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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1890
Page
2
A jumble of curiosities and misreported facts spans medical history, odd animal incidents, a British Columbia locomotive mishap, and a tale of bowdlerized Scottish clergy. Highlights include claims on the world’s first hospital, a horse devouring hats in Norristown, Atlantic breakers’ force, a San Francisco locomotive fall, and a humorous anecdote about Cantucky Depew.
The editors recount Edward Bellamy replying from a resort that health limits his attendance at his great-grandfather Dr. Joseph Bellamy’s Fourth of July ceremonies. The column then shifts to alarming English child insurance and infant murder cases, noting young lives insured for one to ten dollars and profits from dissections.
A fox fled from a hid ing place while hounds pursued. the pack trailed the fox across rocky terrain. The lead rider spotted the mother fox pausing and then fleeing, carrying a cub two miles in her teeth. The participants halted the chase and rewarded the mother by calling off the dogs and continuing the day elsewhere.
In a downtown ward tale from the New York Star, four parched constituents pool a quarter to “raise the wind” and trick a pawnbroker into issuing an old silver coin ticket. They sell the ticket to the alderman for two dollars, then reclaim the coin from the pawnshop. The alderman reacts with rage, then laughs at the incident, calling it a good joke.
An essay argues that continuous education does not guarantee beauty across races and classes. It contrasts diverse groups from Africa to Asia, notes physical traits linked to caste, and critiques royal lineage, while citing figures and fictional examples to claim intellect often diverges from appearance.
A New York World tease outlines cash advance rackets by money lenders who accept forged paper. A victim, the son of a wealthy retired merchant, borrowed nearly 10000 on three checks. The family sent him abroad. a lawyer demanded repayment to avert indictment while hinting at arrest for the forger.
Readers offer varied requests from puzzles and French columns to book synopses and Sunday sermons. Editors face limits, cannot publish every request, and a newspaper cannot become a complete songster or source for all latest tunes.
An 1814 Paris draw with Peter Julian Laurent, a knife grinder, paying 800 francs to substitute for war service for Ulysses Gaudin. Laurent dies within four months. his widow and later his son receive stipulated annuities. Court orders Gaudins to continue payments, Laurent reportedly healthy and calculating the total cost and capitalized value since 1814. Includes a cautionary note about a man fleeing by woods when chased by a bull.
The sturgeon fishery on Delaware Bay and adjacent New Jersey waters has emerged as a major industry. Fishermen report the season just closed as the most valuable in history, with sturgeon valued for roe, skin, and oil. Caviar, shipped to Germany and Russia, fuels rising prices and a notable sturgeon war between states.
A group of six officers from tramp steamers plus a 13 year old in half naval attire visit a Washington Market all night eatery. They order mutton chops veal cutlets and a soft shell crab with beer and mince pie followed by vanilla ice cream and mint juleps. No illnesses or deaths are reported aboard any foreign vessel in port.
A reader cites improvements in a family once poor who gained steady work and a modest wage. Criticism grows over charity versus direct labor support, noting wages for finishing pantaloons at three cents and rent costs of eight to ten dollars a month. A Harper's 1856 prophecy about listening devices is referenced.
A dissipated up-town youth quarrels with his rail magnate father and fatefully protects a desperate New York girl on a Bleeker Street dock. He reforms, wins back his father’s favor, grows rich, sails to Europe with a wife and child, and returns to a fashionable life, the wife becoming a noted ornament of society.
Joseph Jefferson recalls a London mishap during his Rip Van Winkle tour when his wig and beard were on full display before an unwitting crowd. A nervous attack followed, but he believes a continuous fit of laughter cured his dyspepsia amid the sensational exposure.
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