Petition for license to vend spirits in Jamestown 1879
James T. Cieadd petitions Boone County Commissioners at the June session, seeking a one year license to vend spiritous and malt liquors in a one story frame building on Lot 3, Block 6, Jamestown, for a 21 by 112 feet area starting twenty feet from the corner. The notice is dated April 28 1879.
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State OF
Indiana
Boone County
Jamestown
Jackson Township
Boone Uty
Board of Comissioners
General Assembly
Induina
Tames
Applicant seeks license to sell intoxicating liquors in Lebanon Indiana
J H G Bragg announces a request to Boone County Commissioners for a one year license to sell spiritous, vinous and malt liquors in a frame building at Lot 4, Block 23, Ris and Longley’s addition to Lebanon. The request, filed April 24, is for the second ward.
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State OF Indiana
Boone County
Lebanon
Indiana
Warris
Longley
Sity
Welling
G. Bragg
Sheriff Sale Notice of Boone County Decree
By virtue of a certified decree the State of Indiana in Boone County will expose at public sale the rents and profits for a term of years from the west half of the west half of the southeast quarter section 17 township 20 north range 2 east containing 40 acres more or less to satisfy the decree with interest and costs. The sale is to take place Saturday June Tid day 1879 at the court house door between 10 am and 4 pm. The fee simple of the property will be sold if needed to satisfy the decree and costs. Located in Boone County Indiana the property is described as above. Advertised May 16 1976 Wesner Loukhart Attorneys for PRA.
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State OF Indiana
Boone County
Wintestoyyn
Worth Township
Indiia
Willian Dowden
Hoone
Indiana
Lebanon
Asitid
Ingoa
Neese
Whitestown
Lot
William Dowden
A.J. Palmer
Boone Circuit Court
Martha E. Davis
Melissa E. Melson
Benjamin A. Melson
Boone Circuit
James Evans
Sarah J. McManamin
Sarah M. Carrier
Charles Carrier
Hazlett
Jon H.spaur
Ss. Buchanan
Thomas Ds. Williamson
Richard Cornell
Ann Cornell
Sitid Budierots
Silwate
Saint Deeres
Wesner & Loukhart
Attys
PRA
Thomas B. Williamson
Anaitor Boone
A. D
Jounil Spar
Wesner & Lockhart
Trout
Public sale ordered in Indiana foreclosure case
By virtue of a certified copy of a decree from the Boone County Circuit Court in a relation suit State of Indiana with Thomas B Williamson against Catharine Crossen, the sheriff will sell at public auction to the highest bidder on a specified date in 1879 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 28, township 19 north range 1 east, Boone County Indiana, containing about 40 acres more or less, to satisfy the decree plus interest and costs. If not sold for enough, the sale may proceed as a public sale of the fee simple, with a possible charity conveyance. Official: JON OE TATE Sheriff Boone County. Attorney: Swener & Lockhart.
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Deere
Soeune Circuit Court
State of Indiana
Thomas B. Williamson
Boone County
Phanty
Catharine Crossen
Otelock A
Ladinas
A. Powill
Sail Meal
Vulta Chane Cpp Ritise
Mien Kh
Jon OE Tate
Boone Conny
Advad Maty
Tsai Sweener & Lockhart
Attys
Ilis
SILERIFI S SALE IN BOONE COUNTY LIEN AUCTION
A sheriff's sale in Boone County Indiana on June 7 1879 at the courthouse will auction the east half of the west half of the southeast quarter of section 17 township 20 north range 2 east containing 40 acres more or less. The sale aims to satisfy a decree for 552.95 plus interest and costs against Richard Cornell and Ann Cornell in the case State of Indiana versus Thomas B Williamson Anaitor Boone with seven years rents and profits up to the amount needed. The sale will be with no right of appraisal.
Sheriffs Sale Notice in Debt Decree Case
By virtue of a certified copy of a decree in a court case where John Adair is plaintiff and Elizabeth Spear et al are defendants, the sale will expose to the highest bidder on Saturday the 3rd day of June 1879. The amount due is 150.65 dollars with interest and costs.
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Boone Circuit Court
Palemon A. Beck
John A. Peterson
James C. Brown
Henry Brown
Robert M. Richey
A. D
Boone Circouit
John Adiair
Phillintis
Elizabeth
Spear Et al
The Puzzled Dutchmann
A garbled diary style fragment shows a speaker in distress over identity and names. The text references a Dutchman, a vet, a youth, and confusion about who is who, with lines about being moved and a dreamlike conflict over names and kinship. The fragment hints at personal crisis and misrecognition.
Timid John Eldred Survives Forest Snake Ordeal
A shy twenty six year old farmer John Eldred flees a python like snake while gathering timothy. He bursts into a quilting party crying for help as the snake strikes his legs. Mabel Clark helps, and a November wedding follows at Judge Clark's house.
