Local Price List From The New Era
Local market prices from The New Era include per pound rates for lard six cents, beef tallow five, butter eleven, hams eight to nine, pork on foot three dollars per hundred, dressed four dollars, turkeys five cents, chickens five, ducks four, geese four, oats thirty cents per bushel, corn forty cents, wheat No 1 one dollar seven cents, beans one dollar twenty five per bushel, clover seed three fifty, cranberries one fifty, peaches dried eight ten and twelve cents, onions one dollar per bushel, potatoes forty cents, apples dry six, apples green seventy five cents per bushel, beeswax twenty cents, flax seed one twenty five, and other assorted goods listed.
State Senator Candidate Hewry Hostetter Named
We announce Hewry Hostetter of Perry township as a candidate for state senator for Noble and LaGrange counties subject to the Republican nominating convention. Also John Q. Knox named for County Recorder pending party action. Delegates to Chicago convention report and local notes on grasshoppers, old settlers meeting, St Nicholas June issue, and local business updates.
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Hewry Hostetter
Perry Township
Noble and
LaGrange
John Q. Knox
Hascall
Goshen
Chicago
Warsaw
Wabash Plain Dealer
Local notices and updates from Ligonier and Noble county
Census work continues as examination day approaches. Court and legal business loom with June term preparations. Reports of travel, town developments, and small town incidents fill the week, including arrivals in Albion and Goshen, school updates, a proposed Kendallville church sale, and local economy notes.
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Albion
Noble County
McGuffey
Appleton
Goshen
South Bend Herald
Newspaper Clippings and Notices From Albion Era and Local Papers
A compilation of disparate items includes a quip about Tax ALBION Ena failing to deliver to the Walkerton Republican office, a Cedar Beach Club House guest list for the week ending May 25 with notable names like ex-Congressman Milt Robinson and Mrs Will Cumback, and a note from the Anion Era criticizing the Indianapolis Journal on presidential fairness. Also reported is the death of David Nicodemus, a Albion resident, aged about forty, who died May 28 1880 after long illness and was buried near Noblesville. he leaves a wife.
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Cedar Beach Club
Milt Robinson
Anderson
Will Cumback and Son
Greensburg
L. P
R. E. Woollen
Indianapolis
F. A. Hascall
J. M
L. H. Noble
J. R. Mulholland
C. C. Sparkley
Goshen
Wabash Plain Dealer
David Nicodemus
Albion
Noblesville
White Bronze Monuments in Demand and Durable
For years white bronze has replaced marble in monuments, tombstones, statuary, and medallions due to its durability and low cost. Manufactured in Bridgeport Conn by Monumental Bronze Co. J A Cutler of Wolcottville is sole agent for Noble and LaGrange counties and is taking orders locally. He offers designs to choose from and has advertised in The New Era to reach readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport, Conn
Monumental Bronze Company
J. A. Cutler
Wolcottville
Noble and LaGrange
Subscriptions Lag As Farmers Busy May Press May Receipts
The New Era records light May receipts as farmers toil on spring crops. The editor urges June payments to publish a fuller list in July. Names and amounts from Albion to Traverse City appear, with a note on Indiana editors and the role of the local paper in campaigns.
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Imes
Brimfield
Geo Holey
New Lancaster
John Holey
Albion
John A. Bruce
W J Cox
Traverse City
Mich
Ed Webb
John G Peck
Florence Mich
Jas Greenman
Cowley
Ligonier
Hank Oswalt
Milton D Stanley
Alfred Skinner
Betacstate
W H Baker
Wolf Lake
Frank F Cook
Johan Epp
Tae A Tors
E R Shirk
J T Johnston
Page
Benton
JIN Buzz
Critique of unethical voters and newspaper freeloaders
The speaker condemns voters who never vote reliably and party candidates who rely on such individuals. He argues these voters manipulate outcomes and harm elections. He also scorches residents who demand free obituary and society notices while crippling the county newspaper by overloading it with unpaid content.
