31 May 1866
Page 4
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Newspaper
Versailles Dispatch
Location
Versailles, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1866
Page
4
The Courte states rules on subscriptions including implied continuance when no notice is given, discontinuance upon payment, holding subscribers idle if papers aren’t collected, responsibility for moved addresses, and suspected fraud for uncollected papers. Postmasters must inform publishers if papers are not taken.
Two men from Massachusetts and New York each brought one hundred thousand dollars to invest in agricultural implements in this city but, after observing last week's scenes and street corner talks, decided it was unsafe and sailed north last evening seeking places with greater security for life and property.
A late marriage husband distraught by a lack of washing plans, declares he will wash his last clean shirt. His wife rises early, starts a fire, and challenges him to wash for her as well. Administer's wife recalls taking her child to church where the boy, after patience runs out, pulls her by the chin and asks for his father to say amen.
A railway conductor grudgingly lets a boy pass for half fare after a delay caused by snow. A southern preacher claims redemption during a sermon prompting a citizen to demand specie for a confederate note. Lucy Stone links the cradle to a ballot box and questions double ballots as legal voting.
A popular author quips that some animals lack speech and some humans can talk, while a Boston man is so tender hearted he bursts into tears at cast off pants and any sight of suffering stirs him to bile in moments.
An 1866 newspaper excerpt markets Costar's Rat Exterminator and related insect remedies. Claims include safety, effectiveness, and warnings to avoid imitations. Ads place Henry R Costar at 452 Broadway New York and note distribution by W H Tyson in Versailles Indiana and general druggists. The piece cites pest statistics and endorses extermination over shooting birds.
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