Indiana Legislature Debates Prisons Codes and Public Education
The House committee criticizes the Female Reformatory and calls for ending corporal punishment and separating young inmates. It discusses school book uniformity, temperance measures, and a grand jury provision. The Senate debates woman suffrage for electors and licensing for druggists, with bills on codified criminal law, jury impartiality, and drainage funding advancing amid partisan tension.
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House Committee On Reformatory Institutions
House
Committee On Education
Cubbage
Warries
Cabbage
Senate
Grand Councils
Friends of the Bill
House Committee On Prisons
Sone
Conmittes
Mer
Ginian
Committee On
Temperance
Codiffing Commission
Todiana
House of Representatives
Spearker Ridpath
Ridpath
Ryan
Wright
Keer
Cawthorn
Gary
Senate and House Pass Sundry Civil Appropriation Measures
In Washington on February 25, credentials for Air Mahone were filed. Senate actions include a proposal by Air Vodom for remarks, with Mr. Matou signaling a vote. House convened after Saturday, presenting Frederick A. Muhlenberg’s portrait and voting amendments to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, including funds for naval coaling stations on the Isthmus of Panama. A fire destroyed a state building, causing over $10,000 in structural loss, but records were saved from vaults.
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Enlightenment
Lorgiemi
Leeper
Senate
House
Floyd
Millian Linsday
Dearborn
Jace Linsday
Howard County
Grett
Nega Fey
Porter
Might
Midia
Ingerpor
Nira Lanvand
Imouster
Shaffer
Ute
Grant County
Washington
Air
Mahone
Istimus Counl
Air Vodom
Matou
Conkling
Ingeti
My. Davis
West Virginia
Pansuna
United States
Supreme Court
Vitiits
Vefary Sherman
Zavaro
Randall Sant
Uae
Peale Mae
Tne
Proclamation of the Governor Indiana Executive Department
Proclamation from the Governor of Indiana under the first section of an act of the General Assembly announcing the submission to the electors of the state of a specified measure. The document outlines the legal basis and authority for presenting the issue to voters.
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Fred Sy
Pinbie
County Ives
Lyon
Albert G. Porter
Tadiana
Judi
G. Porter
Gaverin Ste
RR. Hawn
Lope
THE
Star’ of
Indiana
Ceneral Assembly
State of
Monkeys Give Morning Toilet in Hindoo Village Scene
An American traveler witnessed a Hindoo village morning tableau as a mother monkey washed and bathed her three young, scolding two of them with gentle discipline. The scene showed the youngsters resisting the facial wash while the parent completed the routine, then sent them on.
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Hindso
India
Vearu Hindoo
Fire at Hyde Park OrphanageKills Seventeen in Scranton
Terrible blaze at St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum on Jackson Street in Scranton destroys the building. Seventeen children died, fourteen boys and three girls, with two others missing. Fire crews rescued remaining occupants as flames consumed upper floors.
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Scranton
Hyde Park
St. Patrick’s Orphan Asylum
Jackson Street
Lincoln Avenue
Sisters of Charity
State House Fire in St Paul Causes Morning Alarm
About 10 o clock last night a fire alarm startled the legislature as flames broke from the dome of the capitol. Firefighters rushed to the scene and with ladders all members escaped unharmed from the burning state house in St Paul.
Wreck on Hannibal and St. Joe Rail Line Injures Crew
A westbound Train No. 3 struck a broken switch near Denton and derailed causing multiple injuries. Conductor Donmiex suffered an arm fracture while engineer fireman and others were hurt. reports say five killed and twenty wounded in a later accident update. General managers surveyed the scene by special train.
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Quinney
Bfarch
Hannibal and St. Joe
Denter
Ne. Donmiex
Carson
Geners
Woodward
Cgeneral
McDuel
The Marriage of Miss Coutts in Logansport
The Logansport Journal reports a complex social match as Miss Coutts plans or contemplates marriage to Me Asiniead Bartlest amid family and class tensions. The Baroness Coutts, wealthy and wary of alliances with foreigners, contemplates the future with Ashmead as a potential spouse despite propriety and wealth considerations.
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Miss Coutts
Logansport Journal
Gasoness
Barretta Coutts
Asiniead Bartlest
Eneland
Sky Bird
Ciiler
Binutedias
Willel
Straining Circus Wa Interview in Chicago Times
Fragmented interview discusses training and handling of horses for circus acts. It notes long training periods, rider experience, and the importance of conditioning to perform maneuvers, with references to various trainers and horses.
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Chicago Times
Duecrow
Mme
Dockyill
Mielvile
Sebastian
Stickney
Cooke
Reed
Delayed Austrian Royal Wedding Sparks Court Gossip
An American lady in Vienna reports rumors about the postponed marriage of the Archduke and Princess Stephanie. Critics cite the princess's youth and royal etiquette demands as reasons for delaying the nuptials amid grand preparations and public interest.
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Sajorning
Vienna
Austria
Stephanie
Vail
Emeros
Sararete
Dress Obsession Narrows to Royal Price at Vienna
A tale of imperial fashion fever from Vienna where a courted dress, sought by Empress Elisabeth, remains unattainable. A shopkeeper refused the royal offer, delaying fashion dreams as guards and modistes witness costly devotion to a single gown.
Tragic tale of a dowry dispute and violent family feud
A young wife faces coercion and damaging plots amid an arranged marriage in which a dowry dispute sparks threats and alleged infidelity accusations. After the couple are separated, the wife seeks refuge with friends, then returns to her husband as tensions flare and a violent pattern emerges.
Haunted Schoolhouse Rumor Haunts Iowa Town
A Dubuque county tale from Sherrit's Mound reports a school that is haunted by a male spirit. A fourteen year old girl claims the figure appears, and she cries there he is while pointing to an unseen presence in the room. The distraction prompted a pastor to visit and a teacher to order closure of the house.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Sherrit
Ibis
Tnis
Self-Sustaining Post Office in Magellan Straits
A simple post office operates from a chained cask in the Magellan Straits near Terra del Fuego. Passing ships deposit and retrieve letters, with locals noting no reported abuse of the system. The setup claims to be self noting with ongoing evaluations.
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Magellan Straits
Exirine Cape
Straits
Terra del Fuego
A Jury of Peers in a Faulty System Contradiction
A narrator claims a jury of his peers reached a verdict but the peers are described as biased against certain groups. The piece questions fairness and the composition of juries and the legitimacy of the decision.
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