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Vevay 4th of July Business Closings – 1866

The following article about business in Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 28 Jun 1866 – Page 2, Column 2

We are pleased to see that the greater portion of the business men of this place will close their places of business on July 4th. The following is a copy of a paper which has been in circulation among the business men of our city.

“Believing that the 4th day of July should be observed as a national holiday, we whose names are hereunto annexed, agree to close our respective places of business on the evening of the 3d day of July, and keep them closed until the morning of the 5th day of July:

  • U. P. Schenck & Sons
  • James K. Pleasants & Co.
  • Hathaway & Co.
  • F. J. Waldo
  • J. F. Doan
  • C. Goldenburg & Son
  • John Charlton
  • Thiebaud & Courvoisier
  • R. F. Grisard & Bro.
  • Harwood & Son
  • Shaw & Rous
  • M. Medary
  • Hall & Lewis
  • W. H. Ruggles
  • W. G. Shaw
  • Daniel Cole
  • Tardy & Detraz
  • J. W. Gray
  • F. A. Boerner & Bro.
  • James Rodgers
  • Joseph Kaufman
  • Clarkson & Dufour
  • L & E Well
  • J. L. Thiebaud
  • J. W. Keith
  • J. W. Kincaid & Bro.
  • P. Carr
  • J. E. Kincaid
  • C. Thiebaud & Sons
  • Wm. Hall, Cash’r of Vevay Bank
  • O. S. Waldo
  • J. L. Thiebaud & Co.
  • Isaac Stevens
  • Dumont & Dupraz
  • John Hollar
  • J. W. Thompson
  • Wm. Price
  • J. F. Webb
  • Joseph Rutherford
  • Wm. Faulkner
  • Tinker & Fechner
  • Vevay Furniture Company

W. J. Baird

Vevay List of Letters – May 1866

The following list of letters for Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 24 May 1866 – Page 2, column 5

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office, on the 15th of May, which, if not called for within 30 days will be forwarded to the Dead Letters Office, of the Post Office Department:

  • Doc Allen
  • Molley Anderson
  • Mrs. Sarah Banta
  • E. C. Barbour
  • A. A. Beal
  • John Bond
  • Howard Beachy
  • Joseph Brown
  • Manual Byram
  • Martha L Chase
  • D Coke
  • John M Cook
  • Mrs. Early
  • Wilhelm Fischer
  • James Flynn
  • Peter Funk
  • S W Ferguson
  • Joseph Arnold Hinmon
  • Thomas Harper
  • Joseph Hazelett
  • Mrs. Henrietta Jackson
  • Capt. Danl. B. Jaynes
  • Mrs. Alice Jenings
  • Miss Francis Kimbal
  • Mrs. Kirkpatric
  • C. H. Lowry
  • Charles J. McKay
  • Miss Arvilla Miles
  • Lieut. S. J. Mitchel
  • Frank O. Morton
  • W. P. Oxley
  • James Parker
  • John W. Schenck
  • Louis Smith
  • Thomas P. Smith
  • Wm. J. Smock
  • Mrs. Sarah Threlkeld
  • Mrs. Lizzie Todd
  • G. Tucker
  • Vance & Co.
  • Gottleib Vogel
  • Thophile Verdy
  • G. W. Wheeler
  • Bernard Wendler
  • Joseph N. Western

JAMES HARWOOD, P. M.
May 24th, 1866.

