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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1871
Page
3
A runaway express wagon at the Knox County Fair in Vincennes struck a six year old girl, trampling her as bystanders screamed. Medical aid arrived from Dra Neal and Coorer, and the girl, though severely injured, is reportedly out of danger and recovering.
The Posey County Fair of 1871 defied mixed weather to attract thousands across four days. Floral Hall thrived as stock and wagon exhibits grew, with notable hog shows and fast-paced races. Equestrian rings, premiums for ladies riders, and sweeping stock displays capped a successful event despite rain and lighter attendance than 1870.
List of United States Patent Office grants to Indiana inventors for the week ending September 12 1871 with names and cities. Items include devices for elevating hay a calvert Wabash City excavator J P T Davis New Trenton head block for saw mills W A Greenleaf Indianapolis window shades J P Phares Whitestown tire W N Davis Lexington fly trap J L Grim Fort Branch fan and fly brush combined H Mee Crown Point plow A Hl Whittick Clarksville confectionery jar J S Batchelder St Wayne confectioners and grocers can same inventor bottle washing machine C Euler Evansville shoe G H Hull Rising Sun Tot Air Furnace W H Tinner Indianapolis Wise J A Younee et al Hartford.
At a Southern Indiana Conference meeting in Jeffersonville the committee on Popular Amusements urged banning card playing and blamed social venues for moral decline. They condemned horse racing and urged adherence to virtue, while a Kansas cockfight incident highlighted public complicity and the minister’s remark about sin.
Warton Morris writes from MiSSEspura Centre County Pennsylvania praising Cloud's Invigorating Cordial. He notes his two daughters recovered from general debility and scrofula after use, despite high express charges. He mentions W H Watson of Tennessee used it and ordered more. Thrall and Mumford in New Harmony sell it.
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