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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1885
Page
2
A brief survey notes Atlanta leading with a hall costing 100000, while Nashville and Chattanooga aim for 50000 each and Selma Alabama pursues 25000. It also cites Ireland 1884 birth rate 24 and death rate 17.6 per 1000, with zymotic disease causing 7221 deaths.
In Lancaster South Carolina during a murder trial a witness admits drinking that day saying he felt it some but not in a romantic manner another testifies to a rainbow curve scene while his horse stands across the street cross examination sees taunts about drinking and a witness refusing a drink provoking incredulous laughter in court
In Paris last month a woman mistook a morgue body for her perfumer workplace father. The girl and siblings recognized clothing and identity, signed declarations, and traced the body to Mendon where their father had worked. They found him alive and well at Creteil, amused to learn he had died. The London Law Times questions why revisers favor judgement spelling.
An Independence Belge correspondent portrays Pope Leo as ascetic and diligent. Separately, Utah Mormons discuss moving headquarters to Sonora Mexico near Cruces, seeking a refuge beyond U.S. law. John Taylor travels to confirm a treaty with Yaqui Indians. Mexican troops gain a decisive victory, complicating Mormon plans amid polygamy laws.
A Newark newspaper interview with a uptown hair dye dealer explains why hair oil vanished from the market over a decade. He notes excessive grease harms hair and scalp, causing loss, while modern fluids dampen and fluff hair without oil and suit the current style.
A vivid Harper's Magazine description by BD. Miller praises southern Baltic farms. Rolling fields of yellow grain stretch to the horizon with dark farm houses and windmills on hilltops. A finely built highway, clumps of trees, and rich roadside flora frame an ideal agrarian landscape.
In Chile the government offers a five dollar bounty for each condor killed as Cornelius W. Ryerson recounts a five month expedition. He finds the condor wary, nesting at 12 000 to 18 000 feet, using snares and high perilous hunts, doubting extermination is possible.
A rich wife Gerda and a poor artisan wife Hulda share visits as each displays art and music in lavish home contrasted with a humble cottage. Hulda reveals signs of a child’s presence and the beauty of a baby’s shoes inspiring Gerda to weep at life’s true treasure.
An old discussion traces nursing from a luxury in hospitals to a refined art shaped by better training. It notes lingering prejudice against professional nurses, remnants of the old order, and the dangers of coarse ignorance and arrogance in caregiver roles.
The piece reflects on 1871 Senate debates and Newspaper Row on Fourteenth Street revealing press influence on Congress. It surveys parliamentary privilege, journalist ethics, and anecdotes from Lincoln era including Fred Douglass at Lincoln’s inauguration and social scenes in Hartford with Fanny Fern.
In a Pueblo visit through dry red sandstone valleys in New Mexico, explorers find doorways high on cliffs and rooms preserved for centuries. Buckskin Joe guides to a rock stair and a close call with danger ends when a mistaken bear encounter turns humorous.
Henry Ward Beecher recalls meeting Fanny Fern as a girl in Hartford. He describes her at Catherine Willis School as simple Sara Willis, a lively and attractive pupil among sisters and riders. The reminiscence notes their early social circle and familiar names.
The Cleveland Leader quotes Abraham Lincoln recounting a double reflection in a swinging mirror after an election. Lincoln describes twin faces seen in the mirror, one paler, and a recurring vision that troubles him until he resigns to rest. His wife interprets it as an omen about a possible second term. The piece ends with Barber’s Gavette urging action and confidence.
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