Kight Partners Split and Continuation of Trade
Notice announces dissolution of the partnership between Wm. A. Kight and Geo. W. Engler in Kight & Co. effective March 1, 1879. Kight continues the business at the old stand, offering dry goods nations millinery and jewelry, with settlements to be made with W. A. Kight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Kight
Geo. W. Engler
Kight & Co
W. A. Kight
G. W. Engler
Mark W. A. Kight
Posey Circuit Court
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
Indiana
J. J. Knowles
Thomas M. Weaver & Brothers
Joan L. Wheeler
New Dry Goods Store Opens with Millinery Department
AND- LOW PRICES announces a new store for dry goods groceries and school books in the former Rogers and Hugo room. Mrs Mary Drinkwater will run the Millinery Department with hats silks ribbons flowers lace and ornaments. The partners thank patrons and pledge fair dealing and accurate representations to continue their support.
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Faving
Wm. A. Kight
James E. Rogers
John R. Hugo
Mary Drinkwater
Notice to Maple Hill Cemetery Lot Owners
Notice to owners or caretakers of Maple Hill Cemetery lots to enclose them per Association rules promptly or the Association will not be responsible for encroachments. Signatories: J. T. Hugo, W. H. Kreipke, privatees, WM Baldwin, F. D. Bollox, Clerk.
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Maple Hill Cemetery
J.T. Hugo
W.H. Kreipke
Prevatees
WM. Baldwin
F. D. Bollox
Faint Heart in a Summer Meeting at Atlantic Monthly
A shy suitor and a poised woman face a tender moment on a sunlit day. He trembles over a possible yes or no as she offers a rose from her breast and prepares to depart. The scene ends with gratitude yet quiet sorrow, a lesson in restraint and unspoken hope.
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Jane
Atlantic Monthly
A Physician's Narrow Escape From a Murderous Gang
A physician recalls his early career and a nightmarish kidnapping by exiled rival Somers. Lured to a dark house by a jail bird, he is bound and menaced as card players gamble nearby. He frees himself with chloroform, escapes, and fatally strikes Somers with a blackjack on a shadowy stair, then returns home to a frightened wife.
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M. D
Angelina
Richard Somers
Somers
Flis
Tikine
Dick Somers
Mr. Somera
Go On With the Ceremony In New Caledonia Baptism Tale
A missionary urges a polygamous native to renounce two wives for baptism. The man returns later claiming only one wife remains and producing the other's head in banana leaves as proof, insisting the ceremony proceed.
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New Caledonia
Uncivil Admiral and the Diplomatic Card Exchange
The Buffalo Commercial recalls Admiral Goldsborough as impolite in a story about a young diplomat who called on him and learned the meaning of H P and S B N. The tale ends with the admiral sending his card back marked S B N and the young man asking for its meaning. The insult then erupts when he reveals Sent by a nig ger.
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Admiral Goldsborough
Diplomatic Corps
H. P
Buffalo Commercial
Indians in Alaska Outnumber Whites at Sitka Uprising
The text claims hostile Alaska Indians near Sitka could outnumber 200 whites by 1,500 fighters. It asserts they favored peace amid uprisings, noting liquor-supplied traders may share responsibility for the trouble, with details awaiting the other side of the story.
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Gar
Alaska
Sitka
Opium Eating in Indianapolis Figures Revealed
An Indianapolis exchange saga cites Dr Wright showing 500 opium eaters in the city consuming 900 pounds per year. It notes including morphine and patent medicines would raise totals, while 200 morphia eaters, many women, are listed. Dealers sell 1500 pounds of opium and 2600 ounces of morphia annually in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Wright
Fresh Paint In Railroad Office Leads News Bit
A reporter asks for news in a railroad office and hears a single answer from the lone occupant in an apartment. The railroad man quips that the paint the reporter leans on is the morning’s fresh lead. The exchange illustrates the daily demands on a newspaper man.
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Reokuk
Geological Research How Indiana's coal and stone value grew
In an interview, State Geologist H. T. Cox discusses Indiana's mineral wealth and the impact of geological surveys. He cites renewed coal quality data, boosted building stone use, rail and industry support, and agricultural soil insights, plus hopes for successor Prof. John Collett and continued surveys.
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Cox
California
Pacific Coast
Indiana
Railroad Register
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Mines, Metals and Arts
Pittsburg
Europe
London
Eagland
Jennings County
Cincinnati
Chicago
State Board of Agriculture
Geological Department
Indianapolis
New Harmony
Geological Survey
John Collett
Indianapolis News
Wisconsin Senator Speaks On Bill Origin
An honorable member of the Wisconsin Legislature informs his fellow senators he knows the original origin of the bill. Senator Burnside is said to provide more entertainments than any other senator to Washington.
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The
Sentinel
Indiana
Bismarck
Germany
Hhis
Grubbs
Indianapolis News
Wisconsin
Senator Burnside
Washington
Victoria May Visit America In Royal Tour Rumor
London dispatch reports Queen Victoria considering a July trip to the United States driven by Princess May and Dean Stanley accounts. The Prince of Wales approves a US visit, though a German route could be favored. A royal inquiry hinted Americans would welcome her, with a counterview from a prominent American contact.
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Dean Stanley
America
Empresa
Prince of Wales
Coburg Gotha
Germany
George III
London
Chicago Times
A New Theory About Egyptian Mummies
Swedish chemist Dr Ganselbach of Upsal divides mummies into intact embalmed and eviscerated classes. He claims the first are in suspended animation rather than dead, notes a 15 year life-like process on a snake test, and seeks government permission to experiment on a condemned criminal for potential pardon.
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Ganselbach
Upsal
Journal of Chemistry
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GEQ
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Gheriee
Orden
Janees
S. Bln
Geological Research
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Victoria
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