The Mascer Mule Chronicle Anecdote
A Virginia City Chronicle piece recounts a pair of mivers debating a mule's kicking prowess along the Sutro road. They tell tales of mules that legendarily kicked nails, rivets, and even a can of nitroglycerin, ending with a grisly shower of blood and a warned caution about mules' danger.
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Sutro
Methuselah the Original Oldest Inhabitant
A humorous biographical sketch imagining Methuselah as a boy who lived 969 years. It playfully covers his delays in growing up, schooling at 150, mischief, and quirks from ancient childhood to centuries of experience, ending with a nod to his status as the original oldest inhabitant.
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Methuselah
Methuslah
Washington
Awkward Messenger Orchestrates Stage Romance Spoof
In San Francisco Mme Rentz and her Female Ministress perform at the Standard theater. A front row orchestra member tries to gift flowers and earrings to Chlora line, claiming to be her husband. The ruse collapses when he admits he is Baby Mine. The scene ends with the singer fainting and being sent home.
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Mme Rentz
San Francisco
Mme. Rentz
Mise Chloraline
Women urged to sign life expectancy agreements before marriage
The Chronicle-Herald notes rising wife murders and jokes that brides should have husbands sign a contract on how long she may live. It cites legislative steps for a girls agricultural school in Michigan and mocks gender roles with a quip about men at home and women at the plow.
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Philadelphia “Chronicle-Herald
Michigan
Grain by Grain Finance Lesson on Small Wages and Frugality
A narrator praises practical economy as wages lag behind desires. Stories show how small savings accumulate, including a grain picker who builds wealth grain by grain. The piece urges trimming wants, prioritizing needs, and forming prudent habits as a foundation for prosperity.
The Late Horace Greeley’s Weakness Noted
The Cincinnati Gazette cites Greeley’s inability to say no to political offers and his habit of sending visitors away with vague promises. It recalls his tendency to lend small sums and a single instance of a $5,000 loan to an unreliable medical quack that remained unpaid. A Syracuse attorney laughs at a signboard declaring no fishing in a brook, claiming he caught the best trout beneath it.
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Greeley
Tribune
Cincinnati Gazette
Syracuse
Little Ripples of Oddities and Witty Observations
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips on everyday life and society. Jests about education, railways, sea voyages, and peculiar sayings mix with letters from readers and social anecdotes. The piece parades light satire on common habits and curiosities.
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T. J. Harrison
Kodtana
Ohick—Nealis
Business Directory
Keer & Peterson
Attorneys At Law
Trade Palace
W. B. Wallis
Clements
Attorney At Law
North Lebanon Street
C &. Wesner
Ofice
Lebanon Bank
Faees & Siggins
Jackson
Newell
J.C. Brown & Co
Ind
Tere Neal
At Law and Notary Public
West Side Public Square
Coombs’ Building
Abtars
Jd. Palmer
Allen's Grocery
Marble Front
Ce C. Galvin
Balttegaber & Peter's
Warnel
Bot & Farber
Thorntown
Ad. B.immel
Wrysong’s Hardware
South Lebanon Street
TH. Martin
Main Street
Court House
Ataire
L. Leon Landon
Drs. Porter & Shulse
Outs & Harrison
Ns & Surgeons
Oftes
Tripps
Peers, Thoms & CO
Patty Moters
Word
Wist
Washington Street
Kentucky Avenue
South East
Indianapolis
Sleig
C.l.wheeelen
Notary Public
James M. Swing
Wheeler & Smith
Boone Couny
Joan
County Recorder
East Side
Cincinnati
Martin Hohl
Iran
Gqward & Darnall
N. W. Wanets
Lebanon Weekly Pioneer
Lecal
John H.spahr
L Hamilton
John WW. Spahr
Sherif
Smith & Charlton
Atty
Pi's
Sherife
LEGAL
Sherife’s Sale
Siferlfer
Silerifi
Neal & Pierce
PYM
Willian EB. Shiyback
Bone County
Sta . Indiana
William Crane
S. Neal
Otiche
Sidney Pitzer
Dusee
George Tauser
Adin
Clements & Terliune
Clemen
Boone
Lai
Dutchmann
Von
Hans der Owler
Mynheer
Johan Eldred
Joli
John
John Kldred
Gertrude
Judge Clark
Mabel
Timothy
Sim
Mabel Clark
Ife
Providence
Neules
Pioche
Tie
Themule
Pat Holland
Virginia City Chronicle
William I
Henry Methuselah
New York Harbor
Rosa
Hoboken
Horace Greeley
Col
Thomas A. Scott
Seven Rail
Nevada
Adam
Sonny
New Hampshire
Booth
Penn
Bob. Ingesell
New York
Ulster
Hamilton
Hamilton Hamilton
Aebful
RE Rich Planter
Tal
North Wheel
Terday
Circus Steam Calliope
Boston
Chris
Bob Beecher Henry Ward Ingersol
Chicago
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