Posey County Treasurer Reports June 1880 Receipts and Expenditures
Posey County Indiana Treasurer Nicholas Joest submits a true statement of receipts and expenditures for June 1, 1879, to May 21, 1880, noting payments to township trustees for June apportionment totaling 31,698.40 and a June court allowance of 3,092.08.
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Posey County
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Board of Commissioners
Indiana
Nicholas Joest
Posey Gaunty
Auditor's Report and Public Auction Notice
Auditor Alfred D Owen reports Posey County receipts and allowances for June 1879 to May 1880 with delinquents and licenses listed. Administrator Edward Homer to sell two thirds interest in Owen's New Harmony property on July 31 1880 at 2 PM with payment terms including cash quarter and six to eighteen month notes.
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Posey County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Said County
Circuit Court
Alfred D. Owen
George 8. Green
Mt. Vernon
Ind
de Bonis
John R. Robson
Owen
New Marmony
Posey
India
Edward Homer
Mortgageed Farm Reopens For Homeless Derby Family
Mr Faxon visits the Derby homestead after foreclosing on the Derby place mortgage. He discovers the elderly couple and daughter-in-law Violet, learns Roscoe Derby once vanished abroad, then forgives and restores the home. He reveals his true identity and reunites family, bringing a grandson Derby.
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Burt
Derby Place
Mrs. Faxon
Violet
Violet Paxon
Paxson Mansion
Selwyn
Annie
Mr. Faxon
Roscoe
Roc
Mrs. Derby
Roe
Roscoe Derby
Mr. J’axon
London
Derby
Roacoe Faxon
Acnie
Getting at the Point in a Cautionary Verse
A reader recounts a cautionary poem about a child who places a pin on his father's chair. The narrative notes the danger of the pointed pin and the idea of judgment when the parent discovers the hat on the pin. The incident leads to a stern speaking of earnest words and a sharp admonition.
Alall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer claims restores color
The advertisement touts Hal's Hair Renewer as a powerful vegetable formula that returns gray hair to its original color, cleans the scalp, cures dandruff and hair loss, nourishes the hair, adds moisture and gloss, and lasts long with infrequent use. It is endorsed by medical men and state officials and marketed by A. H. retageot & Co.
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Alall
Vegetable Kingdom
Massachusetts
A. H
Retageot & Co
Improved astronomical clock with single tooth escapement
An improved clock uses a single tooth escapement with a fine steel wire on a loose collar driven by friction. The pendulum receives slight retarding action from pallets during each shaft semi revolution to ensure controlled timing. In a separate anecdote two children argue about fathers. one claims his dad bravest for enlisting in war, the other cites three enlistments and bounties.
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Max
Paps
Miy
Papa
Entente Cordiale Echoed In Society Rapprochement
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes a growing rapprochement between American social elites and Kurene circles. It hints at weekly visits from influential writers and mentions affluent women purchasing $75 printed fans to feel cool, even when temperatures are mild.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Beau Monde
Kurene
Honest humor at a party ends with a true honesty prize
A group jokes over who did the most virtuous deed when a reverend judge settles claims. Tales include returning three lead pencils and two umbrellas, and paying twenty years of newspaper bills in advance. Ingersoll calls Conkling mercenary. Comly taunts him. Uncle Bob wins for sheer cleverness.
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Ingersoll
Conkling
Ohio State Journal
Bob
Ruthless Roman feasts set by notorious emperors
In Tinsley’s Magazine account, Roman rulers such as Verus Nero Caligula and Vitellius are described as epicures of vast excess. Nights stretched into days as dining expenditures soared, with lavish sums for mullets, birds, tongues of birds, and gold-laden banquets.
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Caesars
Commodus
Caligula
Tiberius
Verus
Vitellius
Nero
Heliogabalus
Domitan
Maximilian
Domitian
Seneca
Tacitus
House of Gold
Sop
Clodius
Vedius Pollio
Roscias
Tinsley
New England Pie Recipe From a Satirical Toast
A playful antique recipe outlines making a pie dough with water and flour then baking a bulwark like dish. It suggests a two day drying, a cover, and filling with stewed apples spiced with cloves lemon peel and citron. It ends with serving cold at breakfast to invite the enemy in a mock tone.
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New England
New Orleans
Fresh Pepper Ground Moments Before Use
The article extols grinding pepper moments before use for aroma and flavor, notes that grocers stock pepper long before sale, and mentions old European houses holding seventeenth century pepper mills still in operation, preferring fresh grinding over preground pepper for better aroma and distinction in dishes.
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Europe
Fowl Disease Tied to Feed and Environment
The Lancaster Farmer notes a fatal chicken cholera link to summer conditions and overfeeding whole corn when birds lack coarse sand or gravel. Damp musty corn and contaminated water worsen the illness, and proper care can prevent this and other deadly diseases. The piece also mocks fashion cycles that discard old relics like boots and shoes.
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Lancaster
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Ake
Congress Hh
Bon
Congressional Fund
Wee Anes
Jos
Deere
New State House
Auditor’s
Habana
Teachers Institute
Steve
House of Refuge
the Register
Ww. Slater
Eecee Cocsee
Fea
Seabrook
Faxon
Patto
Daniel
Mother
Academy
Ronly
New York Star
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