Great Centennial Campaign Dollar Weekly Courier Offer
The Weekly Courier announces a special 1876 subscription deal in Evansville Indiana to boost circulation to 10,000 copies. A one year rate of one dollar runs January 1 to May 1 1876 with a push to agents to renew efforts and recruit subscribers in the Lower Ohio Valley.
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Weekly Courier
Ohio Valley
Dollar Weekly Courier
Evansville
Courier
Dollar Courier
America
Courier Company
Ind
Public Sale of Mt Vernon Real Estate in Posey Co
Sheriff John L. Wheeler will sell rents and profits for seven years of the described land in Mt Vernon Posey County on July 22 1876. If not enough to satisfy the decree the fee simple of the land may be sold to discharge the decree with costs and interest. Hovey and Menzies are attorneys for the plaintiff.
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Posey
James M. Caldwell
John Clark
John L. Wheeler
Posey County
Hovey & Menzies
Rates and Rules for The Register Advertising
The Register lists subscription and advertising rates with payment terms. It notes yearly and six month options for Tar Register, arrears policies, and discontin uances rules. Ad pricing covers one square to whole column with durations from one month to a year. All ads in advance for transient work.
A Lovers Quarrel and a Frontier Rescue At Newton
Burton and Jones feud over a forty acre patch in Northern Minnesota. A blizzard traps Jones and Burton, a lost child Kitty emerges. Burton shelters the child, learns she is Jones’s daughter, and the pair forge a bond. In a gesture of reconciliation, Jones deeds the land to Burton who then awards it to Kitty, giving Newton its Kittys Forty.
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Burton
Jones
Minnesota
Bourton
Kitty
Mother
Barton
Jane
Newton
Zem
Eyes of blue deceive with heartless winning wiles
A rhythmic catalog of female types with varied eye colors and hair, noting that blue eyes mislead and jet black eyes never be trusted, depicting allure and warn of deception.
Warning over heathen idol jewelry for Prince of Wales
English religious papers warn against introducing effigies of heathen gods as jewelry after reports of such items possibly being given to the Prince of Wales in India. They note gold and silver idols are luxury items in the current money market and doubt any immediate danger of idol worship reappearing, leaving judgment to the religious press.
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Ter
England
Prince of Wales
India
Beware peddler sells mercury spoon polish in town
A Western Rural note warns of a wandering street peddler selling a mercury salt to re silver spoons. The polish leaves a temporary shine but contaminates food and salivates households, so the peddler should be driven away and his powder discarded in the street.
Indiana druggist in love triangle with Clara Morris
A colorful dramatised line from an Indiana tale shows a pharmacist falling for Clara Morris while she eyeing free soda water sighs her husband with the line Too late too late. The scene hints at romantic tension and social constraints framed in a small town setting.
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Indiana
Clara Morris
Clara
Fashion Notes on Hats and Lace From New York
The monthly letter discusses feminine fashion in hats and buttoned basques, noting the back buttons and veil trends, plus lace garments and French lace popularity. It highlights ivory tints, belt fashion, and the Ehrich & Co. Fashion Quarterly offering practical, affordable style guidance for home readers.
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Ehrich & Co
Ehvieh & Co
New York
Highth Avenue
Madame Radix
The Go Between as a Damaging Social Force
The piece condemns the go-between a person who carries harmful gossip between neighbors. It labels such intermediaries as slanderers heralds and argues their officious fault makes slander effective. The author portrays go-betweens as traitors under the guise of friendship.
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Go Betweens
California law punishes wife beaters with lashes option
The text outlines a new California statute allowing fines up to 1000 dollars or six months in jail for assault. If the offense is against the offender’s wife, the court may order at least twenty one lashes on the bare back. The sheriff or township constable administers the punishment.
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California
Dressing Dare Ends With Bonnet On In Seven Minutes
Two Illinois seminary girls disputed over dressing time on a Sunday, called in three judges, and raced to dress for church. They shed clothing and rushed to finish with one winner at seven minutes thirteen seconds and the other within a half minute.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Lady Eats Four Times Corned Beef When Alone
Dio Lewis asserts a woman consumes about four times as much corned beef when alone than in the company of others, presenting a curious appetite contrast.
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Dio Lewis
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Philadelphia
Louis Haas
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Second Street
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the Register
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