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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1881
Page
4
A publish item discusses making home sweets for children during holidays, with recipes for chocolate caramels and coconut caramels, then shifts to beliefs about immunity to plague among grave-diggers and the role of fear. It also covers advertising in local papers, Ballou's Monthly magazine, and local notices about community figures, railroads, and regional chatter.
The Evansville and New Harmony railroad is nearing completion but recent rains delayed rail laying. a grand opening and holiday display expected. Updates note local figures such as Ence Turauu returning from the east, and various town news including licenses, travels, and public notices.
A long list of promotions from Thrall & Mumford, Henry Brown, and F Owen & Co highlights discounted steel and iron items, clothing, groceries, hardware, and guns. The notes promote new products, hallmarks of a bustling marketplace, and state several brand names and prices. The piece also mentions Hall's Hair Renewer and a Augusta dispatch summarizing Blaine rumors and House composition.
Thrall Mumford lists New Harmony market quotes dated November 25 1881 for many staples. Prices cover flour wheat corn meal chickens butter lard hams shoulders sides sugar coffee molasses feathers rags tallow hides oils turpentine vinegar whisky potatoes dried fruit beans tea salt pepper and dried fruit units, with varied cents per unit and several blanks.
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