Reverend Harris and a public scandal shake a quiet city
A sensational report claims Reverend M. B. Harris of Six Mile faced trial for Beecher and Black proclivities, but neighbors say no arrest occurred. He allegedly insulted a virtuous neighbor’s wife, faced confrontation, confessed guilt to her husband, and sought forgiveness while targeting a broader legislative agenda amid a flood of county and state bills and legal actions.
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M. PB. Harris
Six-Mile
Esquire
Israel
M. B. Harris
Beecher
Black
Open Chorus Prospectus Pitches a Second-Hand News Sheet
A satirical notice targets the Terre Haute Mail prospectus Open Chorus, denouncing a weekly second-hand paper that reprints dime-novel romances and stolen literary content. The piece mocks cheap contents, disreputable editorial quality, and claims no compensation for the advertisement.
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Terre Haute Mal
Bull and show bills dominate eighth page of Mail
Editor mocks the eighth page mass of cartoons and clowns comparing it to Barnum show bills. A life size bull cut targets Louisiana voters and editor, and the piece notes the paper’s willingness to advertise others and itself with a self deprecating jibe about stealing copy.
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Louisiana
Mail
Barnum
N. B
Foreclosure of School Fund Mortgages in Clay County
Auditor of Clay County Indiana announces public auction of real estate to recover school fund mortgages. The sale takes place at the court-house in Brazil on March 26, 1877, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., detailing a February 26, 1872 note totaling $40.00.
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50Th General Assembly
Board of Commissioners
Martin County
Gosport
Owen County
Grant County
Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railroad
Marion
United States
Wabash
Ohio
Loogootee
Wabash Railroad Company
Fort Wayne Concordia College
Logansport
Rosa Township
Clinton County
12Th Judicial Circuit
Waterloo
27Th Judicial Circuit
Criminal Circuit
Commissioners of Morgan
Common Council of
Greencastle
Masonic, Odd Fellows
Rose Polyetechnic Institute
41St Judicial Circuit
Mth Judicial
Kentland
Tippecanoe County
Vanderburg
25Th Judicial Circuit
Noblesville
Indianapolis
10Th Judicial Circuit
Twenth- Ninth Judicial Circuit
Clay
Indiana
Brazil
Saiday
Said County
Bowling Green
Clay County
John M. Melton
County of
State of
Henry L. Tressel
Nancy Tressel
Cofmmon School Fund
Harrison J. Long
Henry Moss
Jane Moss
Benjamin Coppock
Joseph M. Chambers
Jemitha A. Chambers
Early Phillips
Derilda J. Phillips
Township Nine
Samuel J. Crosby
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Elder Black
The
Shade
Mr. Harris
Wein Erands and Circle
Fis
G. B
Harris
Hades
City of
Vincennes
Vincennes Drawbridge Company
Boards of County Commissioners
Prospectus
Terre Haute
Jefferson McAnelly
Clay Co
Ind
March
Percales
Cambries
Cretones
Thomas
W.S. Ryce & CO
Opera House
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