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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1878
Page
3
Thrall and Mumford advertise dyes soaps lye and potash cosmetics and building materials including sash doors lime cement glass putty and brushes. They also tout painters supplies nails hardware hats bonnets millinery bargains and general discount goods from Eight & Co and Kight & Co with seasonal sales and discounts.
A Washington report states the banking and currency committee adopted a resolution to ask the secretary of the treasury for a full statement of the government gold with no liabilities, plus gold held by national banks and future gold projections for 1879. The move aims to gauge readiness for resuming specie payments and reflects Republican confidence in Voorhees as Morton’s successor. Also notes large cattle figures from Robb township and rumors about V Bozeman’s herd.
A New York donor buys Carpenter's painting of the Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation for display in Congress. General Garfield to present. Alex Stephens to receive. The piece signals renewed North South tensions. Hayes successor predicted as Republican. Kentucky Senator-elect Williams, a Democrat, noted as a strong choice amid debate. A California Chinese secret tribunal is accused of extrajudicial death sentences over debt.
The note asks what happened to the Cynthiana Turk and wonders if he was captured by Russians. It adds a call for those seeking an agency to sell Marsh's patent asserting a bottom beda, with contact through the Smith township Trustee. January 21, 1878.
Salt. F Owen & Co have completed contracts with leading implement makers securing changes to standard goods. Large orders support unusual enterprise, benefiting Posey County farmers. Senator McDonald seeks a mint in Indianapolis. Cincinnati and Evansville eye the coinage hub. The era’s political chatter includes Indiana radicals and Dearborn County voting trends. Anna Holton becomes North Carolina’s first female attorney, ready to trade license for marriage.
A cautionary note from a Missouri paper warns against kissing handsome young widows, describing a man in Saline County losing an eye after a kiss from a pretty young widow. The tale serves as a neighbors’ warning about the dangers of flirtatious encounters and injury.
A fragment notes the estate of Horace Greeley with $50,000 in promises to pay described as worthless waste paper. It hints at a Maine address and mentions a female apprentice cohort becoming brides, while a separate line states Hungary abandoned the gallows and adopted the guillotine.
Jennie June speaks of harmony in a mince pie and a dispute follows its consumption. Texas wheat sowing surpasses previous records by thousands of acres. In Chicago officials labeled ares of the circle replace ring members. The upcoming centennial celebration at Valley Forge is planned for February 22.
The February issue of The Phrenological Journal lists Edison and Hall features, Earth life topics, education, religion, and a new Practical Phrenology section. Subscriptions reduced to $2 a year, with 20 cent issue price and 25 cents for bust boxing and shipping. Orders to S. R. Wells & Co., 737 Broadway, New York.
The piece reviews Ballou's Magazine and its February issue with stories poetry and engravings. It advertises subscriptions from Thames & Talbot in Boston and offers a deal for ReaisrTEr and Ballou's Magazine. Also mentions Russian war relief and Indian population figures and invites township candidates to publish notices in the Register.
Choice Pennsylvania Buckwheat Flour is five cents a pound at Thrall and Mumford’s. A stock of Perkins and House’s Licit Safety Lamps has just arrived and is described as absolutely safe and nonexplosive. The Russian finance minister’s official war expense estimate is 432,000,000 rubles or 324,000,000 dollars.
After a Baltimore distillery blaze, several onlookers became intoxicated from the liquor fumes. The report notes it was the cheapest drink they had in years.
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