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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1873
Page
3
Special notice stating all debts owed to Thomas L. Denny are to be collected by A TH Fretageot who is authorized to receipt for the sums. Settlements should be made immediately.
Local ads advertise low prices on jars sugar oil and canned goods at Thrall Mumford and Rosenbaum Bro Mt Vernon Indiana. Retailers push dry goods clothing boots shoes and gloves with aggressive promotions and promises of cash only sales. The Rockport Journal criticizes local papers and touts itself as the best family and political paper in the area.
A collage of notices from the vicinity including school superintendent remarks, plans to resume the Knoxville Whig, World Mower sales agent in New Harmony, and upcoming concerts at Union Hall. Shipping update on the Frank Collins trade boat, cholera warnings from Mt. Vernon, county railroad and court-house proceedings, Posey County tax figures, and early settlement memories near New Harmony with tales of rural life and first marriages along Macadoo Creek.
James B. Campbell informs Posey County teachers and trustees that no license can be issued from private exams. Regular monthly exams are required and must be publicized in a county newspaper. Strangers must show good character and arrive by eight in the morning. Cholera concerns rise in river towns. officials urge cleanliness to prevent spread. The Kansas Reporter attacks S. C. Pomeroy, calling him dishonest and politically dead.
The July number of Ballou's Magazine appears, praised as one of the best since the great fire. It features a rich contents list including stories, illustrations, and sections such as The Pyramids of Egypt and A Railroad Disaster. Available 15 cents or $1.50 yearly from Thames & Talbot in Boston.
List of United States Patent Office grants to Indiana inventors for the week ending May 27 1973. Entries include Journal Box John A Althouse New Harmony Card Rack Delors A Donforth and Frank M Winchester Elkhart Coffee Rooster Geo W Dodson Mitchell and Machine for Cutting out Pegs J D Vinnedge Indianapolis.
A neighbor known as the rich man drives Little Johnny to Sunday school on a hot day. Johnny leaves his shoes in the car. The teacher says the rich man went to hell, prompting Johnny to chase the man to recover his shoes.
The Danbury News cites Dr Thrall of Philadelphia predicting that in seven years Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune will approach Earth closer than in 1800 years, causing a pestilence. It mocks past apocalyptic forecasts and urges Congress to indict astronomy, noting only those who drink lemonade and gamble with relatives would be safe.
The notice proclaims New Harmony weekly corrected listings and a large dry goods stock at Rosenbaum & Bro in Mt. Vernon Indiana opposite the Public Square. It advertises dress goods lace collars gloves and related items and includes a goods list with prices for flour wheat corn eggs lard and more.
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