Local items and notices from a 19th century paper
A miscellany of short items including trade notes on coal exports, a Maine village inscription, mayoral hints about Thomas B. Reed, British steel makers and a strike link, Porto Rico Americanization, a croup cure testimonial, a Madrid footpad tale, oil gushers reporting contrast, a French Academy quip, dyspepsia cures, MacArthur on the Philippines, Library of Congress civil service debate, and Mexico’s open war on gambling with officials warned of dismissal.
Dyspepsia Cure request from Indiana druggist
A January 11 1840 letter from Corydon Indiana requests shipment of Dyspeptic Cure via Geneva due to running out. L A Houser Druggist asks G A Baas to supply one half dozen bottles to reach by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Corydon
Ind
F. L. Shinkle
Muncie
Geneva
L. A. Houser
G. A. Baas
Grand Jury and Petit Jury Selections Listed
Names of jurors and various civil case dockets across multiple townships including Laughery Adams Otter Creek and Johnson. Notable defendants include Whitten Heiderman Schofield Eagle Dehart Haines Harmon Heller and many others with cases ranging from rape assault larceny and mandamus to foreclosure and partition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrell
Mary Lemon
Richard Haines
Downey and Schutts
Frank Shutts
Trustee &Sc
Charles Obendorf
Wilson and Thompson
Lizzie Byard
Judson Harmon
Receivers &Sc
Wilson
Thompson
Vearl Byard
Mack Isgard
Connelley
Ed Shockley
Hs, & Ovs
WLR
Damages
Thompson and Jones
Albert E. Zeilime
Charles H. Daubenheyer
J. H. Connelley
J. W. Jerkins
Orlando Jenkins
Benjamin Bennett
Martha Howard
Cravens
Mary Eilers
Sophia Locmiller
Len
Creigmile
Elizabeth Nye
Jacob Nye
Pate
Ester Stull
Jacob Stoll
Gelvin
H. Edward Stowe
Carrie Dieb
Cravens—MacCormick Harvesting Co
Raymond Thompson
Louis Behr
Jacob Gutzwiller
J. ©. Stow
Admrest
Jacob Cox
Chester Cass
Bond
Ulman and Robinson
Barbara Gerth
Guardian Sc
Alve
Maria Eva Paul
Victor Oberting
Fred Meyer
Cuonneley
Anna Hammar
Abraham Buell
Connetley
William Whitney
George Bessler
Cora Wooley
Joseph R. Brooks
Rebuck
Francis M. Derringer
Sanford B. Townsend
Conneiley
Jennie Walter
Frank Walter
Catherine Eaton
Julius Eaton
Henry B. Smith
Peter Marchino
Partutition
William
Adkins
The
Ella Parsons
Harry Parsons
Beet sugar promise grows as U S factories expand
The British Consul Wyndham reports to the Treasury Bureau that beet sugar production in the United States is rising. Four Illinois factories, three in Nebraska, and three in Colorado are under way or expanding, with Nebraska and Colorado likely to employ thousands of workers when finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wyndham
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Ilinois
Nebraska
Colorado
Indi
Sugar Production and Consumption in the United States
The United States leads in sugar consumption and production, with about a quarter of world output. Soil and climate favor growth in states like Colorado, Nebraska, and Illinois, matching European and Asian regions. Global sugar output is around 8,250,000 tons annually, two-thirds from beet and one-third from cane, with consumption rising by 250,000 tons each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Colorado
Nebraska
Illinois
Europe
Asia
Home Gold Cure promised to cure drink habit at home
An advertisement touts the Home Gold Cure as a private, at home treatment for drunkenness. It claims a disease basis, no narcotics, no nerve weakening, and results for thousands. Priced at one dollar with full directions, shipped worldwide from Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wd. Eywin BG. Gines & Co
Market St
Philadelphia
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David Cooksey
Jacob Zuis
D. McCaullum
P. M
North Perry
Maine
North Pole
Thomas B. Reed
New York
Abe
Porto Rico
Islands
Madrid
Texas
M. Legoure
French Academy
P. T. Thomas
Sumterville
Ala
Geo. Kaas
General MacArthur
Philippines
Congress
Library of Congress
Civil Service Commission
Luieher
Indianapolis Brewing Campy
Batesville
John Pfal&sgraff, Agt
Gourt House News
Grand Jury
Philip Weber
William Lingle
Ads
Ary de Laughery
Meerpraiettel
the Johnson
John Flick, Jr
Otter Creek
Nicholas Hammond
Johnson
Perry N. Brown
Jackson
Marshal Downey
Petit Jury
George Newman
Center
Herman Brinkemeyer
Adams
Mack Perry
Henry F. Brandt
Franklin
Absalom Hughes
Andrew J. Morrow
Brown
Valentine Lauber
August Binder
Laughery
Henry Erimian
William Cross
Jack On
John Wuest
Charles Henry Laughery
William Dehart
Margaret Dehart
Rebecca Eagle
William Eagle
Myrtle Eads
William Eads
Vt Ua
Samuel Downs
Marion Stewart
J. Meyers
J.popenhaus
Lion Coffee
Cornet
Elizabeth Trees
John Trees
Dixon and Meloy
Albert Tripp
Thomas E. Day
Louisa Ertsinger
Peter Nickel
Frank Ertsinger
Ripley County Bank
Wm. O’brien
Joan Harper
William O’brien
W. H. Hueneke
Fred G. Walter
August Philips
Ticie Philips
Chris Neuforth
Philip Ertsinger
H. Hoberg
Rudolph Hoberg
W. W. Bigney
John Westerman
August Franke
James M. Singer
Jerry Higbie
Pat H. Conley
W. R. Glasgow
Henrietta C. Lipps
Admix
Elizabeth Assenschmidt
Richard Behlmer
Ticie Phillips
August Phillips
Benham & Willson
W. W. Dickey
Daubenheyer
Sam Daubenbeyer
Adm
Aug
A. Ferry
Barbara Ferry
Copneiley
Daniel Kidd
Admr Nse
Serepita Gault
Stockinger
Admr &Se
Lizzie H. Minneman
William Wheeler
R. W. Holman
John Harsh
Irene Harsh
Willson
Sarah J. McCullough
J C Row
Charles R Dashiel
Catharine Dashiel
Milton Jarvis
Mary A. Jarvis
Crespmile
Elmer Edwards
Ella Edwards
Thompson & Jones
Susannah Hallett
Admr &Sc
Susannah Hallet
John Morrow
Bertha (Morrow
Charles A. Parsons
Thos. Laws
Admi &Se
Cornetl Thomas Conover
Actmr
Ethal
Waoran
Stafford Press
Church St. New Haven, Conn
N.W. Cor
Athens
Alia
R R
RK. R. Station
Decatur
Spring Branch Crossing
R. R. Station
Decatug
Huntsville
kQucres
Wacres
Voueres
Churel
Fever Creek
K. Ro
Sdieres
uWiaeres
Mies
J.C. Christiansen
Alabama
W. B. Dunn
Greensburg, Ind
Portland
Koepile Bros
Fifteenth St
Cincinnati, O
Oldenburg, Ind
Jos
Luesse’s Grain and Feed
P. Boerstler
J. W. Henry
Batesville, Ind
John Vonderheidf
Indiana
Wwe
Siggers
Washington, B. c
Dr. Peal
G.A. Baas
Ibn Quaelize
Peal Medicine CO
Cleveland
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