Thrall & Mumford's offers teas spices plows and wares
Advertisements show Thrall and Mumford's selling mackerel codfish and bloaters, teas and spices, and a wide range of hardware supplies including wire cloth and steel plows at eight dollars and seventy five cents. Owen and Co advertise wagons buggies and painter supplies plus belting packing and hardware stock. Local notes reference a dental statistic and various town events.
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Rosser and
Leatrure Bertine
Li F. Owen & Co
Indiana
Thrall & Mumford’s
Thrall & Mumford's
Memphian fever reports and distant world updates
Daily notices from Memphis fever outbreaks for August 6 to 12, with deaths and new cases. crop and trade forecasts in Harrison County and Albany mounds. naval and political jitters, including Rhode Island disfranchisement debates and Tennessee debt voting. Also reports Sitting Bull in British territory and steamship incidents. New York political scheming and local commerce ads.
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Memphis
St. Louis
Senate
Rhode Island
Germany
United States
Maryland
William S. Hamilton
6Th
Sitting Bull
British Territory
Saskatchewan River
New York
Stewart
Stewart Memorial Cathedral
Cincinnati
Pendleton
Greece
Albany
Lil
Fairfield
Henry Benson
South Mountain
Saratoga
N. Y
Tilden
Sanford S. Church
Robinson
Church
Judge Church
Boston
Crawford
Georgia
Liberia
Charleston
Iron Valley
McCoy Station
Ohio
Corinth
Mississippi
Louisville
New Orleans
Constantinople
Tammany Democrats
New York City
Kinder Ferguson
Indiana
Lexington
Scott County
Brusio
Switzerland
Trans Atlantic Circus Draws Large Local Audiences
The Trans-Atlantic Circus played here last Friday and drew large crowds despite a poor prior reputation. The show’s circus portion was praised as very good and staff behaved in a becoming manner. Messrs J P Jackson and J Lt Huco prepared shelving for the Society for Mutual Instruction room, while Prof R Owen will place nearly a thousand specimens on shelves forming a cabinet of curiosities with other donations.
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J.P. Jackson
J. Lt. Huco
Society For Mutual Instruction
Prof
R. Owen
Wife Fatally Shots Husband After Violent Warning
In Hagerstown Maryland, the wife of Thomas II Benner shot and killed him with a revolver after warning that his temper was violent. She had previously warned she would act if struck again, and she did so when he hit her. The incident ends with the death of Benner.
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Gpo
Thomas II. Benner
Hagerstown
Evansville residents eye Posey County Fair horse stock
Mr P G Genre of Evansville visits town this week and notes a large turnout expected at the Posey County Fair. He reports many Evansville residents plan to attend and bring five horses and other stock for competition.
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Joan Wax
P.G. Genre
Evansville
Ife
Posey County
California Advertiser weighs fate under new constitution
The California Advertiser notes a grim trend as four Chinese residents reportedly took their own lives within a month, implying John seeks a troubled eternity tied to California under the new constitution.
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Ser
California
John
Wheat crop estimate for 1874 in United States
The gorilla estimates that the 1874 wheat crop in the United States will be about 500 million bushels. A surplus around 200 million bushels is expected to cover foreign demand.
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United States
Posey County Wheat Yield Noted in Indiana List
Posey County ranks eighth among Indiana counties for wheat yield, indicating that Posey contradicts old notions of dependency on hoop-poles and pumpkins. The text hints at the poetry of motion in a filing, with music elements possibly present, mentioning Dante in passing.
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Posey County
Indiana
Posey
Dante
Hayes praised for opposing free elections amid political jabs
The Cincinnati Lugarer notes Republican praise of Hayes when critical of free elections. Hayes once a dark horse with surprising placements, yet his policy positions provoke astonishment. A jail scene in New York shows forced whisky with an Italian inmate attempting self-starvation, deemed insanity. Stewartsville Odd Fellows bury late resident Samuen Derur in Poseyville. Wabash County Ill. Pair tickets granted for September fair.
