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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1889
Page
2
A collection of curious items from The Register touches on American presidency odds for males, a California grape venture, grain tax drama in Minneapolis, and a wide range of oddities from Europe and America. It mentions Thomas Arnold, Buckle-like remarks on the Prince of Wales debt, and odd local anecdotes from Missouri to Kentucky.
Readable notes recount Ruskin on Wales and England, a Dutch stable keeper’s cloud burst in New York, Ex-Kon Minan of Servia in Paris, and rare debts. It covers 1 000 pulp mills, large paper buyers like Harper Brothers, and Belgian exploits. It finalizes with Lynch’s law origins and Col Lynch’s kin.
A verse urging humility and mutual aid as fortunes rise and fall. It contrasts wealth and health, warns against complacency, and calls for solidarity with the poor. The piece stresses that riches change and labor sustains all, ending with a plea to help those less fortunate.
Harold Carrolton suspects his wife Ethel of infidelity after finding a torn note and watching her with Frank Shefland. He endures jealousy until a cousin’s visit reveals Ethel writes stories for pay and plans a birthday surprise, restoring trust and ending in happiness.
The inspection of railroad employees for color blindness is seen as an innovation aiding safety by preventing signal misreadings. Tests focus on red, green, black, and white signals. temporary loss of color perception can reverse with rest. Causes are not fully understood but exposure and eye strain with gaslight contribute, and while leniency exists, a persistent condition may lead to discharge.
A warning piece cites cheap candy practices and adulterants used in low-cost sweets. It notes terra alba kaolin and quartz in weight, arsenic chromium and lead for color, and rancid butter distilled flavors. Cheap chocolate may contain clay and burnt wine ash colors.
A circus balloon rose from Montgomery years ago and drifted eight or ten miles before landing in a plowed field. Terrified locals believed the chariot from Heaven announced judgment, except one old man who, bowing with polite deference, greeted the Lord with a respectful morning, uttering a humorous quip about leaving his father.
A prosecutor confronts a witness demanding if he ever joined a train robbery. The witness resists then admits, under oath, to a past life selling books and bananas on the cars for a year, as the judge insists on truth. His fear shows the pressure of the courtroom.
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