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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1889
Page
2
The Register notes King of Greece buys clothing in London and the Queen in Paris. It records zoo additions, land purchases in New Zealand, and a New York white roses omen. Various brief items cover a New Jersey prize fight, a Nassau pink pearl sale, prohibition of Sunday sacred concerts, and World curiosities from Russia to Japan.
The article surveys various topics from English public pensions for the widow of astronomer Richard Proctor to a London habit of arousing tips with splashed coats. It describes a flashlight signal for trains in England, a New York street incident with a police officer watching a quarrel, a Maine boy’s odd escape with loaded items, Rosebery’s portrayal and dowry, a deadly hailstorm in North Carolina, clergy seeking consular posts, a Glasgow posting’s literary appeal, and a Havre rail mishap due to locked carriages.
In a fragmentary exchange the speaker questions Riley on the Poet of the Future. They debate whether the future bard will be male or female, whether bugles and pearls suit the singer, and if labor songs may belong to a woman. The piece ponders gender, vocation, and public reception.
A lawyer recalls how circumstantial clues sway juries and recounts two Ohio and Kentucky cases. In Lossing's murder, a dog’s blood-soaked paw and a saddle theft shift suspicion from Graham to Foster, who is hanged. A second Meyer case tests truth under fear and rumor, with a graveyard trail and thorn prints guiding doubt about guilt.
In a tale of a frail Meyers and a strong victim, Dan Crmmings, once a lover of the murdered woman, confesses to choking her after a night encounter on a bridge. A jewelers clue and police work reveal Crmmings as the killer. Meyers is cleared, Crmmings dies by suicide while awaiting trial.
An expedition recounts hornbills nests and a colossal boa. A Malay crew lassoes the serpent around its neck, drags it from a tree, and cages the animal for transport. The party notes the boa’s size and feasting habits, and observes monkey cunning in the wild.
A Canadian lawyer Daniel King was run over and killed in Orilla at 2 am. His brother informed their father at daylight, who reported seeing Daniel at the window three times that night. The exchange reveals a local family reaction and an odd remark about the deceased.
A humorous but vivid Illinois piece recounts a raccoon seeking oysters along a shore. The creature nabs a shellfish but its paw is caught as tidal forces rise. Descriptive prose follows the struggle, gnawing, and eventual fate of the animal amid the seaward surge.
A clergyman’s daughter who reads to a bedridden woman gains praise for her reading of Isaac. The old woman tires of Isaac, prompting the girl to explain she simplifies long biblical names by calling all men Isaac. The tale notes how many polysylabic names become easier for her.
A teacher tests with a cat and dog paw riddle. Students note the cat scratches while the dog bites, then a boy blurts kittens in the back row. The teacher planned a moral but ends the lesson with the humorous punchline.
A fragment recalls Bulker failing to repay a five dollar loan, prompting snide remarks about the debt. The exchange hints at escalating expectations and a hoard of imagined sums as a joke about borrowing and repayment grows.
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