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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1868
Page
1
The Register lists subscription prices, payment terms, and policy on arrears. It details advertising rates for local notices, quarter and half column placements, placing emphasis on advance payment and job-work charges.
Folin A McClernand presided as he praised the Democratic and Conservative Soldiers and Sailors Convention in Cooper Institute. He contrasted sweeping Democratic support for Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair with weak Grant backing, praising Seymour's independence and Blair's leadership. The address ended urging Illinois support and denouncing Sabbath-criticizing reformers from Gloucester.
An eight honn-a-ding husband returning home finds his wife on the front stoop in fine clothes reading travel volume. He asks for supper and she says she began breakfast at approximately one o'clock yesterday and ended at two o'clock this afternoon.
A five year old in an uptown home, hungry at bedtime, questions whether starving children would be happy after death. The reply is a request for bread and butter to sate immediate hunger.
A poor laboring man in Detroit laments high costs under reform, declaring he voted for the ticket before prices tripled from seventy five cents to three dollars. He signals a demand for change amid national political debates about Grant's nomination.
A reflective old picture shows a king labeled I govern all along with a bishop praying motto I pray for all a soldier fighting for all and a farmer reluctantly paying I pay for all. The saying suggests more truth than poetry in the idea.
A letter from Francis 2 Buss accepting the Democratic nomination for Vice President is published. He criticizes opponents as seeking to absorb national power, denounces Reconstruction policies, and urges voters to back the Democratic candidate to restore the Constitution and peace. The text includes commentary on civil rights, Congress, and presidential responsibilities. Also included are unrelated child’s composition about girls and preferences.
A Paris Times item contrasts the bondholder and the laboring masses over taxed burdens. It notes the bondholder’s comforts and the millions’ voting power at the polls to challenge taxes. A second note recalls four year old Carrie attending church with her aunt and describing a preacher as the best she ever heard.
A fragmentary critique notes how merchants who advertise lure more customers while those who do not face empty streets. The text samples quirky ad copy about oysters and chickens served by polite staff, then veers into scattered, unrelated lines on opinions, fibers, and odd facts without clear cohesion.
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