Deacon Adamsons Blind Horse Trade Ends in Red Clover Scandal
In Saybrook a crafty horse deal collapses when Deacon Adamson sells a blind sorrel to Moses Midwell for 250 dollars. The new owner discovers the horse is sound, while the deacon faces exposure. A seed swap leads to a crimson ovalis misidentification and a field of red sorrel, ending with a plowed eye sore as the lesson from the tale.
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Saybrook
Pine Tree
Dedeah
Aaron Adamson
Gov. Hubbard
Say~brook
Deacon Adamson
Moses Midwell
Cummings Place
Cumberland County
Midwell
Moses
Atands
R. Midwell
Deacon Adameon
Deacon
Adamson
Moses Midsyell
Kell
Oata
Samuel
Prof
Dodem
Mosea Midwell
Terms of Sale and Administrator's Real Estate Auction
The real estate will sell for full appraised value with one third cash. Balance due in two equal installments at one and two years from sale, notes with security and mortgage, 6 percent interest, and attorney fees for deferred payments. Guardian Mary F. Hiatt and attorney Hovey & Menzies. Also administrator de bonis non sells two thirds of Owen's part New Harmony Posey County Indiana on July 31 1880. One fourth cash, remainder in six twelve and eighteen months with notes and freehold security. Interest 6 percent. valuation and appraisal laws waived.
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Court House
Mount Vernon
Posey County
Indiana
City Mills
New Harmony
Alex. Crank
Mary E. Fitton
Henry Fitton
Posey Circuit Court
Rieal
Vesey County
Wilsey
Mary F. Hiatt
Guardian
Tate
de Bonis
John R. Robson
Circuit Court of
Posey
County
Indi
Not Yet Dear Love Escape
A narrator pleads to forget love while doors stay closed and distant. The speaker imagines near yet far hearts and longs for a shared touch and gaze. Refrains of cannot yet, dear love, echo through a longing to bridge separation. The poem frames yearning, restraint, and the ache of unconsummated affection.
Nothing Short of Unmistakable Benefits
An 19th century style advertisement and miscellany sketch describe Ayes Sarsaparilla as a universal blood purifier claimed to cure scrofula skin diseases and liver complaints. The piece notes decades of use and mentions A. H. Fretageot & Co. as agents, then expands to city drainage, a piano purchase anecdote, a Congregational pastor's trial, and odd items about nets and advertising for cows.
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A. H. Fretageot & Co
Garfield and Grant critique in Sun on third term crisis
Otis V. Sun profiles how Garfield supporters and anti third term leaders clashed over Grant’s fate at Chicago. The piece argues the anti third term faction failed to oppose a broader Republican revolution, labeling leaders as hedging and corrupt while praising those who opposed Grant’s nomination.
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Grant
Chicago
United States
Garfield
The
Sun
Blaine
Sherman
Scratchers
Republican League
Cameron
Conkling
Logan
Hayes
Washington Ring
Sanborn Gang
Congress
Colfax
Ames
Shepherd
Robeson
Credit
Otis
What a Candidate in the De Golyer Case
The De Golyer case centers on Garfield as chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Contractors paid him $5,000 claiming legal services, while Garfield asserts it was a fee for a brief not produced. The Sun cites evidence of bribery and perjury linked to De Golyer McClellan and Oakes Ames.
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de Golyer
Garfield
de Golyer & McClellan
Oakes Ames
New York Sun
Nile Waters Bottling and Export Proposal Emerges
A proposal suggests bottling Nile waters for export amid speculation of vast volumes. Discussions imply significant commercial and international implications as plans surface for potential allocation and regulatory review.
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