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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1877
Page
3
A compressed collage of late 19th century retail notices from Kight and Co Rosenbaum and Brother Thrall and Mumford describing baby shoes and slippers millinery hats bonnets trimmings seeds clothing and farm implements with various price points and promotional claims. </analysis>
A Texas missive from May 6 1877 details Alvin Stallings journey from Indiana to Sherman Dallas Galveston Austin and Sandusky Grayson County. It notes land prices from 50 cents to 12 per acre suggests Texas good for stock raising but warns workers may starve if seeking wages. Grasshoppers damage crops while wheat sells 2 to 2.50 per bushel and beef 2 to 4 cents per pound. Cotton dominates farming with cash sales after ginning. Indians in area cause trouble with liquor but were jailed. The writer promises another note.
The Newspaper Directory for 1877 lists 795 dailies and 6,606 weeklies in the United States and British American Provinces, detailing publishers, political and religious leanings, and edition counts by state. It costs 100 dollars per copy and serves advertisers and general readers alike. A new song by Will L. Thompson titled The Poor Old Tramp is gaining popularity, with 40 cent price, while a theft incident at Jacob Breity's store hints at possible cross history with fraternal groups on Decoration Day. Mineral City Colorado claims a record as the loftiest city at 12,000 feet, atop the Sierra Madre.
A condensed bulletin notes the enumeration of children over six and under twenty one in Posey county Indiana for 1877 as reported by the Trustee of townships and cities. James B Campbell County Superintendent signs the official tally and clarifies the record.
Mr. Sturm the supervising engineer of the Wabash river improvement arrived in town last Tuesday. Work will begin as soon as weather and water conditions permit. The note hopes Sturm will fare better with the Cut-off dam than last season’s contractor. Returns mention past follies and lessons learned. Also cited is Max Kellogg of Louisiana claiming Hayes’s Senate seat grasp with corroboration from Lawrence and Harlan. Newis Near returned from six months in New Orleans. Miss Nerau and Master J. D. Crane accompany departure to New Harmony. Excessive rain worries farmers as wheat grows too rank, coral planting hampered by wet soil. George Wheatcroft, Carmi brick mason, visited town before returning home.
Licences issued to Charles Axton and Mary Harpool William Watson and Rebecca West Frederick Friend and Mary Schiffer James Smith and Lucy M Baker John H Utley and Anna J Downen Henry C Barter and Orrie Templeton William H Davis and Laura Rosborough issuance recorded by Gro W Curtis Clerk.
Corvested Weekly by Thrall Mumford from New Harmony on May 18, 1877 presents a dated catalog of numbers and prices. The fragment lists monetary values and codes, ending with a line noting Mo yushel and bush and a brief trade entry.
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