Flaming speech on Louisiana question stirs Republican unity
The report cites Matt Carpenter delivering a fiery oration on Louisiana, claiming it aimed to shatter party unity. It notes Ex-Governor Lareey’s election as U.S. Senator from Kansas, identifying him as a reformer not aligned with straight Republicans, and includes assorted local items about Grange installations, a dancing club, and upcoming costumes for Union Hall events.
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Matt Carpenter
Louisiana
Sar
Lareey
United States
Kansas
Hae Praises Nissuack in Army Bill Debate and Theatre Notes
In Congress, Mr. Hane of Maine lauds Representative Mr. Nissack for his influence. The Thespian Society plans tar’ Guy Mannering mid March. Tweed’s prison life grows. breakfast and dinner at the Warden’s table. A Kansas City youth mails 75 cents for writing advice to New York. A Berlin Times telegram hints Bancroft’s ministerial resignation in June. Two million bushels of peanuts eaten yearly in the U.S. by young ladies. The Victoria Advocate has vanished since Texas election, with only two numbers seen.
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House of Representatives
Hae
Maine
Nisuack
Congressional
Hane
Nissack
Tweed
Saz
Kansas City
New York
Ife
Prologue and Theatre History of New Harmony Plays
The article traces 1838 prologue by Willam Amphlett and Joan Wuearcroft for Soldier’s Daughter and The Man About Town, notes 1840s theater records in New Harmony, detailing 1842 1843 bills for Honey Moon and Lady of the Lake, governance by Sam Topps and the Thespian Society, and a 1874 Mardi Gras summons from Rex Comus of Evansville.
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Willam Amphlett
Joan C. Wuearcroft
Chase
Frank
Sam Slick
Nick
Boz
Institute
Frank Heartall
Callboy
Thespians
The
Disseminator
Indiana Statesman
New Harmony
the Statesman
New Harmony Theopian Society
Tobin
Duke Aranza
Thomas Crew
Duke
Abijah Reeder
John Marsh Lampede
James Bennett
Balthazar
John C. Wheatcroft
Rolando
J. L. Pentecost Count Montalban
Samuel Todd Juliana
Jane Craddock Volante
Olivia Todd
Reeder
Cccaee
Collins
Vermont Judge Grants Divorce to Samuel A. Adams
Samuel A. Adams was granted a divorce by a Vermont court due to the intolerable severity of his wife Sarah.
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Samuel A. Adams
Vermont
Sarah
Equalization of bounties eyed by Senate
Washington dispatch reports the Senate Military Committee will report a bill to equalize bounties for Civil War service from April 1861 to April 1867. It echoes Caldwell’s proposed eight dollars and one third per month, with deductions for prior payments and extending benefits to widows and heirs. The note praises Texas legislator BE Linn of Victoria County. The item follows theater news and local science notes, then reports court house bid ranges from 69,000 to 150,000 dollars and a tragic Curis WruR grocery fire in Evansville with several presumed deaths.
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Senate
Wa. HW. Niprack
Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
Caldwell
List of Patents issued to Indiana inventors in 1874 week
The United States Patent Office week ending January 13 1874 lists patents to Indiana inventors. D A Bainter of Kenana receives Car Coupling. C H Kirkpatrick of Lafayette gains Hay Derrick. E G Thomas of Huntingdon receives Cut-off Valve and Link Motion. Research note: Cox & Cox of Washington DC furnished the list to The Register.
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United States Patent Office
Indiana
Messrs
Cox & Cox
Solicitors of Patents
Washington, D. C
D. A. Bainter
Kenana
Hay Derrick
C. H. Kirkpatrick
Lafayette
E. G. Thomas
Huntingdon
Look Out Grangers Swindle Targets Local Farmers
Farmers in this county were duped by impostors claiming Chicago Grange connections who offered goods at half price. They demanded a small advance to cover losses if items were not shipped, but the goods never arrived. Warns farmers to beware and pay only after possession, noting strong local competition keeps prices fair. Terre Haute Journal warns against paying strangers and emphasizes buying locally with cash.
