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Not Guilty in Beards Euchre Case at New Albany Saloon
A spoof trial recounts Ben Strong alleged to have won Joe Short’s money in a beards euchre dispute. The jury finds Ben not guilty as the court mocks legal knowledge while the saloon adjourns to celebrate. Other notes cover wool production in southern Indiana, and assorted quips.
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Bledsoe
del Norte County
California
Ben Strong
Ben
Reniggin
Angel
Blackstone
Sange
Joe Short
Beards
Joe Shorts
Ben Hilt
Joe
Senate
New Albany
Indiana
Scott, Clark
Floyd
Harrison
Washington
Orange
Lawrence
Martin
Daviess
Dubois
Pike
Gibson
Knox
Posey
Vanderburgh
Warrick
Spencer
Perry
Crawford
Fes
Henry Brown
Kendall
P. N. Granger
St. Albans
J. B. Kendall
P.N. Granger
Stoughton
Mass
B.J. Kendall & Co
BE. Parker
Kelley's Island
Erie Co
Ohio
B. J. Kendall
R. A. Gaines
Enosburg Falls
A. D
John G. Jenne
Concord N. H
B. J. Kendall & Co
Concord
Underhill & Kittredge, Apothecaries
L. T. Foster
Youngstown
Chicago Express
Bakersfield
Mrs. J. Boutell
DR. B. J. Kendall & CO
Vermont