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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1882
Page
1
The Register lists subscription price at 150 a year paid in advance and notes discontinuance rules. It details advertising rates for columns and blocks, with charges per square and per column, plus payment terms and requirements for job work and advance payments.
Customers spending 25 cents receive a numbered card. on April 1 a cardholder wins an Organette and over 200 feet of music. The Parlor Store touts Masquerade Trimmings, gold and silver braid, spangles, masks, and a broad selection of stationery, toilet articles, frames, cutlery, and home goods at low cash prices. A wall paper and window shade line is promised soon. Feb 17.
In spring 1882 Henry Brown announces a rapid sale of his vast stock due to hard times. He offers goods at cost with a small percentage profit, promising big bargains and 25 percent savings to every buyer. He urges locals to buy directly from Henry Brown the Clothier in New Harmony, Indiana.
For sale cheap on reasonable terms a complete set of stave and reading machines by John Greenwood & Co Rochester NY including 86 inch stave cutter stave equalizer jointer shingle and heading law 20 inch heading planet circular good law heading jointer and counter shafts belting. All in good working order used due to timber scarcity. Call or address Duclos Co New Harmony Indiana feb 24.
William Hartman announces ready made work and jobbing services in New Harmony Indiana on Main Street between Church and Tavern. He pledges full effort to satisfy patrons with fair reasonable terms and ready made goods always in stock.
Washington dispatches report the Democratic House caucus uniting behind General Rosecrans as chairman to organize a congressional campaign. The Senate confirms Roscoe Conkling as Supreme Court judge by 39 to 12 with few GOP defections. Oil indicates a broad political struggle, with anti Chinese legislation eyed and flood aid approved for Arkansas and Mississippi. The piece notes state elections, potential party splits in Pennsylvania, and looming campaigns as 1882 unfolds.
The Press Association reports an ill clad man fired at Queen Victoria as she entered her carriage at Windsor railway station. No one was hurt. The suspect was jailed, a Colt six shooter and cartridges found on him. The Queen remained undisturbed and hosted her dinner party. This marks the fifth attempt on her life during her reign.
Indiana politics report a cautious outlook for the Republican ticket. Emanuel Hawn declines to head the ticket, fundraising may fall short of past campaigns, and a Washington informant says Democrats likely prevail in Indiana this year. Republicans fear weak candidates and factional splits.
Washington report notes James G. Blaine's confident drive toward a future presidency. He plans to mobilize allies, sow discord, and rely on personal power rather than the Republican organization. Also included are brief commodity and event facts: flax seed yield, Maine delegation prospects, New Albany flood losses, and merchandise exports to Japan.
A March 4 1882 dispatch from Surry's Mints Kentucky blends spring scenes wheat and green greens with floods on Highland creek in which a rescuer saves a drowning man. A mule theft arrest follows and a Sabbath address by a Black speaker triggers a hostile sanctuary eviction.
A Salt Lake visitor in Omaha asserts Brigham Young fake death and resurrection. He says a concealed Josephite leadership could revive Young to unite followers amid a planned miracle, supported by a retired officer who doubts the body’s resemblance. Nearby items note a Texas tornado, hogs shipped, and Missouri flood.
Mt. Carmel men Fred Smith and Charley Baumgartner narrowly escaped when their boat capsized on the Indiana river crossing near the trestle. Smith clung to timber until government fleet crew rescued him. Baumgartner caught willows, lost gun and fixtures. The piece also notes White County will records, estate disputes, floods, railroad orders, and local political shifts.
Reports detail two suicides by John A. Miller near Mt Vernon a German farmer about forty five, and Max King a 22 year old farm hand near Mt Vernon who shot himself after a rejected romance. Additional items cover Senatorial results in the 18th district Democratic gains, a Marquette powder mill explosion, fraud charges in Philadelphia, a tobacco sales bill in Mississippi, Indiana Prohibition stance, Portland vote, St Louis real estate value, Munising settlers, and Universes immigrants.
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