Indiana State Democratic push and varied historic notes
The Democratic State committee met in Indianapolis to launch the 1890 campaign, favoring an early state convention and proactive county conventions. Nearby items recount a 1775 land purchase by Piankeshaw chiefs, curious anecdotes about Councilman Joe Gasper, agricultural institute work in Miami County, land warrant issues in Dubois County, Charlestown’s elderly George Hay, Laporte’s Indies’ home dedication, and a Michigan City well spouting water gas and coal chunks.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Democratic State Committee
Vincennes
Wabash Land Co
Wabash River
Wild Cat Creek
Lafayette
Ohio River
United States
Joe Gasper
10Th Ward
Gasper
Miami County
Institute
Recorder
Dubois County
U.S
Charlestown
George Hay
O.&m
Simon Wallace
Bridgetender
Polly Clark
Anderson
Virginia
George Washington
Indiana
Muncie
DeLaHunt
Cannelton
F. B. Posey
Aleck Smith
Jeffersonville
Benton County
Supreme Court
David Meharry
Tippecanoe County
Albert Ogle
Brazil
John Ward
Peru
New Albany
Albert Scheafer
National Capital Notes on Politics and Personal Clues
Washington dispatch reports shifts in political names and loyalties as Vice President Morton pivots to retail liquor, Mehone distances Virginia, and Mahonettes circle 1902 conventions. Rumors swirl around McKinley and Cannon for speaker, Reed's pro‑trust stance, and a Montana senate scheme linked to Bob Harrison and family ties.
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Washinorton
D.C
M. J. Morton
France
Mehone
Virginia
House Caucus
McKinley
Cannon
Reed
Montana
Russell
Bob Harrison
Indiana Citizens Granted Patents in Past Week
The week saw Indiana residents awarded patents including H Bauer of Indianapolis for an extension table C F Darnell for a fence S W Erwin of Mt Meridan for a fruit-jar cleaner J Lawrie of Brookston for a cultivator G W Lee of Muncie for an evaporator R T McDonald of Fort Wayne for an electric arc lamp A D Miller of Evansville for a safe alarm J Payne of Connersville for a voting booth C D Pettis of Terre Haute for a grain-car door H F Smith of Elkhart for molding articles from pulp W H Trammel of Huntington for not Jack O H Woodworth of Columbia City Jake. The Champion Sell
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Washington, D.C
Indiana
H. Bauer
Indianapolis
W. Cline
Clayton
C. F. Darnell
S. W Erwin
Mt. Meridian
J. Lawrie
Brookston
G. W. Lee
Muncie
R.T. McDonald
Fort Wayne
A. D. Miller
No Republicans Left As New Jersey Governor Count
Trenton New Jersey November 24 the official governor vote tally shows a Democratic plurality of 14253 the largest ever recorded for any New Jersey candidate.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
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Thomas Mumford, JR
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Jery
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Imade
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