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Newspaper
Princeton Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1971
Page
2
A Brooklyn suit against bank directors claims they paid a dividend while the bank was insolvent, with the court ruling they were responsible for the loss and that the directors vouched for solvency. The piece also discusses Bishop Simpson and political press critique and closes with Syracuse Methodist influences.
Calamitous explosion in Pittston Pennsylvania on the 27th left eighteen of thirty eight rescued men dead. Crowds gathered at the mine mouth as witnesses described the scene as horrifying and the public sentiment recalled the Avon disaster for its shock value.
The Indiana State Board of Agriculture outlines lavish premiums for the 1871 fair at Camp Morton near Indianapolis. Horse prizes reach 300 dollars with many 50 dollar and 40 dollar awards, while farm products offer top rewards of 50 dollars for best acre of corn or red wheat and other crops to spur farmers and boys under sixteen to improve yields.
The steel plate shows Mary Queen of Scots meeting Queen Elizabeth in Fotheringhay Castle garden. The issue offers summer costumes and bathing dress illustrations, with captivating fancy-work. Price is 250 dollars per year for The Lady's Friend and Saturday Evening Post plus one engraving. Single copies 25 cents. published by Deacon and Peterson, Philadelphia.
Close of the forty first year features a six figure colored fashion plate showing walking dresses and evening attire. A wood cut of four children in leaf combat and another titled The Lily appear. Publisher adds extensive wood cuts on extension sheet and works designs. Many stories by popular writers accompany the issue.
Theodore Tilton announces The Golden Age a weekly New York journal for free discussion on church state society literature art and moral reform. Subscriptions cost three dollars annually with cash in advance. Tilton will devote his editorial labors to this publication and invites readers to send names and money to R C Box 2848 New York City.
Owensville High School holds two day examination starting June 7 with a lecture by Rev. J P E Kamler of Evansville Indiana before the Platonian Society. After, class standings will be distributed. A grove gathering and a band performance are planned by the Platonian Literary Society.
A report notes Prof Kissner performing on Linde and Son’s Patent Cycloid Grand Piano Forte at Dr. Lescher Jestevenia’s residence, praised for its magnificent tone. It also covers Judge Bell and Dr Lewis touring rail routes to raise funds, with expectations to begin work by July, and other local opinions from the Evansville and Vincennes papers on Decoration Day and related incidents.
The Vincennes Sun reports two remedies for potato beetle depredations in Colorado Potato Bay. Pick off pests, or poison using Paris green and lime flour mix. though flour can paste on wet leaves, a diluted mix kills pests with minimal effort, while a ladybug carnivorously eats beetle eggs and aids growers.
The Special No 100 decision revokes prior guidance and states that the tax on interest coupons and dividends applies to payments during 1870 and 1871. U S officers and lawmakers with five percent withholding since 1869 must include unpaid 1870 pay in their 1870 returns. Collectors and assessors are instructed to implement.
Telegraph report says a severe fire at New Albany on Thursday evening burned the J Braydon & Co railroad car mill complex covering three acres. Loss about 200000 with 100000 insured. One worker’s water in a puddling furnace caused a furnace explosion starting the blaze. About 150 workers lost jobs. Also notes rapid progress on the Louisville and St. Louis Air Line Railway Knob Division tunnels and track work. Democratic debt cuts in New York cited.
Treasurers from Vigo DeKalb Pulaski Warrick Starke Madison and Huntington visited the city to make their May settlement with the State Treasurer. Following official advice they postponed the settlement until the Supreme Court rules on cases concerning the fee and salary bill.
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