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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1885
Page
1
J W Davis announces undertaker services and goods at the old Granary Street stand near Main New Harmony. Burglar proof metallic grave vaults and home made caskets of varied wood, with prep, hearse, and full funeral services ready on short notice. Free door crapes and deodorizing fluids for patrons.
The Hegister issues weekly pricing with 10 line squares and multiple insertion options. Rates include one square for 10 lines, fractional squares counted as full, local ads 16 cents first line then 5 cents each further insertion, quarterly and half column rates vary by duration. The paper emphasizes advance payment and new engagement on discontinuance.
New Orleans reports Thomas A. Hendricks arrives by special train as vice presidential candidate. James C. Truman hails his reception with a welcome speech. Hendricks envisions stronger U.S., Mexico and Central American trade, stronger friendships, and expanded commercial ties through the exposition. Financial notes show deficits and weather blamed for early receipts, with efforts to reorganize commissions and showcase western mineral displays and industry.
A lengthy appeal from exposition managers requests $50,009 more from the government. They argue years of unpaid service under Congress, massive yet frugal results, and the need to reopen and extend the exhibition to finish construction, attract visitors, boost revenues, and safeguard public welfare amid growing national and international interest.
The county superintendent election by popular vote failed. About twenty five of one hundred representatives are ex soldiers. Senator McCullough seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress next year. Speaker Jewett praised as model officer. Vanderburg's Representative Pruitt tall as the house. Several members near constitutional age. Senator Willard of Lawrence delivers for Democrats. Both houses pension soldiers held in rebel prisons. Voorhees’ high vote for senator. State treasury probe over. No political measures acted yet. Lizzie Callis reappointed State librarian by Democratic caucus. State treasurer bond set at seven hundred thousand dollars.
Paraphrased dispatches note Senator Mahone’s winter withdrawal and possible gubernatorial ambitions amid Republican anxieties. Also included are a Virginia political rift, a man’s unexplained death, Lovington church turmoil over organ music, Prohibition-era saloon growth in Des Moines, Pennsylvania reapportionment, pension examiners in Ohio and Indiana, Cleveland and Hendricks’ election, Calcutta oleomargarine prize, New York drug crackdown, winter train blockages, an Australian pearl find, Speaker Calvis S Lee’s illness, and Illinois senator status remains unsettled.
Matters at the Great Political Headquarters in Washington discuss the dull capital week ahead of the February 22 monument dedication. Reports cover Congress, executive departments, Beecher's visit, Barbour as postmaster general, Vilas as a cabinet pick, inauguration ball proceeds, postage law debates, and political maneuvering among Democrats and Republicans.
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