23 Dec 1881
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1881
Page
1
The Register lists annual subscription at $150 paid in advance and states discontinuation requires notification if arrears exist. It details advertising rates by column and duration, notes fractional squares counted as whole, and requires advance payment for transient ads and delivery payment for job work.
The Sun outlines its fifteenth year under current management, pledging fearless, independent reporting across nations and Brooklyn to Bokhara. It promotes its 1868 reformist spirit, announces prices for daily and weekly editions, and invites readers to subscribe with bulk offers, mailed from New York City.
The Evansville Courier reports a man named Hokes digging a garden well near Coal Mine Hill fell into a subterranean chamber after four feet of earth caved in. Inside was a former dwelling with two human skeletons, decayed clothing, a large meat pile, an antique clock stopped at 5 20, and a faint envelope addressed to A Gest or Just. Authorities note mysterious ventilation absent, and the case raises questions about the site and its occupants. The note lists local updates on precincts, fires, accidents, and various county news.
A vegetable product used in Aven s Agus Curr proves a rapid, permanent cure for malaria disorders fever and ague chills and fever with no injury and no quinine or minerals. It tones the system purifies the blood and provides comfort. It acts on the liver and digestive organs offering liver relief where other medicines fail and is sold by all druggists.
Special to the Register from New York on December 16 1882 reports renewed appeals for funds to complete Bartholdi statue foundations and to join its pedestal with France. It notes boardroom strife over freight and Pullman contracts, a blunt Real Estate Chronicle critique, rough seas delaying ships, and social scenes including church quarrels, Chanukah tableaux at the Academy of Music, and a lottery crackdown.
A lengthy Stewartsville dispatch criticizes the post office move prompted by a congressman named Bill, noting residents opposed the change despite mail volume and a nearby railroad station. The piece also mentions Whittier’s birthday observances, school term plans, and various regional notices including crop statistics and a silk worm eggs shipment bound for Milan.
Washington dispatch notes President Arthur's silver coinage policy and party splits across Congress. It cites Senator Voorhees, Rep. Ladd, Blaine, and cabinet changes, plus rumors of曲 state government schemes in Louisiana and Florida. Reports also cover editor clashes in Arkansas and deaths and society notes from Mass and Springfield.
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