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Chicago Grange
Leas
Terre Haute Journal
Request for annual and total Poor Asylum expenses report
In a letter to the New Harmony Register the writer asks for a published report detailing direct and indirect costs of Posey County Poor Asylum under the present superintendent, with comparisons to Demaree’s upcoming tenure. The report should include average paupers per year, farm condition, and committee findings, to aid taxpayers.
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New Harmony Register
Bprror
Posey County
Demaree
Thompson
Fair Puay
Readers and rhetoric in a 19th century column
A two column article cites readers per column figures and urges deeper drafting. A Radical politician taunts a Democrat at a crowing crowd while discussing plans to “clean the Copperheads out of the Public Square next Fall.” The Kansas rallying cry targets office seekers with long local subscriptions. A Missouri clergyman’s marriage fees are listed alongside a wheat and dried fruit bill.
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Democrats
Vernon Democrat
Kansas
Real Estate Transfers for Week Ending February 2 1874
Transfer list from Posey and nearby counties records multiple property trades. J Schrick Jr to P Lang 45 E 8 E 7 6 12-20 acres. Sheriff Posey Co to J Tebeyre 40 acres. to J Rebeyre 18-160 acres. various Lots and tracts including Maclure's N HarmonS Cynthiana and Mt Vernon. Kreie, Dukes, Rose, Baetinger, Morlock, Moyer, Larkin, Davis, Allen, Winemiller, and others involved in parcels ranging from small lots to 80 acres with dates and parcel specifics. Value totals appear across entries.
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J. Schrick, Jr
P. Lang
Posey County
J. Tebeyre
N.W
J. Rebeyre
N. W
Sheriff Posey Co
M. ¥. Taylor
Maclure
N. Harmons
M. Alexander
Eee Mt.v
Owen
Mt. Vernon
Sheriff
Posey Co
A. F. Younginger
Stewartsville
J. D. Deiterle
L. Kreie
A. Baetinger
J. Dell
N. E
W. J
G.D. "Rowe
C. Morlock
E. Corner
N.E
B. Moyer
N. Joest
Blairsville
L. J. Larkin
A. J. Davis
Kimball
M. A. Allen
School Report Names Weekly Perfect Pupil List 1874
New Harmony Public School reports for week ending February 5 1874 listing pupils perfect in all lessons with no absences or tardies. Archival names include Holton Husbands Fergu son Cole Kilbinger Burton Fretageot Collins Schnee Holton Freeman Randolph New George Burns Wago Pritchard Moore Rawlings Reed Moore etc. Principal C W Mills signs. Also clipping notes Miss Sawyers Salve cure claims with Silas Bryant of Sherman cured of scrofulous cancer after four boxes.
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New Harmony Register
New Harmony Public School
Alice Holton
Lillie Husbands
Lillie Ferguson
Effie Cole
John Kilbinger
Martha Burton
Mollie Fretageot
Charles Collins
Della Schnee
Lottie Holton
Annie Freeman
Mollie Randolph
Bertie New
Willie New
George Davis
James Burns
Lena Wago
Eddie Matthias
Gustave Matthias
Louisa Shepherd
Florence Randolph
Maggie Slaughter
Rosa Wagner
Harry Pritchard
Emma Moore
Billa Moore
Charlie Moore
Herschel Rawlings
Ollie Reed
Frank Holton
Annie Pritchard
Carrie Pete
Mary Lance
Demna Sutton
Mary Arnoldy
James White
David Lance
Pena Franzman
C. W. Mills
BerThe
Miss Sawyer
Patten
Silas Bryant
Sherman
Mart
Nony Retail Market Prices in Harmony February 7 1874
A fragment lists commodity prices across flour, wheat, corn, meal, and staples. Items include chickens, eggs, butter, lard, hams, coffee, sugar, molasses, feathers, hides, oils, vinegar, whiskey, and dried fruits with per unit rates and measures, indicating a regional market snapshot from Nony, Thrall, Mumford, Harmony.
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Thrall
Mumford
Harmony
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Luke Agniel
Lauto Picoli
BE. D. Linn
Victoria County
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Evanaville Journal Extra
Curis. WruR's
Grangers
Missouri
Hari
Tan
Lola Zu
H.and L.co
New Harmony Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Company
John Walz
WM. Reed
Aply
New Orleans
Sugar House
Thrall & Mumford's
Rio
Laguayra
Maracaibo
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Choice
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