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Newspaper
Salem Press
Location
Salem, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1886
Page
3
The Salem paper, June 3 1886, notes visitors from Mitchell and Canton, court attendees, and local events. It previews wheat prospects and price trends, reports on Salem residents in Orleans and Bloomington, and advertises Sarsaparilla and cathartic pills while listing school projects, repairs, and Independence Day plans.
Salem Samuel Reid Post No. 87 G A R held a Sunday memorial procession to decorate graves of Union soldiers. Speakers included Col. S D Sayles and Hon J C Lawler. Rev T D Welker offered prayers. Miss Daisy Menaugh read a poem. John A Zaring delivered a address honoring fallen soldiers and Revolutionary forebears.
The Quaker Quarterly meeting drew broad county attendance. Local visits included Mr Oden and Rube Parker, James and Sarah Heacock at Wn Stanley, Jerome and Lew Baynes from Hitchcock with Al Stanley, and Jim Dalton with Oliver Trueblood hauling slaves to Hitchcock. Ed Coal and nephew Grieth Coal, from Winds, with Thos Brown of Chicago joined the meeting on May 29 Currant. A newspaper note recounts a Minis paper suing 43 nonpayers. 28 claimed no property, six bonds, rest jailed after attachable assets were denied.
The partnership between Robert Morris Volney T. Reid and Samuel C. Peck is dissolved by mutual consent. Thad Euston is named receiver for the firm’s notes and accounts, and all debts must be paid to him. Ayers Cathartic Pills are promoted as a digestive aid and cure for constipation and related symptoms.
A fragmented line notes a shop selling a broad range of inks in town. The text is incomplete but implies a focus on high quality writing supplies and local availability. No dates, prices, or full facts are readable.
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