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Cincinnati Lugarer
Hayes
Gamina
New York
Wild
West
Per Samuen Derur
Stewartsville
Odd Fellows
Poseyville
Store counters draw hundreds of buyers daily
The 5 and 10 cent counters at Mosars, Fr. W. Lichtrenner. apr & Sons are wonders in their way and attract hundreds of buyers daily. Ear Mre. Cramies Artris of Evansville returned home last Monday after a few weeks' visit to friends in this place. Egna Lyon of Parsons Scoville & Co Evansville was in town this day.
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Evansville
Poseyville
Cynthiana
Stewartaville
New Marmony
Owensville
Mosars
Fr. W. Lichtrenner
Apr & Sons
Cramies Artris
Egna Lyon
Parsons, Scoville & Co
Ballou's Magazine September issue praised as superb
The September number of Ballou's Magazine is issued and praised for its variety and quality. An illustrated piece on a wonder seen in the Eastern world leads an array of engravings, stories, poems, and household matters sure to please readers. Thames & Talbot publish it in Boston at $1.50 yearly, or 13 cents per copy, with Jackson Florida noting 5 cents a dozen sales.
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Ballou's
Thames & Talbot
Slawley Street
Boston
The Great Cemetery Sea Speech Poem Fragment
The sea is the largest of all cemeteries and its vast numbers sleep without monuments. Storms beat over their remains and the ocean’s requiem is sung to their honor. The weak and the powerful are alike honored without distinction.
Senator’s Opinion on Women Teachers and Civil Policy
A recent speech by a senator asserts that more than six times as many women as men are teachers and that high school women teachers are highly qualified to instruct young men in the civil policy of the Commonwealth and the United States.
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Commonwealth
United States
Marriage Licenses Issued on August 13, 1879
Licences were issued to Conrad Hahn and Elizabeth Schaber John Aldrich and Mary Onnyett John F Becher and Anna Mason William Hungate and Sarah McIntyre Sylvester Duckworth and Amia Russell David W Andy and Narcissa Inf Geo W Cuntis Clerk recorded by the clerk in the county office.
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Curne’s
Transfers of Real Estate Week Ending August 1 1879
Seven property transfers are recorded with a total consideration of 9101 10 and mortgages totaling 1586. Names include Endicott Tucker Baldwin Schnee Ribeyre Stallings Whipple and Alldridge. Properties cover Lots 34 49 450 and various parcels in Maclare Arthur and Fort Wayne area records.
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Endicott
Alm
Wilson
A. Tucker Ash
A. Ratcliffe
James & Morey
Mt. Ver
Baldwin
W. Tennison
Tory
M. Schnee
A. Ribeyre
Maclare
Arthur
C. Stallings
M. Whipple
J. Alldridge
Hutcheson
New Harmony Retail Market Corrected Weekly Prices 1879
Thrall and Mumford publish the New Harmony corrected weekly market list for August 15 1879. It details prices for wheat corn meal chickens lard copper molasses potatoes apples and dried peaches among other goods with figures per bushel per dozen per gallon and per pound. The list includes staples such as sugar salt beans and turpentine with varied unit measurements and price points.
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Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
Thrall & Mumford’s
Thrall & Mumford's
New Orleans
Malaga
Seth Thomas
Thrall & Mumford ’S
Uhrall & Mumford’s
New Harmony
Thrall & Mumford
Floudr
Ft Gallon
Pratelers
Pogatlon
Shauk Ders
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Geo. F. Culmer
B. F. Adams
Ford, Owen & Co
Tee. Kress’ Ague
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Pee. F. Owen & Co
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Jos. Weat & Co
Sar Shelly
Dougherty
Rye
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News of the
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Sheffield
Peck
Montana
Miles
Western Commercial Traveliers’ Association
Texas
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Keane
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Algeria
Indianapolis
Talbot
Pierce
Butler
Massachusetts
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Missouri
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Carolinas
Pennsylvania
Kemble
Wolff
Sturcurson
Union Hall
Bethel Township
Wat. Price
Frank Suir. Ley
J. D. Botrox
Bld. Borron
Posey County Agricultural Society
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Bh. Z. Cox
Bowron
Welf
Phenix
Eagle
Rescne
Slessis
St. W. Lich Tenberger & Co
Thos, Stone
Wabash County
Ill
Armistead
Seles
Jackson, Fla
George W. Bucklin
RGF
Main Street
GW. Hagler’s
Losey County
Isang Williams
Edward Homer
Robert Dale Owen
Julian D. Owen
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