The following article about business in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 30 April 1863 – Page 3, Column 3

It will be seen from the following agreement that our business houses will be closed to-day, which is eminently proper and just:

VEVAY, April 29, 1863,
The undersigned, merchants and traders of Vevay, Ind., will close our places of business to-morrow, April 30th, from the hours of ten a.m. to 2 p.m., in order to observe a day, in accordance with President Lincoln’s proclamation of a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer.

• U.P. Schenck & Son
• Ira N. Malin
• Goldenberg & Son
• George Paull
• A. Thiebaud
• F. Grisard & Bro
• Shaw, Harwood & Co
• Tardy & Detraz
• Littlefield
• E. & J. K. Pleasants
• Lewis & Dow
• L. Woody
• Thiebaud & Son
• Isaac Stevens
• Clarkson & Waldo
• Hathaway & Co
• F. Webb
• John F. Doan
• E. Kincaid
• Kessler & Son
• Madary
• John McMillen
• A. Boerner
• L. Thiebaud
• Julius Blach
• Gaudin & Bro
• John W. Gray
• Jockell
• H. Ruggles

The Post Office will be closed at 10 ½ o’clock and be opened at 1 o’clock.
J. WALDO, P.M.