Local 1878 Posey County Treasurer Note
Respectfully submitted this sixth day of June 1878 George Naas treasurer of Posey County. A neighbor asks a playful riddle about thistle lining and a convention of Kentucky lottery prize winners. A merchant on Main Street reports a hen on a tomato can hatched five bottles of catsup with lithographed labels and tomato plants. The alderman would not lie and a Stillwater Lumberman quips about a long lane ending near a country Lavern.
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George Naas
Posey County
Main Street
Stillwater Lumberman
Rates and Rules of Advertising in The Register
The Register lists subscription details and strict payment rules. Advertising rates are detailed by column, with legal notices charged per quarter column and whole column options. Transient ads require advance payment, and job work is payable on delivery.
A Town Fable of Wheat and Papers and Prices
A poor man sells his wheat for a dollar when it is worth more. He misses the market rise and laments higher costs. A neighbor warns, then the man departs town with his spirits down, deciding to do without papers this year.
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Grange
Ile
Physical culture urged to save American civilization
In a New Harmony Register piece, the author warns that social ills and artificial excitements erode mental and physical vitality. Drawing parallels to Rome, the essay argues invigoration of the physical constitution is essential to sustain American institutions and avert decline.
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West
American
Physical vigor and moral strength for American youth
A call for robust physical training to match mental culture, arguing that physical development shapes character, resilience, and virtue. It urges elevating male and female physiques to enable pursuit of duty, honor, and happiness, then shifts to an old judicial ceremony vignette and a European ballot fraud tale illustrating public integrity and political risk.
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Pal
Olympia
Kr. Goodwin
The Sorrows of Genius and a Buffalo Joke
A humorous exchange in the Burlington Hawkeye recounts editors and staff reacting to a joke about a man dying from diseased buffalo meat. The punchline hinges on wordplay around cold poison and buffalo, ending with the paper announcing “cold buffalo” in the morning edition. The scene unfolds as a stage tableau with a mount of wit and miscommunication.
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New York Dispatch
Atchison
Kansas
Fanny
Burlington
A Simple Method of Caring for Indigestion
A Burlington House editor details a self prescribed dyspepsia cure using soda and ammonia alkalis and lemon juice. Citric acid from lemon is praised as cheaper, portable, and effective. advise includes skinning lemons, avoiding water dilution and sugar, and noting the essential oil in lemon skins can be harmful. The account recounts several cures and suggests a lemon based regimen with a frugal diet prior to improvement.
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Burlington Houde Mvc
Remedy for Ivy Poisoning Reported by Navy Doctor
A Navy doctor named Brown claims a cure for ivy poisoning using bromine dissolved in olive oil, cosmoline, or glycerine. Twenty drops per ounce applied to the affected area three to four times daily and washed with castile soap. A second fragment mentions a Dublin Castle ball scene and a quip to Chief Justice Doherty.
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Brown
United States Navy
Castile
Dublin Castle
Doherty
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