12 Feb 1880
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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1880
Page
3
A lengthy market day list shows town and county prices for farm staples and farm goods, inclding oats 40 cents per bushel, wheat No 1 123 cents, butter 16 cents, potatoes 50 cents per bushel, apples 7 cents per pound, and pork prices per hundred. Local items mention St Valentines Day, sheriff sales, dances, temperance work, illness updates, taxes, and community notices.
This week's paper notes the death of Mrs. Crawer a resident and daughter of Mr. Daniel Hines, plus local editorials, church lecture good, and a druggist promotion. It reports burglaries at M Jacobs de Ce’s store, gilt bank signs by L A Konkle, and a Whitley county Commercial upgrade. Also mentions St Jacob's oil cures rheumatism, and postal stamping delay in Albion.
A young man named Lacy, relative of Mr. John Foot of York township, was hunting rabbits west of town when a gun discharged accidentally. The charge passed through his foot, producing a severe wound. This incident underscores the need for strict firearm safety among men and boys to prevent similar injuries.
The past week saw marriage licenses granted to DeWitt Banta and Mara Zimmerman Samuel Broughton Jr and Ida LeZahater John Denizen and Anna Schenkel James L Smalley and Arminda P Hostetter.
The Paragon Mills of Albion were completed and started January 26, boasting the latest improved machinery for custom work. Farmers are invited to deliver a few hundred bushels of good Mediterranean or Lancaster wheat with advance payment offered.
In Indianapolis before Judge Gresham United States vs Dr William H Clark of Albion for fraudulent pension affidavits the motion for a new trial was overruled and nine months in Noble County jail imposed. The Indianapolis Journal notes sympathy for age but confirms punishment for fraud. Later Judge Gresham alters the sentence to a fine of $590 with no imprisonment.
Kendallville judge rests, Corunna principal reports prosperity, and Noble county residents debate a relics exhibition. A patent swindle sells wooden sticks as wagon axles supports, fooling Cyrenus Roberts and Christian Burkey before creditors attach the goods and the swindler flees with the loss.
The Ligonier Banner reproduces an Enoch Arden style tale about John K. White, who vanished years ago then reappeared with a wife now married to a neighbor. It notes his claims of army service and time in the Black Hills, plus uncertainty about the final outcome. The piece also argues for a Lake Erie to Lake Michigan ship canal, favoring a route via St Joseph and Elkhart rivers to Ft Wayne to connect with the Wabash and Erie canal, as a boon to western commerce and navigation.
Rev Gladden analyzes boyhood in city and rural settings based on Springfield men. He finds seventy of eighty eight grew up with farm chores or hard work, while many city youths faced limited labor and later success. Also covers Dyer murder trial in Northern Indiana, real estate transfers, February weather notes, Brimfield market, and Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine highlights.
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