Vevay List of Letters – Jan 1866

The following list of letters for Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 4 Jan 1866 – Page 2, Column 5

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office of Vevay, Ind., this 2nd day of January, 1866, which if not called for within thirty days, will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office:

  • Sarah Adams
  • Geo. M. Bryson
  • Henry Barricklow
  • William Barricklow
  • Baldwin & Cover
  • Mary Bennett
  • J H Casgens
  • Joseph Craig
  • Margret Downey
  • M J Demmon
  • Hannah Ellioto
  • Volney Ervin
  • J Garland
  • Wm Gibson
  • Cerah E Heady
  • Elias F Humphrey
  • Wesley Hamilton
  • D H Holcomb
  • W S Holman
  • John Hall
  • W Hiett
  • Mrs. Allis Jennings
  • E. S. Kern
  • Lovey Lewis
  • Augustus Lewallen
  • Bettie Lock
  • John Lauderbaugh
  • I B Lewis
  • J Mitchel
  • Lieut. J. Mitchel
  • Crawford Miller
  • Sarah Miller
  • R E McCune
  • Angeline Orum
  • Venia Pickett
  • Hannah Rayburn
  • N E Ruble
  • Milton Rea
  • Wm G Smock
  • Robert Stevenson
  • Wm Scarles
  • B S Simmonds
  • Sally Schnitger
  • Cyrous Thompson
  • Molly Umbar
  • John W Wycoff
  • Henry H Wills

January 4, 1866.

Vevay List of Letters – Nov 1865

The following list of letters for Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 30 Nov 1865 – Page 2, Column 4

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office of Vevay, Ind., the 20th day of November, 1865, which if not called for within thirty days, will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office:

  • Henry Adams
  • Wm. Bowen
  • Daniel Barnas
  • Wm. Barnwell
  • J. B. Byrne
  • J. H. Bristol
  • Mrs. Julia Bellstein
  • Mrs. Ann Brown
  • J. S. Christman
  • R. Collins
  • Joseph H. Cobb
  • Eliza Cornan
  • Henry Cassiant
  • Mike Carajon
  • Amanda Cloud
  • Paul Clarke
  • Miss Mollie Collins
  • Messrs. Dyer & son.
  • A. G. Egelston
  • E. Fossold
  • J. V. Franklin
  • M. D. Fisher
  • John Gates
  • Con. Hendrickson
  • P. C. Holland
  • Mahala Hester
  • William Harris
  • Margaret Harper
  • Eliza Hazleton
  • Henrietta Jackson
  • Mrs. Henry Likely
  • George W. Logan
  • E. A. Laseur
  • Eugene R. Mallett
  • James Munn
  • E. P. Mitchell
  • James McKinzey
  • William Modney
  • Mollie E. Prentice
  • Wm. E. Mitchell
  • L. A. Reister
  • Emily Read
  • William Sanders
  • Allice M. Smith
  • J. V. Short
  • Nathaniel Scudder
  • J. H. Smith
  • Joseph Shull
  • T. J. Vanasdol
  • G. G. Wiley
  • Frank Wells
  • Joseph Wells
  • Robert Watson
  • Francis M. Wills

JAMES HARWOOD, P. M.

Vevay List of Letters – September 1864

The following list of letters for Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Indiana Reveille (Vevay) – 29 Sep 1864 – Page 2, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
A LIST of remaining uncalled for letters in the Post Office at Vevay, Indiana, September 28th, 1864:

  • Thomas Beach
  • Maria Bradley
  • Angie Bellims
  • J A Baker
  • Benjamin Babb
  • James Benjamin
  • Sarah Bellamy
  • Rebecca Barten
  • August Cole
  • Mary Corns
  • E Cole
  • David Courtney
  • John Disborough
  • Wm P Dailey
    Michael Diskis
  • Mary Dennon
  • J W Dailey
  • Michael Flynn
  • Caroline M Fay
  • Polley O Flinigan
  • Wm P Gibson
  • Mary Green
  • Sarah Gown
  • Harriet Gates
  • Francis L Gilbert
  • Isham Hall
  • D W Holines
  • Levi Hannah Harper
  • Adam Holler
  • John Jester
  • David Jones
  • A C Kaab
  • John Kling
  • Willie Long
  • W Lewis
  • Henry Lankester
  • Julia A Lewis
  • Long & Co.
  • Ruben Monroe
  • Pauline Mitchel
  • Mity Meckmellan
  • John J McIntire
  • Elizabeth McElvane
  • Rachel Parker
  • James Phillips
  • Mrs. L. Parter
  • Wm. Read
  • Ann Rogers
  • McClanham & Rodgers
  • Lucia Rilis
  • Alby Robinson
  • Phiedo Saleven
  • Thomas P Smith
  • Wm. Sharp
  • Mrs. Therry
  • A P Twineham
  • John Tylor & Son M.
  • Adam Weke
  • C. Welster
  • Wm. Wooly
  • Peter Wycoff
  • Nancy A Whitham
  • George Williams
  • J. Waller

