Thrall & Mumford's Ad Seeks Goods for Farm and Fashion
An assortment of shop notices promotes Thrall & Mumford's offerings including bacon and hams, gloves, farm equipment, and millinery. Other ads invite customers to Eight & Co for shoes, Fretageot & Co for wheat drills, Kight & Co for ladies and children’s footwear, and EH F. Owen & Co for sulky plows and farming gear. Various suppliers push seeds, dyes, canned fruits, and painters supplies, highlighting Wheat Drill comparisons and equipment guarantees.
The Duty of the Next House and Army Bills Debate
A critical look at war department actions and General Sherman's orders to evade a proper appropriation. The piece urges Congress to withhold funds for illegal army contracts and to resume debate on the army bill, noting political maneuvering by Hayes and the Senate. Also mentions Methodist grave meeting with Hayes, then shifts to local fair prep, Indiana strike conclusion, and famine in India with a $32.5 million relief cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
War Department
Sherman
Congress
Department
Senate
Hayes
House of Representatives
Anges
Methodists of
Washington
Rutherford B. Hayes
White House
English Critics Upset Over Governor Williams stance
A fragment from a historical note mocks English critics upset that Governor Williams, Indiana's Democratic leader, refused to declare martial law or suppress voices for subsistence. The author asserts Williams does not heed foreign opinion on state affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Indiana
England
Wade Hampton Contempt Cited in Beansville Journal
The Beansville Journal voices strong contempt toward Wade Hampton as a man and implies public opinion would require greater contempt than the Journal can muster to tip the balance. The remark frames Hampton as the subject of moral judgment within local discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Hampton
Beansville Journal
Posey County Fair to Open at New Harmony This September
The Posey County Agricultural Fair will begin Tuesday September 11 at New Harmony and run four days. Preparations are underway to make the nineteenth fair equal or superior to any in the county. For premium lists and information contact I. D. Botron, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey County
New Harmony
I’. D. Botron
St Louis Public School Library and Ira Divoll’s Vision
The article credits Ira Divoll former superintendent (1857 1868) with creating a public school library linking reading to education. It notes a 1871 collection of light reading, five cent borrowing fees, and fiscal results through May 1 1874 totaling receipts of 2082 25 and expenditures 1989 06. Plans include trial at Working Men’s Institute New Harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Ira Divoll
Divoll
Public Libraries
The
United States
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Education
Washington
Gen. Eaton
Institute Library
Working Men’s Institute
New Narmony
Michaux
H. Wires
Stewartsville Items and Local Oddities in August 1867
Stewartsville notes report three county papers, local figures like John Huebner and Job Defur, watermelon market activity, a rider named Overton near Webb's Ferry at risk after a horse ride accident, a buggy spill with no injuries, and a remark on wheat losses under J Mr Hyne Neil Pulliam’s move from city life. August 6, 1867. Deruam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewartsville
Sun
Amoon
Bazoo, &c
John Huebner
Job
Overton
Webb’s
Steamer Wash. Obenchain Begins First Regular Run
The steamer Wash. Obenchain under Captain Lou Vandengrfit started its first trip last Wednesday and will operate as a regular freight and passenger packet between this place and Grayville. The move fills a long needed service and is expected to attract public patronage. Frank D. Botton maintains an office in Fretageots' clothing room and has been named collecting attorney for the Cincinnati Commercial Bureau, handling related business as Notary Public and Attorney at law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Botton
Fretageots’ Store
Cincinnati Commercial Bureau
Fancy Goods Notions Open by Tachtenberger & Sons
Local shop offers a variety of fancy goods and notions now open for business under the firm Tachtenberger and Sons. The notice highlights the new storefront and invites customers to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tachtenberger & Sona
Public Schools announce September exams and opening
Prof Hiatt announces that the New Harmony superintendent will hold a written exam on September 7 and 8 for students who left early last year. Exam scores will determine promotion decisions alongside other evaluations. Students not taking the exam must resume next year where they ended. Schools open September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiatt
