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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1886
Page
1
Classified page from New Harmony Indiana dated December 10 1886 lists ad rates for one square ten lines and subsequent insertions with tiered pricing for fractions columns and durations. Includes legal notices rates and requirements advertising terms advance payment and job-work payment on delivery.
Washington notes discuss the 49th Congress end and likely fate of new states. Washington faces weak odds due to uncertain politics while Dakota Montana and New Mexico push for admission. Virginia notes and miscellaneous capitals add context as snow and construction shape Washington life.
A boy near Elizabeth town killed a giant 7 foot gray eagle that challenged him as it watched turkeys. The bird’s claws reached 3 inches and its talons framed a circular foot print. After a fierce encounter with dogs the boy shot again and mortally wounded the bird. The tale appears amid widespread Illinois Interest items.
Washington December 6 reports Indiana citizens receiving patents. Inventors and items include M C Jett clod crusher, G S Black guide roll, J P Fulgham fertilizer distributor, J G Swain horse tail holder, E Zoller cuff button, M Rumely spark arrester, FE Bunch wire twister, W Tritch gate, J R Gilbert wheel plow. Also a report from Greenville Ohio December 7 recounts a missing fifty pound hog found after sixty one days under a shrawstack weighing 160 pounds.
Indiana snippets report many local items from Lafay ette to Madison and Evansville. Weds postponed lovers flee with cash for a western trip. A butcher mocks a raunchy ad on a beef heart. Political feuds ripple in Indianapolis and Marion county as Republicans and Democrats clash over governance and elections. Canada of crime rumors, college gifts, and weather notes fill a broad round of brief items.
Officials from Posey Gibson Pike Spencer Warrick Counties Indiana and White County Illinois met at the St George Hotel Evansville on December 1 1866 to plan fair dates for 1887. They agreed on schedules Aug 29 to Sept 2 Sept 6 to 11 Sept 13 to 17 Sept 19 to 24 and Sept 6 to 11 for Pike. They set a $1.50 family ticket and require exhibitor tickets before entries. The meeting adjourned to Evansville December 1 1887 with invites to nearby fairs.
Washington officials report secret caucuses held with New York politicians aiming to gauge Gov. Hill's standing among Democrats. Observers say Cleveland supporters fear Hill's 1888 prospects and that removal of Republican officials was influenced by New York recommendations to favor Hill's faction.
The State University head, President Jonpan, spoke last Friday but illness and cold kept many away. White driving down Rush creek hill yesterday left Mrs. Ponty OrMAN thrown from her wagon with bruises and possible internal injuries. Mrs. AXN WHEATCROFT remembered by Evansville friends, and Vic. Ducros broke a rib after an ice fall. Percy Bennett visited Evansville for Ford and Bennett grocery business interests.
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