Local notes and notices mix in town chatter
School ads and church notices mix with train schedule changes and tax collection remarks. Mentions include Gandellinger Hats and Caps, a new German church dedication next Sunday, a 10:46 train revised to 7:36 a m, and Meridian street racing reports. Samuel W. Pagis takes Harald office foremanship at Bowling Green.
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Wandalla Road
Samuel W. Pagis
The
Lancaster News
Harald
Bowling Green
Our People in Town Roundup and Notices
Local items list visits by Maj. B 5 Hill J G Ackelmire A R Julian and others at the Fair. Notes on Melissa Watts from Michigan, John Dierdorf in city, James Shaw and Jesse Yocom in town, and travels of S D Coffey Rosser and spouses to Indianapolis. Mentions Rev Pitner, James Buchanan speech, Brattin display, theft at Thimm’s shop, and Miners Union auditing article in Tax Echo.
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Maj. B. 5
Hill
J. G. Ackelmire
Middlebury
A. R. Julian
Jeff. McAnelly
Judge Turman
Col
C. C. Matson
Melissa Watts
Michigan
Stubs
John Dierdorf
Ferre Haute
Charles J. Wilkinson
Cass Township
S. Gundlefinger
Cincinnati
James Shaw
Jesse B. Yocom
Clay County
S. D. Coffey
E. A. Rosser
Indianapolis
Jiliam Teter
Bowling Green
Iowa
Luther Wolfe
Knightsville Enterprise
J. W. McMillan
Lawrence
Kansas
R. M. Wingate
A. J. Montgomery
Hendrix
Merchant's Hotel
Bloomington
Carrie J. Brighton
Brighton
Chas. H. Knight
Decatur
Greensburg
Our
John Collins
Brazil
Herald
Indiana
F. M. Pavy
Samuel G. Riddle
Lick Springs
Orange County
Joseph McGregor
Carroll County
Ohio
dleGregor
Bill Allen
Buckeye
John L. Pitner
M. E
Pitner
Tax Ecuo
Miners’ Union
Vigo County Fair Notes and Local Notices
The report covers fair results with premiums paid in full and a dividend, notes on delinquent taxes in Van Buren township, and upcoming legal relocation talks on the county seat. It mentions Miss Englesfield being admitted to the Vigo circuit bar, and tributes to Wm. Wheeler starting law studies in Indianapolis. It also highlights local commerce from Adama Mansur Co. and welcomes Brazilian visitors to the St Charles House during the fair.
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Englesfield
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Miss E
Clay County Pumps Win Big at Fair Event in Floral Hall
The Clay County pump competition at the fair drew two entries Weaver Bros. & Cordery of Clay County and W H Fisk of Pennsylvania. Judges praised Clay County stone material and smooth finish with first prize going to Weaver Bros. Cordery. The firm offers local manufacturing, warranties, and seven wagons for delivery with ready repairs.
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Floral Hall
Weaver Bros. & Cordery Firm
Clay County
W. H. Fisk
Pennsylvania
Weaver Bros. & Cordery
Fisk
S. Clay County
Spinner and Indiana reunion plans in Brazil 1875
Treasurer F B Spinner discusses finance in a letter to John G Drew. He plans winter in Jacksonville to resume natural history study and weighs leaving politics. He urges currency backed bonds and government notes, cites Pacific railroad bonds, and notes a recent water works fire alarm prank by youths.
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Treasury
Congress
Pacific Railroad
Jacksonville
Florida
EB. Spinwne
John G. Drew
Elizabeth
N. J
Greenback Movement Urges Ohio Support in 1875
A 1875 appeal outlines economic distress from currency contraction and calls for renewed greenback support. Eugene Baene of the Legal Tender Club in New York argues that debtors need relief and warns that an Ohio victory for Allen could spark nationwide demand for money substitutes.
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New York Island
Ohio
New York
Daily News
Sunday Mercury
The
Sunah World
Freeman's Journal
Haven
Union
Philadelphia
Greenback Herald
Allen
East
Eugene Baene
Sec
Legal Tender Club
N.Y
One by One tribute to Vigo county pioneer
Died at his Pierson Township residence aged 94. Old Uncle Jo Lis nele Jo plowed Vigo county’s first furrow and helped seed its growth from Fort Harrigan prairie to Terre Haute. Born in Kentucky before Yorktown’s surrender, he lived in Vigo most of his life, witnessed frontier life, and left a legion of relatives to mourn.
