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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1893
Page
2
The Register reflects on the sting of anonymous letters, noting the peril of opposing friends, the integrity of true men, and the power of a signed note. It recalls 827 phrases for love while describing the shy, gasping plea of a young man proposing.
Reformers in various lines find food for thought in the fact that the value of tobacco consumed annually in the United States reaches 350 million dollars, or nearly six dollars per person.
A San Francisco burglar, found guilty, inherited thirty thousand dollars too late to avert his transfer to San Quentin. Justice could not foresee the penniless man becoming innocently wealthy, leaving him unable to escape the fate of capital punishment.
The text estimates global populations of animals with 1.5 billion humans, 500 million sheep, 300 million cattle, 100 million hogs, and 60 million horses, then suggests continuing the list.
Two revolutions pass with about ten progress in Honduras as noncombatants are crowded slightly yet silent. The speaker muses that though two revolutions feel like a lot, the alternative of no revolution would be dull.
A reflective passage describing daily human life from childhood to old age. It contemplates fresh morning innocence, noon disillusionment, and night worn weariness, portraying the continuous passage of time shaping feeling. The speaker emphasizes how lives traverse stages amid perpetual change.
Miss Frances Fe. Willard, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the United States, was greeted with the pleasantest reception on record by English colleagues who competed to show her comfort and hospitality during her visit.
A Sacramento vote promptly defeated an amendment aimed at cutting attorneys fees. The proposal faced strong resistance from lawyers who would be busy drafting effective measures, reducing its chances and prompting swift rejection.
A Pennsylvania man hired a young woman to collect debts from his customers. The plan backfired as customers, charmed by her looks and courtesy, stopped paying to lure her back for more calls.
A Sacramento Bee article reports the California Legislature voted to relocate the state capital from Sacramento to San Jose, provoking outrage among lawmakers who are described as a voting majority of unique idiots.
The Reverend Madison Peters of New York argues that top houses rarely pay more than seven dollars weekly, with averages around four to four fifty. Cashiers earn from one to two fifty weekly. He praises the girls for their honesty despite low wages.
A gentleman avoids humor at the expense of those he hardly knows. He would not ride free at their cost or beg a favor at his tailor. It is bad manners and poor policy to discomfort others merely for a laugh.
A convicted burglar known as "Gentleman George" faced the bar in Providence where he cursed loudly and demonstrated his claim to being a gentleman is a misnomer. He received a twenty five year sentence with no clear record separating burglary from gentlemanly conduct.
A St. Louis doctor missing for six years returns home claiming he spent the period in voluntary exile. He explains he sought self denial asceticism and mortification as a personal discipline.
The remark suggests flesh as a path to universe’s mysteries, noting exile was unnecessary and criticizing sending the subject to St. Louis. It frames the debate as mortification versus insight, with a critical tone on separation from home.
A recurring pattern of executive clemency for bank wreckers continues. In four years four terms have been granted among offenders trusted with bank management. Among those pardoned are Harper who collapsed Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati and the duo Classen and Simmons whose actions ruined three banks.
The British lion tires of Yankee genius and presents an exhibit of English railway progress. The display, from the London and North Western Railway shops, shows a locomotive tender and passenger carriage. Americans may be glad to view it, and the piece hints that American rail transit leads, yet welcomes improvements from England or elsewhere.
The passage imagines sculpting Ada Rehan’s statue in butter or ice cream as a risqué act, while condemning such display in butter. It notes Montana offered silver honors and urges New York to match the gesture, reflecting public taste and artistic tribute.
Customs officers report seizures of opium on steamers between the Orient and San Francisco. In a recent haul 1,000 tins valued at $10,000 were hidden between the hold’s false and real floors on the Oceanic. Despite clever concealment, officers argue ship personnel bear no responsibility. A single seizure has little effect. advocates urge thorough investigation of vessel officers to curb trafficking.
A criminology treatise notes 44 percent of 98 young male criminals did not blush when examined while 81 percent of 122 female criminals did not blush. It argues fiction should invert emotion cues, with men blushing less and women showing subtler cheek sensitivity, including ear blush.
The excerpt contrasts imagined progress for women with observed social behavior in public spaces. It cites a World-Herald quote praising bravery in emergencies while noting persistent acts of backward behavior such as getting off a moving car.
A cautionary verse from the Detroit Free Press urges readers to distrust smooth talkers who promise easy money or lavish giveaways. It warns that those who offer wealth are likely to demand a price or trap, and that anything truly valuable comes with risk and strings attached.
In Grenoble Mme Pipelet’s dramatic widowhood ends when she flees with M Raoul to Italy leaving a wax figure of her dead husband behind. The figure, later sold for six francs fifteen centimes, reappears in Paris as the Cage of Cartouche in a street show, revealing the likeness to Bertrand Pipelet.
The article explains why many fruits lack seeds and how seedless varieties like Thompson seedless grapes and certain oranges arise. It notes pollination is typically needed for fruit, that seedless forms propagate by cuttings or buds, and discusses natural and artificial selection versus long term evolution from seeded ancestors.
A physician argues that hair abundance signals brain power and that bald men are deficient in intellect. He claims hairs connect to the brain by nerves and loss of them means loss of power, with baldness linked to sudden death in many cases. He urges gentle scratching and stimulating soap as a cure.
A Harper's Weekly account details the moss-grown 1606 Yellow sandstone cottage in Little Brington Northamptonshire where Laurence Washington ancestor of George Washington lived. It notes the Sulgrave church burial slab for Laurence and AME, the coat of arms misinterpreted, and Washington's aristocratic habits and lavish Mt. Vernon establishment.
A physician argues baldness is a disease outside old age and urges timing of hair loss. He cites headaches, study, and mind or body suffering as triggers, notes women are less affected, and recommends hygienic care, avoiding hats, regular washing, and daily friction to maintain thick hair.
Mr Rushem of Rushem and Co., urges his general manager Mr Stiremup to push harder with the traveling man in St Louis. He insists on personal calls to secure business, stating trades must be dug out, and notes he is too busy to see the life insurance solicitor or daily paper advertiser who may persist.
Scrub cattle are described as the most expensive luxury for United States farmers, costing more than monopolists could ever extract. The stock is labeled the seed that drains wealth daily, with a satirical note that even a gas light accuses a candle of wickedness.
A transportation report tallies 600 million passengers rode American railroads in the previous year, underscoring sustained demand and travel by rail nationwide. The figure highlights strong usage across major routes and regional services.
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