Indiana State Intelligence Summary
State intelligence reports multiple political nominations and local happenings across Indiana. Postmaster nomination for Lawrenceburg, various farm and county incidents, weather-related deaths, school and rail matters, and public notices from Cass, Mian counties, with activity in Indianapolis, Evansville, Huntington, Logansport, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Thos. J. Lucas
Lawrenceburg
Montgomery County
Daniel Paaiy
South Bend
Christ
King’s Mills
Columbus
Atier Sara
Jeffersonville
Jas
Mount
Congress
Indiana
Menai Hamacpro
Valparaiso
Hawkins
Elkhart
Barlow
Joux Fras
New Athans
Marysville
Sara Monsis
Huntington
Servia
Chiccago and
Atlantic Road
George H. Cook
Micuani
Aulaward
Lake Erie and Western Railway
Lafayette
Frankton
David Walker
Louis Prapen
Walker
Pippen
Logansport
Chas. R. Nelson
Pan-Handle Railroad Company
Nelson
George Smith
James Moffett
Fountain County
Raselusko County
EP. Bowser
North
W. J. Fonk
Division of
the Sons of Veterans
Evans’ Hall
Evansville
Geo. A. Harvey
Danville
Goodlett
D. Winfrer
Jacobs J. Kens
Ft. Wayne
George W. Long
Adam Stanl
Kokomo
Chatter
Snider
Hoke
Wo. Gorman
Wauseon
Indianapolis
Ros. M. Swardner
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cambridge
Zeninpa Niios
Elizabethtown
Haccano
Tippecanoe County
Agricultural Hints Its Value as Food and How to Cure It
Alfalfa valued highly by farmers for feed with strong curing tips. Ira Adams shares methods for feeding livestock with dry alfalfa and beets, noting butter production from a cow fed only alfalfa and beets. Best curing involves morning cutting, windrows, dew off, light cocks, and thorough drying to avoid mold. Salt generously and store in barn a few days to ensure top quality forage for stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Adams
Mec
Post setting method to mute frost sounds shown in illustration
A friend describes a fence post setting technique to prevent frost noise. Solid blocks are nailed to the post bottom as shown in the illustration from Palm and Fireside.
Potato quality tests at Michigan Agricultural College
A report on a potato quality study at Michigan Agricultural College tested 37 varieties grown under uniform soil and manure. Eight families on campus evaluated baked and boiled samples on a 10 point scale for calor, grain, flavor and mealiness, with testers unaware of variety. Monroe Sedling and Empire State ranked high for quality while Rural New Yorker and Garfield followed. Rural Blush fared poorly likely due to soil. The piece notes the value of soil and manuring in quality and hints at a future where price may reflect taste and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Agricultural College
College
Monroe Sedling
Empire State
Giarfield
New Yorker
RNY
Newark
Potato blight explained by Professor Weed from Ohio station
Prof Clarence M Weed of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station describes potato blight, its fungal cause, and how Bordeaux mixture can prevent it based on Ohio and New Jersey trials. He notes recipe adjustments and practical applications for field use and cites other experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Weed
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Casey
New Jersey
A. W. Pearson
Ohio
Pearson
Nixon
London
Best cheap durable label for orchard trees
A reader asks for long lasting tree labels. The paper revisits a cheap method using strips of sheet zinc five to six inches long and about one half inch wide. The name is written on the wide end with a lead pencil and the narrow end is wound around a small branch.
TREE LANES ADVERTISEMENT FOR ZINC WRITING ON TREES
A description extols zinc strips for tagging trees. They are cheap to produce from scrap zinc, costing about ten cents per hundred. The coil avoids bark damage and expands with growth. Names can be written with a pencil, endure thirty years, and remain legible on rusted surfaces for half a century.
What Do You Keep Poultry For
Farmers vary in aims with poultry. Some keep hens for eggs and meat for the table, others seek profit with market poultry. Experience matters. start small, learn each fowl, then expand. Pleasure is secondary to business.
Lantern Hanger Hooks Highlight Stable Aisle
Ambiguous notes describe hooks used to hang lanterns in a stable setting. The fragmented text mentions a pon and an aoe reference, suggesting a practical hardware detail within a utilitarian scene.
An Enemy with Rheumatism Warned Against
Public notice warns that a rheumatic foe may retreat after using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters then strike suddenly. The text links to relief from dyspepsia constipation neuralgia kidney and malaria ailments. Also mentions a bitters promotion and a travel advertisement for a summer excursion via Chesapeake & Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake & Ohio
Quack Remedies and Humorous Miscellany in Witty Snippets
A collage of short anecdotes and ad lines quoting remedies such as Syrup of Figs Dobbins Electric Soap Carter's Little Liver Pills Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Piso's Cure for Consumption. It riffs on public figures and jokes about doctors merchants politicians and common sayings reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century tone.
Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy Promises Cure and Reward
Longstanding catarrh can be cured Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy claims. It offers 500 dollars if it cannot cure a case and lists symptoms from headaches to offensive breath. The advertisement asserts many cases end in consumption without full symptom display and promotes a 50 cent price.
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Intelligence
Alfalfa Hay
Stee
J. Kixsry
Worcester
Mass
Montana
Rising
Lialli
Captain Kidd
Chicago Tribune
Tree Labels
Birdie
Terre Hauteress
Mediterranean
Gibraltar Strait
Sicilian Ridge
California Fig Syrup Company
Great Britain
Albany Ress
Carter
Washington Post
Glenn
Hill
Cuiiaco
Hally
Toc
Texas
Terre Hauté Express
Cincinnati
New York
Entereneee
Hewdaweses
Chicago
Baltimore
Smith
Tivuu
W. J. Cardwell
Irondale
Ala
Paris
W. Baker & Co
W. Baker &Co
Dorchéster
Klan
McAllister & CO
William Conard & Co
Binghamtoh
Havre
Longshaw & Ballard
Metin Ciandrosto
Joseph H. Hunter
Atty
Washington, D. G
Wicouws
Dwrrarehelm
Blank Apon
Batrick T
Washlogtes
D.C
Washington
Pension Bureau
Phyalctana
U. S
Hartrian 3Ifg. CO
Beaver
Fsala
Xion College of Law
H. Booth
Anal—E
Ce Wuex
Advertisens
T. Hazerrzy
Warren
AN Kellogs Newspaper Co
Act, Keltoce Hewsparen Co
Dearbian ST
Ill
Walnut Street
ST. Louis
Ontario Street
Cleveland
Elm Street
Wyandotte Street
Kansas City
Jefferson ST
Memphis
Tenn
East 5Th Street
ST. Paul
Minn
R.R
Old Point Comfort
ATI
Virginia Springs
America
H.W. Fuller
Gen'l Paser
Cndeen
Chi Ren
U.S. A
Ridge
Ridges
Droysius
Woolrich & CO
Palmer, Mass
J.B
Applica& Co
P.oryos
W.T. Fitzg
Tois Papel
Washington, D
F Street
Sotehind Dewele
Sentiree
We & Cincinnas McCormick & Eons
Washington, DC
Pension Tallwagge & Tallwa Ea
Clates
Washingten
Weston Engine CO
Awikerss
Will Mall
Tern Packace
Collins Brothers Drug CO
St.louis
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