Humble Harmony and Courtship Tales in New Harmony
A composite page from The New Harmony Register blends advertising rates, verse lament, and serialized humor. It recites subscription costs, column pricing, and legal ad rates, then transitions to long verse on lost music and a comic tale of Mrs Hunter and Professor La Fontaine, ending with a satirical animal ear essay and a nautical anecdote about a grog-seeking sailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hunter
Bachelor Bunting
la Fontaine
Mr. Bunting
Prof. la Fontaine
Opera House
Monsieur la Fontaine
Bunting
New Dry Goods Store Opens With Millinery Dept
severed his connection with Wm. A. Kight announces a new store for dry goods nations millinery groceries and school books stationery in the former Rogers room later Hugo place Mrs Mary Drinkwater will run the millinery department offering hats silks ribbons flowers lace and ornaments thanking customers for past patronage and hoping for continued support Marl 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Kight
James FE. Rogers
John R. Hugo
Mary Drinkwater
Farmers Creed and the Practical Farm Ethic
A concise, period voice outlines farming ideals emphasizing small diversified farms, timely grain selling, humane stock care, and shelter for fodder. It argues soil enrichment through deep subsoil plowing, orderly farms, and using economy and intelligence as the true fertilizer, with emphasis on good tools and proper maintenance.
A Candid Opinion on Confidence in Law
A young attorney asks an aged lawyer how to overcome stage fright when addressing a jury. The mentor warns that if lack of confidence is the issue it will fade, but if it is lack of brains the young man should sell his effects and buy a pickax.
No Use to Him Spark Arresters Stir Detroit Laughs
An old-fashioned Detroit resident rejected a spark arrester for a new fireplace. He mocked the device, saying it blocks him from tossing tobacco through the grate and would force him to move it or open a window. The dealer claimed it prevented sparks from reaching the carpet, but the man dismissed it as useless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Woman’s rights journal denounces bride giving tradition
A women’s rights journal denounces the custom of giving a bride away as a relic of old opinion that daughters are slaves of a father. It notes English wives could not choose spouses until the tenth century and mentions other European countries adopting rights later. The journal asserts no woman with free will will submit to being given away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stericks
Bachelor Bunting
Mrs. Hanter
Missus
Madame
Alphonse
Jese
Peggy
Biddy
Mr. Bunting
Mr. Buntin
Mrs. Hunter
Ear
England
Why the Youngs Lady Left in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati Inquirer reporter visits a hotel to interview Gen. Sherman. A young lady, with a footman present, sends up her card. Sherman declines politely, then a rude card from the lady drops to the floor disputing the event and leaving the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Gen. Sherman
One More Reformer Leaves Mt Carmel
The Mt Carmel Register recalls Charles Brower a reformer once admired for piety and good looks who vanished after thefts at Mt Carmel. Missed wages and a missing watch triggered detective work and Brower fled with help from friends heading toward Halaworth and Mills. Creditors remember him as gone, yet not forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brower
Charles
Mt. Carmel
M. J. Habberton
Brower
Orth
Halaworth and Mills
Mt. Carmel Register
Richest City Frankfort on the Main in world terms
The city of Frankfort on the Main, with about 100000 inhabitants, is cited as the richest of its size. It houses hundreds of millionaires, a $200,000,000 banking capital led by Rothschilds, and over $100,000,000 in annual bills of exchange.
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Frankfort
Germany
Europe
Bile of Exchange
German Empire
Prussia
von Falkenstein
A Railway Temperance Lecture Ends With A Warning
A passenger with a red ribbon recounts a man once promising and prosperous who, after yielding to alcohol, fell from wealth to beggary. He notes the man married, had children, and built a brewery later, contrasting illusionary rise with a fall revealing the dangers of drinking. The tale ends with a punchline: the man becomes a congressman owning a $50,000 brewery.
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Congress
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NEW Harmony Register
Olume
UMBER
the Register
Caw. Slater
Hilton Head
Blue Jackets
Jack
Boston Transcript
New York Mercury
Animal Kingdom
Geo. W. Engler
TAIS
Kight & Co
W. A. Kight
G. W. Engler
W. A
Board of County Commissioners
Posey County
Main Street
Church and Tavern
New Harmony
Indiana
Peter Heckman
William Hartman
Main St
Bet
Vick
Illustrated Monthly
James Vick
Rochester
Farmers’ Creed
Youngs
Pavio
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