Ambitious Putnam County Aspirant and Bills on Interest
An aspirant emerges in Putnam County Illinois where 1400 able bodied citizens lack lawyers. The article notes Turax's bill on interest set at 6 percent and allows post agreement interest, with no effect on public funds. It also covers Chinese immigration limits and executions in Indianapolis, plus harsh crime laws and a harsh winter climate report with fruit crop risks and severe snows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Kirkwood
Illinsis
Pension law changes spark questions on arrearages and dates
A recent capstone of pension reform repeals the five year filing limit. It preserves arrearage payments at the original pension rate, prompting questions over whether totally disabled new pensioners should receive arrearages at $72 or a different amount. The Attorney General may be asked to interpret the provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Pacific Coast
Coolie
Commissioner of Pensions
Congress
Beekeeper Records Historic Tree Cut Event and Honey Harvest
On January 29 1879 W W Day and the writer cut a dead red oak near the residence. A large bee swarm occupied a forked limb with about a hundred pounds of honey, of which 75 pounds were saved. The fall also killed an owl and two squirrels, while a surviving brood remained despite cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Day
Joan W. Ragan
Wealthy widow dies of hydrophobia after dog bite
Mrs. Cath erin Gorman of Parave pura Pa dies following hydrophobia contracted from a Spitz bite last October while rescuing her son. The dog bit the boy’s leg, then Mrs. Gorman. both wounds were cauterized, the animal killed. She worsened after a period of apparent recovery, suffered spasms, delirium, and finally death at 7:40 P.M. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parave
Pura Pa
Catherine Gorman
Sargent
Local notables and land deals headline small town dispatch
Arch Allen buys mules. James Bridges sells 80 acres to J. B. Cross for 3800 dollars. Mrs. Frank Watson buys John Randle's house for 500. James Welker rents Oscar Lane's sugar camp. Ice breaks under animals at the mill pond. Public meetings planned about the Indiana and Springfield Railroad at several schools from Jan 29 to Jan 31. Wampler and Garner enter fur trade. John Hilliard badly burned at Eliad's mill. Wheat looks better after snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch. Allen
H.C. Darnall and Son
Indianapolis
James Bridges
J. B. Cross
Frank Watson
John Randle
James Welker
Oscar Lane
Mr.Mead
Mill Pond
Major Brown
Col. Harper
John Lee
Indiana
Springfield R.R
Fordice
Russell Township
Fincastle
Bainbridge
Groveland
E. Parker
Illinois
David Ward
Lafe Darnall
Greencastle
Turpin Darnall
Wampler
Garner
John Hilliard
Eliad
Charley Thornton
Minerva Gordon
Anderson Gordon
Lecture invitations and campus events noted
Bishop Wiley will deliver the annual commencement lecture and Rev. J. G. Chafee is set for the term lecture on March 23, 1879. Dr. Earp spoke last Sunday afternoon. Freshmen debated Women’s Rights. a large crowd of Freshman ladies challenged a Prep in front of Roberts Chapel. Cas H Enderton mourns his brother W A Posey’s death. Sophomore Posey delays due to ill health. New singing books funded by a chapel collection. Day of Prayer for Colleges observed devotionally. Mrs. Bricker’s $4000 bequest boosts university funds for buildings. Prof. H S Tarbell to lecture in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Chafee
Southeast Indiana
Roberts Chapel
Cas. H. Enderton
W. A. Posey
Bricker
Vermillion County
Tarbell
Supt. Public Schools
Indianapolis
Tiokr
Where Tomatoes Were First Eaten in Newport
A Newport tradition ties tomatoes to 1823 in a Corne and Mill corner house once owned by Michele Felice Corne. The fruit then called love apples were deemed poisonous for years, with anecdotes from 1819, 1824, and 1835 showing lingering fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Corne
Mill Streets
Michele Felice Corne
South Carolina
Connecticut
Boston Transcript
Descriptive letter on emigration to Columbia Tennessee
