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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1884
Page
3
A Dakota blizzard described as a deadly, fury driven storm with small dry snow whipped by powerful winds. Visibility collapses, drifts build ten feet high, and survivors risk freezing. The air roars like steam with a constant, piercing wind and obscured terrain, making navigation and shelter vital.
A ruddy faced milkman from the West describes his rise from delivering milk to creating a dairy monopoly through spreading town gossip. By sharing scandal and invented tales, his drivers attract customers who pay a premium for his milk, enabling expansion to four towns and steady profits.
A detailed description explains fitting a thin board to the mantel shelf and covering it with satin to outline the open work. It covers joining antique insertions, edging, and the front to hide the board, with chenille tassels between points. It notes possible extensions to the edges and suitability for sleeping rooms with lace trimmed curtains.
Ben Perley Poore recalls Horace Greeley’s boyhood in Poultney Vermont. Rollins Mallary, congressman from Vermont, described a young compositor there whose awkward stick work and pale flaxen hair marked him as the greenest apprentice. Mallary predicted the boy would become a remarkable man.
Detroit Free Press recounts a colored man who sought to burn his house for insurance profit. He offered to insure for 400 dollars and pay 3 dollars premium, hoping to avoid jail by causing a fire. The stall-keeper warned that such arson would land him in prison for at least ten years.
The piece argues laughter can be cultivated like a musical voice with practice. It likens a fine laugh to a bell and bird song, urging women to train grace and carriage to enhance charm. It compares laughing tones to speaking or singing tones and calls the effort worthwhile.
Practical advice on detecting deadly gases in cesspools cisterns and old wells. Lower a pan with gunpowder ignited by live coals to explode the mixture, then drop a lighted candle. If the candle stays lit after the blast the descent is deemed safe.
A downtown dressmaking shop scene shows a customer pressuring staff about alterations. The shopgirl replies that the fitter can adjust only if she sees fit, and the customer declares the dress a misfit before leaving.
An English writer notes that pure primaries do not appear in flowers, with red blue yellow mixed in various blooms. Humboldt and Brewster discuss red green blue as primaries. The Rafitesia Arnoldi is the largest known flower, lacking a proper stem or leaves, with blooms 2 inches to 3 feet across, decaying after a few days. Merit becomes known despite lack of reward.
Flooded residents endure damaged homes farms and bridges while miasma breeds disease. Advertisements urge Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to guard against malaria and ailments of stomach liver and nerves. Other notices tout butter color with Wells Richardson color, Kidney Wort benefits, Lydia Pinkham’s Compound, and various tonics and nostrums from Wells & Richardson Co, Caswell Hazard Co, and Ely.
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