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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1875
Page
1
The Register announces tax register subscription at 150 dollars yearly in advance or 2 dollars for a six month delay. The policy will be strictly enforced. No paper will be stopped until all arrears are paid, and failure to notify discontinuance will count as a new engagement.
The piece predicts vast changes if a new motor proves true, claiming steam, coal use, and flight would vanish as water and air power rise. It teases a world of cheaper transport, safer ships, and limitless applications, ending with a note on Keely’s imagined fortune.
A critical look at fashion reform advocates pinned back skirts and the ideal of modest display. The piece argues for honest, harmonious dress that reveals form through quality, not concealment, citing Greek and Renaissance examples and urging restraint alongside brilliancy.
A poetic burst condemns W. F. Gray as the root of moral failings and societal ills. The speaker accuses photography of spawning deceit suspicion lust greed and crime, claiming vice originates with it.
A man carries an object as he walks while a woman never walks she jumps runs dances capers and caracoles about the area described in the text. This contrast highlights differences in movement between the two figures.
A Rock county woman writes an old fiancé saying be patient a few months longer her husband has gone to the Black Hills and may be scalped by savages. The letter hints at regret over not marrying the former beau.
The text explains that fainting occurs from reduced brain blood flow. It advises keeping the head lower than the body and, if needed, laying the person down with the head below the heart to use gravity to restore consciousness. It notes that blood returns to the brain when recumbent and that restoring a fainting person by lying down was common practice.
A Des Moines couple climbed to the top of the new capitol building and discussed descending. The man offered to steady the ladder but the woman insisted she would go first, saying the ladder was steady enough.
A contemporary quip notes swallows skim air but not milk, asserting skim air is harder than skim milk. The speaker adds they have seen swallows skim water, calling it the next thing to milk and echoing a casual, humorous exchange.
The word hypochondriac comes from Greek roots. It denotes a mental disorder often tied to digestive imbalance and persistent health fears.
A North Carolina woman named Mrs. Gaskins reportedly weighs 640 pounds. A single stocking and her unusual shelling of coro are mentioned as notable details in a fragmentary item.
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