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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1886
Page
2
The Register reports a Los Angeles jury finding John Doe Lafarts and Josephine Lafarts not guilty of disorderly conduct while requesting jury fees. The piece notes a riot gun's rapid fire and buckshot power, with rounds penetrating wood at long range.
A Louisville woman claims milliners set prices to fit customers budgets after failing to buy a bonnet for 25 dollars. Her servant later bought the same bonnet for 12 dollars. Also a portrait of Southern poet Pau Harne by an admirer describes his slight build and poised, poem like gestures with brown eyes and a gray brown mustache.
A New York barber unveils a rubber sheet bib with a central neck hole that fits tightly around the throat. The device traps loose hairs and prevents collar soiling, sparing wearers from towel swathing and dampness.
An Indian funeral procession in eastern Oregon features a defunct mounted on a horse with lashings keeping the body upright and the head unbound, while the widow in mourning paint rides a mule behind, whipping the animal as the procession moves. The piece also notes varied views on opium, French Indo China usage, and a starving vegetable diet community in Anaheim, California centering on Walter Lockwood Thales and Mrs. Hinde.
The article recalls Leopold von Ranke as a lively conversationalist who enjoyed society and lunch with the Belgian king, yet maintained rigid regularity in study and avoided correspondence. It notes his remark that daily two hours of letter writing could yield two good octavo volumes per year and mentions the rise of photography with 30,000 amateurs and a new camera that captures photographs via a crank and glass plate.
The report notes camera work and equipment costs for photographers, then shifts to British loot in Burma and auction plans in Mandalay and Calcutta. It recalls the Sepoy rebellion as a warning against annexation. In Texas Pecos Valley drought has wiped out cattle, with March rain missing and February 1887 forecast. South America's rainfall extremes are highlighted, from Venezuela to Peru.
A new Richmond biography profiles John Ranpourg of Roanoke at 43, depicting his hair, complexion, and striking features. The portrait highlights a beardless, plump face, hazel inquisitive eyes, and delicate teeth, with meticulous attire and deliberate, graceful manner. His voice is described as a well toned flageolet.
Balti more resident Mr Samonel Hoopman holds two winged bats preserved in alcohol, allegedly found embedded in a solid coal lump at Swanton mine Barton Allegheny County by Anthony Rees. Rees claims the bats were alive nine days after release and that coal impressions were formed. Casts of the impressions were made. The case to be considered by the Maryland Academy of Sciences, with prior toad finds noted as context.
A Datcott Free Press item recounts Mabel describing after school misbehavior. She stayed after class, claiming she outpaced Sammie White in spelling and caused a minor classroom disturbance. The mother reacts with concern about the delay and the child's anxiety.
A historical sketch traces Sir Joseph Porter and Secretary Robeson antics aboard a ship in 1879, quotes Webster and Judge Dudley, and recalls Georgetown’s development from a tobacco port to a bustling town. It notes postwar canal projects, trade with New England, and changes after Boss Shepherd’s improvements.
General D. H. Hill reflects in the Century on postwar reconciliation, recalling Southern valor in both Union and Confederate ranks. He contrasts French humiliation with English civil indifference, praising courage, endurance, and fidelity to principle across sides of the conflict.
A Cincinnati auction scene features a white haired man who habitually bids on old sofas, claiming a knack for uncovering gold under cushions. An 1867 or 1868 sale sparked the habit after a $4 purchase revealed a $1,000 leather bag of gold.
A comic tales collection features a buyer duped by a seller about a well in a land sale with a boastful response about the water and a punchy theater quip. The Arkansaw Traveler style exchange ends with a sharp line from a theater confrontation. The humor centers on exaggerated claims and quick retorts between strangers and a caller.
A Scotsman recounts fending off a black boa in Panama while grazing on mangoes. He wrestles the snake in a life hung balance, finally freeing a knife from his pocket and using it to separate the constrictor from his body. The tale emphasizes danger, grit, and survival.
A New York Ledger piece reflects on common superstitions from daily habits to wedding omens. It notes fear of the left moon, umbrella indoors, salt spills, trinket loss, and the Rothschilds anecdote, while confessing personal superstition about opals and the mind's rudimentary vanity.
Sub-editor jokes about handling the cowboy poet as the managing editor clarifies only taking poetry if it contains a catarr life content and, if so, minimal reliance on it. The exchange hints at curatorial caution rather than actual news.
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