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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1880
Page
3
Thrall and Mumford's advertises holiday delicacies including Atmore's mince meat and various syrups, sugars, and preserves. Henry Brown's Clothier features hats, caps, suits, and a 20 percent saving, plus a large stock of shoes and furnishings. Henry Brown and H F Owen & Co. promote organized bargains and new items for the season.
Musical instrument dealer announces fresh stock of instruments including Richter Knittlinger and Hohner French Harps. Special inducements offered to bands ordering new sets. Full line available for immediate purchase.
Notice describes Prof Tice's Almanac for 1881 with weather forecasts and verifications, lightning safety, mining and well safety, fruit blight causes, baking and roasting, and other practical matter. Includes sample copies terms to trade for 20 cents from Thompson Tice Lillingston, St Louis. Also reports Wallace Villa show at Owensville canceled due to cold, storm, and rain, with Villa promising return. Severe thunderstorm last Saturday night brought four inches of rain and river rise. Temperature dropped sixty degrees between Saturday afternoon and Monday.
A praise-filled note extols the New York Sun as an early leading publication. It calls it bold in upholding justice, affordable, and full of global news, urging readers to subscribe and compare with their home paper.
Sam Hics killed all nearby game then discarded his breech loader and headed to his Cincinnati commission house last Saturday. He plans to stay until fall and seek more innocents to slaughter, a sure shot with a gun yet a bad one in character. He asks editor Daniel Lafferty if Hancock Grant and Garfield differ in staining soil with blood versus honor.
Children gather at Tar Lr and Mustorp storefront daily to admire a vast display of toys. The notice promotes Mr Joan Watt’s shop offering gum boots, shoes, and arctic overshoes in a large stock at low prices. It urges shoppers to visit and close out cheap.
The stores of Taratt & Munrerp, E. F. Owen & Co., and J. T. Huao are well stocked with items suitable for holiday presents. Purchasers can find anything they want at any of them.
Readers seeking warm overcoats in the current weather are urged to view the new advertisement from Henry Brown, the boss clothier, in this newspaper.
Special to the Register from New York on December 3 1880 reports a divorce case exposing a matrimonial bucket shop run by a long-time minister who married hundreds in six months. a female client repeatedly wed for property, and a counterfeiter released amid hints of ongoing crime. Weather and transit woes bite as Long Island railroads dominate headlines with strategic sales. holiday retail fever shines on jewelry and novelty gifts as Chang the Chinese giant and Barnum associates attract crowds.
The Chicago Times rejects the idea the Democratic party is dead citing election returns. Garfield leads Hancock by 3,401 in a near nine million vote, with Hancock's loss likened to a slim gubernatorial defeat by 34 votes. The piece argues Democrats have votes but need honest leaders.
Wa. F. Owen and Co. advertises a full line of skates now available at reduced prices, inviting shoppers to inspect the selection and take advantage of the sale.
A local editor rebuts Mr Hayes on forming a Captain General office to honor U S Grant, arguing Grant’s wartime service already rewarded and the idea reeks of flunkeyism. The piece also notes a blown mail route to Grayville and urges contract accountability, plus a gun stock advert and a brief town rumor about a man who boasted of letters from young ladies leaving for Indianapolis.
The note urges readers to consult advertising columns before purchasing goods, claiming advertisers offer best values. It adds a cautioned remark for sportsmen that handling a gun near a fence is as unsafe as leading a mule from a stable.
Quotation marks caution about conduct and danger, citing Garfield and his political career as context. Notes on local figures and moves, including thanks to Deputy Auditor George L. Green and promotions in Posey county. Mentions merchants Owen & Co and various local residents traveling or returning from Cincinnati and St. Louis.
A wry remark notes that a man who guesses ages too low creates enemies and does truth no service by underestimating a woman's age.
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