This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1881
Page
3
Local notices advertise Thrall and Mumford goods including mince meat tonic and sorghum, E F Owen and Co hardware displays, piano and organ instruments, Landreth seeds, and silver ware. Church events and community notes mention St Patrick Day upcoming, visits, and local political chatter from Carmel Republican.
The piece reports a weak attendance at a masquerade due to bad weather, with prizes awarded to Bessie James and Mone Nea among others. It notes a children’s ball with multiple costumes and prizes, compliments manager Twice, and critiques a forthcoming constitutional amendment vote. It closes with tributes to George Mort and George Mott from the New Harmony Fire Engine Company and a report on Captain Joan Corpin’s tour and orders for Oregon Mill doors.
New York march 4 1881 highlights include Cremation debates telegraph woes and cooperative stores. jokes about Captain Caffrey and Wall Street trading, Irish agitator O Donovan Rossa, Dutch Boers, and British army fleet gear. Illustrated Scientific News review.
Old military bounty land warrants totaling nearly twenty five thousand deeds from Revolutionary, Florida, 1812, Mexican, Arastook and Indian wars may still exist among ancestral papers. They cover 160 to 40 acre parcels, summing to over 2.5 million acres. Readers urged to search family papers and contact Charles D Gilmore, 629 F Street, Washington, DC, for instructions to recover them.
The Teachers Institute programme lists speakers and topics for the Second Saturday in March 1821 at New Harmony. Mr G Nash presents Practical Modes of Teaching Elementary Geography Miss Mollie Carry Six Rules for Arousing and Maintaining the Interest of Pupils Mr T Tompson Answers to History Questions Dr Lawrence Reminiscences of Early School-days in Indiana Professor Moore Winda By order of THE COMMITTEE.
The Cleveland Plaindealer editorial condemns the party’s moral stance calling it hypocritical as ward bummers and ministers of the gospel oppose or ignore temperance bills in the Legislature after days of grumbling.
The Evansville Courier notes an independent Republican query on Democratic press positions before the election. It states the Register opposes proposed amendments, supports a constitutional convention, and rejects patchwork approaches.
The Evansville Journal voices support for Mr Rogers Lincoln stating he is abundantly qualified for any position in the gift of the President or the people. The item reflects a political endorsement amid local notes on social and business activity.
The Cincknell Laily Enquirer notes THRALL and MUMFORD offer a range of seasonable delicacies. They advertise affordably priced coffee, spices, roasted Rio coffee, and new stocks including jewelry and citrus fruits. Buyers are urged to shop early for best value.
A list of 22 property transfers recording mixed lot and parcel sales in Williams Mt Vernon and surrounding tracts. Names include P Imboden W A Wright H Schafer A Scheffer A C Williams H Wood J M Spencer P Dewnen L Calvert W Neff W Ford E Knowles RE Yunker M Spencer B Gardiner B Brown and others. Total consideration shown as 16655 10 with various per-acre and lot prices noted.
Fragmentary text from a newspaper page yields no clear events or entities. Unable to determine people places organizations or dates to craft a meaningful summary.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.