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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1882
Page
1
The Register publishes rates for legal notices and ads with advance payment required. One square entries cost 100, two months 8, three months 12, six months 60, one year 1000 fractional squares counted as whole, local column ads 10 per line, quarter to whole column rates listed, and all transient ads must be prepaid.
Mt Vernon Sun notes health voyager Billy Boyce sells team and gear then seeks a firm return this fall. County births deaths and votes in 1880 census data. Local curiosities include giant radish, canary surgery, dam concerns, storm damages, and law cases. Misc items report wheat yields, rail accidents, and small town happenings across Gibson and surrounding counties.
Hawkeye reports official statewide results from Iowa counties on the Prohibition constitutional amendment. Total vote 280,264, about 40,000 less than the last presidential election. Prohibition votes 104,861. Against 125,418. Majority against Prohibition.
Vincennes reports a superb southern Indiana wheat harvest with Knox County near 1.2 million bushels and yields from 18 to 20 bushels per acre, some localities reaching 35 to 40 bushels. A statistician places fifteen southern counties of Indiana at about 12 million bushels. The Ohio Democratic State convention nominated a full ticket for October.
In New York on July 4 a tenement scene blends laughter and sadness as Miss McEvoy and her nephew clash over money, ending in tragedy and a fire. The Times cites boy excursions and urban philanthropy, while Gotham notes six months of New York construction spending, then profiles Sullivan the boxer’s charitable approach. Davitt’s Union Square reception sparks debate on Irish issues, and various minor items include a bootblack theft by a girl, a Georgia threshing accident, a Florida orange pest, and Savannah musket relics from the revolutionary era.
In Puivaperrara Pennsylvania independents have gained ground against the regulars as Stalwarts weigh a new convention to unite behind a single ticket. Don Cameron and Gen Beaver face pressure. a presidential appeal may force a reunion to avert a potential Democratic win and party disaster.
Agricultural notes describe crickets overrunning Modoc county California, army worms harmed by red ants in Lyon Kentucky, and rice-birds feeding in Houston Georgia. Crops: wheat improved in California, potatoes damaged by beetles, fruit crops heavy in many states, and cotton and corn prospects mixed across Texas Mississippi and Arkansas. Indications of frost damage in Vine Hill California and variable yields across Indiana Georgia and Missouri.
Washington news recounts House quarrels over naval appropriations with Whitthorne accusing Robeson of fraud, Bayne attacking the Arthur administration, Butterworth and Cox clashing, and Money targeting women’s attendance. Census data lists farm ownership by size from 4,008,907 farms in 1880, plus health and immigration measures and Garfield memorabilia displays. Patent receipts expected over 1,000,000. rumors swirl of indictments in star route cases and a prominent senator.
The Sun reports in Washington that Bayne urged civil service reform and limiting presidential removal powers. Garfield is praised for rule of law while Arthur is accused of breaking the civil service pledge and aiding Stalwart tactics. The dispatch notes a staining political contrast through history and a Hong Kong crisis mention.
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