Thrall and Mumford's Ad Rates and Promotions
A scanned fragment from The Register lists advertising rates, including quarterly and yearly options for all column widths, with legal notices charged per line. It also promotes Thrall and Mumford's goods such as canned fruits and vegetables, garden seeds, dried fruits, fishing tackle, and a large stock of groceries and miscellaneous items, emphasizing low prices and wholesale or retail sales.
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California
Michigan
Allen
Thrall & Mumford's
Wea
Thrall & Mumford’s. Noe
Graham
Thrall & Mumford’s
Yew
New Harmony Town Ordinances Regulate Obstructions and Saloons
Town records show Ordinance No 1 passed May 10 1881 targeting street obstructions and animal control in New Harmony with fines up to five dollars and marshal enforcement. A separate liquor ordinance requires licenses to keep a saloon, sets a fifty dollar annual license, and enforces penalties of fifty dollars for unlicensed sale of intoxicants.
Ordinance for Captured Hogs Sale and Fees
Ordinance No. 2 passed May 10 1881 requires the Marshal to sell hogs taken up under the prior section with three days written notice posted in three public places. It sets a ten cent per day keeper’s fee for each hog plus allowable advertising and sale costs, attested by Clerk L T Parzutis on May 20.
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Board of Trustees
John Walz
L. T. Parzutis
Ordinance No 3 Implemented for Town Peddlers
Ordinance approved May 10 1881 forbids traveling merchants from selling goods except produce without a license. Licenses cost one dollar daily for foot peddlers or three dollars daily for wagon vendors. Violations incur five dollars. License issued by Town Clerk upon payment and receipt. ordinance effective ten days after notice. Attest L T Puwara Clerk May 20.
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Board of Trustees
New Harmony
John Walz
L. T. Puwaira
Ordinance Prohibits Circus Exhibits Without Town License
Ordinance No 4 bans circus and similar exhibitions in New Harmony until a daily license is obtained from the town clerk. Fees range from one to fifteen dollars per day at the clerk’s discretion. Violators may be fined one to fifteen dollars per offense, collected by the Marshal.
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Board of Trustees
Town of
New Harmony
Ordinance No 5 on Saloons in New Harmony Passed May 10 1881
Ordinance No 5 concerns saloons within the Town of New Harmony. The trustees passed the measure May 10 1881 addressing all places within corporate limits that sell spirituous or intoxicating liquors.
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New Harmony
Town of New Harmony adopts hog ear mark ordinance
Ordinance No 6 adopted May 16 1881 requires the marshal to notify hog owners in writing when ear marked hogs are taken up outside the corporation. He may be paid twenty five cents plus ten cents per mile for each owner notified. If owners remove hogs within 48 hours and pay keep, fines are remitted. Arrests recorded May 20 by Clerk L T Pninutes.
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Town of
New Harmony
Corporation
John Walz
L. T. Pninutes
Ordinance No 7 Prohibits Football Within New Harmony
The town of New Harmony passes Ordinance No 7 banning playing foot ball or any ball game within corporate limits. Offenders face fines of not less than fifty cents, collected by the Marshal. Signed by President John Walz and Clerk L T Prizes on May 20.
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Town of
New Harmony
John Walz
L. T. Prizes
Ordinance on loose dogs adopted by New Harmony officials
Ordinance No. 8 adopted May 17 1881 by the Town of New Harmony declares that owners whose dogs run at large and attack passers on streets or sidewalks shall face a fine of not less than three dollars per offense after marshal notification to keep the animal confined Attest L T Puinnirs Clerk May 20
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Board of Trustees
Town of
New Harmony
Newarmony
John Walz
L. T. Pattuivs
L. T. Puinnirs
Town ordinance bans dumping dead animals in streets
Ordinance No. 9 of New Harmony imposes a one dollar fine on anyone who leaves dead dogs cats rats fish fowls or meat in a street or alley after notice to remove. If the offender fails to act the Marshal will remove the animal and recover the removal cost from the offender. Attest: L. T. Pnizitrs Clerk May 20.
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Town of
New Harmony
Ordinance Requiring Animals to Stay Within Town Limits
Ordinance No 10 prohibits horses mules and jacks running at large within town limits. Offenders after one marshal notification face fines from fifty cents to three dollars per offense. Unowned or unclaimed animals are seized and posted notices issued. after ten days if not redeemed, the animal may be sold to cover costs and fines unless declared an estray.
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New Harmony
Estray Law Procedures and Fees Notice
The document declares proceeding under the estray law of the State with the marshal entitled to the same fees as constables for duties performed. It notes charges for keeping horses by hotel and livery stable keepers and is attested by L. T. Parks, Clerk, dated May 20.
