The Agassiz Memorial Fund Planned by Teachers and Pupils
The Register reports on a proposed Teachers and Pupils Memorial Fund to honor Louis Agassiz. Donations support the Museum of Comparative Zoology, with contributions solicited on May 28, 1874. Remittances go to treasurer Jas. M. Barnard, Room 4, No. 13 Exchange St., Boston.
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Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Tracner
Friends of Education
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Louis Agcassiz
Agassia Memorial
Jas. M. Barnarp
Exchange St
Boston
United States & Sanborn Faces Government Swindle Probe
The firm United States & Sanborn allegedly used inflated collection contracts for government funds. Junior partner profited, aided by Secretary Richardson enabling 25 percent rates. Implication of impeachment talk and calls for inquiry into Richardson’s role in the Sanborn contracts.
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United States & Sanborn
Secretary of the Treasury of the
United States
John D. Sanborn
Sanborn
Secretary of the Treasury
Richardson
Fashionable Alexandria Ball Restricts Dancing Till Eleven
A fashionable ball in Alexandria Virginia was announced as strictly moral until eleven o'clock. The rule meant no dancing before eleven, allowing church members to enjoy promenading without concern for dancing. The committee stated the measure to maintain propriety.
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Alexandria
Who Will Kiss Those Ruby Lips Song Offer
Ad claiming the latest popular song titled Who will kiss those ruby lips invites young ladies to apply at the office for a contract. The notice promises help in finding someone to take the engagement.
Senator Sumner and Bulwer Lytton in Paris Deaths
The text notes Sumner has departed from known proof readers and friends celebrate his missed issue of the Cave Echo stating Take care of my Civil Rights, Bill. It also reports the death in Paris of the late Lord Lytton's grandson, son of Owen Meredith, before finishing his second year.
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Sumner
Bill
Bulwer Lytton
Lord Lytton
Owen Meredith
Paris
Wisconsin farmer finds hog buried in snow can live six weeks
A plain Wisconsin farmer discovers a hog buried in a snow bank can survive six weeks under the snow. In a separate quip, a Georgia woman asks an elderly Black woman a greeting, and the elder replies in resolute dialect, denying relation.
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Prof. Watson
Wisconsin
Palmer mortgage for 1.714 million filed in Chicago
Potter Palmer secured a mortgage from Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co for 1,714,000 dollars in Chicago records. The filing reflects a major loan tied to Palmer properties and showcases the era's large real estate financing activity.
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Chicago
Potter Palmer
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Democratic party growth and independence in 1874 debate
The piece argues the Democratic Party is not dead, though weakened, with independents and former war Democrats shaping the national contest. It reviews 1864–1872 shifts, cites state results in Connecticut, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, and others, and predicts a possible Democratic candidate victory if independents do not seize leadership. Gatesville, Texas letter follows discussing local progress and civic life.
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Booth
Blaine
Democratic Party
Jefferson
McClellan
Salmon P. Chase
Seymour
Blair
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Greeley
Connecticut
Indiana
Hendricks
Morton
Ohio
Allen
Thurman
United States Senate
Virginia
Grant
Texas
New York
Peter B. Sweeny
California
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Frank Lestie
Death Notices Prompt Brutal Murder Case Summary
Quote from the Stanford Interior Journal notes Reuben Tarrant of Prince ton Jackson county Alabama died February 20 from injuries after being brutally butchered by his brother in law John O Bridger during last autumn. The column cites the Chicago Times on the affair and likens it to historic quotes about Brutus and Cromwell.
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Sey
Caesar
Brutus
Charles
Cromwell
Reuben Tarrant
Cesar
Tarrant
O. Bridger
Stanford Interior Journal
Princeton
Jackson County
Alabama
John O. Bridger
Chicago Times
Patronage plea for local newspaper in Grange movement
A northern county letter urges New Harmony Register supporters to patronize their home paper, arguing editors fill columns with suitable content when local notices are late. The writer asks members to contribute, noting editor proximity and convenience, and mentions Mt. Vernon Republican ties.
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Epior Register
Register
Mt. Vernon
Incomplete remark on Andy Johnson and leadership
The fragment credits Andy Johnson with creating an Ex-President and notes his obstinacy as a defining trait. It also includes a reflection that triumphs are not always happiness, indicating a philosophical aside rather than a clear event.
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Andy Johnson
Andy
Parenovlccan Journal and Live Illustrated April Number Promises Variety
The April issue offers a Portrait of Mr. Cleveland Abbey of the Signal Bureau aka Probabilities, an analytical piece on causes of vice and crime with remedies, a sketch of Madame Schwartz, and portraits in Heads Hats and Character. It includes subjects from physiology, names, humor, evergreen trees, press notices, and features on James Parker, with manners, chemistry, and agricultural hints. Subscriptions are $3 per year or 30 cents per number from 8. R. Wells, New York.
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Parenovclcan Journal
Live Illustrated
Cleveland Abbey
Signal Bureau
Mad. Schwartz
R. Wells
New York
Indiana Inventors Patents List for Week Ending March 10 1874
A compiled listing from the United States Patent Office shows patents issued to Indiana inventors for the week ending March 10 1874. Names include W Carr Logansport for a vehicle wheel, N B Cooper Indianapolis for a wagon body, C Albertson Dalton for a breaking plow, W G Dunne St Paul for a railway rail joint, D T Gale Fort Wayne for a corn popper, A May Jeffersonville for a butter worker, T H Price and T F Wede La Fayette for nat warmer, M J Scott Greenwood for a nozzle for photographic baths, G W Smith Kentland for a heating drum, and J S Tibbits Jeffersonville for a fire extinguisher. The Mt Vernon Democrat notes John Mason leaving the Republican to join the Democrat in the near future, and a home remedy for whooping cough using ammonia steam is described as a simple cure.
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United States Patent Office
Indiana
Tom Reaister
Messrs
Cox & Cox
Solicitors of Patents
Washington, D. C
W. Carr
Logansport
N. B. Cooper
Indianapolis
C. Albertson
Dalton
W. G. Dunne
St. Paul
VermonTee Egg Purchase Sparks Controversy
A young man paid ten dollars a dozen for eggs allegedly to a minister in Vermont. The incident prompts debate over prices and profit in local markets while a quote on memory closes the note as a reflective aside.
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Vermont
Sale of Real Estate by Posey Circuit Court
Pursuant to a March 1874 order, the Posey Circuit Court will sell the deceased John Stoneberger Sr. estate land in Bethel Township Posey County Indiana on Monday April 27 1874. The property covers the west half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 31 township 3 south range 13 west totaling 36 acres.
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Texas
Gatesville
Contelle Co
Tex
Dear Register
Leon
Gulf
Brazos
Joan Prears
Circuit Court
Posey County
Indiana
Philip Hornbrook
Richards S. Hornbrook
Reuben Miller, Jr
E. Ball & Co
Adam Lichtenberger
Ernest Dale Owen
Sidney Allen
Otis Hinkley
Edward Homer
Eugene F. Owen
Horace P. Owen
Robert Dale Owen
Caroline C. Owen
Mt. Vernon
Renal
New Harmony
Posey
Main Street
New Harmony Woolen Mills
Alex. Crank
Posey Circuit Court
Bethel Township
John Stoneberger
Thomas Mumford, Sr
John S. Kahler
Rebecca Kahler
Pogey County
Alex, Crank
John W. Robbiny
James Lewis
Thomas Kight
Mount Vernon
Robb Township
Alex. Crunk
William Mobley
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