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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1874
Page
3
An advertisement touts a 10 cent cotton flannel as a splendid article available at Lichten berger and Sons, promoting value and quality in the department store lineup.
A fragmentary column notes Henry Ward Beecher discussing prayer and family, with a remark on a desire to be dead as a boy. It mentions Vanderbilt’s record fast train trip and a penchant for quick travel in a hypothetical fatal accident. Cincinnati Enquirer agent O Fretageot promotes subscriptions to multiple papers. A social quip contrasts long fashion discussions with a man’s growing discomfort.
Readers faced bad weather and a tepid audience as the Harmony Thespians staged The Golden Farmer. Critics praise some effort but say the show fell below expectations and urge the troupe to consider The Will and The Way for future performances.
At a October 29 1874 meeting of the New Harmony Literary Society XXCV the group unanimously resolves that Arthur S Cransfield be deemed an honorary and silent member from that date. The record requests publication and a copy be sent to Dransfield.
Advertisement notes linen handkerchiefs at 50 cents a dozen with a prompt call to Lichtenberger and Sons. Also promotes linen lawns and grenadines for warm weather and a full line of bay forks scythes and swathes. Sharp's Oil advertised at Thrall and Milford's as superseded.
Two clergymen sharing the same initials and address startled the city when parcels and letters meant for one J C Ba were misdelivered to the other. The Episcopal rector and the Methodist minister exchanged sharp notes over the mix ups, each accusing the other of overstepping titles and offices.
A corrected weekly market list from New Harmony shows prices for flour, wheat, corn meal and other staples. The inventory includes chicken, eggs, butter, lard, tallow, hides, oils, coal oil, turpentine, vinegar, whiskey, potatoes, apples, peaches, salt, beans and other dried goods with per unit figures.
Seax Ladies urged to shop at Eight's for reliable millinery and fabrics. Mrs James offers fine stock of hats and accessories at low prices with jeans flannels coverlets blankets yarns and more in a big stock sold cheaply.
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