Posey County Election Notice October 13 1874
Official notice directs voting across Posey County for numerous state and county offices including Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Superintendent of Public Instruction and local posts. The proclamation lists district and township positions with names of towns and townsships in Posey County and is signed by WILLIAM NELSON, Clerk Posey Circuit Court, Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Posey County
Indiana
Silas Pollard
Wm. A. Jaquess
T. C. Jaquess
Mount Vernon
State of
Alex, Crunk
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
Gibson and
Posey
Said
Said County
Black Township
Lynn Township
Point Township
Marrs Township
Tarmony Township
Robb Township
Robinson Township
Smith Township
Bethel Township
Center ‘Township
Posey Circuit Court
William Nelson
Tax Notices and A Jealous Husband Tale
The column shows a price list for a tax register and a humorous tale where a man, returning early from travel, discovers a wife with a strange note and intruders, only to realize he has mistaken his neighbor's house for his own and vows not to be jealous again. The piece blends a public notice style with a domestic farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spivins
Maria
Charlie
Sammy
Charles
Varied 19th Century Tidbits and Local Quirks
A collage of brief notes covers topics from crime and politics to culture and commerce. Mentions include faked moralizing phrases, New York minstrel groups, Paris sewers, Baltimore funding a botanical garden, Kansas property valuation, and ties to Niagara tunnels, Bohemia slate beds, and a New Orleans ball club presidency. It notes Ireland’s and Iceland’s quirks, Empress of Austria’s beauty claim, Emerson leaving Martha’s Vineyard, and a prize offered for a Bismarck hymn reflecting era interest in celebrity and novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bohemia
MacMahon
Nice
Ovington
Tilton
Brooklyn
New York
Jerusalem
Niagara River
Stokes
Sing Sing
Canada
Advertising Pays and the Value of Newspaper Prominence
The piece argues advertising yields large returns, citing Barnum, a soap man, Bonner, and others who spend substantial sums yearly. It states newspapers offer the best returns, with 100 to 1000 percent when used properly, likening publicity to sun for ripening grain and urging business owners to invest in broad circulation media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Bonner
Woman as strength and mystery amid hardship battle and fruit
A long meditation on women's resilience transforming in adversity from delicate flower to healing force. A New Yorker and Cleveland man joke over names, ending with a $27.87 wager and punchline about Harder and Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genya New Yorker
Cleveland
New Yorker
Stone
Amasa J. Stone
Harder
Norman B. Harder
Narder
Mr. Stone
Scandal and gossip harm the neighborhood watch
An observer laments scandal culture, noting idle mischief makers chase rumors and spread gossip as fact. He deplores intrusions into others' affairs, urging focus on one’s own business and caution against believing or sharing unverified tales. The piece ends with a parable about a loaf of bread and a hidden Indian.
Unfruitful Vine and a Lost Grapevine Lesson
Max Adeler recalls a misguided quest to nurture a vine through daily watering wire trellises and soil myths. Neighbors, a car talker, and a nurseryman misdirect him until the root truth emerges: it is a Virginia creeper, not a grapevine, and the lesson shifts to cabbages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitman
Adeler
Cooley
France
Virginia
Max Adeler
Danbury News
Pearls and the peril of vanity in life’s current
The passage muses on prosperity as a poor guide and warns that personal beauty can mislead, applause follows success but is fickle, and deceit harms happiness. It notes nature’s gifts can misrepresent value, while those who profit from deceit break trust and end confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife
World’s merriest monarchs and most famed rulers quoted
The Brooklyn Argus satirically ranks rulers by titles and quirks naming Victor Emmanuel Kaiser Billy Alexander II Francis Joseph Leopold Pedro II Christian IX Oscar II Queen Victoria Abdul Aziz Khan and Gen Grant as the “dorgone dest” in a humorous tally of rulers’ traits and reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Emmanuel
Kaiser Billy
Alexander II
Russia
Francis Joseph
Austria
Leopold
Belgium
Pedro II
Brazil
Christian IX
Denmark
Oscar II
Sweden
Norway
Queen Victoria
Emperor
China
Abdul-Aziz-Khan
Turkey
Dorgone Dest
Gen. Grant
Brooklyn Argus
The escalating desires from life’s basic to fickle tastes
A reflective aphorism traces how providing life’s basics leads to demands for comforts, luxuries, and elegance, then follies. It suggests the folly of chasing ever higher goods and notes practical care for fabrics, advising thorough prewash salt-water treatment to prevent fading.
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Guy
Lichtenberger & Sons
New Harmony
Duclos & CO
Inew “Ea
New Furniture
Wilson Alsop
Main Street
Talso
Evansville Road
Williams & Donaldson
Thrall & Mumford’s
Nove
Jacob Breith
Wendel Schmitt
Merchant Tailor
Postoffice
New Orleans
Thrall & Mumford's
Heriff's Sale.s
James
Joseph Cale
B. F. Hockman
Olney
Inl
Tf J.K. Moore
Damron Place
Louis Piro
the Register
C.w.siuuater
Odds and
Troy
Broadway
Boston
Beecheer
San Jose
Cal
Charles Reticker
North Adams
Europe
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Martha’s Vineyard
Portland
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
James Paget
London
Judah P. Benjamin
Beauregard
Thalberg
Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
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