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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1891
Page
2
A collage of observations and quips on ex-presidents and politics, Kipling, public morals, and social foibles. It notes Uncle Sam’s European guests, a Detroit area barber record, a skeleton surplus in Chicago ice houses, and a Princess of Wales remark about minding her own business.
The piece mingles satirical notes on a drowning rescue story with editorials on Louisiana lottery opposition, Hebrew immigration efforts in St. Louis, and a long outlook on Australia’s vast Kimberley coast. It closes with Dr. Parsons’ influenza theory linking urban contagion to polluted city air.
William Winter, a noted poet, extols Thomas Gray in heartfelt prose for Elegy in a Country Churchyard. He argues the poem elevates language, consoles the sick, fuels soldiers and statesmen, and dignifies humane reflection.
A House of Commons curiosity recounts Erle Drax, longtime Dorsetshire MP for Wareham, who issued a pre nomination address denying reports that he sought tenants and dependents to vote for him. He called the lie a dastardly fabrication and asserted he had no such wish.
A whimsical poem where a bumble bee rests on a purple clover and observes creatures like a butterfly, a beetle and a cricket. The bee sings of distant lands with tropical rivers and snow crowned mountains while the beetle and cricket react to his tale until the bee ends alone on the clover.
A seasoned lawyer recounts defending Hamilton Duke in a murder case. Facing a looming noon execution, he races to secure a governor's reprieve via an unlikely female intermediary, endures a night on a stalled train and a grueling mountain trek, then finally delivers the reprieve through a messenger, saving Duke's life.
In a dramatic account from the Chicago Herald a butler claimed to have killed Mrs. Duke during a jewel theft and later manipulated the scene to shield his employer, Dale, from punishment. He confessed shortly before his own deathbed.
In Indian territory near Vinita a cook named MacMilan joined a hard western camp after five cooks quit in six weeks. When a bully demanded better food, Mac calmly forced the crew to eat his biscuits by threatening with pistols. The men ate, coffee and pork were praised, and Mac stayed months as the best cook west of the Mississippi.
A Boston Cour ier correspondent recounts a 1875 trip from Salt Lake City to Boston. In Omaha a rough man in frontier garb proves to be General William Tecumseh Sherman. A station boy jokes about owing Sherman two cents for a sheet of paper, with the general seen sending a telegraph dispatch to Washington.
A Cenipany writer recounts General Crook's unique council of war tactic in the California and Arizona campaigns. He never solicited or offered opinions, instead strolling from camp with his rifle, sitting beneath racks, crossing his legs, and rubbing the nose to signal a council in progress. The anecdote illustrates Crook's enigmatic leadership style amid frontier conflict.
A late 19th century medical note extols tepid baths for various conditions, stressing warmth as a relief factor. Historical cases from the Medical Record and Youth's Companion describe infants with intestinal colic and cholera infantum improved within minutes after immersion in 90°F water, followed by cooling cloths. The method is presented as a sedative for cerebral irritation and abdominal pain in young children, supplementing bowel cleansing.
A crowd on the corner of Kearney and Post drew Officer Hollis who found a man in underclothes on the sidewalk. Though feared dead, a submarine diving apparatus ownership sparked chaos as autopsy staff and coroner’s deputies fled the scene amid jeers.
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