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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1886
Page
1
The New Harmony Register announces advertising rates for half and whole column placements in October 1886. Rates include one month ten dollars for half column and fifteen dollars for one month on a whole column, with six and twelve month options. Prepayments required for all transient ads. job work due on delivery.
Notice announces James Husband and Harry Husband as executors of the last will and testament of George Husband, deceased, Posey County Indiana. The estate is described as solvent. Attorney F P Leonard represents the executors.
Washington Letter reports on the capital's rise, centennial plans, and potential Exposition site. It highlights Washington as the nation’s premier city, its boarding-house powered social scene, and the planned permanent exposition, plus silver certificate distribution and Indian commission actions.
Louisville hosts the Southern Exposition drawing visitors from across the country. The vast pavilion presents art, machinery, and natural products, teaching lessons in peace and progress. The Little Brown Jug exhibit and nearby experimental farm offer popular, profitable displays for all attendees.
A New Harmony letter to the Evansville Tribune criticizes the Evansville Journal editorial on "Maclure Libraries" and Gen. Hovey. It accuses Hovey of profiting from Maclure estate and misallocating funds meant for workingmen, alleging large sums received and distributed under court orders. Also reports mystery around Raw Life Insurance executives missing in Kansas City.
A monumental showcase by John W. Miller of New Harmony Marble Works draws hundreds at the New Harmony Fair. A 14 foot tall blue marble cottage monument sold for 300 dollars for Samuel McDonald’s Finch graveyard plot near Cynthiana. Miller’s booth features diverse works, alloys of marble and granite, and plans to expand with fences, fronts, and more.
A plausible explanation cites pine resin exuding from trees in lens shapes that briefly remain clear. The resin lens may focus sunlight onto a small twig or resin point, starting a blaze that rapidly consumes a pine forest.
Congressman McCreery of Kentucky narrowly escaped disaster when his buggy and horse plunged into the Kentucky River at Boonesboro as the ferry swung away. Ferrymen pulled him and the rig from the water, the Governor declaring he felt no harm and nothing got into his mouth.
A MacLeansboro couple rode to a country festival and, on the way home, drifted to sleep in the buggy until the horse hauled them to a livery stable. Local notes report a string of regional happenings from flax yields to saloon counts and fair proceeds.
General Fremont aged seventy four is said to look sixty and lives near the British Legation in Washington. Congressman Randall remains in bed with rheumatic gout but shows daily improvement and can attend to correspondence. Nellie Welch, eleven, runs California’s telegraph office at Point Arena. Dr Aubrey will tour the U S this fall lecturing on American institutions. Eight Virginia district Democrats nominate W H F Lee for congress, a cousin of General Lee. BartholH Statue of Liberty inauguration date set for October 28. New York Grant monument fund subscriptions total 123502.43. Pittsburg nailmakers resume on amalgamated wage scale. Nevada Republicans nominate C C Stevenson for Governor. Neal Dow, temperance advocate, is 82. England reports a new method to preserve fruit by turning pears and apples into paste then drying into cakes. rehydration with boiling water yields fruit flavor with little extra cost.
Merchants note better prices for produce and cheap goods locally as travelers return. Several residents, including Misses Owen and May Coover, depart for New York to study music. Governor Gray to speak at Mt. Vernon next Friday at 2 PM, urging Democratic turnout. Various locals visit Evansville, Poseyville, and Carmi for meetings and visits. Working Men's Institute to hold annual meeting next Thursday at 8 PM.
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