Persons calling for these letters will please say they have been “Advertised,” and unless they bring ONE CENT IN CHANGE, they cannot get them.
J. WALDO, P.M.
Sep. 29, 1864.

Vevay List of Letters – May 1864

The following list of letters for Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Indiana Reveille (Vevay) – 12 May 1864 – Page 2, Column 4; 19 May 1864 – Page 2, Column 4

LETTER LIST.
A LIST of remaining uncalled for letters in the Post Office at Vevay, Indiana, May 1, 1864:

  • Adams, Wm
  • Boull, Louis
  • Burnham, Emily
  • Caurtney, Mahala E
  • Cole, Leonard
  • Cover, W M
  • Davis, Miss Mary
  • Franklin, J V
  • Golay, Charles E
  • Gilbert, Will P
  • Hall, Frederick F
  • Hudson, James W
  • Johnson, M J
  • Keeler, F A
  • Kyle, John W
  • Lang, A S
  • McCormick, Augustus
  • Moon, A A
  • McCarkhill, Wm
  • Montgomery, Geo W
  • McFadden, John
  • Nichols, Wm
  • Neal, Charley
  • Orem, Mary J
  • Osborn, Aaron
  • Phillips, Mrs E
  • Pidgeon & Torre
  • Roberson, R B
  • Ried, Alice S
  • Robinson, Effie
  • Stuart, John
  • Smith, M E
  • Sandeler, Nannie E
  • Thatcher, Missouri
  • Washer, Alexander
  • Yeoman, Henry

Persons calling for these letters will please say they have been “Advertised,” and unless they bring ONE CENT IN CHANGE, they cannot get them.
J. WALDO, P.M.
May 12, 1864.

Vevay List of Letters – March 1864

The following list of letters for Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Indiana Reveille (Vevay) – 24 Mar 1864 – Page 2, Column 3

LETTER LIST.
A LIST of remaining uncalled for letters in the Post Office at Vevay, Indiana, March 22, 1864:

  • Brown, Hiram
  • Baxter, Sarah
  • Bayne, James
  • Burns, Sally
  • Boin, John
  • Brandon, Berkly S
  • Cooper, G W
  • Campbell, John
  • Detraz, Abraham
  • Davis, Mary E
  • Dufour, Jas M
  • Driver, Catherine
  • Dusslar, M G
  • Diamond, Abram
  • Fredenburg, George
  • Farmer, Nathan
  • Hunter, Joseph
  • Hedrick, Lou S
  • Holder, J
  • Houty, Michael
  • Innis, J H
  • Kurtz, Michael
  • Lewis, Margaret
  • Mix, Fanny
  • Miller, Elizabeth
  • Miller, Mrs A
  • Peters, Andy
  • Phillips, Madison
  • Pinnkett, Robert H
  • Reck, Henry
  • Snider, John N
  • Slawson, John G
  • Stowe, W R
  • Sohmas, W
  • Shoneman, John F
  • White, Thomas
  • Warberther, Harriet
  • Will, Francis M
  • Weathers, Harriet
  • Wiley, Poleman
  • White & Co W H
  • Wood, Nancy

One cent will have to be paid on all the above letters.
J. WALDO, P.M.
Vevay, March 24, 1864

