Blue Jeans Williams and the Indiana Campaign Era
Col W K Holliway recounts the 1876 Indiana gubernatorial race featuring Williams the farmer turned congressman nicknamed Blue Jeans. The piece covers Williams’s unpolished image, Republican tactics, Voorhees pairing, and a dramatic inaugural reception with unexpected orchestra bills and social bustle at the Occidental hotel in Indianapolis.
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W. K. Holliway
Indianapolis Star
Harrison
Godlove S&s. Orth
Williams
Indiana State Senate
Congress
Indiana
William S. Holman
Wilh Mir
Chaitleath
House
Washington
Lee
Linus
Indianapolis
Louisville
Kky
Express
Wounger Democrats
Eassiest
Occidental
Wieichemba
Bya Pers
Tokio
Joshua Greee
Col. Pred DD
Murex
Indiana Corres
Pondento
Cincinnati
Prince of Good Fellows
Jamies Hi
Tiee
Money to Loan on First Mortgage
Union Christian College offers to loan funds on real estate with a first mortgage. The notice indicates available money for lending and invites inquiries from prospective borrowers.
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Union Christian College
Local Notes On Sullivan Area Social and Farm Trades
Amy Moore and her mother visited Sullivan Friday while Warren Watson spent Thursday with his son Will. Grandma Mann visits Mrs Manning as Nellie Gray hosts Richard Headley Trimble Jr. and Linnie Roy Kelley Merom Sunday. Grover Clayton visited Emerson Watson last week. C Eno and Jesse Medsker were in Hutsonville Wednesday. Sunday school practices for children's day. Turman Creek crossed bottom land last week. Warren Dickerson Sullivan shopped for cattle Monday. J B Durham sold his sheep to Will Wilkey last week.
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Richard O. Headley
Trimble, Jr
Linnie
Roy Kelley
Merom
Nellie Gray
Grover Clayton
Emerson Watson
Hm. C. Eno
Jesse Medsker
Hutsonville
Turman Creek
Warren Dickerson
Sullivan
J. B. Durham
Will Wilkey
Farmers Strike Over Weather Troubles
The farming community has been on strike for a week due to weather-related troubles. Several local residents were noted in town activities including visits by Miss Nellie Johnson and the Johnson family, Bethuel Johnson hosting guests, and Curt DeCamp with family spending time with neighbors. Windmill construction by Alt Russell and various visits by Roscoe Frakes and Everett Yeager to relatives and townsfolk are also recorded.
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Blue Jeans" Williams
Atsea Linury
Tie
Willes
Tris
Picayune
Eveepy Tuether
Democratic State Committee
Wiliams
Voorhees
Mr. Williams
Beau Brummel
Henry S. Lane
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Indianapolis Journal
Couth Manners
Gregg
Muzzy
Rice
Jimmie
Darkey
Mgr. Gregg
Mr. Gregg
Vietnam
Mer Grove
Himsel
All Boys
P. S
Big Springs
Amy Moore
Mother
Warren Watson
Will
Grandma Mann
Mrs. Manning
Hag
Crossetts
Lindley
Baye Block
Davis House
Fairbanks
Co. D. Pound
Lodge of
F. & A. Masons
Bethuel Johnson
Stingra Johnson
Elizabeth and
Minnie Burnett
Kraysville
Alt Russell
Roscoe Frakes
Terre Haute
Nellie Johnson
Mrs
Wil
Liam Johnson
Curt DeCamp
James Hales
Ola Bradbury
Lola Pogue
Ray Brewer
Emery Pogue
Prairie Creek
Everett Yeager
Weather Bureau
San Francisco
John Yeager
Ry Comfort
Maxwell Cowles Shoe CO
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