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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1874
Page
1
An early prospectus listing items such as gold pens pencils satchels pocket books furs silverware watches and musical instruments. The document mentions sewing machines and related goods in a broad catalog style, signaling a promotional circular from a shop or tradesman advertising a wide range of household and personal luxuries.
A certified copy of a decree directs Sheriff Alex Crunk of Posey County Indiana to sell at public auction the rents and profits of the east half of the southeast quarter of section 7 and the west half of the northeast quarter of section 7 in township 4 south range 13 west, Mount Vernon, on April 18, between 10 AM and 4 PM, to satisfy the decree plus interest and costs. If needed, the sale will include defendants' title to discharge the decree, without valuation relief.
The Scientific American enters its 20th year with a January 3, 1574 launch. It promises extensive illustrated content on inventions, engineering, and industrial progress, with engravings of new machinery and patent information. Munn & Co provide patent services, with branch offices in New York and Washington.
The Saturday Evening Post, a half century literary weekly, advertises premium Chromos with yearly subscriptions. Discounts for club orders include multiple copies and Chromos, with pricing, mailing costs, and sample numbers, directing readers to Walnut Street Philadelphia.
In early Kentucky river country a settler Rufus Branson and his wife defend their cabin against a drunken Indian kidnap attempt on their child Maggie. A mysterious frontier hunter intervenes, shoots the Indian, and reveals himself as Daniel Boone, his name spoken as he departs.
The column urges paying cash to curb debt, emphasizes housekeeping as the cheapest method, and argues for neat personal presentation. It advises eight essential items for any room and stresses daily dressing, self-respect, and punctual bill settlement. A comic tale contrasts a doctor’s advance-payment demand with a patient’s cynical math.
A Granger in Lebanon Tennessee encountered a friendly sewing machine salesman who offered a $90 machine for 35 dollars claiming wholesale undercut. The Granger bought it and kept mum but later revealed the deal, discovering it was a secondhand unit. Disastrous frost reports and rising beggars in New Orleans accompany a German infant’s ten year old astronomy essay.
A Dr Dio Lewis cure claim is recounted with a patient tale of stammering relief via a time-beating method. Readers are urged to read daily, using knee taps and syllable timing to train speech. Also included are anecdotes from a Michigan weekly paper and a printer’s misprint about a lecturer’s subject, “A Taste of Naples and Rome.”
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