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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1876
Page
1
A vintage notice from The Register outlines subscription rates and strict payment rules. It lists ad rates for various column sizes and durations, requires advance payment for all ads, and specifies penalties for arrears and discontinuations. The document reflects early newspaper business practices and pricing structures.
Fragment from a poem recounting a sorrowful bride awaiting tidings of a departed lover. The speaker recalls a year of separation and the bride’s quiet sorrow, distrust, and eventual collapse as she learns the beloved has died, leaving no one to wait for the other.
The Democracy of Indiana proclaims fidelity to the federal constitution and a union of states, urging reform in government, sound finances, and honest public service. They denounce corruption, call for investigations, economy, and the restoration of trusted civil service, while supporting gold and silver currency and repeal of certain bank notes. They critique partisan action on currency and vow to push reforms nationwide.
The platform endorses nonsectarian common schools funded by a safeguarded common school fund, opposes sectarian schooling, supports liquor license regulation, and defends veterans' rights. It condemns federal debt for rebel assets, backs Hendricks as presidential candidate, and directs unicameral state delegation to vote as a unit in the Democratic National Convention.
Dolly Sanford, dusting in her family home, encounters Mark Vanderhuyten who courts her while she scorns him. A cruel April Fool’s letter from Dolly’s brother Rob triggers Mark’s vanity and Dolly’s pride. After a months long pursuit and a humiliating prank, Dolly learns Mark’s love is serious but he is financially ruined. In courtship and country trials, Dolly discovers Mark’s honesty and poverty, and they reunite after his inheritance comes too late for pride.
A Canadian Mariner tale describes Langley hunting geese at St Marys Bay when a moose and a porpoise are killed by a single bullet. The porpoise becomes a raft, revealing a honey-filled hollow tree and a rabbit snag leading to a covey of eighteen partridges. The Prince of Wales allegedly hunts tigers in India on elephants, with six tigers felled by his rifles, escorted only by necessity. A California tourist crosses Nevada mountains amid a four to twelve foot snowstorm, with reports of 389 inches of snowfall that winter.
A brief local note mentions Peking covering twenty five square miles, highlighting the city’s geographic scope and administrative footprint for readers.
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