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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1877
Page
3
Classified advertising notes Thrall and Mumford offering sash doors and building materials, new dress goods and hats by Kight and Co, plus millinery bargains. Adds fish, fruits, paints, painters supplies, and farm implements from Owen & Co. Mentions Russian Turkish war dispatches and Kight Co as cheapest with large stock.
The text surveys financial policy debates on currency standards and 1870s reforms. It cites bonds payable in standard coin, 1873 congressional actions, cotton export figures from Texas, and oil prospects. It notes Democratic and Republican maneuvers on civil service reform, carpetbagger senators, a Pennsylvania state treasurer election, and a plan to move pension disbursement to the war department.
Dr Henry’s first free course drew many youths to Union Hall but their disorder prompted severe reprimands. The writer blames not only the students but also permissive parents for bringing children to lectures intended for listening and study.
The Harmony Township Teachers Institute met in the New Harmony school building on November 10 1877 with J W Hiatt as president and B F Adams as secretary. Present were P Lewis G W Cartwright F Drinkwater Benjamin Finnell and several ladies and Miss Ferguson. Reports covered reading decimals square root and language use with a December session planned and a detailed institute programme listed. Stewartsville notes mention a local debate on intemperance and other village health updates.
A garbled OCR fragment shows scattered numbers letters and codes such as AO 45 ee 0 015 ree 06 A 008 E0 10. The readable parts provide no clear event or person names or place data to identify a concrete news item.
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