Democratic Legislative Prospects and Indiana Patents
In Indianapolis on October 19 the Democratic lead for the state legislature grows with Senate and House majorities projected at 14 and 10 respectively, Marion County strong for the Democratic ticket, and Posey County expected to flip. In Washington the week’s Indiana patent grants list inventors and items from E F Clemens to B B Wright, with Snow & Co. offering drawings for 25 cents.
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Washington
C.a.snow &Co
D.C
Indianapolis, Inc
Senate
House of Representatives
Marion County
Posey County
Washionton
Indiana
New Harmony
C. A. Snow & Co
United States Patent Office
Washington, D.C
E. F. Clemens
Albion
Boydston
Clanette
C. A. Bertsch
Cambridge City
M. H. Garwood
South Bend
M. C. Henley
Richmond
G. P. Pearson
Attica
D. F. Laurer
B.C. Wickers
Westfield
B. B. Wright
Evansville
Auy Ramsbrok
Huntington
Clay County
Levi Goldberg
Frankfort
Fort Wayne
Boonville
Sun’s penny offer tempts Indiana readers for subscribers
The Indianapolis Sun advertises a statewide contest offering cash per new subscriber: one for $1, two for $2, three for $3, four for $4, with no limit, payable December 20. Other items note Hoosier slide sand loss in Michigan City, exposing an old house and artifacts, plus various local tidbits from across Indiana.
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Indianapolis Sun
Sun
The
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Ohio Street
Hoosier
Michigan City
Chicago
John Ratcliff
Anderson
Ratcliff
Lafayette
Edward Lounsbery
Lawrenceburg
Ohio
Addison Hadley
Hendricks County
Indiana
Indiana W.c.it. A
Evansville
David Rudiell
Wabash County
McBride
Elkhart
Senator Voorhees
Tipton
Illinois Public Expenditures and Oddities Report
The state spends about 869000 annually on poor relief excluding orphan homes, with 316000 for poor houses and 416000 in township and commission allowances plus 78000 for medical services. A 1.5 million investment funds asylum buildings and equipment. A rattlesnake escaped and hid in the courthouse. Locals report curiosities from a fishlike skinned man to a 75 1 4 pound pumpkin and a 5000 pearl found in a river.
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W. B. Vanderlip
Elkhart
Henry Fisher
Allen County
Fort Wayne
Joseph Femelman
Richmond
Allen Eshelman
Anderson
Warrick County
Alex Hedrick
Martinsville
Crawfordaville
Court House
Henry Weinbrecht
Lafayette
Wasson
D. W. Smith
Gibson
Posey
Indiana
Illinois
Laporte
Nathaniel Chapman
Marshall County
Wright
Congress
Parrett
Carmi Times
Carmi
Rockford
Frank Griesbaum
Grayville
Speaker Reed
Chicago
Ohio Race Signals McKinley Defeat Incoming Challenge
The report notes Congressman McKinley’s possible defeat in Ohio with a previous 4,500 vote majority. It adds demographic tallies for states including Louisiana Mississippi Oregon Idaho and others, plus census refusals and regional economic notes such as Oregon cranberry growth and hops production.
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Congressman McKinley
Ohio
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Oregon
New York City
Louisiana
Mississippi
Must Vote or Get Out
Washington dispatch reports clerks in departments urged to vote and told to go home if they do not. Indiana delegates organize amid campaign pressure as Democrats aim to win Congress. Republican funds from monopolies back a fierce fight while Democrats vow active citizen turnout to deny Reedism control.
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Indiana
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Republican National Committee
Kennedy
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Judge Miller
Supreme Court
Woods
Miller
Gresham
Harrison
Elliott
Indiana Supreme Court
Reedism
House
Democratic Committee
Reed
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