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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1882
Page
2
The report notes the Brooklyn Bridge will not open to traffic until July 4, 1883. It also covers disparate items from a Texas girl’s accidental death after a window entry, to notices about Mrs. Ann S. Stemvens, the Jumbo engine, and various city clerks and weather predictions. The summary includes a mix of anecdotes and public notices with historical and regional details.
The section presents detailed population figures by race and gender including native white, foreign white, and colored groups. It lists totals for children five and under and youths up to twenty, with ages 90 and over also tallied, followed by a critical speech by President Steel of the Philadelphia Board of Education decrying memorization focused schooling and urging broader intellectual development.
A feuil letoniste Schlabendorf who sided with the Girondists is sentenced to death by Robespierre but delays his execution by a joke about his beds and boots. He is spared as the revolutionary terror ends, and he is freed with others who survived. Nearby Brunswick, Germany, has 1500 acres of asparagus yielding 190 dollars per acre, with a canning factory employing 1000 workers.
A verse from Century Magazine follows Sir Jones, a poor man who adores a wealthy lady. He buys a stately buggy ride on a Fourth of July holiday, hoping for courtship, but returns disappointed as she refuses. The tale ends with his vow that the day become a black-letter date.
Jacob Graves, a stern farmer with strict discipline, denies his sons a Fourth of July outing. Two tramps attack him in the barn, and overheard by his boys, his view begins to soften. Listening, he recalls his own youth and vows to change, realizing he treated them as machines and fearing their departure.
Jacob Graven pretends to suffer a sunstroke to delay change, then resolves to keep his family values and farm life as his sons return with hay. His wife aids in maintaining the pledge, shaping a lasting bond as Fred reaches majority and agrees to stay on the farm.
A Chicago Inter Ocean summary notes divers reaching deep depths in wreck salvage and mining pumps. It cites Hooner’s seven descents to 201 feet and a 42 minute stay, plus records in the Firth of Forth and herring spawn dredging. It explains extreme underwater pressure and the need for nerve and practice for deeper work.
German statistics reveal lower mortality for naturally nursed children versus wet or artificial feeding, with 18.2, 29.33, 60, and 80 deaths per 100 in respective groups. Wealth differences show long-term survival advantages for the well-off: 943 of 1,000 prosperous survive after 5 years, 557 after 50, 235 after 70. total average life 60 vs 52 years in the poor. Belgian land values rise sharply. Me Grarray notes lands worth £192 million in 1846, £440–480 million by 1880. Farm rents climb from £1 to £1 4s per hectare in 1800 to higher levels in 1866. French Canadians in New England number over 500,000. Lancaster Maine grows from 1,000 to 6,000 in a decade.
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