Fragmentary Classified Notice From The Register
A partial OCR fragment from The Register shows advertising codes and prices with garbled text. It mentions Bates and aged references but provides no clear event or names to form a complete news item.
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1887
Page
1
A partial OCR fragment from The Register shows advertising codes and prices with garbled text. It mentions Bates and aged references but provides no clear event or names to form a complete news item.
F. M. Garvin president of Blarrison Investment Banking Co announces authorized capital of $50 000. The firm was incorporated in 1887 and is based in Harrison Arkansas.
A historical feature on the White Caps in Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Crawford and Harrison counties. The group, once masked reformers, evolved into a feared vigilante force, enforcing rough justice, sometimes by murder, whipping and intimidation. Notable incidents include the Perry County lynching and abuses against farmers, teachers, and other residents, with leaders and victims linked to local politics and law enforcement.
Daily notes from Hainois include farm shifts toward wheat as cheaper feed, minks devouring kittens, a mine snake found in a coal shaft with no eyes, broom-corn profits led by Douglas county, Newton school contract dispute, white quail spotted near Albion, 500000 watermelons shipped from Lawrence, Colorado land deal by Fairfield capitalists, and diverse local economic updates across counties including Chicago crowding to view Cleveland, treasuries empty in Grayville, and a new iron bridge planned in White county.
A fall report from Crawfordsville notes two tragic incidents. First, a preacher’s soap left with a young man led to a fatal injury when a cow ate it, resulting in a verdict in favor of the preacher after damages sought from others. Second, Walter Manwar ing, seven, suffered severe injuries when a whisky barrel exploded after a match was dropped inside, badly wounding his legs and risking amputation and bone disease.
Indianapolis scenes reveal Republican chatter about J. B. Foraker and a Blaine ticket, with lithograph rumors from Columbus. In Wasasu, hog cholera spreads, killing 400 hogs near the city while efforts to stop it fail and healthy hogs show susceptibility.
Estimates place 4000 workers in Jeffersonville area factories shops railroads and government offices earning over 54000 weekly, excluding small trades and independent labor. Evansville Journal notes gas wells about 1600 and 1535 feet deep with salt water discharge. one saltier than the other killed fish in Pigeon creek. Soldiers monument commission reports 142.75 spent on salaries and expenses funded by GA R donation. A cement barrel wreck on the levee from postwar times remains as cement intact. Samuel Hillman of Columbus seeks owner of a retrieved sword marked Lieut Col Ray CSA. A new Jeffersonville Louisville bridge project advances with measured plans for rail streetcar carriage and foot traffic. Ladoga residents greet Salvation Army with eggs and mud, Washington bank robbed of 500 during dinner break. David Ball near Jeffersonville scorched by spring explosion after lighting it.
A roundup of Indiana news items mentions 94 flowing gas wells with 32 large 47 medium and 15 small plus about 200 nonproductive holes. Other items cover education, politics, court actions, a courthouse project, weather and agriculture impacts, county prosecutions, church anniversaries, naval and river conditions, temperance efforts, and the state fair's financial success.
Mrs. Cleveland refuses further photo use in cigarette ads. Government land sales reach 25,111,400 acres, second only to 1884. Col. Fred Grant leads New York Republicans with monarchic pedigree. Pennsylvania coal output hits 73,000,000 tons valued at 393,000,000. Denis Kearney campaigns in New York predicting California support for Cleveland. Tallahassee shows no saloons. Many counties ban alcohol. 953 women own farms in Florida, 18 with mortgages. Boston Corbett deemed insane in Kansas asylum. First snows hit Wisconsin and Michigan. Japan starts 34 railroads in six months. Missouri harvests rise. Benjamin Franklin grave neglected in Philadelphia. Chattanooga mayor elected by 118 vote margin. New England apple crop near average. Connecticut requires weekly wage payments. San Angelo weighs 54 pounds. Newark election leans Democratic by 1,400. Missouri lead fields cover one ninth of state. New York cholera scare easing.
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