Local ads and notices highlight sales and court news
The page markets Boots and Shoes at H. Brown and dress goods at John Mott Jr. It also promotes Mott’s new store and Henry Brown’s clothing, with talk of overshirts, undergarments, and a warm wear assortment. A circuit court docket largely features divorce cases and a new deputy appointment in Posey County court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John & Mott, Jr
Mott's
John Mott, Jr
Brown's
Tue Circuit Court
Gero. H. Wixson
Posey
A. H. Fretageot
New Harmony
Local notices from Evansville and surrounding towns
A list of brief personal items. Congressman W F Parrett will leave Evansville tomorrow for Washington City. J W Whitehead and Miss Emma Stallings wed last Tuesday at the bride’s parents 44 miles southeast. Various residents, including C A Parke H C Wheatcroft and others, moved between Mt Vernon Evansville Clearlake Aberdeen and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Parrett
Evansville
Washington City
J. W. Whitehead
Emma Stallings
Local Dr. King's remedies vow guaranteed satisfaction
The speech proclaims years of selling Dr King's New Discovery for consumption Dr King's New Life Pills Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters with universal satisfaction. It promises refunds if results are unsatisfactory and credits the products' merit for popularity. Signed by T Mumford Jr druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Bucklen
T. MumForp, Jr
Town Council Adopts Bills and Maintenance Orders
Town council met in regular session with members Johnson Duclos Rawlings Mann and Trethevery present. Minutes approved and claims allowed including street work hauling rent lamp maintenance and marshal salary. Orders directed repairs on Church Street sidewalk and Tavern Street sidewalk and relocation of a camp at Church and Arthur streets. Board adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Johnson
Col
Duclos
Rawlings
Henry Mann
W. C. Trethevery
Wes Stallings
Axton
Josh Wade
J. W. Hiatt
John Bluff
E. B. Preston & Co
Chicago
B. B
John H. Stallings
Trethewey
Marshal
J. A. Cooper
Church Street
West
Arthur
Tavern Street
Main
Brewery
Church
Arthur Streets
Board of County Commissioners
Posey County
Church and Brewery
Owen's
New Harmony
Indiana
Main Street
Church and Tavern
William Green
Names Around the World for One John Smith
A humorous piece notes John Smith as a prominent citizen and legislator while listing the varied foreign renderings of his name. It mocks translation quirks, naming Johne Smithson, Giovanni Smith, Joan Smeet, Hans Schmidt, and others, ending with the thought that there is much in a name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobo Smith
Old Posey County
Joannes Smithos
Johne Smithson
Giovanni Smith
Joan Smith
Hans Schmidt
Joan Smeet
Ivan Schmittowski
China
Jovan Shimmit
Ton Qua Smitti
Wales
Jihoo Semidd
Mexico
Jantl E'Smith
Ton Smitton
Turkey
Proposals to Transform Wabash River With Locks Dams
The St Louis River advocates four or five locks and dams on the Wabash to open the stream and furnish year round work for twenty five steam boats. Terre Haute Gazette cites Capt Sam Shewmaker urging steamboat interests to pressure Congress for a million dollar river improvement plan. Seven or eight 12 foot dams could secure slack water navigation and even connect headwaters to Lake Michigan in the future. local papers urge agitation while Mt Carmel Register condemns the current improvements as a farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louie
Wabash
New Harmony
Grayville
Mt. Carmel
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Lake Michigan
Grayville Independent
Poseyville pacer Posey Golden clocks fair circuit
S C Kight of Poseyville reports his well known pacer Posey Golden ran eleven races across eight fairs this fall. The horse won seven times and finished second twice and third twice. Time now about 2 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C Kight
