Pittsburgh area paper notes diverse town items
Personal property of the late Mrs. C. C. Warren will be sold at ten o'clock this morning. Farmers report wheat damage and talk of Grant supporters. Gen. Hanron to speak at Union Hall tonight about Grant. Prof. Cox, state geologist, visiting Perry county. Sullivan, Fuurer & Co seek 300 lb butter and 300 dozen eggs weekly at Mt. Vernon store. The New Harmony Brass Band holds a fair August 17 at Union Hall. Wheat and corn crops praised, prices fair. Miss Betta Goxpey leaves for a three year engagement at New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre. The Register offer to Republicans remains open. some have subscribed. Stock sale postponed to August 8 on Church Street New Harmony. Barnum blamed for delayed newspaper delivery on central route. Insurance ad for Watertown Company notes reliable rates and detached-building risks. A. I. Farraceer is local agent.
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E. F
J. P. Owen
Church Street
New Harmony
Call for township clubs to unite against Radicalism
Organization across townships urged for a thorough, working party of Democrats and Liberal Republicans. Emphasis on aggressive action, unity, and immediate establishment of clubs to swell majorities against Grant era Radicalism, Harmony Township cited as capable of organizing over a hundred members. Which township will lead by naming officers.
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Harmony Township
Opening the Campaign by Harmony Township Leaders
Col Joan S Williams Democratic nominee for Congressman at Large and Col Ep Prices Clerk of the Supreme Court spoke to Harmony Township residents last Thursday afternoon. About 250 attended as Williams, eloquent and forceful, reviewed the Republican state administration and finances, then Prices gave a short pointed speech. The meeting proved a success and shows Democrats and Liberals ready for the fray. The piece also notes Radicals push to sway Liberal Republicans toward Grant and Greeley, and Charles Sumner’s July 29 letter backing Horace Greeley. Liberal campaign talk, mockers, and local humor follow, including jokes about mercury thermometers and “Greeley farm Houses.”
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Joan S. Williams
Ep. Prices
the Supreme Court
Our Place
Williams
Col. Wiliams
Price
Township
Ares
Baltimore
Hornack Greeley
Horace
Weapricks
Seymour
Greeney
Grant
Charles Sumnen
Stewartsville News Brief on Weather and Harvest
The Stewartsville area reports scarce news due to lack of rail service. Recent showers boost crop prospects with abundant wheat, corn ahead. Threshing active, harvests large, grain still in shocks, many bushels stacked. Politics quiet, strong Greeley support, Grant supporters labor in hot heat.
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Stewartsville
Greeley
Jer
Democratic papers clash over editorials and speeches
A Posey county Democrat letter denounces the New Harmony Register and asserts Democratic unity while condemning perceived journalistic warfare. Reports note large crowds for Curny’s speech, with Republicans and Democrats energized. editorials discuss party loyalty and candidate prospects in Indiana and Ohio.
August magazine highlights and health monthly notes
Oliver Orrice’s Magazine for August continues Little Bobtail and other serials, with Kellogg and Townsend pieces, plus illustrated articles and poetry. Health Monthly offers physiology, dental care, antenatal advice, and summer remedies at $2.00 a year. The Purenoalcan Journal reviews public figures. August Forro features music and Pauline Lucca. The Folio and Trome anp Hestry offer subscriber gifts and family reading, while DePuy Lyon promotes home magazines.
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Oliver Orrice
Avugust
Oliver Optie
the Penobscot
Elijah Kellogg
Henry Morton
Virginia F. Townsend
Poetry Machine
Charles Barnard
L. B. Humphrey
Flower Mission
Governor Olden Declares for Greeley and Brown
The New Brunswick New Jersey tone announces Governor Olden will back the ticket of Greeley and Brown in the upcoming political contest, signaling a notable endorsement from state leadership.
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New Brunswick
New Jersey
Tones
Olden
Greeley
Brown
German American Papers Tilt in 19th Century Politics
The survey notes 83 papers favoring Greeley, 30 for Grant, and one the Cincinnati Volksblatt remains non committal. S. S. Marshall of Illinois’ Ninth District is renominated for Congress, while a dozen Radical Ohio House members have defected from Grant.
