25 May 1867
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1867
Page
1
Passenger trains east and west listings show times 10:39 p m 8:37 a c and 4:59 a m 6:58 p m with numbers 14a No 10 4 144m No 11 5:09 r No 12 3:20 p mw. This OCR shows fragmented schedule details and station references.
Fragmentary timetable notes for Lawrenceburg schedule showing Going East departures to Springfield and St. Louis with times around 9 37 a m 3 02 r a 8 10 p m and 6 53 p m and connections to Chicago express.
The Aurora Grove of Druids and neighboring singing societies will hold a grand picnic at the Fair Grounds on Saturday June 4. The event features the base seeta and community groups, with plans for an enjoyable day and further society meetings and exhibitions noted in related local notices.
The excerpt recounts a Canton Ohio transition from stagnation to factory growth after Mr Ball secured a $10,000 loan to manufacture mowing machines. It notes Canton’s population and wealth surge, credits multiple manufacturing sectors, and urges citizens to support local ventures to raise prosperity and property values. It also mentions river traffic, city council actions, and a note on Aguo pills.
On Friday May 17 blacksmith Dedrich Winter received a telegraphic dispatch summoning him to Noblesville Indiana. He left with his horse Bob and returned Monday evening with a fresh shipment from Germany after about eighteen days travel. He and his partner had been separated seven or eight years, a happy reunion.
In Dillsborough a death of Isaac Williamson is reported at age about 60 with funeral services held at the M E Church. The piece notes property changes including Mr Burgess purchasing Daniel Kelsey’s former home and Mrs Temperance Legg acquiring Ira Cowell’s property. It records Lawrenceburg court sessions with quashed indictments, acquittals, guilty pleas in assault, and several civil actions in the Dearborn辖 court.
A compact price table lists dried apples corn meal rye oats barley hay and plax seed along with hams shoulders sides lard cheese beans flour butter butter and eggs prices per bush or per barrel, plus quantities for wheat potatoes and chickens. The OCR fragment shows unit prices and measurements with several unreadable portions.
A notice from an individual staying at the Mansion House in Aurora Indiana offers medical services to all persons afflicted with chronic diseases of every kind. The ad presents a broad claim of cure or treatment and requests patronage from the public.
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