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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1872
Page
1
A fragment from a column mocks lines inscribed to Ann Hathaway praising her wit and rhythm, then shifts to brief items about Robert Stewart supporting Greeley and James Kelly funding a trades school. It closes with a quip on dueling culture and a rhetorical needle about a bullet resembling a grazing sheep.
A Boston Globe correspondent recounts a curious art deal where a man buys a statuette, secretly leaves a canvas with the dealer, and later pays to acquire it while the picture stays with the dealer. The buyer ends up out 3500 francs after the owner finally sells the gem at 4000 francs. Also recounts John the fool of the New York Sun winning big at Long Branch as spectators hedge bets, yielding the narrator $40,000 while only $8 remains in his pocket.
An Iowa circus company owed an editor for advertising and refused to pay. The sheriff attached a Bengal tiger and paraded it to the newspaper’s composing room. The beast caused damage, the printers attacked the tiger, and the editor fled to the roof. The paper halted for a week, and even after the tiger was shot the editor slid down the water spout to escape.
In Boston Col Henry Wilson jokes with a small applicant seeking a commission during regimental fundraising. The recruit claims Civil War service at Bull Run and Wilson quips about running. In Iowa Warren County a nine foot six inch snake attacked a girl. a dog saved her and killed the serpent.
An aged gentleman known for a long patience and fine manners declares from the head of a table that a household hover will close exactly at noon today. The moment draws all eyes as his sheriff like pronouncement rings out, guiding descendants to conform.
Col Rice ends his editorial career in Atlanta after sinking over $1,500 to launch the Reporter. He laments Atlanta as the poorest town for a paper, blames lack of subscriptions and advertising, proclaims merchants selfish, and declares he is done with the newspaper business forever. He calls Atlanta a graveyard for newspapers.
The article notes long lived birds like an eagle in Vienna that died after 114 years and ravens at Selborne’s “raven tree” believed to have stayed for over 90 years. Thames swans, kept by the Vintner’s Company for five centuries, are said to live 150 years plus, while the dying swan myth claims the bird leaves water and dies silently.
An aging parish battle unfolds at St. Michael’s Southampton as Rev. Herbert Smith confronts Vicar over ritual practices. A scuffle with the Vicar ends with police custody for Smith while the service continues. The piece then shifts to moral exhortation and a closing shard of miscellaneous notes on culture and a village widow.
A Louisville Journal editor Geo D Prentice and Penn editor of the Advertiser once staged a hoax by faking a fresh issue with a copy of a recent murder story. Penn discovered the ruse and the prank sparked ongoing good humor as Prentice taunted Penn about news arriving by the slow steamer Waucousta commanded by Captain Dolerman.
The Printing Gazette notes the newsroom is not glamorous. It details how editors printers and publishers face long hours modest pay and high risk while striving for audience relevance and a reliable business model. It highlights citizen tips and overbearing notices that rarely justify print.
The harbor crossing from the mainland to Goat Island uses a buoyant boiler iron tube 20 feet across, supported by cables and buoys 30 feet below water. Engineers seek buoyancy equal to an 80 car train to minimize anchorage, with potential for submarine rail tubes if successful. A separate note mentions a Ne wtpant woman who wore nine diamond rings on one finger.
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