Bad eggs and civic talk mix in scattered notes
A jumble of brief items from the era notes complaints about bad eggs with a farmer defending hens stress, debt figures, Civil Rights Bill debate viewed as farce, political clock winding down on Radical Congress, local names traveling, theater plans, bachelor rights humor, Wabash frozen conditions, a quip about Omaha locals, narrow gauge railway talk, Charley Elliott’s nursery business, growing teaming trade with wagons to Mt Vernon, and New Harmony’s impact on county seat business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
New Harmony
To become peace-makers Play at football in a crockery shop
A brief item notes a quirky scene where players stage a peace making effort during a football match held inside a crockery shop. The event features local participants and highlights an unusual sports setting with emphasis on cooperation.
Local paper touts Evansville Courier and public schools drive
The piece urges readers to support the Evansville Courier as the Democratic organ in Southern Indiana. It notes sub scription value and praises the paper under current management. It also covers a Civil Service Committee report opposing President Grant salary cuts and reports on masques, Valentine stores, and a New Harmony 1874 business summary with figures for cash receipts, production, and merchants in General Merchandise and related sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Courier
Indiana
New Harmony
Joan Arseyne
Scientifie American
Via Scientific American
Messrs. Munn & Co
Scientific American
Munn & CO
Park Row
N.Y
Cor. I and 7Th Sts
Washington, D. C
America
Tuk Aldine
Censure and jokes dominate Senate dispatches and jokes
A fragment from a late 19th century newspaper item quips about Hon. Joan Young Brown of Kentucky being censured in Congress for truth telling about Gen. Barter. It indulges in humorous asides on politics, courtship, and a public notice bid to reform delinquent list ad prices, ending with a plug to subscribe for the registrar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Joan Young Brown
Kentucky
Gen. Barter
Brown
Butner
Mr. Brown
Hedge fences offered by B F Hockman of Olney Ill
Farmers in Posey County urged to install hedge fences to replace worn rail fences. B F Hockman advertises hedge hog fences at 75 cents per rod with three payments, plants, tools, and crews provided. He has eight years of experience and operates with agents in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epiror Register
Grambler
Jusvicr
Posey County
James
Joseph Cate
B. F. Hockman
Olney
Ill
Tf J
Moore
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the Register
Ernest Dale Owen
LAW
Henry Hunsdon
Notary Public
Walter E. Thrall
Public
New Harmony, Inc
Gor
W. F. Gray
Postoffice
Elgin Watch
Sar
Toraie & Mumrorp’s
Thrall & Mumford
S. Tf
Mark Twain
Harem
Searem
Sas
sarJudge Nipcock
Radical Congress
W. H. Owen
F. E. Kreicke
Henderson, Ky
Omaha Bee
Chicago & Illinois Southern Railroad Company
Charley Eliott
Cuartey
Mumford
Civil Service Committee
Grant
Enoca Fiuuinauim
Union Hall
Messrs. Toray & Mumrorp
St. Valentine's
Messrs
J. Hugo
J. Kitamaga
St. Louis
James Lyon
Dria Jacob Breith
Escecsecnees
Chrispus Schnee
J.C. Miller
E.F. Owen & Co
Ford, Owen & Co
A. Hl. Fretageot & Co
J Kight & Son
J. W. Davis & Co
Stave Factory
Hugo & Leach
John Walt Hartman
Frank Wilsey
Simon Gorlich
John Mott
Frank Dinger
J. A. Reynolds
Cooper Snops
Kansfield & Husbands
A. Dransfield & Co
Oregon
Eagle Mill
Hayden & Viets
Baldwin & Ruchti
Snyder & Lichtenberger
William Read
R. Robson
Hugo & Ferguson
Wilson Alsop
William Baldwin William Lichtenberger
Scherer & Weber
W. Schmidtt
John W. Miller
John Ribeyre
Richard Ford
A. H. Fretageot & Co
F.W. Lichtenberger& Sons
Peter Heckman
Henry Shaffer
J.T. Pisely
Denny, Viets & Co
Harry Wisely
Jewelers
W. F. Gray C. Hy Ford
Kemmerlin & Brooks
Husbands & Price
Bene
Gunsmiths
Bowen
Charles Pretch
New Harmony Ferry
Charles Chadwick
Ane
Detroit
Jim
Dr. Pigott
Aspinwall
Andy Johnson
Senate
Rome
House of Representatives
Shanks
House
Butler
Wew
Albany Ledger Standard
Ayer
New Haven Register
Boston
N.E. F.E
Hi. and L. Co
New Harmony Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Company
John Walz
WM. Teed
Herife’s Sale
Circuit Court
Mary F. Firton
James B. Pendleton
Mount Verson
Wabash
Norano Cooper
B. B. Neal
Victor C. Duclos
Alex
Crunk
THE
ART Journal OF America
Te de Witt Talmadge
Brooklyn
Alpine Art Union
Anning
Chrome
Art Union
Janes Sutton
Aldine Company
Muniden Lane
Elite
Jie
Elthe
Pallivulaesiies
Addresy, Stinson & Co
Fortland
Maine
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