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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1892
Page
4
Local notices report 18 legal days remaining for quail shooters. Henry Browns sells various goods including oats duck coats and men’s suits while Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co advertise Certs cures and a range of merchandise. County commissioners meet at Mt Vernon next Monday as election results and local industry updates unfold.
Local residents and visitors were noted this week with multiple trips to Mt. Vernon and Evansville. Names include Miss Bessie Thrall Miss Ida Moye Garrie Hartman Mamie Hartman and others visiting Mt. Vernon Albion and Evansville for meetings and relatives.
Wm Timmons postmaster and John Leslig farmer report Electric Bitters improves midpey and livertrombie symptoms as the best kidney and liver medicine. Go to Wilmoth or Wilhelm & Co for sizes including large 500¢ bottles. holiday stock and King’s New Discovery advertised for coughs colds and consumption.
The best Oats bruises Sorea ulcers salt salve promises to treat rheam fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with money refund if not satisfied. Price two and a half cents per box sold by Winners & Co in Minnesota.
The tonic is marketed as a reliable anti chill efficacy with febrifigent properties and general toning effect. It claims constant availability at Wilmoth Wilhelm Co's drugstore with bottles priced at 50 cents and 50e. The advertisement asserts it never fails when properly taken and can be consumed anytime without dietary restrictions.
An early advertisement urges agents for a tonic cure labeled Certain Chill Cure marketed as better than quinine. It lists price at 50 cents and mentions sellers W Almoth Wilhelm & Co. and Henry Brown for fancy and wool dress over shirts. The text references Washington Avenue in Hvanaville with garbled Todiana details.
Frederik A. Fernald urges reform in English spelling arguing its phonetic chaos and memorization burden on children. He cites silent letters, multiple sounds per letter, and the harm to reasoning in learning to read and spell. The piece critiques rote spelling classes and contrasts with Chinese and Japanese approaches.
The Posey County Teachers Association met at the Mt. Vernon Christian Church on November 25 at 7 30 p m. President H P Leavenworth opened the session with brief remarks and a prayer by Rev Wilson Blackburn. The program included talks on Means of the Teacher's Intellectual Growth by J H Voris and Civics in the Common Schools by E G Bauman with discussions by local educators. A literary program featured recitations by Anna Higgins and Ella Sibbert, and a closing officers slate was elected for the coming year including Lew Asimony and Mary Cadaquis.
A garbled OCR record lists scattered property transfers and assigns between individuals such as Sam Stallings, Chas. iv, Catherine Lawrence, Mary Russell, Cordelia Williams, J. Cronbach, and Martha Weir. Entries reference lots, blocks, and parcels with vague locations and numbers, reflecting a damaged land records page.
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