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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1877
Page
1
The Register charges in advance 150 dollars yearly or two dollars if payment is delayed six months. Discontinuations require notice or it is a new engagement. Advertising rates follow per square and column formats with various durations. All transient ads must be prepaid and job work paid on delivery.
The verse muses on a bird and its mate, a leafy summer, and a bee sampling each flower. It questions why one should fear to seek, sip, and explore new experiences while the season unfolds.
A poetic plea for trust and constancy. The speaker clings to a pledged love expressed on a written page, cherishing the words as solace and proof. They reveal tender emotion, lingering longing, and a wish to be reconciled with the beloved’s nearness.
A moral verse urges self restraint in judging others and recalls Mrs Ellen Foster, a Clinton Iowa lawyer, appointed by the district court to help examine candidates for admission to the bar. It notes she may be the first woman to hold such an office.
Merrivale, broke and desperate, schemes to win a fortune by marrying Agnes Yale. He wooes a resident, learns her wealth is a trap, and is outwitted when the real Agnes Yale appears, revealing the trap and his own folly. Treton later reforms, Merrivale flees, and the tale ends with the verdict that he got what he deserved.
A boy offers a humorous, coarse portrait of girls as varied, headstrong, and sometimes dangerous. He compares girls to mules and cats, notes how kindness and mistreatment shape their behavior, and recalls a family scene with his mother and a brother's awkward kiss. The fragment reflects a dated, gendered viewpoint and a small rural outlook.
Thomas Placide a famed American actor from a noted acting family shot himself at his Tom River New Jersey residence dying hours later The act came after a long battle with mouth cancer reportedly caused by smoking He was born in Charleston in 1808 son of Alexander Placide with brother Harry Placide He had married in 1868 to a beloved sweetheart he had not seen for decades and who had since remarried twice Reuters has this report from the New York Times
A Boston reader observes a small sailboat on the waves and mocks pretension in a companion remark. An editor explains crude methods for breaking an ox, then jokes about founding a country newspaper to secure subscriptions, illustrating sharp editorial satire.
A historical guide notes common land measuring practices, outlines an exact acre table with varied yard and foot plots, and converts units. It explains rods, tapes, and a light 16.5 foot pole, then gives formulas for cubic feet to shelled bushels in corn as a practical compute.
Specimens from Cerro de Paseo show submerged mountain ore rich enough to yield 300,000 to 900,000,000 worth. Teory Meings plans a tunnel to drain the lake and expose the mine, with first ore expected in Lima in four months. Predictions claim ten years may bring more silver than Nevada mines.
A graphic description of a Japanese damsel's morning beauty ritual contrasts with a critical note on orthodoxy by Rev. George Harding. The column highlights the Haz ardville widow whose six marriages ended in powder-mill explosions and ends with a quip about Xerxes and the Bosphorus.
A widow and mother of three sued a former Onondaga lover for breach of promise of marriage. The court found for the plaintiff, awarding $5000 in damages after the flamboyant letter of affection was admitted as evidence. The dramatic prose, rich in simile and whimsy, contrasted with the stern verdict recognizing a broken engagement.
At present 4,000,000 Hindoo and 100,000 Mohammedan children attend schools in India with 50,000 to 60,000 educated to English university standards. The figures reflect broad access to instruction and higher preparation within the colonial education system.
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