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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1887
Page
1
A Franklin meeting drew about four hundred delegates as horse thief detectives discuss a 1863 law recognizing detective associations. Reports detail efforts to disrupt organized horse theft, while local thieving has diminished and law enforcement pressures rise across Indiana.
A mixed digest notes Baltimore Democrats led by 4 200 amid a 2 000 gain for Republicans hopes. Billings records 15 below zero while Nash ville sends 2000 black residents to Liberia. Kalamazoo celery shipments run 60 tons daily. About 2 000 workers toil in the Brooklyn navy yard. Fort Smith hangman has executed 94 murderers. Queen Victoria’s court physician earns 25 000 annually. Dakota thermometer readings hover near 0 and Gaylord Michigan reports 8 inches of snow. Detroitsa dominates the world baseball championship with 10 wins in 15 games, 73 runs to 54 for St Louis.
In Champaign Coles Douglas Edgar and Pratt counties wild beasts like wolves foxes and panthers roam. Reports describe depredations on sheep and poultry with bounties debated and chases ongoing. The piece notes sightings in several towns and counties amid a broad hunting season outlook.
A battle scarred veteran of two wars recounts a wild tale of captivity by Mexican brigands lasting nearly twenty two years. H P Osgood, who joined the army in 1843, endured Andersonville and multiple wounds, finally freed and enroute to Washington D C to reunite with his parents.
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