Kokomo City Officials and Rail Schedules Published
The document lists Kokomo city officials including mayor, marshal, treasurer, clerk, assessor, chief of fire department and council members. It records court meeting dates, and outlines railroad schedules to Logansport, Richmond, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and connections. It also notes church meetings, Sunday schools, and Masonic lodge meeting days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
Kokomo
J. W. Cooper
A. H. Duke
C. Bechtel
W. A. Beeks
J. F. Elliott
E. A. Moore
H. C. Cole
Councilmree
Kokomo Weekly Paper Notices Local Doctors and Trades
In Kokomo Indiana this issue lists RB. BR. Q. WILSON physician and surgeon on East side public square, L. WINSLOW dental surgeon at northwest corner public square, an attorney at law and notary public on East side public square upstairs, and a broom wholesaler and retailer on Walnut street near Drummond's Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. Q. Wilson
East Side
Kokomo
L. Winslow
H Cc. Cole
Ind
Dryden & Co
N. B
Armstrong, Nixon & Co
Esat Side Public Square
Indiana
East Side Public Square
Journal Office
Darnall
Scotton 2 Co's
J. W. Kerr
J. ¥. Elliott
Okomo Marble Works
D. W. Moore
South Side Public Square
Walnut Street
Drummond’s Grocery
The Weaving Task and a Weary Weaver's Woe
A weaver sits at his loom with bright colors and a clear pattern Yet his thoughts drift to distant memories tears fall upon the woof His wife laments the spoiled work bread is scarce and the pattern was not kept by Thad leading to undoing of the piece The poem ends with a somber reflection on life’s tasks and fate.
The Simple Strength of Mother's Everyday Kindness
A reflective meditation on the quiet trials of mothers who endure fatigue and hunger to care for children. The author argues small acts like shared tea or coffee reveal character and sustain a home, even when unacknowledged until loss or absence makes them visible.
Curiousities and ages mark early American history
A compact narrative notes how three founders died on Independence Day and lists ages at presidency. It recalls Washington's retirement at sixty six, Adams at sixty six, Jefferson Madison Monroe in the mid sixties, and Virginias hold on the presidency from 1819 to 1825 with New York supplying the vice presidency. It cites Adams family diplomacy through major Anglo-American treaties in the revolutionary era and later conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
George Washington
James Madison
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
New York
England
John Quincy Adams
Charles Francis Adams
Smith Manufacturing Company signs in Waterbury
While visiting a neighboring city, locals discover the source of the Smith surname as a large sign over a factory door announces the Smith Manufacturing Company in Waterbury America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Manufacturing Company
Waterbury
Amerie
Treasury report shows large 1870 budget savings and debt payoff
The article highlights Treasurer Spinner’s annual report detailing large year over year savings across military, treasury, interior, and other departments totaling 24.8 million before debt payments. It notes increased receipts from internal revenue, customs, and miscellaneous sources and explains a daily saving rate of about 224 thousand dollars, underscoring administration economy and debt reduction efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spinner
Internal Revenue Department
Treasury Department
Interior Department
Navy Department
Treasury Interior
Treasury
Wine and Children at a Boston Birthday Party
In a Boston birthday party attended by children, five kinds of wine were served and consumed openly. The Congregationalist condemns the scene as a sign of moral decline and urges Youths' Temperance Societies in Sunday schools, strict parental example, and clearer instruction to protect youth from alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
A Gentleman’s Education Ends In Poverty Or The Sexton’s Aid
A rich son educated at great cost graduates to become a gentleman only to find himself broke at twenty five. He cannot work with feet hands or head and must rely on the sexton for help. The piece questions such useless histories and pitiable fates happening daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sexton
Too Poor to Take a Paper Anecdote from Rural New Yorker
A rural tale shows Friend Moore offering his newspaper to friend Jones who claims poverty. Moore proposes an exchange: Jones raises a hen and pays with eggs or chickens. A year later Jones realizes the paper cost him four times its price, yet he retells the joke without shame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Moore