Vevay List of Letters – Oct 1863

The list of letters for Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 22 Oct 1863 – Page 3, column 3

A list of letters remaining uncalled for in the post office at Vevay, Ind., October 21, 1863:

  • Abbott, Mollie
  • Adams, Sarah
  • Asbery, Lucy
  • Alcoke, Julia
  • Allan, Marthia
  • Allen, Sarah
  • Brigham, Charles
  • Bush, Pearson
  • Banta, Phebe
  • Bonnell, Samuel
  • Bantain, Samuel
  • Clark, Jacob P
  • Cochrane, Marietta
  • Crunk, Mary E
  • Davis, Capt W F
  • Drake, L F
  • Dibble, John
  • Falkenburg, Jane
  • French, Lydia A
  • Grimes, Allen
  • Gilbert, Wm
  • Hays, Mollie
  • Heise, Ernest, foreign
  • Harden, Daniel
  • Hastings, John
  • Hemman, N
  • Hughes, Samuel
  • Hawkins, Cynthia J
  • Hickman, E M
  • Hanna, Cyntha
  • Lotton, Mary
  • Moser, Henry
  • Marsh, Wm. H.
  • McVey, Margaret
  • Nettelton, T W
  • Orem, Sarah
  • Orem, Mary J
  • Proman, Wm
  • Roberts, Wm
  • Reed, Rebecca
  • Reed, Elijah
  • Reed, Mary W
  • Shull, George
  • Shull, Mary E
  • Smith, Ann
  • Smith, Sarah
  • Stewart, Amelia F
  • Trout, Jesse
  • Tower, Esther
  • Trotter, John
  • Vaughan, Charlote
  • Woolery, Charles
  • Woolery, Bettie
  • Wiseman, Eliza
  • Wainscott, N
  • Walden, Amanda

J. WALDO, P.M.
Vevay, Oct. 22, 1863.

Vevay Thanksgiving April 1863 Closings

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.

Vevay List of Letters – Mar 1863

The following list of letters for Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 2 Apr 1863 – Page 2, Column 5

LIST OF LETTERS,
Remaining uncalled for in the Post Office at Vevay, Indiana, March 27, 1863, and which if not called for within two months, will be sent to the Dead Letter Office:

  • Adkinson, Alvah
  • Adams, James
  • Anderson, Martha E.
  • Bouhon, William
  • Bouhon, John
  • Bean, Jenna
  • Bakes, Hiram
  • Bailey, Mrs. E. C.
  • Bead, William
  • Bayne, John
  • Brown, John
  • Blunz, William
  • Cotton, Randolph
  • Cheeky, Joseph
  • Clark, W. P.
  • Cetting, John
  • Cotton, Ira
  • Dickerson, Mary H.
  • Dodd, Joseph
  • Ellis, Enos
  • Graham, Ann
  • Huston, Miss Mag
  • Hall, James
  • Holdcraft, George
  • Herbert, Charles
  • Hall, Samuel B.
  • Honaman, Nicholas
  • Hilanford, Joseph
  • Holden, Wm.
  • Karr, Elenis
  • Kraby, Edward T
  • Kane, Mrs. E. J.
  • Kane, Mrs. Jane
  • Lahr, Christiana
  • Lock, Wm.
  • Lock, Wm. P.
  • McVey, Mrs.
  • McCall, John
  • McMillon, Drucilla
  • Nugent, Ida
  • Newman, Patt
  • Oxley, William P.
  • Pate & McGune
  • Rayl, Eli
  • Stewart, Thomas A.
  • Stopher, Elli
  • Salve, Aurelia
  • Schaffner, Bernhard
  • Sandifer, Nanie E.
  • Walker, William
  • Wright, Alga
  • Welsmann, Chas. G.
  • Webber, Caroline

Persons calling for these letters will please say they have been “Advertised.”
March 27, 1863
J. WALDO, P. M.