Local notices and advertisements brighten town activity
Hardware and agricultural tools advertised by Owen and Owen invite buyers to inspect the full stock. J T Hugo’s shop is a town staple, drawing praise for its service. F W Lientenberger Co. shows a new show window attracting purchaser attention. Blacksmiths D and H Truscott and wood-workers Baup Wix and Treamewery expand to meet growing demand. Secretary Cox frets Rosecrans may win Ohio. 20 000 supporters. Virginia carpetbaggers may form a committee. Congress may block Virginia's admission. H C Jupp offers praised photographs. A solar eclipse ball planned at Union Hall invites attendance.
Premiums at Posey Co Fair Cause Burdened Misunderstanding
The Posey County Agricultural Society offered a silver ball and champion belt as premiums for the best baseball clubs at its tenth annual fair. Secretary funds fell short despite solicitations, raising doubts among Evansville ball clubs and Earthquake group about purchase sufficiency. A. B. Jongs explains the events and fund-raising attempts to allay concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harmony Register
Posey Co. Agricultural Society
Evansville
A. B. Jongs
Makers of the cider mill and a war era reading list
An advertisement touts the American Cider Mill from Owen & Owen promising 25 percent more cider from apples with 25 percent less labor, claiming a 300-bushel payback. The page also reviews Merry's Museum August issue, notes a new book by Edward A Pollard, and reports political chatter including Voorhees and Nipcack, plus commentary on radical plans in the South and a remark about Ass Pacuxa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesars
Owen & Owen
Merry’s Museum
Miss Atcott
Polly
Madam Cluck
Marie Antoinette
Prescott
Horace B. Fuger
Bromfield Street
Boston
Mass
Ephemeral relics link Burns kin to New Harmony
A crabtree cane once owned by Robert Burns passed to Alexander Burns of New Harmony, a delegate to Episcopal Convocation. The elder Burns, near eighty, recalls the poet and sang two Burns songs in Evansville. Also noted is Rev T W Mitchell and references to political votes and Radical views on reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Burns
New Harmony
Robert Burns
Mr. Burne
Burns
van Antwerp
Lv. Journal
Thos. W. Mitchell
St. Stephen's Church
Mitchell
University of Glasgow
Scotland
Loansville Jour
Van
Loansville
T. W. Mitchell
Episcopal Church
Lzvansville Courier
Campaign contributions and eclipse viewing advertise era
Federal office holders in Philadelphia face expected campaign contributions of five to seven percent for those earning $700 annually. The Philadelphia Age notes a wounded soldier resisting payment. An upcoming free eclipse show promises a crowded audience. Local wheat shipments express a bumper yield aided by recent rains. The Wabash River remains navigable with steamers Louisa, Graham, and Zanesville onboard. Rex Butler may enter the Senate in 1871 likely meeting Andrew Johnson. The State University cabinet of Dr. Owen is valued at twenty thousand dollars and housed in a new building. Florists reject glazed pots. porosity key to plant health. A husband and wife quip about a boy’s temper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ser
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Age
Real Estate Transfers and Goods Pricing in County Ledger
Week ending August 2 1869 records several transfers in Posey County Indiana including Nicholas Glaser to J B Gardiner and Henry Corneling to Rhesa Knowles with parcel notes and sums. Sheriff Posey County disposes multiple lots and W J and N E W sections to John Bates with 28 6 148 300 value. also J A Mann president to O C Terry Lot 42 Maple Grove Cemetery. A list of farm and household goods with prices for wax flour wheat corn meal chickens butter lard and other staples concludes the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Glaser
J. B. Gardiner
Part
S. W
John B. Gardiner
Henry Corneling
Rhesa Knowles
Vanereed
Russell Isham
Maria Ishim
Emaeree
Senate
Eeeed Sherif Posey County
John Bates
W. J
N. E
Philip Williams
Henry Williams
J.A. Mann
C. Terry
Maple Grove Cemetery
Uh Ig Paseete
F.A. Pentecost
Recorder
P. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register
Rosamond Dale Owen
C. Strerren
C. C. Bruner, Esq
Sex
Joan F. BiceLow
France
New York Times
Danville
Hendricks County
Indiana
Congress
Straave
J. Y. Ssiru
Anthony
Rhode Island
Aor
Messrs. Owen & Owen
rerThe
J. T. Hugo
Messrs. F. W. Lientenberger & Co
D. & H. Truscort
Baupwix & TreamEwery
Cox
Gen. Rosecrans
Gen. Hayes
Ohio
Rosecrans
Washington
Baltimore Gazette
Virginia
H. C. Jupp
Union Hall
Maine
Dan. W. VoorHres
Wa. E. Nipiack
Radical Party
Phillips
Ass Pacuxa
Buchanan
Douglas
Breckenridge
McClellan
Seymour
Lincoln
Detroit Free Press
warThe St. Louis Democrat
United States
Louisa
Graham
Zanesville
Rex
Butler
Andrew Johnson
Andy
The
State University
David Dale Owen
State Sentinel
Fretageot, Song& Thrall
Howard Association
Box P
W.F. Gra
Ind
Kee
Wb. Thrall
Notary Public
John Et. Scott
Main St
Second
N.Y. E
Ll. and L. Co
New Harmony Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Company
Gib. Smith
J.T
Jeff
National Publishing CO
Elm Street
Cincinnati
Jel Fretageot, Son & Thrall
Jel Fretageot
Jeld Fretageot
SON & Thrall
New Harmony Drug Store
Jes J. B. Davis & CO
T.B. Davis & CO
Ann Schnee
Messrs
Lyon & Fitzgerald
A. E. Schnee
Main and
Tavern Streets
Thrall & Mumford
Schmidt, Schmidt & Co
W. P. Emerson
Mason & Hamlin
Metropolitan
Peloubet, Pelton & Co
F. W. Lichtenberger & CO
F.W.L
Lichtenberger & CO
E F. W. Lichtenberger & CO
Jes
J.B. Davis & CO
Jed Owen & Owen
Jed Owen
FuLiar
Jeb Owen & Owen
Ot & Owen
TXOR
Nag F
Harmony Drug Store
J.B. Davis
Ties
Wihan Jes DA Co
FE. T. Cox
F. D. Bolton
Jelo Td
Atasta
Inwiis
Maan
Sopa
NEW Harmon Woolen Mills
Ag Lichtenberger, Hinelfy & CO
WEN & CO
American and China Tea Company
Owen & Cf
Thrall & Mumford’s
Hall's
Barrett
Ayer
Akefield
Thrall & Mumford's
Sheese
Hama
Thrall & Mumfords
Pam Ters
Taraxtra
RDS
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