This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1870
Page
3
Various notes on church building and new businesses in Anderson plus town events. Mentions heavy thunder shower, quarry workers, baseball games, threshing, fruit markets, berries, and local remarks on residents and businesses. Reports on restaurants, sermons, rail incidents, and a street festival held by the colored community.
In a bustling note of local life readers are urged to subscribe to the Journal for county coverage. The item mentions private boarding houses, temple talk, a city bond plan for school buildings, barber and hairdressing tips, and political chatter among Democratic leaders.
A local figure named Chet Kistler advertises a joke tactic using cigars to force others to respond in person. The piece notes a newly opened Sunday Beer Garden in Kokomo and calls for lawful action to curb the nuisance. It also mentions London opera patrons complaining about The Marriage of Figaro without Nilsson and McVicker's Chicago offering twenty five cents per hundred live cats for a new stage stunt.
Last Saturday an elderly cook at the Sherman House collapsed from heat. At first his recovery seemed doubtful, but reports indicate he is gradually improving.
Crowley and Harris relocate their furniture stock to the old furniture stand in the north side of the public square, into Crowley’s new brick building and invite old customers and new patrons to visit. Simon Stern offers affordable suits at suitable prices, inviting customers to No 8 Armstrong Block on the east side of the square.
Dr Richmond declares he has abandoned medicine and will work at a large grocery store on the northwest corner public square. He teams with Maj Leeda in this venture. The store notes improved prospects after the return of the boy from the Lone Star State. Call to visit the shop.
Officials launch a countywide effort to gather acknowledgments and communications from residents across jurisdictions. The campaign aims to strengthen community ties and enhance local coordination.
Byron Reed again leads the Photograph Gallery and undertakes a statewide refitting. Regarded as one of the west’s top artists, he promises quality work at affordable prices. Visit to renew acquaintance and see improvements.
Levi Branson recently acquired the Stratton mill two miles east of New London and a half mile north of the Kokomo and New London Gravel road. He hired F Hollingsworth, a top miller, to run a steam and water powered operation with customer-friendly service and guaranteed satisfaction. The town buzzed with lively gossip and local business promos as residents shopped at Coate and Teague and Kraus & Rosenthal while events and a Sunday School excursion to Noblesville were noted.
In Greenwood M E Church on Sunday the 17th the Rev Thomas Jones joined Prof Alfred Dickey and Miss Margaret Brewer. The church was packed and the ceremony noted for its warmth. The writer recalls Alf as a temperance worker who has conquered a Brewery and offers best wishes for their life and lodge duties.
Joseph Atwater, while digging a well fifteen feet deep in De Kalb county, found 8950 worth of old silverware. A $1,000 reward is offered by the proprietor of Dr. Pierce's Alt Ext or Golden Medical Discovery for a medicine that equals its curing power. The article touts Dr. Pierce's remedies for coughs bronchitis and lung diseases as blood purifiers and liver stimulants and endorses Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy as genuine.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.