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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1892
Page
4
The page lists local notices including new buildings on Granary street near Main, two dwellings and a library project on the Ford lot south of the schoolhouse, a county road layoff to 11 miles south, and community efforts to curb vote buyers amid election-year tensions. It mentions a pond fish count, job ads, school disease concerns, and political commentary plus vendor promotions and a new carrier.
Henry Forcum proprietor of the Wadesville Nursery is taking orders for choice fruit trees and will deliver in the first week of November. The list includes various kinds and reflects a small town trade with multiple names visiting from Evansville Mt. Vernon and nearby towns over the past week.
For sale by a ploy Witmota, Winnetm & Co. Tub Gest Salve claims to cure bruises sores ulcers fever sores chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with money-back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box.
A bottle of Yucatan Chill Tonic is warranted to give full satisfaction when used as directed. Marketed as the most pleasant chill medicine, it is noted that children take it readily. Price 50c at Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co.’s drug store.
A killing frost struck last Wednesday morning bringing thin ice and damage to late garden beds. The season's first ice formed here last October 15, eleven days earlier than this year, marking an early onset in the local climate pattern.
Short items report a patent medicine boast and local deaths, a mill boiler scare, brick kiln progress, a steam engine, workers unearthing a copper coin, a deer sighting, abundant ducks, an ice-house construction, and foggy roads with thick frost. Names include Wilmoth Wilhelm Co. Druggists and Mr. Jos Glump family.
Town council met last Tuesday with members Hempfling Duclos Rawlings Mann. Claims approved include Duclos 1.50 for bridges Hiatt 24 rent Bluff 4.20 lighting. School board asks $6,500 funding to buy adjoining property for $4,500 and fund heating ventilation and sealing upgrades. Duclos moves endorsement. street box over cluster well authorized. meeting adjourned.
A large party of campers at Footes Pond presents the play Pocahontas to audiences. Cast includes Chas Ford as Capt Smith Percy Bennet as Powhatan Miss Elliott as Pocahontas and M Babcock as Opodilduk. Music and performances by many campers sustain the week long event.
Dr. Von Petera, a German chemist, reports a breakthrough to dissolve a centuries old material that resisted water and stomach acids, restoring its curation properties. He outlines preparations labeled Liquid Sulphur for internal use, for the bath in jugs, lotion, and special, with druggists expected to carry it.
Yucatan Chill Tonic offers 40 cents per bottle for any bottle taken as directed that fails to cure the chills. Prices list at 50 cents at Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co. Drug stores across several towns carry the tonic.
Announcements advise unemployed ladies to mail stamp requests to THvaneville Indiana for advancement help. Residents may pay second installment of taxes at New Harmony Bank with receipts sent immediately. The deadline for tax payments without penalty is Monday November 7. Henry Brown's advertises 4 to 14 year dress and school suits and men’s suits at low prices.
Numerous transfers recorded including Martha Hutchinson to Augustus Schieber and John B. Elliott to Missouri E. Wilson with listed parcel areas and section references, plus several other deeds involving J J Webb A L McKaig Corgil Pretaged and Anna Huber Barbara Huber and Owen est New with multiple lot and block references across towns. Names include Gempler Yunker Chambers Drake Endicott and Kohler among others with dates and section numbers indicated.
Guardianship sale of minor heirs of Thomas Minney by Posey Circuit Court to the Town of New Harmony, Indiana. Private sale at New Harmony Banking Company office on November 19, 1892 between 1 and 2 pm. terms require one-fourth cash, balance in three notes due 6, 12, 18 months, interest 6 percent, with attorney fees. multiple parcels described including 40 acres, 20.47 acres, and 0.75 acre tracts plus described lot portions. If private sale fails, sale at public auction.
S. H. Clifford of New Cassel Wisconsin suffered neuralgia rheumatism stomach disorder and severe weight loss. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Pennsylvania had an eight year leg sore. Three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed his leg. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio had five large fever sores. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. Sold by Wilmoth Wilson Co.
A vintage ad claims Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and colds offers relief with a money back guarantee. It touts la grippe sufferers finding speedy recovery and invites trial bottles at Wilmoth Wilhelm Co s Drug Store with large sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Advertising notes tout a never-failing chill cure when taken as directed with a pleasant taste. Children reportedly prefer it and ask for more after the first dose. Price 50 cents with warrant from Wilmoth Wilhelm & Co.'s drug store. Also promotes a different remedy and other school and dress goods at local merchants.
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