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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1879
Page
3
A fragment shows Thrall Mumford and Owen & Co advertising low prices on wagons plows paints hardware and cutlery plus notices of social events travel and a humane society frame indicating extended store hours and upcoming transport to Grayville with locals Charles H. Sis Ley and J. D. Owen among others in Texas New York and Grayville contexts.
The Wheat Crop notes added yields from more fields this week and requests farmers to submit measured crop figures for accuracy and future reference. The piece comments on machine weighing gains of 5 to 10 percent and notes market optimism about fair prices for the harvest. It quips about the Czar’s salary, criticizes slow starvation, and mentions a watermelon ripeness missive as well as a light remark on detecting a thief in darkness.
A late nineteenth century dispatch notes California Democrats nominate Hugh J Glenn for governor. The report also mentions Ben Butler's physician ordering rest, a London Glasgow collision with about 50 presumed dead near Hamilton, Lanark, and other global notes on ships, wars, and weather.
During the storm last Tuesday evening the home of Mr. Joan Ripeyre was struck and the bricks from a large old chimney scattered nearby. No other damage occurred beyond the chimney removal, serving as a warning to passersby.
Wheat has risen to 90 cents this week due to partial crop failure in Russia. The note suggests America will have a surplus to feed the world and the rest of mankind.
Work has started on a telephone line connecting Ford Owen Co store and the Oregon Mill eastward. Plans call to extend the line to the Fair Grounds during the next Fair, improving communication for the event.
Mrs C Cransfield came home last Friday from Elizabeth New Jersey with her daughter Mrs Kate Parper and her child.
Mr. SaeLay Bennett of Caseyville Ky arrived in town last Monday for a brief visit with his mother and other relatives, sharing time at his family home.
A Tennessee hatchery annually ships about one million dollars worth of spring chicks. The sender notes relief in identifying who receives the birds.
A hodgepodge of quotes and observations on fashion trimming from caterpillars to dresses, war time oaths, a weary young man in Wilsons dental room, a wife commiserating over money, and a Boston Transcript note predicting fences replaced by park space. It notes Nevada licensing gambling at 75 dollars a month, age restrictions, and general social mores.
Fragmentary line describes a mother trimming hair for her son using a bowl edge, hoping he will become a future congressman, with vivid imagery of maternal pride.
A woman applied for a position in Belfast claiming she came ready to serve as a wet nurse after explaining her drenched clothes suggested she anticipated the household’s need and requested the role.
A fragment from a historical paper hints at a missing sewing machine agent. The voice pleads for the man to find peace and fRowns that an insurance solicitor and book canvasser may face moral consequence for their actions.
A Georgia physician acquitted of murder reveals new claims of practicing voodoo. He says he had performed voodoo in the past and now asserts continued abilities, shocking the community and prompting legal and ethical scrutiny.
A sprawling Thrall and Mumford advertisement touts low prices on groceries furniture and goods from coffee to dried fruit to paint supplies. The piece blends a bustling retail catalog with a political note about federal courts and Hayes-era opinions as McKay notes shifts in radical views ahead of elections.
Our Washington letter notes Thurman's cordial relations with colleagues, Beck's confidence with Congress, Bayard's pending resignation matters, and Wade Hampton's strong first impression as a new Democrat. It identifies Thurman, Beck, Bayard, and Hampton as potential coming leaders amid ongoing finance and policy talks.
Lacteal nourishment is supplied to the Suckers of Illinois by 800,000 cows and Heaven knows how many pumps.
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