Indiana's Weekly Record Special Reports From Capital
Indiana and neighboring counties feature political chatter and local tidbits from Indianapolis. notes cover congressman Bynum potential speaker bid, state debt rise, fair entries and receipts, court reports, saloon history, press electricity shift, wages, new Democratic groups, suicides, treasurer's year figures, counterfeit currency, marion investments, schools, and press on Republican leaders intent on expanding centralized power and vote suppression schemes amid looming political battles.
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Indianapolis, Inc
Bynum
Reed & Co
Washington
State Board of Agriculture
Hendricks County
Indianapolis
Franklin
Jackson County
Adam Kern
Boone County
Official Count in Indiana Signals Battle Over New Election Laws
The Indiana vote totals show Matthews 233,881 and Trus ler 214,802 with Kindle 17,854 and Blount 12,106. Democrats win big margins. Republicans trail statewide. Recounts loom in Tippecanoe and Miami Howard districts. accusations of fraud surface while reform supporters praise the official ballot system.
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Indianapolis, Inc
Matthewa
Trusler
Kindle
Blount
Pro
Matthews
Judge Mitchell
People's Party
Miami-Howard
Milo Barnes
Loveland
Howard County
Barnes
Republican State Committee
Posey County Teachers Set Annual Meeting Programme
The Posey County Teachers Association will hold its fourth annual session at the high school in Mt. Vernon on the 28th and 29th. H. P. Leavenworth delivers the welcome and J. B. Jones replies. A full program covers topics from Moral Instruction to Educational Psychology with many local educators presenting and leading discussions. The meeting ends with committee reports, business, and next year’s officer elections.
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Mr. Vernon, Inc
Posey County Teachers’ Association
H. P. Leavenworth
Mt. Vernon
J. B. Jones
E. J. Short
Geo. Jones
Joseph Haines
Griffin
S. H. Dodson
New Harmony
C.A. Pulliam
O. A. Booth
Lynn
P. Satmar
Robinson
O. L. Sewell
H. N. Coffman
Stewartsville
J. E. Fisher
Cynthiana
May Elliott
Harmony
Tough snake tale and odd local items from Columbus
A Columbus dispatch reports a dramatic scene where a woman’s infant was nearly attacked by a seven foot black racer snake until she stomped it to death. Other briefs note a Diamond Plate Glass Works supervisor firing workers for political reasons, a woman with seven foot hair, an impossibly large infant weighing 80 pounds, weaving carpet, university fines for locking a professor, and a local man dying from blood poisoning after a hog scratch.
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Columbus, Inc
George Wharton
Brown County
Wm. Huxelly
Squire Frimple
Muncie
Indiana Patents Listed for Washington Week
A list from the New Harmony Register reports Indiana citizens granted patents this week. Names include Noblesville T E Beals wire fence Rochester O R Decker watch case Huntington BR K Clayton brake head and shoe Jonesboro W L Rich brick kiln Indianapolis P M Pursell gate setting Stranglin J Macy Rochester J A Glanton Columbus J Mitchell Rochester J Nehring Evansville A N Parkhearat Logansport J C Phillips Rochester and others with drawings and specs available for government price.
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Washington, D.C
Indiana
New Harmony Register
C. A. Snow & Co
United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
T. E. Beals
Noblesville
O. R. Decker
Rochester
BR. K. Clayton
Huntington
W. L. Rich
Jonesboro
P.M. Pursell
Indianapolis
J. Macy
Stranglin
E. B. Meredith
J. A. Glanton
Columbus
J. Mitchell
W. Nehring
Evansville
A. N. Parkhearat
Logansport
J. C. Phillips
Vote Returns Show No Net Democratic Lead This Year
The complete returns from all states for Congressmen reveal no net Democratic majority of 728,812 over Republicans. The solid north, excluding Delaware Maryland Kentucky West Virginia and Missouri, adds a Democratic majority of 85,529.
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Washinaton
D.C
Delaware
Maryland
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missouri
Official Vote of Hinds Spin... State treasurer results
The official vote for State treasurer shows Wilson with 832,869 and Amberg with 822,004, giving a Democratic majority of 10,355. The Democratic ticket overall carries majorities from 9,000 to 34,000, with Cook County Chicago contributing a 7,282 Democratic majority for Wilson.
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State Board of Canvassers
Wm. F. Parrett
John L. Brett
J. B. Brown
W. 8. Holman
G.W. Cooper
H. A. Johnson
Wm. D. Bynum
E. V. Brookshire
Daniel Waugh
David Patton
Aug N. Martin
GC. O. McClellan
B. B. Shively
Spinneriknd
Iun
Wilson
Amberg
Cook County
Chicago
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