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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1881
Page
3
A proclamation of New Harmony entering a prosperous era notes its fertile farming belt and potential for manufacturing growth aided by capital and enterprising farmers. The piece contrasts Evansville Journal’s praise of President Arthur with Sun coverage, recalls civic reactions to his death, mentions a widow’s home anecdote in Cincinnati, and notes a fundraiser for a Garrizio monument.
Mr C Dale Armstrong presented readings and mimicry at Institute Hall to satisfied crowds though praise for larger patronage persists. A New York paper begins suits against subscribers who refuse to pay for newspapers, calling it theft under the new postal law. Memorial services for the late President were held at the M E H church with music, addresses, and prayers. Five Points flares of pugilistic activity noted as a woman fights her husband with a large board. Smith schoolhouse in Lynn Township burned, suspected incendiary or tramp. Rumor of Messrs BE Owen & Co building new structures for hardware and New Harmony Machine Company. A restaurant and oyster parlor opens above the Monitor saloon on Tavern street. An old minister’s warning about self-praise echoes in class. New York Letter notes Bates ceasing trips to Evansville for a new mail route. Town to see several brick business buildings next year as New Harmony booms. Major Smith of the U S Engineer Department inspected local government works on the Wabash.
A local note recalls yearly forecasts of peach crop failure with skepticism. The piece mentions young men favoring Mt Vernon as a social spot and reports a Mt Vernon gentleman seeking a site for a saddle and harness store, with unclear reception.
Mr and Mrs Ecmarp and Grace Golden left last Tuesday for St Louis to visit relatives and will stay through the Fair. The Pickwick Club enjoyed chowder ride on the river Sunday as the shake ups reportedly suffered. Mr and Mrs W M Ford and son Harry departed for Cincinnati to view the Exposition. Charles Keller, the watchmaker at W A Ki ents, visits friends near Cincinnati.
A fragment from Allion Journal of Indiana reports on town life at New Harmony with tributes to Joan D. Jounson of Dixon California and Willie, mentions the New Harmony Working Men's Institute Library being debt free, local wedding and belt presentation plans, calls attention to temperance protest and increased drinking after prohibition, and notes travel improvements between New Harmony and Stewartaville.
A Shelbyville Democrat note lauds the Goldens as drawing crowds due to star talent, a first class orchestra, and a respectable troupe led by Mr Golden and his wife. They are praised as moral sober and genteel, with audiences of our best people. A Chicago editor’s remark about Boston women is noted with humor.
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