Bargain Mockery: New Harmony Dry Goods Sale
A frugal catalog touts cheap muslins dress goods and linens at low prices from Rosenbaum Bro. Mt Vernon Ind and Thrall Mumford. promotion notes thrall dyes and Thrall & Mumford House offerings. E. F. Owen & Co. advertise threshing outfits. They stock McCormick machines and Walter A Wood tools with low prices and warranties.
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Rosenbaum & Bro
Mt. Vernon
Indiana
West
Rosenbaum & Bro.’s
Vernon
Ind
New Harmony
New York
Democratic District Convention Delegates Scheduled
On Saturday June 8 1878 a Democratic District Convention will be held in Boonville on June 12 1878 to select delegates. Full attendance requested. Foun WALz. C. Buxny committee.
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Boonville
S C. Buxny
Conmitttee
News of the Week Highlights May 29 to June 1
Summary of events including Pennsylvania and Alabama gubernatorial nominations, international ambitions for mapping Nyassa and Tangayika, Bulgarian reorganization proposal, a masked train robbery near Salt Lake, Bryants heat illness after Mazzi ni bust unveiling, a San Francisco festival, lightning strikes at Peru rail shops, the Harrison burial and Ohio medical college case, Compaignett charged for an assault, Grosser Kurfurst wreck with 275 dead, Scranton bank closure, Pope Leo’s illness, 200 Indians at lava beds, Waite reception, Kaffir–British clashes in Africa, and the Hovarne committee investigation summary.
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Pennsylvania
T. N. Lane
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
British Royal Geographical Society
Lake Nyassa
Tangayika
England
Bulgaria
Salt Lake
Mazzini
New York
William Cullen Bryant
Alabama
St. W. Cobb
San Francisco
Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railway
Peru
J. S. Harrison
North Bend
Ohio Medical College
Cincinnati
Harrison
Compaignett
Owensville
Lynch
Wilhelm
Plymouth
Second National Bank
Scranton
Pope Leo
Prairies
Justice Waite
Bar Association
Political and World News Summary Amid June Reports
A series of brief items recounts political and international notes. Sherman’s memory is unclear about a written pledge, while Anderson cites a plot to overturn an election in Feliciana. Reports mention an attempt on Emperor William, a deadly tornado at Richmond Missouri, Berlin peace congress invitations, Greece’s stance, and a New York judge’s death. Oregon election returns suggest Whittaker’s victory and a Democratic legislature. Wisconsin calls a special session as Ida Brownlee’s distressing act unfolds. Reed cross-examines Anderson regarding a prior bargain. Democrats nominate Jeptha D. Now for Congress. The president signs a currency contraction prohibition bill. Gold closes at 1007.
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Anderson
Feliciana
William
House
Florida
McLin Dennis
Shah of Persia
Berlin
Richmond
Germany
Greece
W. I. Allen
New York Court of Appeal
Oswego
George M
Vanderburgh Posey Counties Back Judge Parrett for Circuit Judge
District leaders state several men could stand for Congress next Wednesday but see no opposition to Judge W F Parrett for Circuit Judge. He has met expectations and proven impartial, and the people of Vanderburgh and Posey counties should grant him another term making him Indiana’s oldest Circuit Judge. The convention is expected to give him unanimous support.
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Congress
W.F. Parrett
Vanderburgh
Posey
Indiana
Parrett
Owensville Mob Kills Suspected Desperado After Plot Claims
A man named ComPaGnioNnetTrTR of Owensville, accused of multiple assassination attempts on Jas. Rosinson, was mobbed by Owensville residents last Wednesday night. He was dragged from his home to the town edge and shot dead, his body riddled with bullets. Authorities condemn mob violence but acknowledge it may remove a dangerous criminal from the community.
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Compagnionnettrtr
Owensville
Jas. Rosinson
Ife
River falls as dredge clears logs in low lands work progresses
The river, after a brief rise this week, is again falling pleasing farmers in the low lands. Dredge and away boats are at work removing large logs to the head of the cut-off to protect the new dam, supervised by Prof. Bateman. Observers praised the McCormick binder over the Osborne binder on Griffin and Dixon farms, noting lighter draft and superior performance.
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Prof
Bateman
McCormick
Osborne
Mr. Griffin
Mr. Dixon
Samuel Griffin
Job Colvin
Theodore Miller
D.C. Cecil
F, Own & Co
Self-Binders Show Progress In Field Trial At Mt Vernon
Spectator reports on field trials of McCormick and Osborne self binders near Mt Vernon Indiana. McCormick six foot cut faced rough start while Osborne five foot cut introduced by experienced hands. Both machines performed admirably proving farmers can harvest with family labor in times of labor shortage.
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Epiron
McCormick and Osborne
Osborne
McCormick
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Mitchell Dramatic Combination to Play Union Next Week
The Mitchell Dramatic Combination brings a first class company to Union for a week starting Monday evening. The repertoire includes The Two Orphans Our Boys Lucretia Borgia Under the Gas Light Divorce and other famous pieces. Performances run each night with a new program, admission is 25 cents, and local patrons are urged to attend.
