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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1875
Page
3
Notice to Posey County farmers announces Eagle Mills has been repaired with the latest machinery and offers to supply the best flour ever made in the county. They guarantee satisfaction and invite the public to visit.
Jewelry stock includes 18 carat gold rings plain and chased gents collar and shirt buttons chains and guards and ladies gold buttons all warranted as represented. W F Gray sells clocks cheap cash and acts for Elgin watches. Thrall Mumford's advertises new goods bacon dyes lime paints oils and more with lecture tease and local politics notes.
The Wabash flood of August 1875 surpasses all living memory with Main Street two feet deep water and boats seen on streets. Property loss soars, with two and a half million dollars in Posey county. livestock perish while rescue crews deploy the Hoosier and ferries to save lives and stock.
A large Union Hall audience last Saturday saw the Chimney Corner and Old Guard performed by Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox with amateurs. The Golden Troupe closes tonight in Streets of New York with Mrs. Golpen to dance unlisted on the program.
An 1868 notice promotes Hall’s Vegetas e Sicinian Hair Rexewer as the best scalp treatment. It claims to restore color, cleanse, cure eruptions, and revive hair while roots remain, from the Nashua firm R. P. Hall & Co. The writeup cites medical authority and long use.
A varied weekly miscellany notes a snake capture in Stewartsville a European lecture by Miss Myrtle Boone on labor a rattlesnake sighting and a five foot specimen. It mentions corn meal prices at Eagle Mill a portrait of Lincoln by Frank B Carpenter and a Beecher letter praising Henry Ward Beecher.
Real estate transfers listed for the week ending August 9 1875 show 14 transactions in Posey County and Mt. Vernon. Names include C K Johnson N Culver J Folz H Schiff J R Cox A Seip Sheriff Posey Co J Zimmerman W Boyce Hutchison Lollis Lowry Larkin M Deitrich and E Decker. Total consideration 12046 46 dollars.
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