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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1879
Page
3
Henry Hunsdon of New Harmony Indiana offers notary public services for deeds mortgages powers of attorney and related office work. The page also contains multiple small ads for Copeland goods clothing footwear millinery and jewelry alongside church notices and promotions for Mary E Drinkwater's millinery sale.
A digest of 19th century items notes the Empress of Russia ill health, General Grant to visit Mexico this month, and shifts in currency with Mexican dollars worth 97 cents in San Francisco. Other items cover telegram activity in Savannah, rail and transport news, battles, exports, and local political chatter.
The Academy of Stars, more than twenty in number, arrives from Carmi for a Saturday event. A grand street parade in the afternoon and a varied minstrel performance at Union Hall that night are promised, with bills posted for the public to see. The Society for Mutual Improvement appears ready to split, criticized for too much science and piety and too little amusement, with funding concerns cited.
By Universal Accord Ayer's Cathartic Pints are praised as the best purgatives for family use. The text emphasizes long chemical investigation, physician and public trust, plant-based safety, and suitability for children and weakened constitutions, with A. H. Fretageot & Co. listed as agents.
An advertisement touts Dr Kina's New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments offered free in trial bottles to the afflicted. It claims many cures and urges those with severe coughs to try the remedy, asserting no other medicine matches its efficacy.
E. F. Owen & Co announces a 30 day promotion on Rogers celebrated triple plated ware. Purchases of five dollars earn fifty cents cash back, ten dollars earn one dollar back, with the largest total buyer receiving a triple plated cake basket. November 29, 1879.
Local merchants announce a premium stock of Rogers Bros and other silver plated goods with a 20 cent per dollar price rebate and a gift ticket, while denying price increases. Owen & Co advertise patterns, knives, forks, and spoons plated to four, eight, and twelve ounces with cash back and a third in the hand saying. Also notes about social visits and thanks to Posey county deputy auditor Gro S Green.
Evening program at Union Hall features the Academy of Stars. Note expresses gratitude to Mr Jas H Cagnahan for Texas newspaper files and mentions hats worn by Japanese ladies only in rain, with a theater setting implying clear weather.
The advertisement lists Thrall and Mumford's Cincinnati store offerings including teas, spices, roasted coffees, canned goods, clocks, jewelry, silverware, fruits and wines. It promotes price deals, new arrivals, and various household items. A local court petit juror list appears at the end.
Clerk Geo W Curtis records licences issued up to date to Frederick B Williams and Mary E Young, William N Taylor and Henrietta Powell, David M Sturm and Malinda Highman, George L Lund and Susan Ann Kirk, Robert Hammons and Eliza Timmons, Morris Wilk and Minnie Jarodski, Andrew Woodruff and Rosanne Rhines, George W Brice and Carrie Bryerton, Alonzo R Sabin and Dora E Bishop, L M Edwards and Ellen M Gaither.
A concise editorial note suggests politics sometimes needs fresh faces and strategies. It argues for renewal in approach and leadership to adapt to evolving public concerns.
The document lists prices for flour, beef, grains, and other staples as of December 5, 1879, compiled by Thrall Mumford. It includes wheat corn corn meal potatoes apples dried peaches dried tea and various oils, salts, and foods with per unit costs and totals.
By virtue of a certified copy of a Decree in Posey County Indiana I will expose at public sale on December 13 1879 at Mt Vernon Court House the rents and profits of the northeast corner of the southwest quarter Section 2 Township 6 South Range 14 West Posey County Indiana for up to seven years to satisfy the decree costs and interest If insufficient I will sell the defendants right to the real estate at same time and place to satisfy the decree interest and costs Sale without valuation or appraisal protections. 21 pigs. Sheriff Posey County H Prichard Attorney for Plaintiffs. 7
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