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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1892
Page
4
Local notices report bids, fairs, and purchases in Evansville and nearby Grayville. Items include building material sales at Henry Brown's, Wilmoth Wilhelm druggists, and Johnson-Lyon family bereavement. Several premiums won at Evansville fair. river levels and political appeals noted.
Fretageot returns from Cincinnati to take regular assistant surgeon post at city hospital. Miss Fitton visits St. Louis and Hannibal before Christmas. Dozens of locals travel to Grayville, Evansville, Poseyville, and Sturgis for fairs, relatives, and work. Frequent mentions of Mt. Vernon residents visiting kin, attending fairs, or taking jobs. several weddings and exhibitions noted.
John Hodkins, a farm hand for John Whitehead four miles southeast of town, was kicked by a mule last Wednesday evening and died in the night. Amana ladies Beasie Mumford and Florence Fitton attended the Veiled Prophets' Ball in St. Louis last Tuesday. TucKE reports widespread sickness from bad colds.
The U S P D announced three new standard dances for the season at a New York meeting. The Del Monte Waltz outlines a four measure pattern with foot slides and passes. The Wentworth Waltz uses a two measure pattern with long gliding steps and a polka redown step. The Manitou Waltz runs 16 measures with multiple hops and slides, including repeated sequences for both partners.
A Detroit area family in Michigan cared for a daughter sick with a deadly cough and fever. Doctors failed until Dr King’s New Discovery was used, producing full recovery after two and a half bottles. Free trial bottles offered at Wilhelm Co’s Drugstore.
An advertisement claims Nervous Prostration can be cured by Riedtric Bitters as a nerve tonic. It asserts restored appetite digestion and liver kidney function, and urges trying a bottle for 50 cents at Wilmoth Wilhelm Co.'s Drugstore.
An enjoyable chowder party took possession of the Fox river narrows last Sunday for Miss Harry Belle Brannon of Owensboro Kentucky. Attendees included several named young women and gentlemen visitors joined by Proctor Hume Hugo Noel G W Hitler A E Fretavo t C G Beal. A supper visit by Mr and Mrs Percy Bennett and Miss Pina Franzmann is noted. Also an advertisement for Turn Best Salve for cats and skin eruptions appears, with money-back guarantee and a 25 cent price, sold by Winwar Winneum & Co.
The tonic claims to cure chills when taken as directed and has pleasant taste. Children reportedly request more after the first dose. Do not substitute. Price 50c. Sold at Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co.’s drug store.
Thus, Forcum captured a fish in the cut-off last Sunday, unlike any he had seen before. It was about a foot long, resembled a skipjack in appearance but not in shape, and Tom doubted it belonged in these waters.
John T. Sanders shares a letter from W. A. Shafer of Butler county Ohio detailing Oxford Down strengths and weights for various ages. The breed is praised for maturity, hardy ewes, prolific lambing, and strong wool and mutton yields, with guidance to start flocks using well bred, not show-fed stock and to avoid purchasing show fattened animals.
Warranted. Every bottle of Yucatan Chill Yonk is guaranteed to give complete satisfaction when used as directed. Praised as the most pleasant chill medicine on the market. Suitable for children. Price 50 cents at Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co.'s drug store.
Buffalo critics praise The Fencing Master at Star Theater with J Mills company. Marie Tempest and Grace Golden receive strong notices for singing and acting.
John Savage bought a Color ado horse for 822 last week and began breaking it to harness. He hitched it to a wagon with another horse, but when the start was made the second animal was found kicked to death after the dust cleared.
The ad promotes Yucatan Chill Tonic with a money back promise for cures and lists 500 Dress and School Suits for Boys aged 4 to 14 at Henry Brown's along with Huntrina Coats and top neckwear offerings. It mentions Wilmoth Wilhelm Co. and Carl Stedt Medicine Co for tonic details and pricing.
Fliza J Terry and others sell parcels to A D Owen including hf lot 22 in Owen pt Mt Vernon. Nora Bryant buys from W E Hastings and other transfers occur among J W Davis Henry Mann Owen pt New Harmony and more. Transactions cover multiple acres and lots in Mt Vernon and New Harmony with prices listed for several deeds.
A German chemist, Dr. Von Peters, has discovered how to dissolve a century old mineral once resistant to water and stomach acids. The discovery promises to restore its curative properties and expand its internal and bath applications. Available now at Drayvists, with a notable London special offer.
Harmon and Jo Hofreiter pulled a 60 pound five foot sturgeon from four trot lines in the cut-off last Tuesday. The catch drew local attention as the great fish was hauled in a wagon. Mrs. T. Lichtenberger plans six acres south of the old malt house for settlement with several new streets and eight to ten lots already spoken for. Children favor C. G. Certain Chill Cure for fever ague and malaria priced 50 cents, six months, sold by Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co. Also advertised school books and supplies from the same company.
Classified notice offering employment prospects to sought individuals at 110 Washington Avenue Evanaville Indiana. Advertisement by Robertson & Jones from Jones nore Ark invites letters describing C C C Certain Chili Cure offering universal satisfaction. Pleasant to take with no cure no pay. Sold by Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co.
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