Epitor
New Harmony
J. W. Hiatt
Sup't
Mt Vernon match leaves visitors beaten after courtesy dispute
The Mt Vernon club hosted the visiting team last week and the guests returned home defeated as expected. Players complain about poor courtesy from the Mt Vernon side, with a likely basis in observed conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eas
Mt. Vernon
Political Alarm Over Losses and Party Ruin
A distressed observer predicts losses in Wisconsin Ohio and Pennsylvania with Democrats ahead in New York by 75000. The speaker warns the party is collapsing and decline seems permanent, expressing deep fear for its future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Congress to meet in October to repeal Resumption date
The Chicago Tribune notes Congress will convene in October and should repeal the Resumption law without hesitation. Arizona and New Mexico are seen as future hubs for labor and capital once protection of inhabitants is ensured. The piece links the region to wealth from Spanish sources and the Southern Pacific line, awaiting possession. The Boston Herald references global ocean areas in a comparative digression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Chicago Tribune
Arizona
New Mexico
America
Baron Humboldt
Boston
Mass
Herald
Mrs. Livermore Lecture Series and 1877 Real Estate Transfers
A fragment listing Mrs. Livermore lecture titles such as The Coming Man and What Shall we do with Our Daughters, amid a dense row of August 1877 real estate transfers. The notes itemize numerous property parcels, buyers, and monetary totals, concluding with a county total of 15 transfers and 28,827 dollars in consideration and 13,483 dollars in mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Downen
T. Downen
Mills
Irna
Ayers Mt. Vernon
W. M. McArthur
M. Black
J. King
J. B. Deig
F. Fitzgerald
J. Kilbinger
Owen's
New Harmony
Eccesseaeseree
J.C. Gwaltney
W. Williams
G.smith
A. Smith
P. G. Mann
A. G. ‘Cloud
J. Nesler
R. K. Hunter
Wysey
Kk. Hunter
Nesler
Reese
Sheriff Posey Co
AL C. McCallister
Williams
Mt. Vernon
G.C. Nash
J.N. Nash
W. Miller
F. Schneider
B. Schenk
A.M. Munchoff
Munchoff & Wolflin
Mt. V
E. B. Schenk
J. A. Schenk
Vernon
PLA
Hutcheson R
P.C
Local Notices of 1877 Licenses and Purchases
A notice lists items for sale at Lichtenberger and Sons including 26 fan girdles nickle plated for 35 cents. It also records marriage licenses issued by Circuit Court Post Office on August 8 1877 to Frederick Licky and Mary E Schualm Lander Alexander and Flovrend Wilson E R Warfield and Mary E Powell Nicholas Dunn and Elizabeth Bently with Geo W Curtis as Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichtenberger & Sons
Cirk
Posty Cracuit Court
Frederick Licky
Mary E. Schualm
Lander Alexander
Flovrend Wilson
E.R. Warfield
Mary E. Powell
Nicholas Dunn
Elizabeth Bently
Geo. W. Curtis
Administrator Appointed for William A Twigg Estate
Louis Pelham named administrator with will annexed for the estate of William A Twigg late of Posey County Indiana. The estate is deemed solvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Twigg
Posey County
Indiana
Louis Pelham
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Frank D. Bolton
Hovey & Menzies
William Loudon
E. M. Spencer
Henry Hunsdon
Inprana
Notary Public
Gos
Kight & Co’s
Seae
Kight & Co's
Thrall & Mumford's
Mhio
Fretageot & Co’s
Eight & Co's
A. H. Fretageot & Co
Nus
A. HU
Ireracnor & Co
Memford’s
Mb16
Sas
Thrall & Mumford’s
A. H. Freracter & Co
Say
Posey
Ricker
Newport
Kight & Co
Thrall & Mumford’s. Mb16
A. H. Freractor & Co
California
EH. F. Owen & Co
McSherry
E. F. Owen & Co
Sar
John Deere
Oliver Chilled
South Bend
Cail
Register
Mer
Judge Black
India
sar-Antruor Ecuarp
Murphy
Lexington
Fayette
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Packard
Maine
saerThe Evansville Courier
Liberia
Acheme
Committee of Damphools
S.e
Bercer & Sons
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mandarin
Florida
Byron
Brazil
Cincinnati
Liosrunseraen & Sons
Deruam
Hira M. Smith
Scuxee
Maple Hill Cemetery
gamThe
Packards Prophecy
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Northern Ocean
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Baltic
North Sea
Sax
Mesars
Cox & Cox
Solicitors of Patents
Washington, D. C
W. Black
Roann
J. Barns
Barnes
E. Lancaster
T. Shull
Montepeiier
M. Vieira
Indianapolis
Buckle
S. Ward
Princeton
W. Westwood
New Hart
Y Whrall & Mumford
Tony
Cage
Dianepon
Ood Ola
Dry Goods and Nations
Ind
Frank Smith
Esires
New Harmony and Vicinity
Indies
F. Owen & Co
AID Hardware
NEW Harmony, Lind
Walter A. Wood
C. Ra
L. J. McCormick
Nichols, Shepard & Co
Battle Creek
Rumely
Robinson Machine Works
Eagle Alachine
Birdsell Manufacturing Co
Vansville
West
Course& Co., Evanay I.e, Inp
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