20 Apr 1883
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1883
Page
1
Special to the Register from New York City traces the annual moving day effects on trade and leisure. It highlights ostentatious farewells aboard the Alaska, odd stories from Dakota and Colorado, Barwick case remnants, Tobias trust fund scandal chatter, and hints of high stakes gambling at local clubs while police restraint remains unexplained.
A 1888 visit to Indianapolis orphan asylum details the 105 children under 13 women staff led by Mrs Hadley and matron Wishard. It explains funding, adoption procedures, schooling, discipline, and post‑care letters. A stop at the Friendly Inn describes lodging for travelers and rules for intoxicated or unclean guests.
Bethel area news notes spring arrival barefooted boys straw hats and fence rebuilding after stock law changes. Annie Wilson teaches a subscription school. Lane's school closed with last day exercises. Samuel Steele from Owensville visits. residents travel to Mt Vernon. David Waller plans a frame house across the bayou. Moses Lane and Eliha Jordan named road supervisors. Greens and hogs jaw dinners, gardens being tended. William Clayton buys Sanders threshing engine. Will Norris sale next Saturday at Hiram Miles home. Ida Cox opens a millinery establishment at William Price residence. Uncle Elisha Herron sick. A Natchez lady’s boiled sweet potato exploded, injuring her. Wheat price drops cited for England France Russia.
Curated items report Princeton Indiana on April 12 selling trees by sample then buying stock at 60 cents each to charge customers up to 125 per tree. A Patoka correspondent notes J P Key was injured by a lasso thrown from a box car as a freight passed. Other items cover a proposed 4th of July celebration, a new Masonic hall in Oakland, population figures, local election results, a census of errors in a spelling test, ice wheat experiments, charitable shoe donations, and various county developments across Illinois and Indiana including floods, bridges, railroads, and economy notes.
A Republican congressman says the president plans cabinet changes and a southern appointee may join. Hunton of Virginia predicts solid support for McDonald in the next convention. The civil service commission occupies four rooms at the Agriculture Building. A Republican paper nearby faces a $37,000 mortgage and struggles to stay self‑sustained. The Be tree in Amarapura is 2,181 years old. Cotton production for 1882 totals 6,900,000 bales led by Texas and Mississippi. A Louisville fisherman finds a $50 bill and a gold piece in an overcoat. Germany workers plan a general strike for higher wages. Parswent Anrnun leaves St Augustine for Washington. Minneapolis council raises saloon licenses to 1500 dollars. About 7000 men work on the Panama canal. 60,000 orange trees grow at Bay St Louis.
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