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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1890
Page
1
The Register is issued every Friday by Slater Company. The brief notice lists the publication cadence and the responsible firm, identifying Slater Co as the publisher on a weekly schedule.
Indiana items from the capital and southern counties cover a Democratic State committee meeting likely in May or June, Gov. Hovey’s improving illness, widespread wheat damage from the week’s freeze, and rising municipal and county indebtedness. Notable notes include Shively not seeking re-election, giant pig frauds, a dust explosion at Evansville killing three, rail disaster negligence findings, citations of local marriages, and regional curiosities from Jeffersonville to Terre Haute.
The Big Sandy river region along the Kentucky West Virginia line is home to famed feuders and raftsmen known for reckless daring and fierce temper. Legends tell of pirate riverboat seizures on up rivers, counterfeiters of the Big Sandy dollar, and a culture mixing hunter blood with indigenous ancestry. The article also notes partisan divides across state lines, with Republicans strong in Kentucky and weak in West Virginia, and mentions G. BR. Stormont’s election as commander of the G A R in Todiana by a wide margin.
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