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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1878
Page
3
Rosenbaum and Bro offer a full line of carpets mattings oil cloths and house furnishings in Mt Vernon Indiana at very cheap prices. Affordable stock includes all grades qualities and styles for immediate purchase.
Cheap Goods advertise heavy Browns Maslin at 6 to 7 cents a yard and other fabrics like Muslin, Dress Goods, Shirtings, Toweling, Crashes, and over 100 new Dress Patterns at 10 cents. Props claim low prices from Nosenbaum & Bro Mt Vernon Ind. Local notes mention visitors and residents like Mrs Harris of Cincinnati and Prof Cox leaving for Indianapolis. Corn from Mr John Woopnam harvested in forty days.
A digest of varied items lists June 19 events including a man killed by a mule near Point township and another shot robbed in Doint township. It notes Wisconsin Indian upheaval, Des Moines Des Moines Republican convention, June 24 Congress adjournment, Michigan soldiers reunion, and an Emperor William remark. Dems nominate George A. Bicknell in the 3rd district. Vermont Dem convention in Montpelier. Parkey revolution in Mexico. ongoing Mexican inquiry into M Kenzie raid. Indians increasing control in Idaho Nevada Utah. Senate investigation delay for Anderson. Russians fortify Bulgaria. Also: June 22 hearing on Sherman Anderson letter, June 23 Baltimore mayor Kane dies, June 26 Queen of Spain ill, fire in Montgomery Planters warehouse, federal office rules on caucuses, NY hotel keepers form protection society, and Foraythe on Lodine alarm.
A scathing critique notes the Mitchell Dramatic and Comedy Star Constellation departed last Monday for Mt Carter Illinois after a weak first week. It warns performers to avoid Deborah and Uncle Tom’s Cabin, urging focus on scenery and stagecraft for future shows amid local disappointment. The Fourth of July celebration at Evansville next week is expected to draw tens of thousands with governors and senators present, while rivals plan picnics and trips to nearby towns. Superior wagons from Painter and Frankland are advertised in Albion Illinois, and Capt J A Burks formerly of this place but now Purdue University’s superintendent has filed bankruptcy. The river’s fall affects navigation and dam work progresses slowly.
A detailed Evansville Courier report from Owensville Gibson county recounts the attempted assassination of Jack Montgomery by masked assailants. Montgomery fought back with a revolver, dodging eight shots and pursuing the attackers, who fled leaving no clue. Local excitement rose as a posse searched the countryside overnight.
The column includes varied local notices and ads from Thrall and Mumford's store offering groceries, coffee, canned goods, sugar, oats, soap, dyes and more. It mentions a weekly paper price, local visits by Miss Mary Were, and a note on wheat harvest and a murder report in Belleville.
New Harmony Lodge No. 87 1. O. O. F. elects officers for the ensuing term led by N. G. 8. O. Rawlings with V. G. Lamoine Dranasfield and Secretary Thomas Pisely. Simon Goerlich serves as Past Secretary and O N. Fretageot as Treasurer with KH. V. Johnson as Grand Lodge Representative and O N. Fretageot as Alternate Representative. Dransrenp is Secretary.
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