Mt. Vernon lynching stirs frontier politics and fear
The Posey County Mount Vernon lynching drew national attention, with four Black men hanged after Deputy Sheriff Thomas was killed. While some accuse politicking, editors insist mob violence spurred by local fear, noting no clear political motive and the escaped suspect Daniel Harris remains at large. A $1000 reward is offered for Harris’s capture dead or alive.
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Tomas
Harris
Oscar Thomas
Harr II
Lynch
Tuomas
Daniel Harris
Posey County
C. O. Thomas
Said
John L. Wheeler
Minstrel Benefit Concert Postponed To November Second
The minstrel performance by local young people to aid the Working Men's Institute Library has been postponed from Saturday the 26th to Saturday, November 2, to raise funds for new books. Twenty five cents admits for an evening of entertainment and library support. Evans of the Princeton Democrat lost the County Clerk race by five votes. Democrats won Auditor and Sheriff posts, a point noted with mixed consolation.
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Working Men’s Institute Library
Evans
Princeton Democrat
Flint
Vast Unexplored Frontiers Drive Early Geographers
Geographers state about one seventh of the earth remains untraversed by civilized man. Central Africa and Western Australia offer space for future explorers while ambitious travelers eye the frigid zones. The Antarctic alone is thought to be about seventy five times Britain in size.
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Livingstones
Stanleys
Central
Africa
Western
Australia
Antarctic
Great Britain
Proper way to stop a newspaper
Detroit free press remarks urge paying up first to stop a paper and threaten defiance if one cannot afford it. The writer suggests visiting the office, dealing honestly with the person in charge, or refusing delivery by returning mail marked refused for those on the hog plan.
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Detroit
Mree Press
Local hunt plans and political opinions voiced in Posey County
A group including Mesars KH Turan J Huao Peter Heck and R Snelling with Ezra Lyon and Mike Davusman from Evanaville plans a regular annual hunting trip next Sunday morning. The note also criticizes Indiana legislative apportionment and praises the Posey county Register for publishing fall election returns, while disparaging rival papers. It references potential political shifts and a remark about Mr Orth and the next house.
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Ezra Lyon
Mike Davusman
Evanaville
P. Rucurr
Sar the
Iegister
Posey
The
Star
Democrat
Taxes due notice calls on November fourth day
The notice states the final deadline for the second installment of taxes is Monday, November 4. Treasurer Naas urges taxpayers to heed the advertisement published in this paper for payment instructions and due dates.
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Naas
Lynching Excitement Flare. Sheriff Elect Crank Shot
In Mt Vernon last Friday night amid lynching excitement Sheriff elect Crank was accidentally shot and may lose an eye. Posey Circuit Court with Judge Parrett will convene at Mt Vernon next Monday. Posey is touted as the banner county of the First District and Lyon as its banner township.
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Vincennes Sun
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Elect Crank
Posey Circuit Court
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Posey County
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Lynn Township
India
Republicans Poised for Minorities in Next House SaysPress
The Indianapolis Sentinel and New York Express assess the post election map. Republicans hold limited gains and face a likely Democratic majority in the next House, with 20 or more seats in Democratic control and Republicans in minority. Senate control remains tenuous. Voorhees elected via Indiana success. Pennsylvania New York Nevada Connecticut may still elect Republicans. Campaigns shift to state offices while congressional candidates drift.
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Barlow
National
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Voorhees
Nevada
Connecticut
Senate
Bal Lou's Magazine November issue attraction and contents
The November Bal Lou's Magazine from Thames & Talbot at 23 Hawley street Begton is praised for its lively mix of engravings stories poetry and adventures. It lists features such as Our North American Indians The Curse of Carnegie Revery and many more with a pitch to sample a copy. Also mentions the new Legislature gerrymandering debate and local photographer Mr Dovatas visiting Evanaville to photograph government works and Wabash views.
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Maxima
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Lorenzo
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Ruthven
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Thrall and Mumford grocer and clock shop ad
Thrall and Mumford advertise retail goods and services in Cincinnati Daily Enquirer. They promote coffee sugar oysters tomatoes corn roaster coffee molasses cigars dried beef dyes lime cement glass soap and other groceries at low prices. Also tout Seth Thomas clocks and jewelry and silverware.
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Banquet Tale From Paris Paper Ends With Tumblers
A Paris dispatch reports a colonel hosting a grand banquet for the 999th regiment officers. An aged captain, mistaking the dining room for a boarding house, wipes his glass and the waiter replaces it. The veteran then cries out in a burst of humor about not cleaning every tumbler, shouting Torpedoes and mitraillenses.
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Paris
New Harmony Retail Market price corrections and items
October 18, 1878 price list from Thralls Mumford New Hagwony shows corrected weekly figures for Wheat Corn Corn Meal Coffee Sugar Molasses Butter Lard Hams Shoulders Sides Beans Tea and other staples. Prices vary by item with several entries missing or garbled, reflecting a detailed but imperfect historical market snapshot.
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Mumford
New Hagwony
Sale Terms and Sealed Bid for Purchases
Sealed sale with six month credit on sums over three dollars by note with security and six percent interest, waiving relief laws. Three dollars or less to be sold at ten o'clock A M on the named day, with bidding to begin and stay unopened.
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