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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1893
Page
4
Snow piled high with 11 inch measures and high water gorges altered river banks. Sleet and snow plows cleared walks as Wilmoth Wilhelm Co promoted school books and supplies while Henry Brown's advertised spring stock and hats. Local notices praise improvements, a burnt fire lookout, and a banjo crafted by Montgomery.
Nelson Hunsdon returned from St Louis due to ill health and paused studies. Arthur Fretageot Harmon Hofreiter went to Mackey Ferry for wildfowl hunting. Chris Wilson a Lynn township farmer renewed for the pre- ISTER. Martin Golden traveled to Chicago for about two weeks. Dr F P Fretageot resumed duties at the Cincinnati hospital. R D Twigg renewed for the Register. W S Wolfe visited for several days with family. John Whitehead seriously ill at home. Dr Harry Hume returned from Chicago. John Bailey of Chicago visited town. A G Twigg at home several days. G W Elder arrived from Chicago. Peter Weber in Mt Vernon. Thos Mumford and Thos Johnson in Mt Vernon or at home.
Last Friday and Saturday nights at the opera house featured masqued balls with strong attendance. Prizes went to Miss Margaret D. Owen as Jessica and C. P. Wolfe as Louis XIIII on Friday, and Malcolm Hagle as Prince Charming with Nellie Schnee as a Russian Bride on Saturday. Receipts totaled about $74.
A pharmaceutical note proclaims a soap uniquely formed from a sulphur solution. It is described as delightful to use, softening and whitening the skin, and containing 334 percent Liquid Sulphur. Marketed for soft smooth velvety skin, it is advised for all skin diseases when used with Liquid Sulphur Lotion. Available through grocers and druggists.
An 8-year-old asked what is the largest diamond known and received the ace as answer. Oklahoma Democrat published at Chandler by John M. Hale shows bustling business and local notices. Reports of coin value scare, a ball with Miss Sapre Brown, flood suspensions, illness, a Mt. Vernon fire, idle saw-mill, and duck-hunting results fill the column.
L J Wilkinson, a leading Cynthiana merchant, was robbed at gunpoint between 8 and 9 pm as he closed his store. A masked robber took about $600 after forcing entry to the safe and then fled. Wilkinson’s nephew recently arrived from the west vanished after a suit purchase and a train ride toward Stewartville.
Wm Timmons postmaster and John Leslie a farmer and J W Gardner a hardware merchant of Ida ville Ind praise Electric Bitters for kidney and liver trouble or general rundown health. They report renewed strength appetite and vitality. Available 50 cents at Wilmoth Wilhelm Co Drug Store.
During the epidemic last season Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds is cited as the best remedy. Reports from users claim quick renewal of health and no bad after effects. Trial bottles are free at Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co.’s Drugstore with large bottles selling for 50 cents.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette and Enquirer Chicago Herald Inter Ocean and News-Record are received here every evening for sale by Wilmoth Wilhelm Co.
A scanned ledger lists numerous land transfers and amounts between individuals and entities, including James Williams to W P Bozeman for 200 acres, Henry Wilke et al to Anton Wargel for 89 acres, D O Barker to Conrad Kolb for 804 acres, and many other parcels. The entries show lot numbers, township coordinates, and implied monetary values alongside names such as Sallie C Williams, James Darnell, Willia McKinnis, H Geratenvelt, Al Smith, E Wilkington, J B Goodwin, Ezra Bie, Geo Huff Jr, J L Caborn, C A Parke, Laura Brasher, and Caroline Haas among others. The page ends with a totals line for receipts and expenditures.
The New Harmony Literary Club gathered at the opera-house last Tuesday with good attendance despite the chill. The session featured instrumental duets, recitations, and vocal solos, a health paper by D. J. M. Glaze announced for the next meeting, and multiple performances by Mrs. Wolfe, Miss Emma Wolfe, Miss Fannie Golden, and others. Also noted are river flood developments, a steamboat landing bustle, the completion of a new railroad bridge over Black River, and the death of Joan Harvey, a 60 year old logger.
Henry Brown's markets a wide range of men's dress and business suits in all styles and fabrics, catering to formal and professional wardrobes with a selection designed for varying tastes and budgets.
Proposals will be received at the Auditor's Office in Mt. Vernon Posey County until 2 o clock p m. The notice indicates a formal bid opening process in a county government setting.
J T Eagle and Company will apply at the Posey County Board of Commissioners next session for a license to retail spirituous and malt liquors on Lot 95 at the corner of Main and Tavern Streets in New Harmony Indiana. The notice is dated February 10.
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