Delinquent Tax Notices and Probate Petitions
Delinquent tax collection notices issued by Posey County Treasurer Andrew Wasem and Deputy Eugene Johnson for Harmony Lynn townships and New Harmony. Also notice that Edward Homer administrator seeks sale of real estate of William C Pitts, with the circuit court set to hear the petition in August. Also references to non resident notices and an advertisement for a patent corset by the Gage-Downs Corset Co. with price and sale details.
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Harmony
Lynn
New Harmony
Eugene V. Johnson
State OF
Indiana
Posey County
Edward Homer
William C. Pitts
staLd Court
Oliver N. Fretageot
Posey Circuit Court
Hovey & Menzies
Adm’r
Edward A. Pitts
Magnus
Pitts
Esther Mastin
Charles Mastin
Leo Lemoine
A. Dreer
The
Court House
Mt. Vernon
Joseph Wykoff
Michael Pfister
Winfield
Harmony Township
County of
Posey
Edward S&s. Hayes
Rufus Stinnett
Gage-Downs
Chicago
Jyloy
United States
Supreme Court of the State
Vanderburgh
Seply
Mount Vernon
Ind
Public sale of personal property at Mrs. Pfister’s residence
Public sale at the residence of Mrs. Martin Pfister five miles east from New Harmony on the Mt. Vernon and Stewartsville road. Items include four horses two Milch cows 24 hogs 23 sheep two two horse wagons self binder hay mower wheat drill fan and more with 3000 pickets fencing lumber and posts. Terms: nine months credit on sums over five dollars with note and security or cash for six dollars and under. ELIZABETH PFISTER.
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Martin Pfister
New Harmony
Mt. Vernon
Stewartsville
Elizabeth Pfister
Rates and rules of advertising in The Register
The Register lists subscription terms of 150 per year prepaid and notes that discontinuation requires notice. advertising rates include columns and legal ads with charges per square and per line. quarter column prices are shown for defined periods including monthly, biannual, quarterly, and yearly terms.
Roach Assignment Shocks Navy Contract Controversy
Washington notes report John Roach & Sons made a sudden assignment amid Navy Department contract disputes. Secretary Whitney and Attorney General Garland push to end lucrative extras and enforce contracts. The move targets the Roach ring, with bondsmen to answer, as investigations into Dolphin and three steel cruisers continue.
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New Harmony Register
Washington, D. C
Vilas
War Department
Indian Territory
Roach
Chandler
Robeson
Whitney
Navy-Yards
Secretary of the Treasury
Customs Service
Cleveland
Washington
New York
Adirondack
John Roach & Sons
Navy Department
Rosch
Chicago Herald
John Roach
Wm. E. Chandler
Garland
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Dolphin
Treasury
Robeson-Chandler
Wasinsoros
D.C
Cramp Bros
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cramp
Ring
President’s Policy and Early 1885 Senate Moves
Washington reports describe a Senate–House coalition backing a friend of theirs for office, prompting a brisk test from the President who refuses to appoint a self-advancing candidate. The piece notes Virginia Republicans backing pensions for ex Confederates, mackerel catches, Indiana GOP leadership, and Ohio’s anticipated party majority along with New York’s pauper tally.
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New Harmony Register
Washington, D. C
Indiana
Indiana Echoes From State Exchanges
Fascinating Indiana notes report a vast new cave near DePauw Station on the Air-Line railroad, 27 miles west of New Albany, with spectacular stalactites and domes surpassing Wyandotte cave. Other items cover a boy’s 45 foot fall near Boston, drainage plans for Cypress Swamp, hail damage in Indianapolis, raspberry shipments from New Albany, and crop prospects across counties. News also notes appointments in Evansville and Vincennes, a starch production lead for Indiana, school policy on married teachers, a postmaster appointment, and Gen. Grant’s death at Mt. McGregor after tongue cancer.
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DePauw Station
Air-Line
Marengo
DePauw
Wyandotte
New Albany
George Schlosser
Boston
Crawford County
Knox County Drainage Commissioners
Indianapolis
Political Shakeup in Illinois Revenue Office
Pavey is removed as 13th Illinois district collects chief and is replaced by Gen. William B. Anderson, a Democrat and Union veteran. The note mocks Pavey’s four months serving Washington and questions a large monthly salary. In a separate report about Momence, Kankakee County, over sixty people ate contaminated beef containing thousands of worms per square inch, with several deaths and many in critical condition. The meat originated from Chicago.
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Pavey
Internal Revenue
Illinoia
Wm. B. Anderson
Washington
Momence
Kankakee County
Chicago
Chicago Markets Weekly Report of Our Special Correspondent
Regular update from Curcaco Inc on July 23 1985 notes weak activity due to heat with mixed signals on crops and prices. Wheat steady to weak while corn shows brisk activity from 850 cars arriving. oats rye and barley mixed. vegetables and berries soft from oversupply. oranges and lemons in demand. cabbage strong. eggs poultry and butter weak. potatoes firmer with heavy receipts. Livestock demand remains solid for shipping grades though hogs weak. sheep firm with limited supply. Prices listed for grains seeds vegetables dairy eggs poultry and livestock reflect current market levels.
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New Harmony Register
Curcaco, Inc
Controversial Political Wrap: Railways Posts and Bridges
The report notes mass examinations for Cincinnati railway mail clerks with a large-scale decapitation forecast. It cites rapid postmaster appointments, Indiana offices under scrutiny, a Mahone officeholder raid, and Col Denby's China trip. Also mentions Henderson bridge details, a long Indiana trestle, and Civil War era speculation on subsidies.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Virginia
Col. Denby
China
Local Notes and Advertisements From Mt. Carmel Visit
Mt. Carmel resident Mrs L T Pararips visits town this week to see friends. Advertisement urges readers to get plow-points ground by Ducloa Co. Tar fish market is closed during the heated storm. Mrs Savis Brows visiting residents in Evansville. The Tan River is almost dry.
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Mra. L. T. Pararips
Mt. Carmel
Ducloa Co
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Old Brothers
Wilheam & Co
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Ord & Bennett
Ohn Walz
Register
Ohn W. Miller
Marble Works
Enry Brown
U.S. Patent Office
U.S. Patents Office
C. A. Snow & B. Aubponts Patent Office
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Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
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Newsom
Bill Chandler
Atlanta
Bill Whitney
Repubicans
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Bumber
Krizzr
Ohio
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Boone County
James Ferry
E& T
Evansville
John C. Henderson
Prof. Schmidt
Terre Haute
James W. Lauer
Pike County
Vincennes Opera-House
Princeton
Fort Branch
Daviess County
Edwards County
Walter L. Mayo
W. B. Tribe
Olney
Flora Blankenship
Carmi
Clay County
Gen. Grant
U.S. Grant
Mt. McGregor
N. Y
Marty
Euchees
Peery
Illinois
Henderson
Ohio River
Cheshire
Conn
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New Hampshire
John S. Wise
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