Local notices and farm reports fuel Posey County week
Editor thanks readers for papers and grape donations. County Commissioners meet first Monday in September as County Fair nears. Guardians and Administrators urged to call and settle accounts. Obituaries include Mrs. Vallandigham and Mrs. Owen. Fire destroys Lagow property with heavy losses. Posey County Fair ads and new Independent weekly debut. Local incidents include a shooting rumor, a fire at Lagow’s farm, and a theft case in Patoka. Insurance agency appointment notes. Berkshire stock sale at Robb’s on August 22. New Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine rising in popularity.
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Posey County
New Harmony
L. Pelham
Esquire Reneer
Clark Swain
Bovine
Louisville and St Louis Air Line to Start Bridge Work
Officers and contractors of the Louisville New Albany and St Louis Air Line Railway visit Princeton on road business. Bridge abutments and piers to be completed above high water at Mt Carmel before the January rise. Finney wins grading and track laying contract for 17 miles Mt Carmel to Albion. Eastham to supply about 1000 ties. Cars to run to Albion by December 25. Spring work to extend eastward toward completion to Louisville to St Louis.
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L, Wna
St. Louis Air Line Railway
Louisville
New Albany
Princeton
Mt. Carmel
John K. Finney
Albion
Ills
John Eastham
St. Louis
Fire destroys Hazleton two story building and lodge
A Friday night blaze levelled a two story frame structure in Hazleton used as a drug shop on the first floor by Wm. Hl. Knix and a Masonic lodge room above. The fire, believed arson, consumed building and contents far beyond insured value. The Masonic Fraternity held the property and had applied for insurance from Evansville. if uninsured, loss would reach about $3,000.
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Hazleton
Wm. Hl. Knix
Kirk
Masonic Fraternity
Evansville Insurance Company
Insurance Co
Local Bargains at Heap Brownlee Co Cash Store
Nead Brownlee Co offers Black Alpacas and Silks along with widely varied dress goods and Misees Cotton Hose in extra heavy weights priced at 38 cts per pair, down from 45 cts. Also featured are Coffee 18-20 cts lb, Sugar 12-14 cts lb, Soda 7 cts lb, Starch 8 cts lb, Jeans 50 cts yd, Table Linens 40 cts yd, Tea 90 cts lb, and Washing Soap 6 bars for 25 cts.
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Heap, Brownlee & Co
Heap, Brownee & Co
New Goods Arrive Next Week at Head Brownlee & Co
Head Brownlee & Co will receive a good assortment next week around the 25th of the month. The stock includes New Style Lace Collars, Ribbons, Scarfs and Bows, Corsets, skirts, Black Alpaca, Prints, Bleached Muslin, Ticks and more. Goods are in transit from New York Heap Browser & Co and offered at very low cash prices.
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Head
Brownlee & Co
New York
Cider Vinegar and Syrups on Sale at Brownlee and Co
Wholesale prices reduced at Head, Brownlee & Co. for pure Cider Vinegar. Also discounted are the best syrups and New Orleans molasses now offered at lower prices.
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Head
Brownlee & Co
New Orleans
Munson Lightning Rod dispute and local notices
In a public notice David Munson asserts Kimball and Kern infringe his Munson Lightning Rod patent and warns of damages from interference. A separate auction note mentions a sale at J. M. Robb’s on Tuesday August 22 with corn and 30 head of cattle, alongside local grocery ads and Kolb No. 7 sugar.
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Nessrs
Kimball & Kern
Munson
Skinner
Princeton
Messrs. Kimball & Kern
M.B. Erinser
Ag’t
Munson Lightning Rol
Gib. Co
J. M. Robb
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J. C. Holcomb
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