Green corn news and pardoned convict headline
Local notes report green corn in market and hometown events. Mary Swain dies at 56 of cancer near Cloverdale. William Rodifer, once a notorious convict, is pardoned and travels to Indianapolis with his wife. A long poem honors a deceased mother as public notices mix with illness and civic chatter.
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Gar
Mary Swain
Jesse Swain
Cloverdale
Squire Clinton Walls
Hanemann
William Rodifer
Jeffersonville
William C. Rodifer
Rodifer
Howard
Bill
Putnam County
Clark County
Vigo County
Wm. Rodifer
Indianapolis
Piles Cured After Years by Kidney-Wort Endorsement
A 12 year sufferer from piles touts Kidney-Wort after using one and a half packages. Includes testimonials from Phelim Toole and a Toledo reader praising kidney remedies and other patent medicines. Reports of pistol duel outcomes and legal-marrying caveats appear alongside assorted ad-like notices and moralizing notes.
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Granaia
Port Grape Wine praised for mellow juice and color
Speer's Port Grape Wine is praised for its mellow juiciness, rich flavor, and bright color. It is recommended for invalids, the elderly, and Communion use. sold by Allen's Drug Store. Also notes on court decisions and other medicinal ads and crime report snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
Allen's Drug Store
Money and Marriage in Paris
The piece discusses how finances shape Parisian marriages and the burden of costly ceremonies on the poor. It recalls a story of a poor army officer's daughter who marries a wealthy man, borrows steadily for outfits and events, and endures social pressure while the husband ultimately pays the mounting bills after the wedding.
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A. D. Osborne
Louise
Hasband
Parton Fiercely Pursues Voltaire Biography Project
James Parton plans to complete a two volume Life of Voltaire in the coming spring if no interruptions occur. He has long studied the author’s complete works, gathering material with painstaking care though unpaid, valuing the work for love rather than royalty. Voltaire’s life spans a dramatic period in France, offering rich material for a readable biography.
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New York Times
James Parton
Voltaire
Parton
France
Uisen
California Divorces and Adventuress Wives of El Dorado
The article notes wide divorce freedom in California and describes women arriving in El Dorado as highly marketable. It highlights serial marriages by San Francisco firms in 1853 and says some women traveled 20 to 25 years seeking profitable settlements before marriage, with lives resembling sensational novels.
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San Francisco
California
el Dorado
de. Whittier
St. Charles Street
St. Louis
Marria
Work and Indian policy urged as path to assimilation
In a Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald excerpt, the author argues Indians should earn their bread by the sweat of their brows. He contends work will be disliked but will become accepted, and future generations will be born to the plow, making labor essential to any effective Indian policy.
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Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald
Harris
Warris Remedy CO
ST. Louis
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Danville
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W.M. Sutherlin
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Toledo
W. K. West
George Elder
Leander Abbott
Kansas City
Abbott
Elder
Bob
Ingersoll
la Fayette
Ind
Dr. Bull
Fort Stockton
James Beard
Rock Island
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Fresno
Cal
Dundas, Dick & Co
Allen’s Drug Store
Paris
George Bicknzell
Just
Indiana and
Columbia Streets
Undertakers
Putnam
Indiana
Eee
Washington Street
Mulholn, Hanna, & Black
East
Washington St
SHGLL
Shepard & CO
Bonutra Ucr
Nichols
Battle Creek
Mich
Trom
James Y. Davis
Burlington
E. C. Rowland
Brockway & Rockafellow
Michigan
Mississippi River
Rina
W. Co. Hughart
Grand Rapids
All Drugsista
W. Johnston & CO
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
U. S
Canada
Cottrid Cook
Hop Bitters Mfr. Co
Rochester
Br. Jacques
Chestnut St
Mikion
Bing
Antiis
Butts
Krapeman
United States
Eve Tvan
Roth & B
New Ox
Jord
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