Local Gazette of New Harmony Reveals 1886 Week in Review
In Cairo a saloon row led to Tom Spicer’s death after turpentine was poured on him and clothes set ablaze. Several other local incidents include a man’s death from diluted alcohol, saloon-indictment plans, fires at river steamboats, and various county news such as debts, schools, and dilapidated conditions across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Tom Spicer
Henry Hayes
Tom Meahan
Spicer
John Seiberts
Effingham County
M.C. A
Bloomington
City of Natchez
Hayes
L. C. Warren
East St. Louis
Springfield
Joseph Kerr
Joliet
Fairfield Hayward Collegiate Institute
Boody
Greenup
Rates and Rules of Advertising in The Register
The Register announces advertising rates for one square ten lines per insertion and multi insertion discounts from two to six months and one year. Fractional squares count as whole. Legal notices charged as provided by law with ten cents per line for the first insertion and four cents for each subsequent insertion.
Unparalleled Walker of Blackford County Stuns Indiana
In Blackford County near Mill Grove Indiana, John O Snyder known as the walking man remains upright after 860 days of continuous walking totaling about 64 000 miles while living in a small log cabin with his wife and five children He walks four miles per hour for most of every day sleep comes in short intervals He eats what his family can afford and shaves while he moves He wanders through rain sleet and snow and physicians call his condition a nervous disorder affecting the leg muscles doctors doubt a recovery but acknowledge his remarkable endurance.
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Indiana
John O. Snyder
Blackford
Mill Grove
Snyder
Andrew Jackson
Intentes
Indianapolis
Dunkirk
Tam
Methodist Church
H. C. Davisson
Davison
Aggregate farm yields and a deadly fly-wheel accident report
The report cites crops with tonnage and acreages for clover tobacco oats and corn and notes cattle deaths from accidents and disease hog losses in Ludiana and widespread hog cholera. It also recounts a giant growth in a man named John H Craig and Indiana pension figures Col Zollinger expects about 1 000 000 paid this quarter and a fatal fly wheel accident at Vernon Inc where Frank Watson died leaving a family dependent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludiana
Mr. Vernon, Inc
Frank Watson
Watson
Scarifying Wild Beast Sighted Near Congves
A wild animal described as large as a panther with a bushy tail has been seen by several residents a few miles south of town. Hunters and dogs chased it but could not catch it. Farmers report the beast has been killing sheep and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gbenat. Congves, Inc
Indianapolis swindle and county notes from Indiana era
A report details a group of Indianapolis youths docking profits 25 cents per Maltese cat skin and 15 for spotted varieties while a watch installment scam leaves buyers $2 poorer. Other items note leaders fined in Martinsville, union endorsements, county superintendents meeting, harvest yields in Pike and Daviess counties, local paper plans, and state legislature nearing session.
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Indianapolis
Aith
Morristown
Daviess County
Levi Ferguson
Sherry
Martinsville
Knights of Labor
Bynum
Indiana
Washington
Lem Hargraves
Pike County
Princeton
Evansville
Gray
Law and Order Club
Charlestown
Sullivan
Charles Gardiner
Tipton
Petersburg
Over the River Train Mixup and Fatal Runaway
A CB&Q train with a new engineer and conductor failed to pick a track near Fulton and sought a farmer for guidance. A runaway wagon horse team killed its driver and destroyed a baby carriage in Kewaunee but the infant survived. In Galesburg a hardware seller offers 2 stoves for guessing pumpkin seeds. 599 seeds were counted with six correct guesses, including 240,787.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RB. R
Fulton
Kewaunee
Galesburg
Digest of notes and news items from across the U.S.
A miscellany notes steamship trade between America and Europe with 125 ships and $22 million in passenger revenue. geyser-like fire near Bismarck. inventor J G Richardson feeds horses via bed controls. a California gold safe mishap. California grape outward shipment and crop value. plowing and skating in northern Dakota. Norfolk cotton receipts exceed 5,000 bales daily. Hot Springs Arkansas sheriff closes gambling dens. Bible statistics. large copper plates in Pittsburg. Brown County Dakota snowballs. delayed mail at Deadwood. child mails to Santa Claus. Westfield Massachusetts boy bicycle miles. Lincoln County New Mexico size. Patti offered $6,000 a night in South America. Martha Washington letters sold. Newfoundland codfish claim. Austrian poker ban. Virginia snowfall. Lehigh County turkeys. money-raising in Nevada. South Carolina legislature has eight negroes. Maine quail plans. Kansas City boggan slide. New Hampshire snow. Michigan woman vs bear. St Louis crematory interest. Georgia convict population.
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California
Dakota
Norfolk
Hot Springs
Ark
Pittsburg
Brown County
Deadwood
Dake
Santa Claus
Clarion
Westfield
Mass
Lincoln County
N. M
Patti
South America
Martha Washington
Newfoundland
Virginia
Lehigh County
Cevada
South Carolina
Maine
Kansas City
New Hampshire
Michigan
St. Louis
Georgia
Logan Dies at 61 After Illness in Session
Washington letter reports Senator John A Logan of Illinois died after a long illness begun at the session’s start. He was in his 61st year and near the end of a term. Burial set for Chicago. president deeply affected. Logan praised as a soldier and honest congressman.
Local notes on rail fare, stations and people
The Philadelphia Ledger mocks day po versus dee pa in pronunciation while noting rail related trade recovery. New Harmony is a regional hub for staple goods and freight deals. Charley Edmonds and others attend Mt. Carmel ball. J C Jefries seeks county superintendent. River ice and local visits mark holiday week.
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The
Philadelphia Ledger
New Harmony
Fred Waitz
Charley Edmonds
Geo. Baldwin
Mt. Carmel
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Charles A. Parke
William Jf. Owen
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William P. Ford
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Ford & Walz
Yred Walz
West Main Street
Lichtenberger's Store
U.S. Patent Office
U.S. Patent-Office
Jacob Breith
Breith
Oprostrte the Bank
Blackford County
Hoosier
Ile Was
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Jim Rice
State Auditor
Bruce Carr
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Jim
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