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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1889
Page
4
Community items report street signage moved near Ford Bros and Lichtenberger corner, rain delaying Mt Vernon baseball practice, and a busy sale of Tub-Paints Plaques Brushes and boards. Local sports celebrate two wins with a home 8 to 4 score, while a petition seeks a New Harmony justice of the peace and village politics touch Capt. Truscott. Memorials follow Patsy Paix and Arthur Fretagrot’s ball injury.
The river swelled eight inches in a day then rose further after Sunday rains, flooding low corn fields from the Cut-off to Fox S. and causing heavy losses to farmers including Bowman's Bend and the Fox L. region. Wheat and corn losses mount as stock is moved to higher ground, with standstill at 19.4 feet above low water. Nearby notes report arrivals, travels, and local notices amid the flood, including a kinship obituary.
Frank Havill editor of the Mt Carmel Register resigns as postmaster and publishes a lengthy letter to the president. He criticizes party hacks, reflects on spoils politics, and jokes about successors while noting a Democratic restoration hope. The piece also recalls the Stacer will case and a local theatre review of Little Ferret by Bennett Stock Co with performances by Bessie Bennett Eva Carr and others.
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