Poseyville
Posey Golden
Republican poet ponders New York election results
A Auburn New York Republican poet comments on New York state votes claiming Tammany had too many votes. The piece lists several Democratic sheriff candidates including Wade Holman Freeman Silas Jones Harrison Sanders Thompson Lewis and Angoat Schierbaum. It notes other local items like a popular Indiana portrait and a county asylum with 48 inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
N. Y
Hi Wade
Holman Freeman
Silas Jones
Harrison Sanders
Thompson Lewis
Angoat Schierbaum
Democraats
Angling Contest Ends In Tied Strings At Dam
Jobo Wilhelm and Frank Lyon, leading amateur anglers, fished at the dam on Wednesday to settle who could catch the meat fish for a purse of $2. Referees C. G. Beal and W. W. Wiley counted six fish for each. The tie stirred great excitement among local sportsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobo Wilhelm
Frank Lyon
C. G. Beal
W.W. Wiley
Wilhelm
Lyon
Buacklen's Arnica Salve and town news roundup
Buacklen's Arnica Salve advertised as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. A Native American man was captured after a war-like incident then released with a fine. A lively street scrap led to knives drawn but no bloodshed and fines collected. Merchants report holiday stock and advert urged attention to ads. Local corn claim from 36 acres yielding 50 bushels. Political notes cite New York GOP gains Buffalo election results and editor tensions. Boots and shoes offered by Wm Franzman. Democrats discontent with Cincinnati Enquirer. some favor Indianapolis Sentinel. Oregon Mill grinding about 200 barrels of flour daily.
Safe Investment and Dr King's New Discovery Ad
An advertisement promises safe investment in remedies with guaranteed relief for throat and chest ailments. It touts Dr King's New Discovery for consumption bronchitis and related issues, claims pleasant taste and safety, and offers trial bottles at Mumford's drug store. Also mentions A H Freitagot Co for coal orders and OC CCertain Chill Care guaranteed to cure chills and fever sold by T Mumford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C.C
T. Mumford
Dr. King
Mumford’s
C. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. W. Slater
New Harmony, Indiana
Mott's New Store
Brst
H. Brown
Brown’s
A. Brown's
Farmers’ Institute
Henry Brown
Quinn
Cut Off I
Mary Brynerr
South Street
W. Woodry
Geo. Vaupel
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Williams
Cynthiava
New York
Henry Brown's
Statt
Fox
Black Rivers
H. Brown's Clothing Sto
O.N. Freraccot
McKinley
C.C.C
T. Mumford, Jr
Brown
Cromine
C. A. Parke
Augustus D. Jones
Barbara Kilbinger
Squire Schnee
C.H. Wheatcroft
Clearlake
Mamie Hartmann
Annie and
Re Pote
J. C. Miller
W.F. Lichtenberger
Fred Walz
Clarence Wolfe
G. K. Lichtenberger
Willard Elliott
Cornet
H.C. Husband
Wm. Richards
Joe Hofreiter
Tuesaday
James Husaband
Evaneville
Frank Bolton
Elmer Elliott
Dr. Murphy
Gus Jones
Dfonday
John Smith
Republican Poetry
the County Poor Asylum
Mann's Mill
Buacklen’s
Arnica
Aploy T. Mumrorp, Jr
Bethel
Stallings
J. H. Hancock
Gop
Superintendent of the Poor At
Buffalo
Wm. Franzman
Cincinnati Enquirer
Indianapolis Sentinel
Oregon
State OF
David W. Dailey
Thomas
H. Dailey
Thomas Kern
The
Posey Circuit Court
Sarah Mounts
Joseph Dailey
Charles W. Fisher
George H. Wilson
G. V. Menzies
Coal
A. H. Fretageot & Co
John H. Chaffin
Petites Notice
John R. Hugo
Louis Pelham
Psmatos
David Wilsey
Lillie Wilsey
G. W. Menzies
Mount Vernon
M. Wheatcroft
Jacob Breith
Ind
M. E. Church
Mayle Joshua Wade
Myers
Thomas Mumford
Thomas Mumford, Jr
John Hofreiter
Hunter’s
East Main Street
Mays
Tom
Will Mott
John Mott
Henry Husband
Postoffice
Jand Y
Thrall & Mumford
NEW Elarmony
Mammoth Drug-Store
Proprietors
Duclos CO
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