Indiana Weekly Record summarizes state news and oddities
Indiana's weekly page notes 650000 new school books ordered for state schools and near universal opening with low-price texts. It reports mischief by the Cincinnati ring against reform and lists numerous human interest items from towns across Indiana and Illinois, including marriages, floods, snake dens, accidents, crime, and notable local achievements. It mentions a steel Illinois Central bridge project, a wolf bounty in Marion County, and varied farm mishaps and curiosities across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpta Anavotis, Inc
State Board of Education
Cincinnati Ring
Man Fords Niagara in Barrel At Falls New York
Carlisle D Graham completed the stunt in a barrel down the Niagara River passing over the falls at 7 10 am after a 6 am launch from the Canadian shore. Elmer Jones towed the barrel ashore and Graham was carried from the water in pain. He plans to abandon the feat after this attempt and earlier barrels failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Fall
N.Y
Carlisle D.graham
Graham
Elmer Jones
Canada
Two Indiana Residents Claim Eternal Life By Eating Nothing
In Parke county near Rosedale Indiana, Albert DeWitt aged 58 and his daughter Mary 16 live on strict rules from the Bible and say they will never die. They refuse all food that harms health or comes from flesh and follow a diet of seeds and fruits while drinking milk. Mary keeps house, they live poorly, and DeWitt earns about one dollar a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg Democrat
Eatontown
Ella Clayton
Albert Phillips
Cyrenius Clayton
Mr. Phillips
Mr. Clayton
Simon Snyder
Lafayette
John Hawkswell
Dearborn
Henry Yearling
Tipton County
Terre Iante
Henry Wildbacker
Morgan Township
Harrison County
Wm. Dunlap
Columbia
Jeff Davis
Willie Sellers
Crawfordsville
Indianapolis
Leander Mills
Montpelier
Huntington County Teachers’ Institute
Fort Branch
Jeffersonville
Wm. Brevort
Knox County
Harley
Hartford City
Elwood
Madison County
Indies
Rushville
D. L. Bonsley
Henry County
Rush Wagoner
Morristown
John Terhune
Franklin
Sullivan
Clarke County
Jackson County
Indiana
Terre Havre, Inc
Parke County
Here
Rosedale
Albert DeWitt
Mary
DeWitt
Paul
Jesus Christ
God
Boy Injured On Whitewater Bridge Cable Walk
Ollie Test, son of Test's woolen mills proprietors, was nearly killed when a twisted wire cable slipped from a pier on a patent bridge over the Whitewater. The cable unwound, strangling his legs and forming a wheel around him. Rescuers pried the cable apart and freed him. only a bruised leg and torn skin remain, with warning that two inches more height could have killed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricamonp, Inc
Ollie Test
Test's Woolen Mills
Whitewater
Employer
Chicago man and party visit old mill dam incident
D P Butler of Chicago with Cincinnati friends visited Seymour and saw Butler's shepherd dog swim to shore with a 74 pound bass. A two foot snake was found wound around the dog, biting its left shoulder neck area before the snake was killed. The dog sustained a severe bite but survived.
Gerrymander Yields Large Republican Majorities
Tacoma Washington September 1 apportionment drafts a legislature with at least 88 Republicans and 17 Democrats. The gerrymander is deemed insurmountable. New Orleans Louisiana September 4 Price Democrat wins Congress in the 8th district after northern Republicans campaigned, leaving observers hopeful they are satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
West
New Orleans
Price
Dem
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MT. Vernon, Mnd
Southern Indiana District Fair Association
Knights of Pythings
Uniform Bank
Order of the Orient
Elwood Smith
Posey County Fair
New Harmony, MD
NEW Harmony
IND
John A. Wilhelm
Queensware, Glassware, &c
Armour
Chase & Sanborn
America
Broad &T
Boston
Mass
Ford & Bennett
City Bakery
J. C. Mitler
Will. Mott
New Harmony, Ind
Y Will. Mott
S.ounny Gesler
Douglas
L. Douglas
BO Polach
Congress
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Joeliin Walz
Agene S.thrall
Horace P.owen
Banking Temp
Eugene S. Thrall
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
Jer Y
William P. Edson
Mt. Vernon
Yereres Fourth Street
Main
Court House
Arctic
Albert S.vewsom
Linvite
Albert S
Newsom
Ford & Walz
West Main Street
Liehtenberger's Store
Jacob Breith
E. dc
Breita
BANK
F. P. Randall
Fort Wayne
Hartford Insurance Co
United States
Brown County
Randolph County
Sophia Lawrence
Wayne County
Delaware County
James Dickey
Valparaiso
John Smith
W. A. Oliphant
Pike County
Jennie Jessup
Laporte
Floyd County
Porter County
Montgomery County
Seymour
Levi McKinney
Corydon
New Albany
Hammond
Michigan City
Spencer
Martinsville
Shelby County
Columbus
Edward Pettiford
Grant County
Connersville
Huntington
Washington
Illinois
Cairo
Illinois Central
Ohio River
Marion County
Marion County Wolf Association
Pratt County
Shelbyville
Gussie Cottlaw
Champaign
del Rey
Chicago
Madison
St. Clair
Mt. Carmel
Nashville
Decatur
Carmi
East St. Louis
Enfield
Harrison
Washington, D. C
Carlisle D. Graham
Niagara
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