Attorneys at Law Offices Over Leach's Drug Store
Attorneys at law announce office location over Leach's Drug Store with prompt service and marchily (prompt) attention to basteces.
20 Feb 1877
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Newspaper
Connersville Examiner
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1877
Page
1
Attorneys at law announce office location over Leach's Drug Store with prompt service and marchily (prompt) attention to basteces.
Poetic meditation on social shaming and gendered violence. A narrator recalls purity corrupted by a deceitful lover who destroys a young woman’s reputation. The piece contrasts harsh public scorn with private pity and contemplates the harm of condemnation.
February brings pleasant weather to Broadax. Whooping cough runs high in the town. Ira Harris, a longtime resident, was buried in Columbia on the 14th. Mrs. St W Williams is seriously ill. John Powell and Nash Heizer left for Kansas February 13. John Jonas found a new partner, Miss Thompson of Indianapolis. A playful verse laments bachelorhood and Protests over buggy riding. Molasses scarce but fur buyers excel. B F claims trapping skills. Hiram Messer sold his farm and moves to Rush County. Clara Hibbs convalescent. Dr Z Perrin returns from Laurel, Lewis Blake plans a move. Farmers optimistic for spring. M E Church encircles grounds for horse hitching. A dramatic church door incident involving a horse choking drew a crowd but the horse was saved. William Green builds a residence for a hired hand. Dill praised. Richard Webb to move to farm near Berlin Bridge. John Stevens and Henry Jonas visit Tennessee seeking a future home. Doctor Turner to build a new stable. John Jonas and J W Tilton to rent Reid’s farm. Wheat looks well.
Sugar making in full blast. Lyons repairs with a bridge planned over Simpson's Creek. A new firm formed by A M Lyons and John Ughling on pigeon catching and sugar making. John Beck assigns mill property after a failed partnership. Ben turns to preaching as a steady vocation. A country tale notes a young man guided a blind, toothless woman home. she leaves him $1,000. Advertising woes include a grocer’s mislabeled umbrella.
A man recounts buying bear meat from Avman for twenty five cents a pound. The meat allegedly alters behavior, leading to marital trouble, a broken tooth, and the narrator’s night of confusion ending with injuries and a vow to avoid bear meat.
A Rural World correspondent argues farming as a vocation offers long term security and privileges, contrasting it with mercantile risk. He suggests a 21 year old with no money could become an independent farmer in ten years by strict saving, noting farmers enjoy leisure and comforts others rarely match.
A health column urges avoiding excess alcohol by eating substantial foods rich in blood making nutrients. It argues meat eggs and bread fuel the body, while salt fish and vegetables provide little strength. The piece notes alcohol only gives brief kicks before a crash and warns bad blood worsens mood and judgment.
In 1817 a hunter misleads a traveler and kills him to steal his valuables, a crime later tied to a New York banker Stephen Edwards. Twenty years pass, a former victim’s revenant reveals the truth, the bank fails, and the two men confront each other in a tale of guilt, revenge, and forgiveness.
A man obsessed with blue glass buys blue items for winders goggles a blue hat top and more. He shuns non blue sights drinks and kisses then kills himself with a revolver. The tale ends with a blue coffin blue granite monument and blue ink in his will.
An exag gerated disipline minded Master presided over a lodge in a state. He conducted a three knock instruction and fell from a four story window to his death. At his funeral no masons attended and decades later a grim discovery revealed skeletons seated in an old lodge meeting room.
A historical discussion discusses General A J Pleasonton’s claim that blue glass and blue light enhance vitality in plants animals and humans. Reports highlight remarkable cures and renewed vigor, while noting skepticism about full scientific explanation and the potential for wide public interest.
The text reviews M. D. Conway's lecture on the devil recounting Lilith as Adam's equal who refused obedience. Lilith allegedly fled Eden, tempted Eve in serpent form, and remains a perilous figure whose victims bear a single golden hair around the heart.
A moral exhortation urges men to avoid using women's names improperly and to reject slander. It warns that a false report ruins reputations, harms mothers sisters and wives, and spreads quickly, urging responsibility for one’s words.
A fragmented excerpt discusses the yearly toll of deaths and burial costs, estimating vast totals and noting the burden on the community and national finances. It cites figures about deceased individuals and the expense of proper burials, hinting at broader economic impact.
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