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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1882
Page
4
The Register notes a colored 20-year-old, Robert Robinson, employed by F Lichmann, pursuing a self-binder machine with twine aim, sewing nights and Sundays. He has prior wire-binder ideas, lacks boiler room experience, but shows intelligent planning and expectation of a harvest trial.
A historical advertisement ridicules fake gold dollars and organ claims and promotes Thomas Brothers Silver Tone Pianos and Organs with honest pricing from 185 to 575 dollars for pianos and 48 to 475 dollars for organs. The notice offers world-wide test trials, catalogs, and mentions a Catskill New York address. It also lists January 30 1882 marriage licenses from Posey Circuit Court with several couples named.
Real estate transfers list 22 transactions with names W Price London Young Knight Coonrad Crank Gwalimey Stallings Leavenworth Wasem Wasem Wasem etc and large totals. Totals show 23742 26 dollars in transfers and 9588 14 dollars in mortgages plus railroad deeds several parcels and Mt Vernon Palmersville properties. Background notes include local market prices and nearby rail deeds.
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