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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1875
Page
3
An array of items lists Thrall & Mumford’s latest stock of general goods including jewelry, clocks, dyes, lyes, lime, and paints with notices of new arrivals and sales. Also includes local notices about administrators, bishops, political remarks, and community happenings.
In September 1875 the Posey County Agricultural Society held its seventeenth annual fair with lower attendance than prior years yet notable displays. cattle and horses from Illinois and Kentucky drew interest while local horses were scarce. a pacing race at New Harmony sparked the day’s excitement and the mechanical and Floral Hall exhibits impressed despite a poor fruit season. Gambling booths were barred, the grounds saw better order than before, and finances were on the edge of break even with preparations promised for stricter security next year.
The Ohio election takes place on October 12. Pennsylvania votes in November this year.
A local fellow townsman George Corren Jr has invented and patented a companion trowel pair for transplanting. The device is shown as a useful garden tool likely to reward the inventor as gardeners adopt it. Capran, a young man, is described as eager to promote the device. The notice also advertises periodical content and local notices.
The column surveys political figures Grant and Ralston, noting salaries and critiques of policies. It references a Michigan man’s rattlesnake bite myth, road projects to Black River bridge, a Nova Scotia conductor sending Longfellow a tree limb cane, and a painless operation claim for Clara Morris. It also covers a missionary association notice, a Wyoming political sweep, Perry's Lawrence relic, a Washington ad joke, Vermont gravestones, Blaine’s Maine election remark, and school attendance amid sickness.
The item notes four gems offered at fifty cents each at Gray's Gallery. It mentions New Mexico returns nearly complete showing 8 B Elkin's Democratic delegate win by about 1,500. Also references California governor race, a Khedive command denial, and a Wisconsin church trial remark about a blonde hairstyle trend.
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