Local notices and ads from New Harmony period paper
U S claim agent in New Harmony handles deeds mortgages and notary work. Fire company meets first Friday monthly. Pastor L A Knotts and service times listed. Thrall Mumford ads for mince meat canned goods tonics canning supplies and hardware. E F Owen Co lists hardware and musical instruments and pledge of wide stock and special inducements.
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U. S
New Harmony
Npiana
New Harmony Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Company
J.T. Hugo
Joan W. Mires
Bargain Clothier Henry Brown Buys Out Stock
Henry Brown the clothier advertises a rapid sale of fall and winter stock at cost due to limited space. Boots and shoes also offered at cost to clear. New boys and children's clothing arriving from New York with 25 percent savings on city prices. Garden seeds renewed from Landreth’s line by Thrall & Mumford. Hardware and cutlery priced to Evansville retail levels, backed by local customer testimony along the railroad line.
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Henry Brown
R Wen
New York
Mhis
Thrall & Mumford
Landreth
Evansville
Newport
Cincinnati
Berger & Sons
Marvelous Matters at the Magnificent Metropolis
New York readers discuss the Czar assassination, social unrest, and radicalism amid city life. The piece mocks explosive craze, notes a toy torpedo scheme, and laments neglect of municipal upkeep. It covers St Patrick’s Day, AP chief Simonton’s wedding, Exhibition funding, Greenwood cemetery, and bold robberies amid crime and policing debates.
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Ber Williams
Register
New York
England
France
Bowery
Paris
America
Russia
Williams
J. 5
Simonton
Associated Press
Pacific Slope
Posey County Agricultural Society Plans Four Day Fair
A special meeting in New Harmony on March 12, 1881, decided the next annual fair will run four days starting on the second Tuesday of September 1881. Premium list preparations were assigned to Luke Wiley Burton A Wilkerson Henry Hayden for Live Stock and Speed Rings and Homer Lichtenberger H P Owen Hiieba Bailey for all other departments. The meeting adjourned with F D Botton as secretary.
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Posey County Agricultural Society
New Harmony
T. J. Truscott
Luke Wiley
Burton A. Wilkerson
Henry Hayden
Homer Lichtenberger
H. P. Owen
Hiieba Bailey
F. D. Botton
Sec'y
Study Elocution Prospectus Opens April Fourth
Mr Waarren a Philadelphia elocution graduate visits town to form a class and announce plans to open a new school on April 4. Interested parties may contact him at New Harmony or Mt Vernon for details. Edward Homer administrator sells Mrs Canahan estate belongings at public sale this Friday from the late residence four miles east of New Harmony starting at o clock. Henry Brown advertises spring stock of clothing with special bargains inviting customers to inspect spring suits.
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Waarren
National School of Elocution and Oratory
Philadelphia
New Harmony
Mt Vernon
Epward Homer
Eny
CannaHan
Burkert Couple Visit Mt Carmel Friends
Mr and Mrs Joan T Burkert of Mt Carmel Sr arrived last Tuesday evening visiting relatives and friends. Public Schools here will close for vacation this evening after a short but successful session. Heilman's Steel Plows have more points to recommend them than any steel plow in this market mh 25.
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Joan T. Burkert
Mt. Carmel, Sr
Een. Heilman
Musical Treat by XXI V Society Quartoette
A vivid account of a XXI V Society musical evening with a five member quarteette. Clarence L concertina Will M triangle William O jews harp Hal W bones Will W tambourine. Describes performances with humorous, florid imagery and playful culinary metaphors, praising critics and the Wabash reference.
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Eorror Reetster
The
Xxiv Society
Will. M
Billy O
Culcher
Ballou's Illustrated Magazine April issue offered for sale
The April number of Ballou's Illustrated Magazine is now before the public featuring the Indian story The Crims on Trail with a hero in peril and a leading illustrated article on Aden Yemen. Also includes Arctic whaling life with four engravings plus about twenty other pieces, poetry, and a subscription option at 15 cents per copy or 1.50 per year postpaid. Published by Thomes and Talbot, 23 Hawley Street, Boston. Also notice J P Jackson reopens his meat shop promising fresh, well worth prices.