Specimen of the Work Done Inside
A friend rescues a drunken man by placing a large sign reading Specimen of the work done inside on a gin-shop window. The publican demands who did it and is reminded that the worker is the man himself turning sober at home but returned to drinking at the gin shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Chas. Garret
Hidden Potential in a New Life from a Wise Mother
Robert Collyer reflects on Harriet Martineau’s tale of a helpless infant who grows into a capable adult. He argues parents fear a child’s future abilities yet nature unfolds hidden manhood or womanhood in time, guiding families to trust the life already ordered by nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Martineau
Robert Collyer
The Beauty of a Mother and Child on Christmas Day
A speaker extols mothers and infants as the world’s most beautiful sight. He cites the sign of a child at a mother’s bosom as proof of humanity and contrasts it with the limits of artistic representation. He praises Raphael for striving to capture this simple subject yet acknowledges its perfection lies beyond art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sin
Raphaelie
Kinsley
Aurora Cause Theories From Nebulous Matter To Meteoric Showers
A Paris journal and Chicago Tribune notes discuss Professor Olmstead's theory that auroras arise from diffuse nebular matter encountered by Earth during its orbit, causing light by atmospheric friction. A Toronto experiment hints at meteoric dust in auroras, while a Toulouse theatre anecdote humorously follows a countryman fleeing a dramatic hail scene under a bright moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olmstead
D. K. Wilder
Toronto
Chicago Tribune
Journal de Paria
Toulouse
Corn Crop of 1870 Shows Strong Nationwide Yield
The 1870 corn crop outperforms the previous two years, with broad maturity across the great corn region and yields above earlier estimates. Illinois tops the acreage, with forecasts ranging from 210 to 240 million bushels based on yields of 35 to 37 bushels per acre. Variations appear from drought in Eastern Massachusetts to heavy rains in the Missouri Valley and Nebraska, while northern New England reports better maturity and higher yields.
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Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi
Illinois
Union
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennesee
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Massachusets
Connecticut
Delaware
Kansas
Nebraska
California
Oregon
Missouri Valley
Curious New Hampshire Tombstone Epitaph Attracts Attention
A Dubuque correspondent to the Independent Democrat describes a Concord cemetery monument to John Francis Rague. The back of the marble slab bears a curious ungrammatical blank verse about the living and death, while the stone notes his seventy years and blindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Independent Democrat
Concord
N. H
John Francis Rague
Scio
John Francis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kokomo Journal
Puprigemd Bumgy Friday
L. J. Templin
Kraus & Rosenthal’s
Public Square
Official Directory
Howard
John Davis
Common
Wm. Garver
Comsresronen
Board of Equalization
H. L Moreland
Stratton
Jerome Brown
Howard County
Luther 8. Gray
H. H. Winslow
Harvey Brown
Joseph Taylor
Samuel Richey
Benjamin Field
R. Vaile
J. A. James
J. A. Haggard
A. J. Norton
Thomas Jay
A. F. Armstrong
G. W. Pierson
W. E. Robinson
Peru & Indianapolis Railroad
Chicago Express
Toledo
Pittsburg, Cin. & Srl. Railway
Mail. Express
Logansport
State Line
Chicago
Richmond
Cincinnati
Columbus
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Indianapolis
Silver Palace
Scull
Gray
Parexvs
Wildman’s Block
Paulsyrigian
Hutchison
Wilson’s Hall
D. J. Baldwin
Ereter
Murnovist Episcorat
Rev. W. Wilson
E. L. Frazier
Masonic
Koxowo Lopes
Howaro Lopag
Gnuexnrown Lopar
Narranti Lops
Fairfield
L 0
O. P. Koxowo Lopas
Wupman Lopaw
Aro Lovos
W K. Mavity
M. D
Darnall, Scotton & Co’s
Main Street
D. Johnson & Scott
Calle
North East Corner Public Square
Pattison & Coffin's
ST. Kirk
Murray & Kroh
Attorneys At Law
D. Murray
J. H. Kroh
H A. Brouse, E
M Garrigus
KR & Elliott
Ae W. Robinson
H B. Havens
Washington and Taylor Ats
J. W. Gray
Union Depot
Ece House
G. L. Paulkneer, Proprietor
Walnut
Railroad Streets
H. Rich
HILL
Rubottom
Howard Drug Store
Kenone
DR. Sage
Catarrbane
the Propriet
BR. V. Pierce
Phoebe Cary
Ofiee Te Tee
Armiess Education
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