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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1883
Page
1
The Register announces rates for local column ads and notices including legal ads. Rates show quarter column six month twenty four dollars. half column one month ten dollars. whole column one year sixty dollars. all transient ads require advance payment.
The Sun boasts record readership over the year, claiming wide trust for accurate news and fearless criticism. It presents itself as a universal newspaper serving the public good, praising its political integrity and broad appeal across religion literature and Republican circles.
FOR SALE. ONLY $8 PER YEAR. POSTAGE FREE. THE WEEKLY COURIER contains all the News of the day plus market notes and stories. Sample copies sent free. THE COURIER COMPANY, Evansville, Indiana.
Henry Brown of New Harmony Indiana advertises large reductions on overcoats dress suits cheaper grades and gents furnishing goods with a cash only sale. He aims to clear winter stock and carries broad inventory including prints oranges mince meat and jewelry at Ford Owen Co and Thrall & Mumford with many bargains urged across department lines. A reported cave discovery near Santo Idaho and Alabama district election update follow in the same column.
The Poseyville News disputes New Harmony population estimates and reports a range of local incidents. A cutting affray at Mt. Vernon left George Combs with severe injuries. another fight at a saloon. a Jewish cemetery started at Mt. Vernon. Pitcher Island corn yields around 25,000 bushels. Miss Mary Boyle marries W. D. Bell. the tow-boat Sam Robertz carried 150,000 bushels. several local deaths, lynching links, and a census undercount are noted along with rail, church, and temperance items.
Washington report surveys Senate action on the civil service bill and critiques the federal payrolls as overstaffed with sinecures. It cites copying fraud, bureaucratic red tape, and crowded offices, arguing reform is essential though politically difficult. The piece also notes pension controversies and various December and 1882 political notes.
The Weekly News from Cincinnati News Publishing Co will launch in January as a Democratic paper covering politics markets agriculture and literature. It will be a large 64 column quarto edition with low subscription rates 9 00 17 00 24 00 30 00 and 75 cents per copy for larger clubs plus free mail for a year to those who form a 20‑plus annual club and mail the names and funds.
The Weekly News offers a $1000 gold prize pool for the ten largest full-rate subscriber clubs in any state by July 1, 1883. Subscriptions are $1 yearly. largest club wins $300, then $200, $100, $90, $80, $70, $60, $50, $30, and $20. Send a dollar with each reported name and provide post office addresses.
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