Indiana State News Briefs From Vincennes To Marion
Vincennes plans an ice factory Vigo reports 21000 school children Tramps trouble Jennings Evansville works for tri state air Measles rage in Fayette county schools Fourteen pluck me stores in Clay county Walkerton fire worth 35000 Thureday South Bend boiler works to move to Marion I C O F block planned at Huntington Michigan City fights gambling Marine Hospital Evansville well located Nathan Adair family blessed with six children White Caps threaten Delphi residents Laporte heir to estate rumor Fox chase in Pike county Johnson township watermelon trust seeks rail rates Law suit damages after Bloomfield excursion President Cleveland visit injuries and settlements Indiana patents list baptisms immersion near Danville Marion county official arrestees and embezzlement cases.
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Thureday
South Bend
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Huntington
Michigan
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Nathan Adair
Jeffersonville
Dr. Carr
North Manchester
Delphi
Carroll County
I. C. B. Suman
F. Cooper
Valparaico
Platte Valley
Neb
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Eniobson
Samuel Johnson
Decatur County
R. H.W
B. J. Johnson
Robert Hamilton Woodfill Tackett Bennett Jackson Johnson
H. Ogden
Laketon
Wabash County
St. Mary's In the
Catholic Female Institute
Terre Haute
Warsaw
Mt. Etna
White Cans
George Zinn
Laporte County Asylum
Laporte Argus
Runnor
Zion
Pike County
William Brock
Grace Holman
Seymour
Ft. Wayne
Kk. of L
Johnson Township
Knox County
Cobb
Cleveland
Bloomfield
Worthington
Daviess County
Greene County
Indiana
Stephen G. Baldwin
John B. Cleveland
Indianapolis
Frank C. Cleaver
Wom
J. Griebel
Fort Wayne
Joseph B. Himes
Ladoga
George Potts
W. H. Retor
H. Gore
Goshen
Martin D. Stringer
Abraham L. Teetor
Benton Wagner
Milton
Orson H. Woodworth
Columbia City
Fannie Mann
Annie Lee
Douglas Cale
Jacob Grimes
Chas
Militia Strength Report Shows Growth Under New Act
General Drum reports on the organized militia totaling 106 406 officers and men, up 5 69 from last year, with unorganized militia at about 8 104 028. New York leads with 13 539, followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio, reflecting steady expansion and improved equipment since the doubling of annual militia appropriations.
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Drum
War Department
New York
Pennsylvania
Qobic
Dundee Mystery Sees Suspect Husband Tied to Killer Tales
Police arrest W H Bury of Dundee as husband of a slain woman found packed in a wooden chest. Bury, a Whitechapel resident, faced with alleged fits of murder mania, claims he struck in a drunken frenzy and hid the body to flee. Police theorize the wife knew of East End crimes and lured him to Dundee.
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Dundee
W.H. Bury
Bury
Whitechapel
London
Jack the Ripper
Dunadee
Will of eccentric Suffolk schoolmaster leaves bulk to government
New York dispatch reports Surrogate Tuthi i issues citation for the probate of W. M. Merriam's will. Executor C. B. Ackerly found $8,000 in Merriam's Northport room. assets may exceed 100,000. Merriam, a Blaine supporter, died in his Springs schoolroom at sixty five. His sister rumored to be wealthy may contest, but hidden family issues deter.
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New York
Tuthi i
W. M. Merriam
Suffolk County
United States
C. B. Ackerly
Merriam
Northport
Blaine
Republican Arty
Jaine
Springs
Question of annexation dominates Canadian politics
The annexation issue is dominant and claimed to fail under a large current opposition. Rumors say John McDonald plans to resign and appeal to the country. An election would test annexation rhetoric as a leverage against the Liberals and likely bring a setback for both sides.
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Canada
John McDonald
Senate Advances Circuit Split and House Public Works Plan
The Senate approved Boyd's bill to create separate judicial circuits for Hamilton and Madison counties amid opposition over costs. It also passed Hubbell's Oil proposal for Elkhart Superior Court, and a drainage bill. The House debated Curtis's Public Works measure, then approved a Supreme Court commission and other bills, while addressing deficiency appropriations and the lieutenant Governor's salary. The session included contested elections notes, new appointments, and final passage of several legal and infrastructure measures.
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Boyd
Hamilton
Madison
Bichouski
Hubbell
Elkhart County
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Curtis
Board of Public Works
Indianapolis
Braves
Cullen
Whele
Committee On
Willard
Robertson
Adams
Secretary of State
Bureau of Printing and Stationary
SHA
Land Department
Insurance Department
Watchman Treasury
Supreme Court Commission
Henry Wauts
B. L. Smith
Orleans
Johnson
Michigan City Penitentiary
Notarles
Alonzo €. Smith
Traylor
Justices of the Peace
Reynolds
Culler
Poseyville
John
Perton
Silverdale
Spencer County
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Peston
Zoercher
Ssenker
Committee On Elections
Adar
Hess
Howell
Cullen R
Wilson
Kelly
Kabbe
Beasley
Lacy
Oppenheim
Peyton Wes
Patrick
Oppenheim’s
Ad Bank Ebee Cs. Willard's
Gas Trust of
Rx Board of Public Works
State Board of Health
Niblack
Jacob P. Dunn, Jr
Virginia C. 4Ferndeth
Nether House
Andrews
Indiana Legislature Faces Tax Proposals and Reforms
The Curtis bill creates a Board of Public Works for Indianapolis while Republicans denounce it as objectionable. Legg, born 1800 in Lawrenceburg, noted as Indiana's oldest man. Bills to raise dog taxes, appoint state health board by General Assembly, and fund hospital expansions move through the House. Governor Hovey appoints two trustees to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. Senate discusses reform measures and a riotous conspiracy bill targeting White Cap outrages with penalties.
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Board of Public Works
Indianapolis
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T. F. Legg
Windfail
General Assembly
Indiana
Lawrenceburg
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Hovey
Ben L. Smith
Rush
Harry Watts
Henry County
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Senate
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Areport
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Reform School For Boys
Plainfield
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Gforgan
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Saih Hospital
Trawler
Senate Debates Death Penalty and Rachel Coy Marriage Bill
Senators clash over a bill to secretly execute death row inmates before sunrise while substitutes to abolish capital punishment gain little support. A separate measure aims to legalize the marriage of Rachel Coy and legitimize four children’s births for pensions. In House actions, prison reforms include lighting upgrades, literacy programs, and a shift from contract to warden directed convict labor, with calls to parole long-serving lifers.
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DeMotte
Senate
Bischowski
Rachel Coy
Rachel Mason
Terre Haute
John Coy
Burgess
Springfield
Til
Michigan City
Mesers Reynolds
Carrick
Young Mr Porcine Leaves Board Without Notice
A fragment from the New York Sun recalls a quiet gentleman who recently left his boarding house two months ago. Neighbors say he was refined and well liked, and they have not seen him since.
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New York Sun
Porcine
Wabash
Philadelphia merchant promotes massive weekly ad spend
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a Philadelphia merchant claiming a weekly advertising spend of five thousand dollars as a means to generate profit, titled Its Joba Waveimaker. The readable text centers on advertising costs and business viability.
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Waveimaker
Philadelphia
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