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Pierson
Lisnele
Vigo County
Ft. Harrigan Prairie
Pierson Township
Kentucky
Yorktown
Ndiana
Vigo
Leasant
Terre
Deer Haute
Dian
Indiana
Terre Haute
Soup-house Power and Ohio Voice in Money Power Struggle
A readers letter from a TERS supporter ridicules the Money Power and praises Ohio citizens. The prose calls for faith in relief despite snow and frost and urges trust in orators and statesmen.
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the Enquirer
Ohio
Democratic party backs labor in greenback clubs push
The Terre Haute Journal cites an Express urging rapid organization of greenback clubs in Terre Haute to back a currency tied to the nation's credit. The piece endorses the plan as aligned with labor interests and Democratic unity, calling the party the ally of the “greatest good to the greatest number.”
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Terre Haute Journal
The
Express of
Express
Democratic Party
Labor
Asme
Union mining offers 70 cent ore price in Brazil Ind
Union Mining Co at Newburg or W H Ponrer manager Brazil Ind seek buyers for bituminous coal at 70 cents per ton. Also offered: 25 house and lot for sale with seven rooms, outbuildings, fruit trees, well and all-new fittings. J Dicksox address for particulars. Gundlefinger to bring large stock of men youths and boys clothing hats caps trunks etc to Clay county at ruinous low prices.
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Adama, Mansur & Co
Indianapolis
Union Mining Co
Newburg
W. H. Ponrer
Brazil
Ind
J. Dicksox
Gundlefinger
Clay County
Bellcammer & Cosy
Fulton Street
New York
Vnte
Foum Hoberg
Root § Co
Terre Haute
Jeans
Nichols, Shepard.& CO
Battle Creek
Bishigan
Pure Bred Fowls Offered for Public Sale in Marlboro
A Marlboro Ohio advertisement lists pure bred fowls for sale including Dark Brahams Light Brahams Buff Cochins Partridge Cochins Silver Spangled Hamburgs Silver Gray Dorkings White Leghorns and Houdgans. The seller Moss Biller promises first class stock and satisfactory results and invites stamp requests for a circular and price list. Guthrie the druggist advertises paints oils patent medicines and other goods from Cin Give him a call before purchasing HM
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Moss Biller
Marlboro
Stark Co
Ohio
Guthrie
Cin
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Brattin
Jeweler
St. LY. T. H
Lia ME Mahi
Hs M Jis
Terre Haute R
Soll Gil
Leel
Markland
Eloual
DoLit
Adamson
Ims Aw Pe
John B. Jtichardson
Trot
Jeck Water
Gandellinger
Just
Ine
Gundie Ginger
Daugherty
Meridian Street
E. H. Hasney
T. H. Express
Rockville
May
James D. Hawkins
Geo. M. Davis
Tusccno
F. W. Thimm
T.anys
James Buchanan
Fair Grounds
D. W. Brattin
Sentinel
Gundelfinger
J. M. Price
Esa
Enoch Downs
Christina Hunter
Brazil Township
Jacksonville, Florida
James E
Tron City Hose Company
Elaser Marshall
Board of Commissioners
C. E. Wilder
van Buren Township
D. W. Wallace
Westerfield
Denver
Wm. O. Wheeler
Asbury University
Tie
Elliot & Ayers
St. Charles House
Stevenson
Terre Haute Express
Clay Trotting Park Association
Clay County Agricultural Society
the Soldiers OF
W. M. Ridpath
W. M. Rippata
T. M. Robertson
Mosse Roosnberger
Turner’s Hall
F. B. Spinner
G. D
Collins
John 8
Colins
Collins Drug Store
John Collins’ Drug Store
B. Brown
Shaw and Stewart
Jo. Stough
Burrato Mitts
Cloverland
Gray County
Watter Gentry
Buffalo
Will Pease
Europe
Andress B. Alexander & Co
Yonatf
Terre Haute, Ind
Opera House
H. Richardson
R. Freeman
Richardson & Coo
Smo
Boston Square
Boston
South Illinois St
Inbarapolis
Occidental
Fas
Chicago
Bridgeport
Conn
Clark and
Ion Streets
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Main Street
Toledo, C
Summit Street
Albany
N. Y
Troy
Third Street
New Haven, Conn
Church Street
Chapel Street
North Adams
Mass
Pittsburg, Penn
Smithfield Street
Center Square
Shartford, Conn
Asylum Street
South
Broadway
Pop GE & Bullock
Nichols, Shepard & Co’s
Vanitig
Brunker
Steward & Morgan
Browning & Sloan
Guilck & Barry
Eberly & Binley
Haute
Joseph Bolinger
Bolinger
Painter
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