fruiting, a new crop of apples in Elkhart, Asiatic blacktongue death in Clinton County, miners' wage strike in Clay County, a rise in wheat corn oats yields, trespass enforcement by Floyd County farmers, and a raid on Indianapolis gambling dens.
New York results show Flower winning by 48 290 with Dem gains outside NYC totaling 60 000 and Democrats leading in the state house while senate balance remains contested. Across states McKinley carries Ohio margins while Indiana Illinois and New Jersey show strong party wins. A proposed Ohio boundary shift threatens Indiana towns and Chicago annexation debates spark constitutional questions.
Garrett in Douglas county faced drink fueled violence as Miller the harness-maker fired shots and an armed mob demolished a store. In Mascoutah a farm hand Weingartner married Emma Heenth with a license she later seized and discarded. Phillipstown's pumpkin seed guess prize reached 15 dollars while others offered 814 and 817. Wm Elliott’s Crossville well yielded no water despite a 2 inch augur, and Aurora reports artesian wells and new borings. The woman suffrage law is largely inoperative, Union county porcelain clay is suspected, and factory girls are scarce in Aurora.
Telegraphic dispatch notes that Connecticut Rhode Island and Nebraska elected defeated governors by popular vote. It mentions Hovey spoke Spanish to President Ding in Mexico City last Tuesday and cites Republican craze over Blaine and McKinley. Navy yards run around the clock. Oakland City Indiana reports an $8000 fire. New Haven reports a cockery. New York reports opium smugglers. Congress convenes on December 7.
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