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Mitchell Dramatic Combination
Union
Aterling
Aga the Two
Woman's letter argues women outnumber men in churches
A New York Sun piece notes women outnumber men two to one in churches and predicts a similar ratio in heaven with a reversed balance in hell. The report also mentions misfortune surrounding the name Koenig Wilhelm, with the emperor facing two assassination attempts and a ship named Ironclad Wilhelm sunk with nearly three hundred aboard.
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New York Sun
Heaven
Hell
Koenig Wilhelm
Posey township conventions select delegates for soon parties
Democrats in Posey county hold township conventions tomorrow to choose delegates for the upcoming Congressional and Judicial Conventions at Boonville next Wednesday. The piece notes the current volume closing and urges subscribers to settle up for the twelfth volume as campaigns begin with Gren Manson opening events in Jasper next Tuesday and schools in New Harmony preparing to close for summer vacation.
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Posey County
Boonville
Hoosier War-Horse
Gren, M. D. Manson
Jasper
Dubois County
New Harmony
Town Mentions Mrs. Firton at Bloomington College
Mrs. Firton and her daughter left yesterday to attend the commencement exercises at Bloomington College. Ludge Pannett Auditor Owen and Tom Colts were also in town last Friday and Saturday.
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Ludge Pannett
Auditor Owen
Tom Coltins
Mra. A. Boren
Evansville
Postoffice Rules and Regulations Summary
Postal regulations cover address inclusion by county, stamp placement, forwarding ordinary letters at no extra charge, and prohibitions on sending money by ordinary mail. Registration costs ten cents, plus the standard three cent stamp. Reusing stamps or stamped envelopes through the mail can incur a fifty dollar fine. Packages with newspapers or merchandise incur regular letter postage. Postal cards cannot be forwarded and are held sixty days then destroyed. Many assume unsealed letters mail at one cent, but the three cent rate applies to any half ounce or fraction.
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Postofice
Postotico
Posey Circuit Petit Jurors Named for June Term 1878
The Posey Circuit Court lists jurors for the June term including Charles Gibson Black Township James Erwit Lynn Township Robert Wilden Lynn Township L D Greathouse Harmony Harmony Samuel Cartwright Henry V Pote Thomas D Shelton Robb Township Francis Brewer Marrs Samuel Griffin Bethel Absalom Cox Center GEO W Curtis Clerk A Lebanon factory projects two hundred thousand mops this year. Two women in North Hast were fined five dollars for whispering in church.
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Charles Gibson
Ecseees
Black
James Erwit
Robert Wilden
Lynn
L. D. Greathouse
Point
Harmony Township
Harmony
Samuel Cartwright
Henry Vpote
Thomas D. Shelton
Real Estate Transfers for Week Ending June 3 1878
Transfers of Fauntleroy heirs lands recorded May 1878 in Deed Record. ALR. Fauntleroy receives portions of S48 and other sections. Elenor Davidson acquires W part of SW and NW portions with multiple lot segments. Consinance Runcie gains BE part and NE sectors with several fractional parcels. A. Hutchelson ROP prepared the record.
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H. Boerner
A. Boerner
Jolson Lo. N. Williams
M. A. Norris
E. T. Sullivan
C. A. Parke
Williams
Mt. Vernon
GA. Parke
C. Throop
Ye Ae
G. Morlock
Partett
L. K. Senet
Lo W. S. “Black
Wieneq
A. Hutcheson R.plc
Fauntleroy
Alr
Mid
Elenor Davidson
San
Consinance Runcie
Retail Market Prices in Thrall and Mumford June 7 1878
A fragmentary list shows wholesale rates for common goods including flour wheat corn meal butter eggs coffee tea and various meats and produce. The Thrall and Mumford retail market entries record prices in dollars and cents with many items noting zero or nominal value.
Thrall and Mumford's Market Offers Wholesale Bargains
The Discionati Daily Enquirer lists Thrall and Mumford's as a multi-item retailer offering soda and starch, ground coffee, roasted coffee, oysters, corn, bird cages, wallpaper, assorted coffees, molasses, cigars, dried beef, garden seeds, onion sets, oats and beans, spring goods, wrapped soap, and concentrated lye. Prices include 5 cents per pound for soda and starch, 1 for 5 pounds extra, 4iba choice roast coffee at $1, 5 cent per can oysters, 25 cents for two extra corn, and 10 cent boxes of lye. The ad runs as a general sales bulletin for Thrall and Mumford's offerings.
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Thrall & Mumford's
Argentine insurrectionists terrorize town in conciliation bid
Report describes armed rebels entering a province town and killing resisting men. A Pittsburg professor who produced fake medical diplomas for ambitious youths has vanished. A strange remark about green apples hints at an impending calamity.
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Pittsburg
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