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George W. Morgan
Greeley
Ohio
Morgan
United States
Grant
Cincinnati Volksblatt
S. S. Marshall
Ilinois
Congress
Saxwelve
Ohio House of Representatives
Appeal for Subscribers to The Fat Contributor's Saturday Night
A. M. Griswold appeals to Cleveland readers to subscribe to his new weekly The Fat Contributor's Saturday Night launching July 20 from Cincinnati. He promises a literary humorous journal devoted to good nature, with vivid, if odd, descriptions of the paper and club incentives.
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Cleveland
Havana
Patent Office Weekly List of Indiana Inventors July 16 1872
Weekly list issued from the United States Patent Office to Indiana inventors with July 16 1872 date including items such as tuck-creaser for sewing machines by N Barnum Laporte fly-trap by J C Skeen Barton township three horse equalizer by E K Parrish Shelbyville wagon-bory by C W Ray Summitville combined buggy pole and shaft by G Steiner Deedsville potato-digger by J Farlow Harrison fire extinguisher by H Henley Bloomington hot air furnace by T Kruse Lafayette low water indicator and alarm by W Moore Kokomo. A political removal from office signals more actions to come. Dr Jayne linked to Senator Trumbull suspended by president under civil tenure act. Sidward H Jones named pension agent in Springfield Illinois. C B Sedgwick of Syracuse declines Grant support and backs Greeley and Brown on the stump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Patent Office
Indiana
T. Register
Messrs
Cox & Cox
Solicitors of Patents
Washington, D. C
N. Barnum
Laporte
J. C. Skeen
Barton
Township
E. K. Parrish
Shelbyville
C. W. Ray
Summitville
G. Steiner
Deedsville
J. Farlow
Harrison
H- Henley
Bloomington
T. Kruse
Lafayette
W. Moore
Kokomo
Jayne
Trumbull
Greeley
Sidward H. Jones
Springfield
Illinois
Transfers of Real Estate for the Week Ending July 29 1872
Real estate transfers listed include Anna Fry et al to John Doll for partial NE and NW sections totaling 106,666. John Reeves to A J Loudon for several tract parcels valued at 900.00. Loudon to Reeves for a separate 14-40 acre tract. The estate of Thompson Oliver admr to H A and J W Ramsey for multiple quarter sections valued at 1,600.00. Sheriff Posey County to Lake Aldrich for tracts totaling about 21.100 acres valued at 31,040.33. Also an advertisement for Mrs Whitcomb's Syrup priced at 25 cents and an advertisement for a Marriage Guide priced at 50 cents with Dr Butts Dispensary noted.
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Anna Fry Et al
John Doll
John Reeves
A. J. Loudon
W. LS
Posey County
Lake Aldrich
N. W
N. Fi
F. A. Pentecost
R.P. C
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Said
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William Harrow
Union Hall
Sesr
Mra. C. C. Warren
Sem
Hanron Will
BE. ‘I’. Cox
Cox
Perry County
Sar Messrs. Sullivan, Fuurer & Co
Mt. Vernon
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Stephen A. Douains
New Harmony Brass Band
Betta Goxpey
Fifth Avenue Theatre
New York
Seyx
Horace Gruevey
Ear Barnum
Evanaville
Prince of
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Barnnum
Watertown Insurance Company
Adivent
A. I. Farraceer
Watertown
Sharnedoun Mercury
Harry Lusk
The
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Michigan
Greeley Farm
Hardin County
Shawneetown Mercury
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New Harmony Register
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Egister
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Wintiaachl
Nipnack
Col
Ep. Prick
Vanderburgh
Mesars
Sunnvay, Founer & Co
Sax
Boston Globe
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Jefferson City
Literary Notices
A. D. Rockwell
M. D
Department of Agriculture
S.R. Wells
Broadway
New York City
George S. Post
Fisher Ames
Samuel R. Wells
August Forro
George Lowell Austin
Franz Bendel
Pesechka Leutner
Pauline Lucca
Milan
Madame Leutner
T. P. Ryder
White, Smith & Perry
Boston
Mass
DePuy, Lyon & Co
Fourth Avenue
C. B. Sedgewick
Syracuse
Onondaga
New Harmony, Inc
Dr. Cloud
Daniel Neal
Thrall & Mumford
Butts
North Highth Street
St. Louis, Mo
Thrall
Mumford
DEW Tarot Stee
H. and L. Co
New Harmony Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Company
J.T. Hugo
WM. Reed
Annie E.E. Twigg
North Church Street
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J.R. Hugo
Qwell
Dee J. R. Hugo
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Estes
Owen & Lyon
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