A writer describes Columbia Tennessee and surrounding Lawrence County as a promising settlement area with rich timber and iron resources. Climate is cold but winters are manageable. land values vary from $1 to $250 per acre with improvements. Readers are invited to visit, obtain emigration certificates, and consider local trades, mills, and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrror Stan
Tue Stan
Columbia
Lawrence County
Summertown
Buffalo
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Tenn
Nashville
W. I. Hatch
Asst. Com
Tur Stan
VivaLia Named For Brattin Cross Roads In Local Note
Citizens vote to rename Brattin's Cross Roads Madison's Busy Corner Nickelsville Burlington Lick-Skillet to VivaLia a Latin for life and motion. The town reports business remains strong with blacksmiths George and Eli Wilson active. Isaac Squire moves to a westward grocery, Eli Brattin tends staves from home, and Garrrett boots supplier stays ready amid regional updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattin
Cross Roads
Madison
Nickelsville
Burlington
Lick-Skillet
VivaLia
John and
Thornt Wilson
George Grubb
Bob Phillips
Eli McClerney
Isaac Squire
Lena
Eli Brattin
Garret
Local notes reflect community arrivals and plans
The Jackson To., Parke Co., Institute at No. 1 on the 18th was well attended. Ike Brattin will return to Payette county soon. John Grubb contemplates moving tollinois. George Singleton prepares to build a new house. A delegation plans a visit to see the hanging on the 29th. Mr. Pike promises a spelling next week. Will Jarvis celebrates a new boy. Thornt Wilson is at the shop today via his son Jim-sick. Dr. Taylor has Tue Svar map unfurled in his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson To
Parke Co
Ike Brattin
Payette County
John Grubb
Tollinois
George Singleton
Pike
Will Jarvis
Thornt Wilson
Jim
Dr.Taylor
Fern Station Items Harvests Sugar and Molasses Talk
Fern Station notes farmers preparing for sugar and molasses making with warmer days promising a good crop. The column covers local folks like Lem Johns, John Aker, Jim Stokes, and Jim Welker, plus wedding reports, school notes, and community chatter about roads, ice storage, and local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Johns
Lem
John Aker
B. F. Bruner
Christian Chapel
S.bath
Jim Stokes
Jim
John Alspaugh
Star
Fern
Methodist meetings end as Rigdon to pastor here and Canaan
The church meetings at the Methodist Church closed on the 22d under Dr. Rigdon who will serve as pastor for the Methodist Church here and at Canaan this year. Also notes: a funeral sermon by Rev Vandyne, and plans for a protracted meeting at Canaan. Floyd township institute held. schools to run slightly over six months. Old residents report visitors and local business moves including Owsley buying Hardesty groceries and Miller selling drugs and notions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Rigdon
Canaan
John Wilson
John
Cwo Brothers
Jesse Jackson
Hancock County
Vandyne
Georgetown
Ill
James Shepherd
C. P
Canaan Church
Floyd Township Institute
Centre School House
Floyd Township
Columbus Allen
Perry Smith
David Cassity
Kansas
Esquire Owsley
New Maysville
Hardesty
A. J. Hawn
J. BR. Miller
Local items and notices from a small town column
Hand in your name and one dollar to J. L. Bolton and get Tus Star and map of Indiana. Mrs Smith of Georgetown NL visits her daughter Mrs C Kurtz nearby. James Lane's magazine explosion stirs townsfolk for days. The weather moderates and residents are urged to work. Jethro Timmons says he killed Floyd township's boss hog, 800 pounds, 40 gallons of lard, hide 95 pounds. Mrs Matilda Lydick dies near Groveland, interred Palestine Church cemetery. R R meetings resume, maple molasses first of the season. Frank Wright plans a new house in spring. Fletcher Hadden visits from the Sucker State. Glover and lady of Russellville visit locals. More anon. BL. J.
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J. L. Bolton
Indiana
Smith
Georgetown
Kurtz
James Lane
Jethro Timmons
Floyd Township
Matilda Lydick
Joseph Lydick
Groveland
Palestine Church
R. R
Jerry Young
Frank Wright
Fletcher Hadden
Sucker State
Glover
Russellville
BL. J
Prices of Leading Commodities for Half a Century
Prices of leading commodities are reviewed over fifty years. Local items include a narrow escape near a fatal spot, lost and found school badge, a literary society election with female debaters, and community notices from Greencastle in 1879.
