Terms of Sale for Posey County Lands
One fourth of the purchase money to be paid in hand and interest on the residue for one year in advance. The residue is due ten years from sale with like interest in advance. Bad maps and plots of lands showing tract locations available at the Auditor's Office. Frank D. Bolton Auditor Posey County. Joseph Showers Treasurer Posey County. auld 4t
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Indiana
Posuy County
William Nelson
Circuit 9
Said
Posey County
Supreme Court
First Congressional District
Circuit Court
Common Pleas Court
First District
Black Township
Marrs Township
Robinson Township
Smith ‘Township
Smith Township
Center Township
Robb Township
Harmony Township
Bethel Township
Lynn Township
Point Township
Center ‘Township
Mether Township
County of Posey
Court House
Mount Vernon
Posey
Towit
Frank D. Bolton
Josepi Showers
Modern Palmistry Predicts Fortunes From Hand Features
An aged column on palmistry outlines how hand shapes lines and nails allegedly reveal character and fate. It describes long bands suggesting genius and theft risk, hollow joints indicating long life, and Mercury finger rules, with nails signaling bashfulness, mischief, or suspicion.
Quips and quotes flow from a curious past
A miscellany of concise maxims and modern speech curiosities from an era of newspapers. Bits of humor, odd contrasts, and social anecdotes appear in compact items, including a funeral note about a back breadth in a gown and a Dutch judge’s quip on bigamy. The passage closes with census figures for US children under five.
A Life on the Ocean Wave and a German Steamship Voyage
A London correspondence recounts a German liner crossing with sea sickness and humor. The narrator endures a treacherous voyage, mocks the swell, and records the captain’s quips while an accidental stowaway tale unfolds. It mixes travel misadventure with Twain anecdotes and domestic vignettes.
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Europe
Muttonhead
Continent
England
St. Peter
Tenorant Groveler
Bashan
Friedrich
Plymouth
London
Chicago Times
Coming Home to Roost on a Whisky Bottle Prank
A Dundee sailor bound for Greenland whaling bought whisky from a Murrygate dealer who joked about returning the bottle. Weeks later the bottle with a letter reappeared. the writer promised to return the empty bottle, which after use was cast into the sea and recovered by fishermen who forwarded it to the named recipient.
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Dundee
Scotland
Greenland
Murrygate
Solid Foundation for Wealth and Character
A farmer rewards a boy for a neat stack of wood but explains the true base of wealth and character lies in placing temperance honesty industry and frugality beneath the surface. The lesson stresses foundational virtues as the bottom logs supporting all achievements.
Drowned Man’s Death At Hudson River Ruled Suicide
A man found dead in the Hudson River at Newburg New York was ruled a death by drowning in a verdict by the jury. In Maine a healthy frog was removed from an elderly man’s stomach, while a troublesome tenant was expelled after a coughing fit.
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Newburg
New York
Hudson River
Maine
France’s War Costs and Indemnity, 1870s Debts
A historical balance sheet estimates that France has paid Germany 400 million in indemnity and faces 600 million more by March 1875, plus 40 million for ransoming Paris and at least 120 million in interest. Total payments and losses approach 1.8 billion, with Germans citing 278 million in costs. Prussia claims about 800 million from war gains, nine parts to one among states.
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Germany
Rhine
Moselle
Paris
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Prussia
Bavaria
Baden
Wurtemburg
Hesse
A Strange Disease From Desert Heat Across Sahara
A report describes how extreme desert heat in the Sahara affects travelers and animals. Flies swarm then perish from heat while fleas hinder, and heat induces ragle a brain fever in men. Victims become deliriously amused by mirages and dancing visions as vivid stimuli fade.
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Sahara
Bismarck’s Paper Mill Uses Vast Fir Supplies
Prince Bismarck operates a thriving paper mill at Varzin with high England bound demand. It consumes 600 klatter of fir annually to feed the mill and plans a new workshop that will require 1 500 klatter yearly. Nearby fir forests have been secured to ensure several years of raw material.
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Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Varzin
England
An Anecdote Of A Clever College Prank
A Western paper recounts a tale of a college classmate famed for dry wit and evasive themes. He submitted a theme he claimed was original, but the professor doubted it until the student asserted it bore the word original from the source.
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Othera
Anout Roses Rosy Garden Tips From Old Columns
Roses thrive in rich soil with frequent stirring of earth around the roots. Liquid fertilizer such as carbonate of ammonia dissolved in water or guano in one gallon of water applied to roots promotes growth. Soap and oil of sassafras help prevent sour paste after pruning.
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New Harmony
M. T. Carnahan
L. Pelivam
the Royal
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Cincinnati
Liverpool
A. H. Fretageot
Royal Insurance CO
Ind
Parjonn G. Young
Jebsy
Fort Slough
Henry Hayden
Alzo
C. A. Parke
Re. D. Owen
Beyr
Reynolds County
Missouri
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S. W
N. E
S. E
Donze
N. BE. J
Victor C. Duclos
Posey Co
Jelry
LL & Mumford
Inprana
T. Auex. Crank
Alex. Crunk
Church Street
George W. Warren
Richard Owen
Church Streets
Eugene F. Owen
Horace P. Owen
the Register
Co. V.siuatteer
Lowell
Sally Smith
Sally
Pittsfield
Zene
Ohio
New Jersey
Mark Twain
Jim Wolfe
Mary
Jim
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