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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1877
Page
3
Advertisements note Thrall & Mumford's stocking seed potatoes onions and canned fruits while EH F. Owen & Co. offer sulky hay rakes and McCormick machines. The items include Mackerel Salmon White Fish Lake Herring Holland Herring and painters supplies. Also mentions Wood's Self-Rake Reaper and general agricultural tools with prices and incentives.
Ex United States Senator D D Pratt died of heart disease at his Logansport home while dictating to his daughter aged 64. The piece also notes the death of Hon Jo an Perut in Lafayette at 70 and criticizes Hayes era resignations and returning boards. It blends obituaries, political commentary, editorials on Reconstruction, and local notices with ads and society items.
A Republican slate backs Grant for president and Edwards Pierrepont for vice president. The piece criticizes fraud in elections and reflects 19th century party rhetoric. It also touches on wheat harvest prospects in Posey county and notes on British population growth, Alabama politics, and other assorted items.
A dated market listing from Mumford on June 22 1877 shows prices for staples and commodities. Items include eggs butter lard hams shoulders sides coffee sugar molasses feathers rags tallow dry goods flour corn corn meal chickens green lard oil linseed oil coal oil turpentine vinegar whiskey potatoes dried apples dried peaches salt beans tea and more with per unit prices and measurements, reflecting a detailed local commerce snapshot.
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