Mount Vesuvius erupts as world events unfold
The bulletin notes Vesuvius eruption ongoing while U.S. minister Bingham prepares a leave of absence from Japan. Reports cover diphtheria along the Baltimore and Ohio line, Indiana YMCA convention in Columbus, and New York business leaders discussing a possible city world's fair.
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Bingham
U.S
Japan
Baltimore & Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Young Men’s Christian Association of Indiana
Columbus
New York
Magistrate Webber fined for assault on daughter in Devonshire
A Devonshire magistrate named Mr Webber was fined 100 dollars with imprisonment as an alternative for aggravated assault on his daughter. He paid the fine and remarked he would be happier in jail than at home with his daughter.
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Mike Preister
Mike
Webber
Devonshire
England
Jefferson Davis, Jr
Jefferson Davis
Mr. Davis
Joe
Richmond
Baltimore Gazette
Alabama Anti-Equestrian Society formation claim
A group in Alabama advocates against horse riding arguing horses were never meant to bear burdens and condemns riding as cruelty, citing ethical concerns and animal welfare.
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Alabama
Telegraph Girls Hale Evans Hall Temperance Hall
In Great Britain about 11 000 women telegraph operators earn 5 to 11 dollars weekly. Evans Hall near Evanaville, just completed, will become the largest temperance hall in the United States.
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Great Britain
Evans Hall
Evanaville
United States
Marriage contract suit in Posey Circuit Court
Nellie Robinson brings suit with Alfred Ribeyre to prove a marriage contract. They compromise on Alfred Ribeyre writing an acknowledgment dated November 1, 1878, Mt. Vernon, acknowledging the judgment as just and meritorious and denying any derogatory reflections on Miss Nellie Robinson’s character.
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Nellie Robinson
Posey
Alfred Ribeyre
Neluis Robinson
Mt. Vernon
A. Ribeyre
M. Musselman
C. Smith
Block 11
H. Blount
Swine
D. B. Causey
J. M
BE. B. Schenk
Williams
J. M.phillips
W. Hunter
H. C. "Pitcher
Adm
E. M. Spencer
Wagner
Mt. Ver Dod
J. Wehr
G. Behrick
Lota
James & Hovey
J. Kuebler
J. Hieber
A. Doerner
J. Boerner
Ptwanee
Snevsngen
R. Allman
J. W. Robb
J. W. Owens
F. Owens
Hutcheson
Heilman elected to Congress and state ticket leads
The Petersburg Press notes Heilman’s goal is realized by securing election in the Evansville district aided by money. It lists state ticket majorities with Professor Smart leading, Woollen and Manson close, Shanklin near, Fleming 13,966, and an average Democratic majority of 14,650. It also mentions Amador Ledger’s lightning tale and a river rise then fall with four feet of water near Grayville affecting the packet Frazer.
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The
Petersburg Press
Pike County
Heilman
Evansville
Secretary of State
Professor Smart
Manson
Shanklin
Fleming
There
Grayville
Frazer
Texas Aims to Be Nation’s Largest State in Agriculture
Texas is seen as destined to be the great agricultural state and most populous in the Union if unbroken. The current year’s cotton crop alone is reported at 800000 bales, underscoring the state’s vast production and growth potential.
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Texas
Union
Worthington Press Nominates Humphreys for Governor
A Vermont bridegroom photographer sprinkled nitrate of silver on partygoers, ruining many outfits, in a misfired horning incident. Southern Indiana expected to deliver a 20,000 vote majority for Andy Humphreys in the forthcoming gubernatorial race.
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Vermont
The
Worthington Press
Andy Humphreys
Indiana
Marriage Licenses Issued In Posey County 1878
Curex's Office Posey Cracurr Cover November 6 1878 lists license holders up to date including John N Stevens and Florence Hamilton Robert W Bolen and Sarah E Hurd Joseph Frielinghausen and V Sauer Henry Huber and Mollie J Floyd James T Scott and Lydia E Montgomery James A Brasel and Martha W Curtis James P Shipley and Ollie A Givens C A Albright and Mollie M Weaver Elias Stallings and Saraphine Pitts John Fairchild and Sarah E Montgomery. Gro W Curtis Clerk.
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Curex
Posey Cracurr
John N. Stevens
Florence Hamilton
Robert W. Bolen
Sarah E. Hurd
Joseph Frielinghausen
V. Sauer
Henry Huber
Mollie J. Floyd
James T. Scott
Lydia E. Montgomery
James A. Brasel
Martha W. Curtis
James P. Shipley
Ollie A. Givens
C. A. Albright
Mollie M. Weaver
Elias Stallings
Saraphine Pitts
John Fairchild
Sarah E. Montgomery
Gro. W. Curtis
Thrall and Mumford’s Coffee and Sugar Deals
Local shop Thrall and Mumford’s advertises 5 cents per pound for Soda and Starch, 5 ths extra browned and ground Cof for $1, 10 pounds White Coffee Sugar for $1, 54 tha Choice Coffee for $100, and an extra good Coffee 6 pounds for $1.
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Thrall & Mumford’s
Thrall & Mumford's
Seth Thomas
Arbuckle
N. O
Commodity price list from historical newspaper
A dense OCR list of goods with units and measures including flour wheat corn meal chickens eggs butter lard hams shoulders sides coffee sugar molasses feathers rags tallow hides lard oil linseed oil coal oil turpentine vinegar whiskey potatoes apples dried peaches dried salt beans dried tea as units and quantities typical of a market or advertisement page segment.
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U. Ss
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WM. Read
Joan W. Minter
M. E. Church
Geo. F. Cutmer
K. F. Owen & Co
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We. Kress
Ague Tonie
Kieur & Co
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Inez
Minnesota
C. A. Parke
Mount Verson and
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Harris Winliams
California
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Indianapolis
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Congress
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Ripley County Journal
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M. E. Board of Missions
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Ohio
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Ennar
Groraee
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Peru
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Frank Smita
Frank
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Working Men’s Institute Library
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Iheaven
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Hiza Lienren Beerger
Glasgow Bank
America
Great Britain and Ireland
Clifton Park
N. Y
Miss Nellie Robinson
Stewartsville
J. F. Schneck
Schneck
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J.C. Ducos
Com
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Orange
N. J
Portland
Montreal
Thrall & Mumford
Cincinnati Daily Anquirer
Hamony
Thrall
Mumford
Posey County Agricultural Society
Abraham Gann
Robert Clarke
A. T. Stephens
Frank D. Botton
A.H., Fretageot
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Lytle Wiley
William Read
John Walz
Barton A. Wilkinson
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