Local Drift Highlights from Regional News and Notes
Net profits of the White county fair reached 850 dollars. A widow in Flora Indiana was awarded 2000 dollars in damages after a fatal calaboose fire. Jasper county pays 2.50 per wolf scalp. Abingdon cattleman John Rodgers sues three men for 50000 over false herd illness reports. Pike county agricultural society declares a dividend of 1.5 per share. Princeton adds a fourth bakery. A 300 year old silk dress is shown at Gibson county fair. Posey county farmers in Grayville eyed local farms. Grayville timber shipments exceed prior seasons. Quincy lists eleven church groups with pastors except Moravians and Congregationalists. White River fell lower than in 88 years last month. Dubois county reports unusually plentiful wild turkeys. Since March 1 Chicago packers slaughtered and salted 478000 hogs versus 1492000 last year.
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Remarkable harvest and world notes from 1881
A Dakota farmer grows twenty two stalks from a single grain of wheat yielding a measured harvest over three years. The piece surveys global events, demographics, and curiosities including floods, Bell at Kioto, mountains on the moon, Paris census, tobacco use by women, and railway car wheels.
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Ohio campaign winds down with tight Republican edge
In Ohio the final week of the State campaign sees large sums spent in cities by Republicans. Analysts peg a small Republican majority, with estimates from 15 000 to 30 000. German voters could swing results as 780 000 votes are expected. Democrats aim to gain six or seven Congressmen, while western Ohio may tilt Republican despite mining regions boosting Democratic turnout. Blaine did not visit Hocking valley. 1880 October returns used for comparison.
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West Virginia Polls Favor Cleveland as GOP Slumps
A Democratic committee rep says West Virginia will swing to Cleveland with about a 5,000 gubernatorial margin, while New York polling favors Cleveland over Blaine by over 11,000 if doubtful votes shift. Connecticut shows Blaine leading by 8,247 with 4,305 doubtful, and Indiana counties report a Democratic gain of 3,788. A giant dredging machine completes in California for swamp lands.
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