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Newspaper

Aurora Commercial

Location

Aurora, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1867

Page

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Aurora Frisky Times Column: Notices and Circles

Notice to all who took coal from J C Rincher & Co barges near Aurora last winter to call Captain Israel Phalin and settle. Haight & Chambers Circus to exhibit in Aurora next Saturday. Oasis Davggion and Sons of Temperance organized. officers installed. No judge room secured yet.

J.C. Rincher & Co Aurora Israel Phalin Gurex Firat National Bank of Good-Etyls To.onder Uaats Bors Sean Haight & Chambers’ Circus Yfanesua Oasis Sons of Temperance George Sidékrey P. A. Shockley Thomas Scofield H. Harding R. Ashworth A. C T. H. Johnson McHenry A.B Thomas Hibbert John Griffin Thomas Davenport

Dearborn County Agricultural Society Annual Meeting Report

The Dearborn County Agricultural Society met at the Fair Grounds near Aurora on Saturday April 13. President Francis Worley presided in his absence. officers were elected for the coming year and the secretary and treasurer presented their reports. Directors for various districts were named and the secretary ordered to summon a meeting of the Board of Directors.

Dearborn County Aneffercultural Society S Dearborn County Agricultural Society Fair Grounds Aurora Francis Worley Strawder Cheek Huffman Henry Wood F. Sibley John N. Milburn J.D. Curtis Hogan John Bruce Wastington Samuel R. Cole Parla Jacob Miller Clay David Conine Cesar Creek D.E. Kelsey Lawrenceburg R.wymond Manchester A. B.ill Miller Itnaly W. Blaisdell Jackson A. J. Alden Keleo B. Connelly York John Heimberger Harrison John Wildridge Logan Frank Swales Ohio County D. G. Rabb Thomas Durbin James Holmes Ripley Warren Biséait Tilford Dickerson Joseph Jackson Boone County Marcus Collins Sanford Botts Weetig Coven Rene Abr Couneil Hall Aurd Worley Bec TE. &C Ohio Samuel Griffins John T. Parker T Bt Epstein Ain Agquilis Dé Rich Bala Dubatjus Mainie Criawell Corner Board of Commissioners Washington Hotel Third Street Main Indiana John Baer Ind City of Auorm

Local notes mix business and weather with river dullness

The article mentions C. Kelsey as bookkeeper for a large brewery and a new flagstaff with a starry banner. It discusses diverse fruit prospects with half to fair yields, a Friday anniversary at Moore's Hill Lodge, Aurora Lodge inviting outsiders, and a critical condition for Philip Gould and his wife. Also notes death of Dr. Bond's father in Virginia and river activity being dull with boats and cargoes described.

C. Kelsey Moore’s Hill Aurora Lodge Philip Gould Green B C.bond Clarksburg W. Va E.P. Bond Lawrenceburg Virginia Tom. Wright Laugher R. Criswell New Orleans

Dillsborough notices and temperance meeting report

DILLSBOROUGH reports a Friday temperance meeting at the Methodist Church led by D C Johnson and others. It notes a Wednesday event at Lop-Har square, property transfers, and a debate on historical and modern dance linked to religious and social practices. The correspondent comments on dancing, propriety, and local manners with references to Terpsichore and Kitto.

D.C. Johnson Lop-Har Square John Tibbits Dillsborough Sprong Jon B. Bennett John Gelvin Miriam Kitto Terpsichore Soute Strabo Dape Waloons neRgchion Dol & Ihoweay Plageids Shas

Dancing in religious practice sparks debate across eras

An analysis critiques the use of dance in Christian worship, tracing historical permissiveness and licentious forms from ancient rites to 19th century clergy concerns. It argues modern churches should avoid terpsichorean teaching and French instructors, asserting sacred services require restraint.

Apis Aurora Herod Daniel Webster Terpsichore

Local notices and social happenings in Manchester area

Prof Morris prepares for a grand exhibition at the Academy while Hugh D McMullen and wife plan a Wrights Corners event. Miss M G Bodie is rehired as Union Ridge District summer teacher after last year’s success. Lieut Geo W McMullen and Capt A H Jumper run a busy portable saw mill near Pennsylvanianburg, Ripley County, from their Civil War days bonds. Widow and heirs of W W Jordan sell their property and move to Lowertown, Mrs Jordan famed for kindness to the poor. L Kern aims to move back to Cincinnati. horseback riding becomes fashionable among young ladies as weather warms and farmers prep summer crops.

Morris Academy Hugh D. McMullen Wright’s Corners Union Ridge M. G. Bodie Geo. W. McMullen A. H. Jumper Pennsylvanianburg Ripley County W. W. Jordan Lower

Moores Hill News Roundup and Local Notes

Local items report Mrs Dennison moving to Cincinnati and Mrs Abrahams moving into her vacated house. Mr Clark expands a new two story shop. Robert Draper visits town and word of a likely illness. Mrs Goyer recovers, Justice moves to Ripley county, and Thomspson and French improve properties with trees. Thomas Jennings adds perfumery stock. Rev Wip Thompson declines Wilmington offer for Charleston Shargs and takes Charlestown post. Brass band practice continues with praise. Town votes 63 for incorporation, 26 against. Dr Strickland Cough Balm advertised as remedy for throat diseases. Deaths and memorials, local sales, and church meetings noted.

Dennison Cincinnati Abrahams Clark Robert P. Draper Ben Goyer Wm. Justice Ripley County J. K. Thompson John Thomas Jennings Thompson Wilmington Charlestoin Pim Bandis Bester Aviroa

Aurora Prices Current Corrected Weekly

Commercial notice lists weekly corrected prices for food staples including apples peaches beans flour wheat corn meal oats barley hay flax seed hams shoulders and sides with unclear values and minor typos. Names of items and units appear with dashes and fragments across a damaged line.

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