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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1870
Page
1
Year In Advance Office Opens Near Public Square
An office listing reads $1,753 a year in advance and notes location over Kraus and Rosenthal's store on the east side of the Public Square, indicating a rental opportunity in the downtown area.
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Kraus & Rosenthal’s
Public Square
Howard County and Kokomo Officials List
The document lists Howard Circuit Court schedules and officers, Common Press and Commissioner's Court judges, and county commissioners. It also names Howard County officers and City of Kokomo officials including mayor marshal treasurer clerk assessor fire chief and council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
John Davis
Common Press Court
Wm. Garver
Commissioner’s Court
Board of Equalization
N. L. Moreland
S. Stratton
Jerome Brown
J. W. Cooper
A. H. Duke
C. Bechtel
W. A. Beeka
J. F. Elliott
E. A. Moore
H.C. Cole
Through Sleeper and Mail Lines to Pittsburg and New York
Train schedules for the Pittsburg and St Louis railway express and mail lines are listed with departure and arrival times between Kokomo Logansport Richmond Cincinnati Columbus Pittsburg Harrisburg Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington. Sleeping cars are provided on night trains and daily mail service continues. Messages indicate officials F S Scull and D G Gray. The piece includes a poem by Joan G Saxe about wishing and human virtue.
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Pittsburg
CNN
Stl. Railway
Kokomo
Logansport
State Line
Chicago
Richmond
Cincinnati
Columbus
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Indianapolis
Religious meetings and fraternal lodge notices in Wildman’s block
Calendar listings show church services, Sunday schools, and prayer meetings across Presbyterian, Congregational, Methodist, Missionary, and Episcopal groups with times ranging 9 am to 7 pm. Fraternal orders Koxono Lopez and Witpman Lopez chapters meet on specified weekdays, including full moon alignments.
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Wildman’s Block
Mr. Watchison
Wilson’s Hall
D. J. Baldwin
Mernopist Episcopal
Local Kokomo Attorneys At Law Advertise Services
A collection of notices from M TM and KRON D MUEBRAY J H KROM H A BROUSE M GARRIGUS J W KERX J F ELLIOTT advertising legal services in Kokomo Indiana. They emphasize prompt attention to business notary services collections statewide and offices on the public square.
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Kron
Attorneys At Law
Kokomo
Indiana
D. Muebray
J. H. Krom
East Side Public Square
Public Square
Journal Office
Hig
Darnall, Scotton & Co’s. Drug Store
J. W. Kerx
Earnest zeal and moral power in temperance work
A temperance band urged steadfast effort and public action to push the temperance cause. They compared reform to a lever moving the world, urged awakening minds, gathering the erring, and preserving integrity while laboring in public and private to purify society.
Rules of the Hashery Then and Now
A satirical notice lists harsh boarding house rules. It warns that only the brave deserve the fare and bills are to be paid in advance. It directs boarders to serve the colored cook and to remove boots, while beds may have bugs and valuables must be left with the proprietor.
The Man Out of Debt and the Debtor Metaphor
The passage contrasts the free man with debtors, depicting the former as liberated and the latter as serfs under creditors. It frames debt as a social constraint, using clothing flaws to symbolize vulnerability and the ongoing tension between liberty and financial obligation.
Miracles and testimony from a 19th century perspective
A. Walker argues against Hume and modern spiritualists who claim that conscious experience alone cannot prove miracles. He defends reason, collateral clues, and concurrent witness credibility, contending that negative or inexperience cannot override positive testimony and that denying miracles undermines inquiry and theology.
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Starkie
Hume
Mr. Hume
Humen
Rome
Christ
I A. Walker
Debt as a spur to thrift and business skill
A moral about debt urges strict budgeting and savings to pay off loans. A prudent couple should forego luxuries, help neighbors with small treats, and even skip expensive meals until prices drop. The piece argues saving pennies and modest borrowing can form sound business habits and enable modest enterprise.
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Klow
Iit
Heaven on Earth in Work and Love
Visionary: labor as love in daily life transforming field, factory, kitchen, and market into a shared place of help and trust. Advocates mutual service, peace, and happiness, with love of the Lord blessing labor as a shining instrument of affection.
The Way One Man Did
A merchant faced ruin as trade slowed and debts rose until his wife urged him to advertise. He followed her advice, placed an ad in the paper, crowds arrived, debts were paid, and his fortunes turned in print.
Common Sense On Exercise And Cold Prevention
A 19th century advisory urges balancing speed and rest after activity to avoid colds. It warns against sudden exposure to cold air, recommends gradual cooling, and advises recovering in a sheltered, warm place with proper insulation and gentle movement until the body returns to its normal state.
A Word on Humor and Sobriety in Life
A reflective piece on balance between sobriety and mirth. It argues that constant sobriety can mask virtue and harm openness, while genuine humor supports character though it can be misused. Observations contrast sunny awakenings with the lingering chill of rigid restraint.