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Ballou
Aden
Red Sea
Arctic Ocean
Thomes & Talbot
Hawley Street
Boston
Mass
Public School Parents Asked to Attend Today’s Exam
The higher classes in the Public School will undergo an examination starting at 10 o'clock. Prof. Moone urges all parents or guardians to witness the exercises. A ball is planned at Union Hall tomorrow evening with good music and expected merriment. An advertisement from the New Harmony Machine Company invites readers to learn about the Oliver Chilled Hand Plow, touted as the first genuine chilled plow.
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Moone
Union Hall
Society of Mutual Instruction Concert Program March 31 1881
The Society presents a Thursday evening program at 7 P M with Professors Wharton and Thompson aiding. Items include instrumental music by Miss Ann Ford and a duet by K Fitton and G Golden, several recitations by T Thompson Nora Chadwick and Miss Ford, a trio, and an admission of ten cents.
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Wharton and Thompson
Ann Ford
Nora Chadwick
Anne Ford
E.R. Thomas
Mrs Hope to Auction Household Furniture Before Leaving for Canada
Mrs Hope will sell all her household furniture at auction tomorrow starting at 12 o'clock. Bargains await as she plans to relocate to Canada soon. All items will be sold as she prepares to move.
Captain Frank Collins Offers Fresh Fish to Friends
Captain Frank Collins informs friends he is ready to supply good healthy fish in any quantity. He will promptly fill all orders for fish, dressed or undressed, showing his continued commitment to dependable delivery.
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Frank Collins
Deputy Clerk Promises Weekly Marriage License Reports
Deputy Clerk Grorae Wilson visited relatives this week and pledged to send a weekly report of marriage licenses. A nod of thanks goes to Hon. Joan Watz for favors from Indianapolis.
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Sar
Grorae Wilson
George
Joan Watz
Indianapolis
Captain Cuarrin in Town as Sweetzer Lingers by Bridge
Capt Cuarrin visited this week and his boat the Sweetzer remains tied below the bridge awaiting the draw to open. The river rose slowly yesterday morning covering much of the low lands, signaling busy times ahead for local lawyers and river interests. Shoot the Wabash.
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Cuarrin
Sweetzer
Young Lady Takes Over South Bend Telephone Exchange
The management of the South Bend telephone exchange has been placed in the hands of a young lady Mises Mamiz Vassry. A large portion of people owe their gentlemanly appearance to their clothes and to the tailor.
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South Bend Telephone Exchange
Mises Mamiz Vassry
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Gent
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Seth Thomas
Waltham Watches
Thrall & Mumford’s
Yen
Pennsylvania
California
Vermont
E. F. Owen & Co
McCormick
Richter, Knittlinger and
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E. F. Owen&- CO
Grant
Commission
Inwood
Vanderbilt
Gotham
Greenwood Cemetery
Coney Island
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Bridget
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Henry
J. P. Jackson
m_ ‘Messrs
Lienenfercer & Sons
New Harmony Machine Company
Oliver
Lichtenberger & Sons
Bolt
Society For Mutual Instruction
R. Woody
M. C. Shield
Mt. Vernon
M. Williams
J. E. Curtis
Cynthiana
A. J. Cleveland
Whiting
W. Wilkinson
SESW
A.L. Copeland
W. Entieath
Poseyville
J. M. Neal
T. Wichardson
J. Ribeyre
N. Marshall
A. Varner
Duclos
J. Marshall
M. Warner
Montgomery
R. Gentry
Owen
Almon
J.T. Demaree
J. Sanlwather
C. Roeder
D. R. Downen
J. Camy
A. Wageet
Outelot
C. Saalwather
J.E. Whitson
J. C. “Miller
P. Manion
L. Pfeiffer
G. Rodel
Kreie
Hutcheson
James
Thrall
Mumford
Ind
Tavern Street
Elizabeth Hope
Address Tree & Co
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