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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1883
Page
4
The column markets goods from The New Harmony Machine Company and Singer Mfg Co while noting job ads in Posey County. Local moves include theater troupe members returning for summer, a strawberry festival at the M E church, and frost sightings.
A Saturday wrestling event in Carmi drew forty to fifty spectators on the hill by the south side. Noel won the first fall after a brief exchange with Liang bleeding from a scratch. Noel also took the second fall, with Hinus narrowly losing the final round. The crowd cheered as the fighters smiled, while other items note a local elevator company boss visiting Chicago and railroad funding disputes in Point township affecting Uniontown.
A fragmentary local note reports a steer owned by Kr Rees Gentry near Owensville. It was raised by Joseph Wolborn in Smith township and sold to the current owner for an amount unclear. Rumors mention plans to ship it to the northern part of the county for a wedding altar event, with months and exact dates uncertain.
A fragmentary local news item notes Posey residents facing pension age pins and subscriptions while mentioning JONES and several unnamed neighbors. It references ongoing community matters, a popular author, and new characters in a serialized story, with scattered street names and ads in a jammed page.
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