Names of colleges and their founders from Yale Courant
The Yale Courant outlines how colleges received their names. Harvard College honors John Harvard. Williams College names Col Ephraim Williams. Dartmouth College honors Lord Dartmouth. Brown University honors Nicholas Brown. Columbia College was formerly Kings College. Bowdoin College honors Gov Bowdoin. Yale College honors Elihu Yale. Colby University honors Mr Colby. Dickinson College honors John Dickinson. Cornell University honors Ezra Cornell.
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Yale Courant
Harvard College
John Harvard
Williams College
Col
Ephraim Williams
Darmouth College
Lord Dartmouth
Brown University
Nicholas Brown
Columbia College
King’s College
Columbia
Bowdoin College
Gov. Bowdoin
Maine
Yale College
Elihu Yale
Colby University
Waterville College
Colby
Boston
Dickinson College
John Dickinson
Cornell University
Ezra Cornell
A Wise Father’s Guide to Child Rearing
The excerpt counsels balanced parenting to earn love and respect. It warns against excessive fondness or bitterness and urges calm, timely reproach. It claims wise parenting yields a happy father and child, stressing measured correction over passion.
Ball guests charged at Indiana event over taxed hops
An amused report notes a local revenue collector in Indiana attempted to sell fifty cent stamps to gentlemen at a ball, claiming hops were taxed. The claim sparked disbelief and laughter among attendees.
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Indiana
Prohibition of Profanity Urges Moral Reform
The Reverend Thomas Lightbody argues swearing is sinful vulgar and injurious. He cites biblical commands from Sinai and Jesus urging restraint, calling oath takers dangerous and contributing to community judgment and personal downfall.
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Thomas Lightbody
Sinai
Washington
Satan
Hell
Graceful Compliments to a Lady at a Political Meeting
The late Daniel O Connell's dignified reply honors his wife as the disinterested choice of his youth and the cheerful companion of his years. He notes sacred topics defy description and asserts a warm home nest as strength against external strife.
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Daniel O’connell
Romantic incident in Alsace hamlet during war
In a small Alsace hamlet near Wasselonne a poor woman and her two granddaughters faced two Badese dragoon soldiers. After demanding meals and beds the soldiers assaulted one granddaughter. The younger sister retrieved a gun from her dead father, shot the advancing dragoon as he reached for wine, and the other fled on horseback.
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Alsace
Wasselonne
Badese
How a Boy Understood It
A four year old in Indiana watches a baptism and mishears the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit line. He explains the scene to his father as placing a hand on the woman's head and declaring the baptism in the name of the Father and the Son, then noting here she goes.
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Indiana
Freddy
Boston clergyman's dogs spark marital rift in telegram tease
A Boston clergyman who loves dogs bought two rare pups in New York and left them with a trainer. Returning home, he found his wife and her mother planning to file for divorce, after reading a telegram from the trainer saying the dogs were thriving and requesting money for board.
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Boston
New York
Detroit woman laments husband gaze and hair hold ritual
A Detroit woman describes her husband’s peculiar behavior of lifting her by the hair while he gazes at her with affection, lifting her across the parlor until she stops. A proposal suggests making delicate ladies' accessories from spun glass.
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Detroit
Why Don't Methodists Shout
A discussion on why Methodists appear less demonstrative and less inclined to shout in worship. It cites causes from quieter formalism to sermons focusing on money and duty, suggesting financial pressure dampens emotional fervor and prompts self-examination of genuine faith.
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Christ
Heaven
Balloons in Warfare A Historical Survey and Lessons
A historical examination notes early balloon use for recon in warfare from Napoleon to Jordan and 1791 campaigns. It argues key risks were weather, long range guns, and aeronaut knowledge, urging trained observers who understand topography to improve outcomes.
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Seciecy
Napoleon
Jourdan
Europe
Aeronauta
Duty as the aim of life and active engagement
The text argues that every man, regardless of wealth, should pursue a great absorbing purpose. It asserts daily duty over enjoyment and states no one has a right to live on earth without producing something in return.
Minnesota Husband Auctions Wife for Sale in Odd Notice
An enterprising Minnesota husband advertises his wife for sale claiming she is gentle affectionate and devoted but notes she knows too much for him. He says he would prefer a man of better education who would marry her after she is divorced.
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Minnesota
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Kokomo Journal
T. Montgomery
Official Directory
Officers OF
Howard County
Luther 8. Gray
H. H. Winslow
Harvey Brown
Joseph Taylor
Samuel Richey
Benjamin Field
R. Vaile
J. A. James
J. A. Haggard
Ward No
A. J. Norton
Thomas Jay
A. F. Armstrong
G. W. Pierson
W. E. Robinson
F.S. Scull
D. 8. Gray
Joan G. Saxe
Peru & Indianapolis Railroad
Nortit
Chicago Express
Toledo
Masonic
Koxono Lopez
Howard Lopag
Greentown Lopce
Napruari Lopgs
Fairfield
Koxono Lopaz
Witpman Lopce
Auto Lopar
H A. Brouse
M Garrigus
Elliott
Aent W. Robinson
Mark Twain
Liberty
Modern Spiritualism
Heaven On Earth
Birds of Paradise
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