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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1892
Page
2
A scattered column mocks government waste in small towns, salon debates on cosmetics, and political blunders. It laughs at New Jersey race swindles, notes Lord Tennyson versus Chicago, and critiques a Behring Sea solution. It also jokes about a New York Assembly barbering bill and Sunday rasor use.
A Detroit editorial argues Jay Gould's ten thousand dollars should be used for a worthy purpose if churchmen cannot accept it. It defends self respect as moral ballast and condemns impropriety while noting cake walks in several cities revive interest in a peculiar caricature of Black anatomy.
A discussion on using the cake walk as a fashionable diversion and reflections on newspaper practices in London and Memphis. The piece critiques complacent journalism and jokes about cosmetics safety law proposals, ending with hopes for a clear legal resolution.
An editorial denounces lynch law and praises James Williams of Forsythe Missouri who risked his life to protect a prisoner. It urges government pursuit of murderers without politics or sectarian bias and calls all good citizens to join the effort.
A lively miscellany on eggs mixes folklore and playful crafts with practical notes. It surveys egg colors from nature, cascarones and egg dances in Mexico, old Easter customs, and famous egg events while offering production and import figures for the United States and digestibility facts.
The text lists rare patterns for Easter dates noting March 22 as the earliest possible when March 21 is a full moon falling on a Saturday, with historical occurrences in 1098 1761 1817 and future mentions for 1990 2076 2144. It also states Easter never falls after April 25, with examples 1666 1734 1886 and a next such instance in 1948.
The article describes Good Friday and Easter traditions across Europe. In London sixty boys from Christ's Hospital School attend divine service at All Hallows' Church and receive a bun a penny and raisins. In West Smithfield widows pick up a sixpence from a churchyard tomb, a custom repeated for 500 years. In Strobeck Germany children learn chess and the three best boys and three best girls win inscribed chess-boards.
Poetic verse praising dawn light and lilies as angels in the sky. It invokes apple blossoms, white clouds, and cherub imagery to bless a joyful march and the waking of a feast with harmonious wings.
The article traces hypnotism from ancient Asia and Persian magi to Greek church practices and modern stage tricks. It links mesmerism telepathy and suggestion to historical cures, exorcisms, and famed demonstrations, noting their prevalence and evolving interpretation through centuries.
The French Society for the Advancement of Science notes dangers from excessive meat and poorly kept meat. Cheptomaines form poisonous substances the kidneys cannot expel. Professor Verneuil urges remedies, citing Reclus on cancer linked to carnivorous habits.
A teacher poses a riddle about twenty yards of fabric and an eighteen yard dress. A discussion ensues on how much fabric a dressmaker would return or waste. The girl suggests even the most honest dressmakers cut fabric wastefully, leaving little to nothing.
Two young Lowenstein sisters, daughters of a San Francisco wholesale merchant, occupy a land claim in Washington between Hadlock and Port Ludlow. They took up the claim two years ago, built their cabin, and cleared twenty acres with a neighbor four miles away. A Swiss Alpine central station at Pontresina sits about 6000 feet above sea level.
Madame Modjeska amused a Fifth Avenue party by reciting no-name Polish verses, then revealed she had simply counted from 1 to 230. The guests enjoyed her expressive gestures and were unaware of the lack of a text.
The California liquid laxative Syrup of Figs earns public approval for its pleasant taste and gentle cleansing action on the kidneys liver and bowels. It promotes health and comfort and is claimed as the best and only remedy by millions of users.
A quotation from Blackwood's Magazine mocks learning Chinese detailing mispronunciations of dios to God and the absurdities of Chinese grammar. The narrator recalls two men studying Chinese and discarding a grammar after discovering T has 145 pronunciations, concluding poetry is lacking in the language.
Prospectors urged to claim parcels on the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservations opened for sale by presidential proclamation in Oklahoma. Land lies near Henessey Dover Kingfisher El Reno and Minco, with Rock Island trains serving Chicago Kansas City and Denver routes. A sectional map of each land parcel is offered free by John Senastean G T and P A C T I and BP Ry Chicago.
A well known man aged around fifty two in New Haven Connecticut never smoked until after forty five. He now uses about two hundred cigars each month as a habit and pastime advancing with age.
A historical newspaper fragment advertises a 3 inch display promotion by The Dr Harter Medicine Co claiming every weekly issue contains a unique word and that sending the word yields a free YOU BOOK. It promises “Beautiful Lithographs” and free samples amid quips about sarcasm and aging, plus testimonials of efficacy and a 25 cent price.
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