Local notes and farming updates from Harmony township
A Friday to Sunday fragment lists temperatures from 12 to 81 degrees and notes farm activity such as plowing for oats. It mentions Tar Oregon Mill running by day, fresh lettuce on the market, Henry Brown's shop offerings, and changes in business like Enoch Axton selling barber shop interest to Minert. Several civic items cover school supplies from Wilmoth Wilhelm, a possible 10 foot lathe at W. M. Bennett’s wood shop, and Bryan buying 10,000 bushels of wheat.
Sally Anna crew to return as river height rises
Personal notes reveal Percy Bennett and Geo Hitler canoeing to reach the Sally Ann near the Litt le Wabash mouth 45 miles downriver for Sunday eve service. The crew of the Sally Anna expected home today as the river runs about 11 feet and the boat repairs continue.
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Percy Bennett
Geo. Hitler
Sally Ann
Litttle Wabash
Sally Anna
Literary Society Delights Crowds With Recitals and Debut
Still playing to crowded houses the Literary Club reported a $30.45 surplus in the treasury from four meetings. The evening featured a serenading band, recitations by H Ernest Shephard Nellie Chadwick Ethel Wiley and others, plus an address by Frank Hayden on Pagan Religions. Next week offers another varied program at the opera-house with solos recitals duets and an address by Co. Supt. W. W. French. Reserved seats 10c general admission 5c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Society
Wood
Elsie Newsom
Frank Hayden
New Harmony
Frank
Ernest Shephard
Rhine
Nellie Chadwick
Ethel Wiley
Duchess May
Dr King's New Discovery Offered With Money Back Guarantee
Advertises Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee after a fair trial. Claims epidemic success and no reported failures. Trial bottles free at Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co. drug store. Large sizes priced 50 cents and one dollar.
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Dr. King
Wilmoth, Wilhelm & Co
Good Looks and the Vital Organs
A health note claiming beauty depends on liver, stomach, and kidney health. Electric Bitters is promoted as a tonic to restore function of these organs, curing pimples and blotches for a clear complexion. Sold at Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co. drugstore for 50 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmoth, Wilhelm & Co
Liquid Sulphur Soap Promises Soft Velvet Skin
A pharmaceutical triumph claiming to be the only soap made from a solution of sulphur. It softens and whitens the skin, contains 334 percent Liquid Sulphur, and is recommended for all skin diseases when used with Liquid Sulphur Lotion. Available from grocers and druggists.
Local ads and notices from a 19th century paper montage
The item lists advertising copy for coal and wood cooking stoves from Wm Resor Co and stock updates by A H Freraazot Co, with imports from several newspapers received nightly through Wil moth Wilhelm & Co. The fragment preserves a commerce and notices snapshot with vendor names and product pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Freraazot & Co
Wm. Resor & Co
Veiled Smoking Panic At Ford and Bennett Corner
Two young men misread a passing woman as smoking a cigarette, only to learn the white object was a rubber tipped pencil stub and the visible smoke was breath in the cold morning air. The scene ended with the woman entering the post office as the men recovered from their shock.
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Ford & Bennett's Corner
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as cure all
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by Wimora Winnerm amp Co.
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Apldy Wimora
Winnerm & Co
Barge Sinks with Wheat Cargo Near Stum Farm Landing
A barge carrying about 2,500 sacks of wheat for the steamer Eugene sank in Fox River’s Stum farm landing waters last Wednesday night. Fishermen searched yesterday morning for salvage, hoping to recover part of the wheat worth around $3,000.
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Eugene
Stum Farm
Fox River
Sale of Fine Stock at Athia Residence Auction
Public sale by Mr. Riley Stormont near Princeton Indiana on March 16 1893 features over 30 Clydesdale Cleveland Bay and high grade Draft stallions and mares with terms of one and two years. Catalogue available. A separate note mentions a visitor at the Bennett residence and town election date changes through 1894 and 1895 and local quarry work and Henry Brown's mens suits.
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Athia
Princeton
Ind
Riley Stormont
Cleveland Bay
Real Estate Changes Involving Many Transfers
Harriett E. Boyce transfers to James W. Boyce 109 acres in Mt V region. Mary A. Weir acquires 117 acres from Geo Henrich in Mt V area. Ida M. Weir sells 117 acres back to Mary A. Weir. John Pfeffer Jr. sells int in Lot 110 Mt V. Thomas J. Nelson transfers 80 acres to Cynthia Cartwright. multiple parcels, fields and lots change hands among Wms, Weirs, Hoffmans, Bozemans, Biekers, Eaton, Dransfield, Owen, Nepper, Demberger, Bell, Calkins and others in various townships. Prices listed per parcel.
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Harriett E. Boyce
James W. Boyce
Chas
W. Weir
Ida M. Weir
Mary A. Weir
Mary 4. Weir
John Pfeffer, Jr
Louisa Schultz
Mt. V
Thomas J. Nelson
Cynthia Cartwright
Geo Henrich
Worth Templeton
Frank Hoffmen
Clemens Wannemuehler
W. P. Bozeman
Clark Garrie
August Bieker
Wm. H. Wdas
ELS & H
Ceatay
G. W. Eaton
Joseph W. ‘Smith
Arthur Dransfield
Amelia Hofreiter
Arthur
New H
John W. Owen
Mary T. Mink
Young’s
Posey
Wilmoth Wilhelm Co Jewelry Engraving Ad
Hownrine Coats lined Dack Coats at Henry Brown's. ALL jewelry work guaranteed by Wilmoth Wilhelm Co. Fine Engraving a specialty at Wilmoth Wilhelm Co's.
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Henry Brown
Wilmoth, Wilhelm & Co
Wilmoth, Wilhelm & Co's
Boz IncERsout Claims Cure for Dying Men
An advertisement asserts that "the last thing a dead man knew he was alive" and warns many live men may be dying from impure blood. It promotes "Liquid Sulphur" as a cure and states it is on sale at druggists.
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Boz Incersout
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