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John Walz
L. T. Parks
Public weapon ordinance targets concealed daggers and knives
Ordinance No 11 holds that any person not a traveler who wears or carries a concealed dirk pistol bowie knife dagger sword in cane or other dangerous weapon with intent to injure shall be fined not less than five nor more than a few dollars Attest I T Prittips Clerk May 20.
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New Harmony
John Walz
I. T. Prittips
Keeping the Patient Quiet
A doctor tells a nurse to keep a gravely ill man quiet as he notes the patient has not moved all night. The nurse recounts a chaotic household with a dancing party, fights, burglars, a bed fire, a fall, and a baby born, yet the patient remains still. The doctor concludes the man is near death, and orders rest without further medicine.
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Monsey
Cultured Capitalists at Paris Theater Prank
In a Paris theater box, Mr Mackay and his father in law Colonel Hungerford review a vast audience with mock pride. They trade playful exchanges in French Italian jests and declare a shared captivity from a “hot-house” upbringing amid the show. A matron warns against kisses as a daughter jokes about public affection. A circus promoter claims the greatest thing under canvass is the bam.
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Tray Bean
Mr. M
Thundering price for beans drives a Chicago fisher to tragedy
A Marshall Michigan eating house orders beans at 75 cents, sparking a prank chain that ends with formal telegrams and a costly court battle in Detroit. Gilmore, tormented by the hoax, moves to Chicago, dies, and his widow places a memorial, only for a further taunt on his grave reading A THUNDERING PRICE FOR BEANS. The Iowa State Register endorses sweet corn as winter fodder for dairy cattle hogs and horses based on a farmer Asa Bowen demonstration in Sand Spring Iowa.
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Tom
Detroit
Gilmore
C.O. D
Chicago
Detroit Fish House
Marshall
Asa
C. Bowen
Sand Spring
Iowa
Iowa State Register
Fashionable Affection and Oddities From Daily Life
In Galveston a well dressed pair visits a fashionable residence, reunion embraces show mutual affection. A boy at a neighbor’s house declines cake saying it is not cake. A Wisconsin girl asks for limbings instead of leggings. A Missouri girl recalls boat works built on her father’s farm during the war.
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Galveston Avenue
Galveston
Johnny
Wisconsin
Missouri
Indiana Woman Kills Twenty Snakes in One Spot
A local Indiana woman reportedly killed twenty snakes gathered in a sunlit area, prompting reflections on the Garden of Eden and how misplacement along state lines shaped a tale of peril and myth.
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Indiana
Adam
Indiana Line
Dangers of a Free Press in a Small Town
A Gil City boy received a printing press and produced a gilt edged card warning Paint look out. The card ended up on his sister’s hat above her ear and caused laughter along Pearl avenue to the Exchange. Later the boy traded his press for a yellow dog and a pop gun, per the Oil City Derrick.
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Gil City
Pearl Avenue
Oil City
Prohibition Stats Highlight Eight States Share of Sales
Theodore C. Woodbury presented to the Congregational Club of Portland that in 1872 eight states under prohibitory law accounted for nearly one sixth of U S retail liquor sales, totaling 122 million dollars, according to U S revenue returns.
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United States
Congregational Club of
Portland
Theodore C. Woodbury
Boston Post
Pennsylvania court fixes “respectable number” for church
Courts in Pennsylvania define a congregation as requiring seventeen persons to be considered a respectable number. The ruling arose after a Torresdale citizen left 5000 dollars and annual income to support a Presbyterian church there, to be used when a sufficient congregation could be formed.
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Pennsylvania
Torresdale
Government Grants Monopoly on Matches in France
Far France limits match production to one firm and imposes heavy duties and penalties. The firm received large financial privileges from the Government, while splints to scratch the wall are issued to allow some light. Private use is restricted to half a pound at home under strict penalties.
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France
Early U S Dentistry History Highlights From Lecture
A dentistry authority notes that the first dental knowledge reached the United States with a figure who came with French troops during the Revolution. The first American dentist set up in New York in 1788. George Washington’s artificial teeth used spiral springs. The profession grew from 300 dentists in 1880 to 4,000 in 1842 and about 15,000 today.
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New York
George Washington
Professor Describes Wind Effects On Western Logs
A Cornell professor discusses wind impact in western regions, noting logs bound and twisted so tightly a mole could not traverse, prompting him to alter travel routes.
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Cornell
Real Christian Man Helps Answer Prayers Through Week
A real Christian man is described as one who prays on Sunday and then helps the Lord to answer those prayers throughout the rest of the week. This portrayal emphasizes consistent piety and active moral work as a daily duty.
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L. T. Parmuros
L. T. Pnizitrs
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