Breathing Fresh Air to Fight Lung Diseases
Dr Paul Memeyer urges patients with lung complaints to breathe fresh air and keep rooms ventilated, warning that closed rooms worsen conditions. He promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, claiming many lung cases improve in six months. The notice highlights Dr Pierce’s Invalids Hotel in Buffalo for treatment and a pamphlet on consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Memeyer
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
Brick Chapel and Doings Around Town
R L O Hair buys sheep heavily and says business brisk at Brick Chapel. Judge Bachelder presided at a blue ribbon meeting Tuesday night. thirty three signed the pledge. The local school taught by Prof. Smith recently closed. Hunters report most pole cats in this county killed. Mill closed for repairs. A noisy drunkard died in Chestnut Street Philadelphia police station after claiming to be Maguffin from Grampian hills. California cactus paper fiber via German patent from Nordlinger Stuttgart. Mr Justice Miller attacks juror ignorance rule. Steam boat travel deemed safer yet with 1 583 913 Western river steamers, one death and three injuries last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisk
Bachelder
Smith
Culpter
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Grampian Hills
Mark Bates
Local Notices and Patent Cure Claims in 19th Century Ad
A fragment presents testimonials praising Hop Bitters for ague and kidney complaints, claiming cures for children and adults. It also advertises Clarke s Febrifuge as a malaria remedy, touting antiperiodic tonic properties without quinine or arsenic side effects, with dealer Richardson in St. Louis and Conrad Cook as seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffords
Richardson
Prop'r
St. Louis
Conrad Cook
E. Youman
Long P.O
L. Simmons
Baltimore
Etter
Pitteburg
CANNON'S BITTERS. A 19th century medical testimonial
Lafayette inc announces Cannon's Bitters on January 17 1878 with a reader report praising its effects on disordered stomach liver and debility. The testimonial claims digestion improved liver activity and general health then notes successful family use and a recommendation to others with bilious diseases. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon’s Bitters
Lafayette, Inc
J. R. Thompson
Salve advertisement at Allen’s Drug Store 25 cents
An old classified style ad touts a versatile salve claimed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers and eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold at Allen’s Drug Store with a price of 25 cents per box and dated to September 21 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Allens Drug Store
Allen’s Drug Store
Dr Sykes Cure for Catarrh Restores Smell and Health
The wife of Fred Peterson, a R R Engineer from Elkhart Indiana, suffered three large holes in her mouth from cancerous catarrh and loss of smell and taste for over a year. After using Dr Sykes Sure Cure for Catarrh her mouth healed, senses returned, and health improved. Reported cured February 13 1877. Available at Allen's Drug Store and Barry Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Losa
Fred Peterson
R. R
Elkhart
Ind
Eckhart
Peterson
Allen’s
T & Barry
Indianapolis
London Hair Color Restorer advertised for vanity and cures
An advertisement touts London Hair Color Restorer promising to restore gray or dry hair and improve growth. It claims a missionary in South America discovered a free remedy for youth errors and nervous weakness, urging readers to mail for details and promising beauty benefits at 75 cents per bottle and four dollar jumbo bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Joseph T. Inman
Bible House
New York City
London
London Hair Color Restorer
U.S
North Sixth Street
Elta
Ae Jy
Prominent Doctor Reveals Free Remedy for Cures
A retired physician claims to have found a simple vegetable remedy in Southern Asia that speeds cure for consumption asthma bronchitis catarrh and nervous ailments. He offers free instructions and a recipe by mail addressed to E. Charles P. Marshall 33 Niagara Street Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havin
Wene
Asia
E. Charles P. Marshall
Niagara Street
Urraco
N.Y
Guaranteed salve for skin eruptions advert
Local advertisement touts a salve claimed to heal cuts, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction from the Len’s Drug Store.
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Hazelett & Dunnington
the Star
Frark A. Arxolp
P2xold
Dr. Linderman
U.S. Mints
New Albany Ledger Standard
Sam Tilden
Christiancy
Michigan
Peru
Zack Chandler
United States Senate
John Achey
Indianapsiis
Merrick
Cincinnati
Algo
Darnall Bros. & Co’s
Ture
Food For Thought
Supreme Court
Guetig
Fillanore
Jesse Darnall
Dyer
L. T
Asbury University
DeMotte
Bishop Wiley
Dr. Earp
Columbia, Tenn
Brattin’s
Jenkensville
James M. Cooper
Anna M. Witty
Wm. Bush
Brazil
McNaughten
Cloverdale
Moses
Bob Ingersoll
Mattie Williams
Mattie
Perry's
Welker’s
Clipper
Brick Chapel
Prof. Smith
Locust Grove School
Limedale
Goddard
Literary Society
R. H. Walls
Migs Belle Brown
Seey
Ina_ Ellis
Treas
John Summers, Jr
Mahan
Ed. Walls
Hillis
Dr. Hedges
Andy . Combes
Bro. Webster
Bro. Lee
Terre Haute
M. E
Ben Leatherman
Joel Thomas
Thureday
Billy Combes
Lenna
Godfrey
Laura Stokes
Essen
BOL
Comsumptves
California
Germany
Nordlinger
Stuttgart
Justice Miller
Rochester
N. Y
Jackson
Bucklen
Dr. Sykes
Chicago Gas Co
Dearborn Street
Green
H.V. Taylor
Ridge
Avery & Tricor
Lafayette
Ayer
Idmitt
Shiloh
Conred Cook
C. W. Landes & CO
General Sherman
Durang
R. K. Helpenstine
Washington, D.C
Stewart & Barry
Arnica
Thom Meek
Ris Bandy
Saya
Eatiaks Salle
Wa Parten, Bt
Pittuburg
Swayne
Barbar
Dr. Swayne & Son
Sixth Street
Swayne & Ladetpae
North
Bireet
Lyk
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