Local Plow and Drill Offer Cut Prices in New Harmony
F. Owen & Co announces delivery to Posey County farms of farm implements by mail or on request. Reduced prices on Avery Garden City and John Deere sulky plows along with South Bend Sohn Deere Heisman Urie Blounts Urie Avery Marl plows. In stock three grain drills McSherry Excelsior Champion two horse and a one horse Wheat Drill.jy12 tf. New Harmony ind.
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Posey County
Avery
Garden City
John Deere
South Bend
Sohn Deere
Heisman-Urie
Wagons Sold Cheaper Than Any Ever Offered
E F Owen & Co purchase the Smith Wagon line for spot cash and offer wagons ten dollars cheaper than prior market prices. Also note imports of nails, wire cloth, painters supplies, and polishing irons from Thrall Mumford and RH Owen & Co. The Posey County Agricultural Society plans its Twentieth Fair at New Harmony starting September 10 lasting four days.
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Owen & Co
Smith
The
Posey County Agricultural Society
New Harmony
F. D. Botton
Kentucky lottery ticket wins big prize and other events
Lottery tickets draw prizes in Kentucky and at Hvansville Oregon? Alta Colo fire destroys town while a Danley elevator burns. Mexican troops threaten U S invasion, yellow fever cases rise in New Orleans, and elections and political shifts sweep across Memphis Indiana Delaware Germany and New Jersey with deaths, storms, and a railroad collision.
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Riverside
N. B
Hanton
Ross
United States
Odd Fellows
Hvansvile
Alta
Col
Danley
Heary
South Carolina
Hampton
Memphis
R. W. Townshend
Congress
DeBodiseo
New York
New Orleans
Bound Brook
N.J
Delaware
John W. Hall
I. L. Martin
Rose Michel in New Harmony by Gonpen troupe
An advertisement notes Mr. and Mrs. Gonpen and Mr. Harry Rollin-Son will present Rose Michel in New Harmony with local ladies and gentlemen assisting. The production promises proper scenery and costumes, a fully rehearsed show, and a Saturday performance on the 24th, with the troupe departing on the 26th for the fall season.
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Gonpen
Harry Rollin- Son
New Harmony
Rose Michel
Gotpen
Robinson
Cheap Newspapers Collapse Alters Subscriber Future
A New York editor Walter Shupe of the Advocate has filed bankruptcy affecting thousands of cheap newspaper subscribers who prepaid nine months. The piece notes running a paper requires income to cover costs, with printer and rent expenses. Other items mention Atlantic City hotel registers, a Lancaster man’s improvised trip, Fairgrounds track readiness, and K M Bissell grocery house’s failure.
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Walter 5. Shupe
The
Advocate
New York City
Texas compared to France and New York in Beaconsfield quote
A fragmentary report notes Lord Beaconsfield’s remark on Texas vastness and Belgium as long as there is Howland. The Lyon Massachusetts election count shows about 3,500 of 5,000 voters are shoemakers. A stray line mentions Postmaster General Key and Tennessee.
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Beaconsfield
Howland
Belgium
Lyon
Mass
Institute Visit and Lectures at Mt Vernon Program
County Institute notes announce President Jones of State Normal School will visit Mt Vernon on the 14th and speak on The Ideal American Boy. Prof Blosa from Evansville Schools will lecture during the week. Board available at 2 45 per week. Exams for this month offered at the close of the Normal Institute on the 9th or at the County Institute on the 17th. no exam the last Saturday due to the Superintendent's absence.
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County Institute
Jones
State Normal School
Mt. Vernon
Blosa
Evansville
Normal Institute
Harrimey Campaign Kickoff at Mt Vernon Tomorrow
Harrimey will launch his campaign at Mt Vernon with speaking set for 1 PM. A large crowd is expected to greet Mr Harriel on this occasion.
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Hon
Ho, Harrimey
Mt. Vernon
Harrielp
Man from America imitated in Australian play and temperance songs
In 1845 Parliament allocated twenty million pounds for West Indies slavery compensation, two million remained unclaimed. A play titled The Man from America is being performed in Australia, featuring a lifelike impersonation of George Francis Train. Also popular English temperance songs include We've Left the Barrel and Hurrah for the Pump. A diver named Howars employed at the government works on the Cut-off died suddenly last Friday after a brief illness.
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West Indies
Man From
America
Australia
George Francis Train
Howars
Cincinnati Grocers Firm Suspended Amid National Business Contraction
The suspension of R. M. Bishop & Co. of Cincinnati draws attention as the governor of Ohio is its senior partner, yet the case reflects a broader business decline. Property values shrink and rents fall, with widespread failures increasing nationwide and causing unemployment and rising poverty. The Stale Sentinel attributes the downturn to radicalism’s policies.
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Ators
R. M. Bishop & Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mr. Bishop
Army of
Idlera
Sue
Sentinel
Thrall and Mumford's Grocery Advertising List
The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer advertises Thrall and Mumford's as a general store offering sugar cured hams coffee and canned goods at low prices. It highlights coffee beans rice and groceries, tobacco and cigars, building materials and home decor items with many price points and in many cases quantities. The piece emphasizes value and variety with numerous product mentions and sales pitches.
Transfers Listed for Week Ending August 5 1878
Nineteen transfers reported totaling 13 properties with a gross consideration of 7625.00 dollars. several deeds reference Lots and Blocks in Wilsey s New Harmony Blairsville and Maclure s New Harmony. mortgages and miscellaneous sums show citied values including 800.00 and 400.00 with parties such as W A Kight B A Kight J A Rogers and M J Williams among others.
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B.A. Kight
Wilsey
New Harmony
Nettelson
W. Wimpelberg
Neyne
W.T. McCarty
A. Gregory
Sigug Vo A. Klausmeire
Wundenheimer & Damm
Blairsville
M. Jd. Williams
A. Miller
W. Franklin
M. Benner Tod
A. Benner
J. A. Benner
NM. Benner
Reister
A. Ifyne Too
J. BR. Hyne
I. Hall
J. Tenneson
Watcheson
New Harmony Retail Market Corrected Weekly
Corrected weekly market list from New Harmony dated August 9, 1878. It itemizes prices for flour pork hams shoulder bacon corn meal chickens eggs butter lard sugar molasses feathers rags tallow hides green hides lard oil linseed oil coal oil turpentine vinegar whiskey potatoes apples dried peaches salt beans tea and other staples with per unit pricing and basic quantities.
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Jane
TY Sugam
Ditch Route Viewers Findings In Posey County Indiana
Notice of the Report of Viewers appointed at the March Term 1878 of Posey County Indiana to view a ditch route running about two miles from Bethel Township meandering to Black River near the New Harmony Urayville road. The hearing is set for September 4 1878 before the Posey County Court. Named landowners benefit from the proposed drainage and are notified.
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Posey County
Main Street
Church and Tavern
New Harmony
Indiana
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Posey
Lodiana
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Sunpie
Henry Funsdon
Oliver Ellis
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J. W. Thompson
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J. Saucera
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Thomas Munford
David Waller
John E. Whitson
Joseph and
Malcom Miller
Job Utley
Henry Beckley
James H. Jones
John L. Harria
Anid Court
Alfred D. Owen
Auldt
Auaitee Posey County
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