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New York Times
Public Printing Costs Spark County Newspaper Battle
In a heated exchange, Tut New Era criticizes the Banner for public printing expenditures in 1879 and early 1880. The New Era accuses the Banner editor of falsehoods and personal mudslinging, calls for affidavits from local officials, and defends its own decades-long integrity amid claims of opium use and defamation.
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Tut New Ena
Tux New Era
Banner
Munchausen
Noble County
Elkhart
Kosciusko
Noble Counties
That Proposed Road in Wolcottville 1880 Letter Debate
A May 29 1880 letter from Wolcottville defends a county line road project between Noble and LaGrange counties. It argues gravel is needed over clay, names landowners and a railroad crossing, disputes a $5000 cost, and ridicules a critic nicknamed Pinchbug. The piece ends with a jab at editors duties and publisher woes.
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Wolvortville
New Era
Kendallville
B. F. Myers
H. L. Taylor
Joel Raber
G. R.& I. R. R. Company
Myers
Taylor
Joseph Greenfield
Dutch Street
Wolcottville
Country weeklies urged to unite vs unfair practices
The piece argues publishers should form a convention to stop free political favors and unpaid subscriptions. It condemns aggressive partisan editing, anonymous slander, and driving readers for payments. It notes Paragon Mills of Albion fixed a failed well and begins producing new process patent flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paragon Mills
Albion
Insure Against Fire With W Frank Chappe Avent
Farmers urged to insure property against fire lightning and steam threshers with 19m7 W Frank Chappe Avent offering coverage and guidance for risk protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Chappe
Avent
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry Promoted for Lung Ailments
Endorsed as a universal tonic, Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry is claimed to cure consumption asthma bronchitis and other lung diseases with few doses relieving sore throat and lung soreness. A large pint bottle costs $1.00 and pharmacists are urged to stock this remedy.
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Wistar
Or Smith
Good Health Makes Earth a Heaven
Public health ad touts Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a universal cure for weak kidneys nervous debility urinary and digestive troubles liver disorders and scrofula. It claims purification renewal and strength for a healthier life and urges readers to ask their druggist for this vegetable blood purifier.
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Guysett
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Perantpexr
Aubigon MA
Clapp
Indiana
Palmer House
St. Nicholas
Scribner & Co
New York
D. L. Hall
Jockey and Trotting Club
Garrett
Palmer
Ward
Forrest A. Love
West
Trenton
F. A. Love
Forrest
Tage New Era
Times
John Whan
Swan
Swan Town
Albion Carriage Works
H. R. Shirk
Michigan
BE. B. Andrewe
Battle Creek
Shirk
Circuit Court
Dr. Pickett
Felkner
Fielding Prickett
Elkhart County
Marshall Counties
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J. J. Freeland
Standard
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Wisconsin
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United States
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Acme
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Lambert
Ind
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Syracuse
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Old Settlers
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A. L. Fulton
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Colorado
Albion Ena
Brother Prickett
Walkerton
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Geo. J. Langsdale
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John D. Blac
Rew Brick Ry F
M. M. Fennexr
Fredona
N.Y
Dr- Fenner
Dr. Fenner
Fenner
Hamlin & Skinner
Walter Ketchum
Blacksmith
Jesse Hoffman
Insurance Agency
W. Frank Clapp
Hartford
Conn
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Bank of Albion
Mediatels
Chicaco Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Iowa
J.L. Drew
Davenport
J.E. Frunt
aGenrt Albion
Istillingiai
Geo. W.phelps
Conneaut
Ohio
R. L. Stone
Fairbanks
Alico
Eclipse Wind Mills
Loweat
Quality Co
Fairbanke, Moree & Co
Reach
St. Johns
Andrew Cottettate
Aeirlding Prickett
A. D. G Harvey
Sonic Orange
A. D. C, Harvey
Reaper & Mower
Shell
Farmera
Healy
Al‘lon
Markey & Walters
Pevlin GO
ELAS
G. BR Phil
Orange Streets
Phillips
Albion Garriage Works
Carri
Hazel & Liberty Sts
Bennet Rouse
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