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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1876
Page
3
A historical page fragment lists Thrall & Mumford store ads for canned goods seeds garden supplies and farm implements including Campbell Corn Drill and plows. It also mentions E F Owen Co products and a Vinnie Ream sculpture work on Representative Lamar plus political note about James D Williams and Orth.
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition organizers urge owners of antique journals and curiosities to contribute readings and wraps from war era issues. Exhibits will be labeled and preserved, with returns to owners or transfer to historical societies after the show.
A literary circle in New York read Robert Dale Ow en s original play Sixteen Hundred and Sevens or the Jamestown Blockhouse. The work, written in 1837, was revived with Owens as reader and Abby Sage Richardson assisting. the plot centers on Ratcliffe Captain John Smith Pocahontas Landon and Archer with a stormy moral finale, praised for its clear character drawing and lively dialogue.
The Lawrence Journal notes Kansas wheat looks excellent across the state with broad green fields from end to end. Early optimistic forecasts say the crop will be the largest and best ever grown in Kansas, barring unforeseen calamity. Earl F. Owen & Co. advertise the Self Bake Reaper as the world’s most complete dropper and challenge rivals to mow with it in tough grass or clover.
List of patents issued from the U S Patent Office to Indiana inventors for the week ending April 29, 1876. Stone drilling machine by F Grant and W Crouch in Wabash. Refrigerator by J Parisette in Indianapolis. Ruffler attachment by J Sourwin in Indianapolis. Corn planter by E Morgan in Dublin. Making staples by S Wheeler in Peru. Cut-off by W Myer in Terre Haute. Wrench by W Noel in Walton. Red Bottom by J Liter in Brownsville.
Transactions include R L paaieleh W Jones Lot 3 Owen Mt Vernon 3 600 acres valued at 1620 Sheriff Posey Co transfers to J P Williams land in sec 11 4 12 3825 100 acres valued at 2000 N Joest to C Roeder NEL NE 11 Fy L2-AD AGVOS valued at 1225 HUTGILESON R D P Cc
New Harmony notes a corrected weekly price list listing staple goods with units and rough quotations for flour wheat corn meal chickens eggs butter lard beef and more across multiple farm and market items. The column shows per bushel or per pound values for various groceries and raw materials.
Notice is given that the undersigned will apply at the June session of Posey County Commissioners for a license to retail spurious and malt liquors on Lot 3, Main Street, between Church and Tavern, in New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana.
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