New Harmony physician resumes practice and residence
DR. NJ w. WWW LIMINGs announces plans to permanently reside in New Harmony and resume medical practice. He will be available at his home or at his office above Feil & Kimmerling’s shop, next to Thrall & Mumford’s store, with thanks to former patrons and a pledge of diligent service.
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Nj.w
New Harmony
Feil & Kimmerling
Thrall & Mumford
James W. Rawlings
R. Fauntleroy
Special Notice Columns Open For Merchant Ads
A colonial style note shows three blank columns reserved for merchants to advertise. A young man named Ben Hutt at Newburgh wagered a dollar and drank a quart of whisky in ten minutes, later becoming a cemetery stock freeholder. The paper notes the cash system’s success and ongoing promotions by Turatt & Mum and N Spencer Tromas Spice and Drug Mills. It lists political vote tallies from New Hampshire, Maine, and Delaware, and announces an amateur minstrel show at Union Hall on Saturday evening the 18th, praising the troupe’s prior performances.
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Ben Hutt
Newburgh
Ben
Union Hall
The Aspect in France and World News
Reports out of France warn peace unlikely during the armistice, with factional strife, starvation in Paris, and Prussia preparing for further war. A Washington dispatch notes the Tennessee sinking rumored with loss of officials. Also covered are Masquerade Ball fashions, a new hardware store opening, a gun gift in Oregon, Valentine’s Day notes, and progress on the Chicago and SLR railroad line in Mt. Vernon area.
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France
Mexico
Paris
Prussia
Empire
Napoleon
Mt. Vernon Democrat
Chicago
Widow Sues Northwestern Life for Policy in Evansville Trial
The care of Frances Ducros, widow of P L Ducros of New Harmony, against Northwestern Life Insurance Company to recover a life policy was heard in the United States Circuit Court in Evansville last Wednesday. A decree for the plaintiff amounted to $105,152.
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Frances Ducros
P. L. Ducros
New Harmony
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
United States Circuit Court
Evansville
Representative Niblack and Minister Cramey criticized
A Washington correspondent praises Representative Niblack as attentive to constituents while opponents urge remonstrance against him as a gubernatorial candidate. Separately M. J. Cramer, brother-in-law to the President, is confirmed Minister to Denmark after a bitter Senate debate despite Republican opposition.
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Evansville Journal
Congress
Judge Niblack
House
M. J. Cramer
Denmark
Sumner, Schurz
Patterson
Senate
Cramey
Grant
Cramer
Dent
Cramers
Wakefield's Medicines and 1871 Premiums Note
Wakefield's Medicines letter from February 3 1871 praises top Indiana agents for year 1870 and includes a $10 bank draft. Also notes Gen Grant relative CraMER appointed minister to Denmark and cites Merry's Museum February issue along with a misquoted sermon about Satan.
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Tailor Receives Notice of Manuscript Decline
A New York tailor was startled when a magazine editor sent back his manuscript with a politely declined notice. The incident highlights the editor’s formal rejection of the tailor’s writing submission.
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New York
Whisky Horn and political quips by Josh Billings
The excerpt cites Josh Billings on Whisky Horn describing its size and hazards and notes the Valiejo Recorder labeling Gen. McClellan a rebel while Sacramento Reporter mocks the term. It ends with a Valentine day mention and Briday.
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Valiejo Recorder
McClellan
Sacramento
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Fancy Ball Costumes From New York Correspondence
A survey of fashionable disguises for balls lists Dolly Varden and Zouave outfits with detailed garments and accessories. It details winter, haymaker, milkmaid, village bride, Mary Queen of Scots, Louis XIII, Old Mother Hubbard, Morning Star, Evening Star, Summer, Spanish and other themed ensembles with precise fabrics, trims, and headpieces.
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New York
Cincinnati
Grover and Baker
Mary
Seebach
Walter Scott
the Abbott
Unreadable 19th Century Market List Fragment
A damaged OCR fragment lists commodity prices and quantities including corn meal chickens eggs butter shoulders sides coffee sugar molasses feathers hides lard oil linseed coal oil turpentine potatoes apples dried peaches salt flour wheat lard hams rags tallow vinegar beans tea and other items, with many garbled terms and stray characters.
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John R. Hugo
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Radway
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