12 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary weather notes list daily temperatures with partial words and garbled text. Contains numbers 42 40 63 80 38 46 58 66 across Friday through Tuesday, but many words are unreadable. No clear location or timeframe beyond a generic short forecast segment.
State committee calls Posey county Democrats to Mt Vernon on Saturday Jan 2 to elect delegates for the Evansville district convention on Jan 8 to choose a State committeeman. Local county convention will select a chair and conduct other business as part of the push for 1892.
John Mott Jr Henry Husband C G Beal Chas French and Tru man Johnson named by county cosses to resurrect the Republican party locally. Arthur Brown of Los Angeles visits friends in region. Ezra Stephens appointed county surveyor. Many residents traveled to Evansville Mt Vernon or nearby towns last week for visits or business.
Electric Bitters praised as a universal remedy promising liver and kidney cures and blood purification with guarantees and refunds. The town reports fifteen youths damaged Robson shops and stables by lighting matches and smoking, with owners to choose repairs or misdemeanour arrest. Bay Rantines and Chas Berlin set camp and trap on Gresham creek east of town, noted quail scenting skills. Paddock stove age traced to Albany 14 State Co. and a 36 year old stove owned by Enoca Fillinain. Two river pirates jailed for stealing skiff cars were brought in and bound over by Squire Schnee.
The council met in regular session with members present and approved the prior minutes. Claims allowed include rent for wagon yard and engine house, street lamp work, merchandise, lumber, and marshal salaries. The fire company tax rebate, prisoner meals, and table rent were settled. August to November report read and filed. fines and rent collections reported. The board adjourned.
Burlington man Frank Huffman says two prominent doctors declared his case incurable consumption. After using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds he improved quickly, walking across the street and restoring health. Trial bottle free at Blumford s Drugstore.
Local citizens argue over funding and purpose of a Mt. Vernon monument, fearing Gov Hovey’s memory may fade. Critics call the project a craze and question practical value while activists urge support despite controversy. A Washington dispatch criticizes Congress’s pending workload and urges action without delay.
James D. Wiley as administrator advertises a public sale of the deceased Frederick B. Wiley's personal property in Posey County Indiana. Items include guns watch a mare buggy harrow hay wheat corn farm equipment household goods and livestock with nine month credit on amounts over five dollars and cash on sums five dollars and under. sale to be held January 2 1892 at the late residence about one and a half miles south of New Harmony.
Notice announces Eugene V. Johnson appointed administrator of the estate of Frederick Schupert, deceased, late of Posey County Indiana. The estate is stated to be solvent and the administrator is named.
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