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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1874
Page
3
The column mixes small notices and remarks including ministers, governors elect, store ads, and social chatter. References name Schenck, Grant, Allen, Golden, Burpaux, Kieur & Son, Lieu Tensercer & Sons, and Rosenbaum & Brorner. It mentions Mt. Vernon park season, hog prices around 6.10, and political takes on Pennsylvania and Texas elections.
A historical record recalls the first Thespian Society in New Harmony, corrections to prior articles, and a roster of members. It covers 1828 to 1834 with detailed playbills, notes on the Chapman Ark Theatre visit, floating theatre, and early dramatic productions including Othello Pocahontas and The Floating Beacon, plus remarks on local theater and notices.
New Harmony Public School reports the students who were perfect in all lessons and never absent or tardy for the week ending January 1574. The list includes Alice Holton Frank Arnoldy Effie Cole Jane Taylor Lillie Ferguson Martha Burton Mollie Fretageot Willie Hlolton Nannie Fretageot Ella Duclos Annie Freeman Susie Graddy Jane Armstrong Kate Franzman John Arm strong Mollie Randolph Isaac Smith Demna Sutton Charles Franklin James White Willie Mills Annie Pritchard Rose Alsop Ben Neal Mary Lance David Lance Nora Breith Archie Burns John Cawthorn Louis Lance Ida Reynolds Homer Shepherd Willie Schnee Clara Schmitt James Burns Louis Holdebar Lena Hugo and G W Mills, Principal.
Report from Sugar Grove Public School Robb Township for the week ending January 2 1874 shows zero pupils enrolled and an average daily attendance of 21 percent. Names listed as perfect in the department for the week include Clara Robb Delia Robb Florence Boyle Raymond Hyne John Daley William Heywood James Reeves Oscar Boyle John Miller Silas Hyne Johnnie Heckman Mary Hyne and Mary A Boyle as teacher.
Real estate transfers tabulated for the week ending January 5 1873. Entries include I a Reeves to J Overton W part S EB 1-2 4 1S 17 acres for 400.00. Rosthek to J T W Neal Lot 4 Kimball Mount Vernon for 150.00. Goudy and Topper multiple interests in Kimball Mount Vernon properties totaling hundreds of acres for 374.00. Jackson to W C Allyn part NNW SE 3-15 6 18 194 acres for 780.00. Morlock et al to T W Neal Lot 4 Kimball Mount Vernon for 400.00. Wulf to Leukroth Schneider Lot 50 Kimball Mount Vernon for 525.00. Wolfinger to Welborn Derring ton West 458 etc totaling 525.00. Fairchild to Endicott part BE 20 4 12 138 for 340.00. Williams to Stoneberger Jr et al int in West NE 4 M W 1-31. Wade to A Fisher Lot 151 Wadesville for 615.00.
A regional verse promotes J. Right & Son and J. Kight & Son stores selling fancy goods and notions at cheap prices. The chorus imitates a tune about the old cow dying, urging readers to shop at these retailers to save money.
An advertisement offers furniture all own manufacture with full warranty and invites orders for custom carpentry and coffins at low rates. A hearse is kept ready for use and orders left at the stated shop will receive prompt attention.
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