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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1892
Page
2
The Register argues that Chicago’s water crisis strengthens opponents of liquor sale prohibition at the World’s Fair. The piece frames public access to alcohol as a matter of civic practicalities and local liberty amid reform pressures.
A St Louis man was struck dumb by lightning during a severe thunderstorm in the city a few days ago. The incident suggests lightning wields greater force than previously believed, underscoring its power and danger.
A Baltimore woman is at the center of a suit filed by two women claiming she stole their husbands. The case highlights alleged social entanglements and marital tensions within the community.
Read in late Parisian advices that women and children wear shirts of many kinds, noting it as an alternative to the American habit of wearing breeches. The piece contrasts fashion norms and hints at cross continental style trends.
Six of the most successful business stores in Machias, Moe are owned and run by women. The husbands of these ladies probably expend their energies in seeing that the drug stores do not furnish rum except on prescriptions.
A Boston Herald remark satirically critiques the east wind that reduces lung, light, and liver health for nine months, portraying it as a tempering force against summer heat. The tone reflects editorial wit about climate and local conditions.
Sarah Bernhardt jokes about not knowing her exact age due to a mother with many children. She says she cannot recall exact dates but can surely guess within a dozen years, lightening the mood with a playful remark.
The comparison notes that steam engines use governors to modulate load and prevent overload, while men often lack such restraint. It warns that without self-control, people risk ruin, similar to a engine losing belt control to its governor.
Becky Jones, famed for silence on the Hamersley will trial witness stand, maintains her notoriety at home near Round Lake New York where her family monument bears the inscription Sacred to the memory of Becky Jones better known as the obstinate Becky.
An aged lady cherished six kinds of cake and seven kinds of preserves, served coffee to guests, baked rich pies with butter and cream, and rejected diets. Her hearty, indulgent approach to eating stands as a nostalgic contrast to modern dieting.
The death of Cyrus W Field closes a chapter in American achievement. Renowned for stamina and intellect, Field united Europe and America by the Atlantic cables, achieving a historic victory over space and time. His fame is secure in a remarkable nineteenth century family.
A harsh ruling on the Homestead militia member’s sympathy for Frick’s assailant fails to calm workers’ anger and shakes public confidence in the Pennsylvania militia. The officer’s words, whether intentional or not, reveal harsh sentiments that many deem unjustifiable.
The speaker condemns the Colonel who ordered the act and the General who approved it as more inhuman than the man who cheered Frick's shooting. The whole affair is described as a disgrace to the State of Pennsylvania.
A Fresno mob attempted to coerce a confession from Mr. Blume by binding a rope around his neck and suspending him from a beam. The plan failed as Blume did not admit guilt, despite the brutal pressure, and the would be outcome of a confession would have implied a troubled fate after death.
The new Chicago directory is ready for rapid delivery to subscribers. It cites a city population near 1.42 million with a school census of 1,428,318 supporting the estimate. Real estate men and contractors show sharp growth, with 500 more realty professionals and 1,200 more builders. The book notes a large Johnson family presence, 4,900 Johns ons versus 4,200 Smiths, highlighting common surnames.
Between January and July coal prices rose across grades with stove coal up $1.05, chestnut $1.20, egg 90 cents, and grate 65 cents. Delaware and Lackawanna Vice President Holden forecasts further rises to October, forcing consumers to pay $1.50 to $2 more than last winter. Writers argue competition was crushed while transportation costs hold steady and wages lag.
The New York Tribune questions persistent talk of the flannel shirt noting its era ends as cotton shirts for summer rise in popularity. It argues “negligée” or “summer shirt” better fits, cites cooler comfort, and explains starched collars help a crisp look. It advises buying shirts two sizes larger than ordinary white shirts.
A collage of newspaper quips mocks Kansas hunger and prime crops with personified produce. The Wichita Eagle and other papers note corn stalks listening, cabbage nodding, onions strengthening, fruit trees groaning, wheat shocked, and rye beard-stroking as forests anticipate next spring.
A remark asserts that exposure to bones can mislead some men into believing they are competent physicians. It comments on illusion and caution in judgment about medical ability based on limited or misleading experiences.
A reflective verse on leaving home, memory, and the ache of past felicity. The speaker contemplates returning to earth to recapture a vanished peace, imagining Heaven’s gate yet longs for the familiar habits and maternal reunion of home. The poem ends with a hope that home will reconcile and comfort every despondent child.
Pierret the clockmaker recalls a murder case in which his father was killed years earlier for a four thousand pound inheritance. Locard, a wealthy merchant, buys a grand clock from Paris. At Locard’s dinner, the clock reveals Locard as the killer via a speaking mechanism, and Pierrot’s undercover pursuit surfaces long-buried suspicions.
The narrative traces Pierret's chase for the clockmaker's killer amid a web of elusive evidence and Lacord's evasive hints. A prosecuting barrister defends scientific progress, invoking Edison’s phonograph as a tool shaping justice and social utility in the investigation. Laboratory clues, social dynamics, and a trap set for the culprit unfold as the case edges toward closure.
A Drexel Institute entertainment for the children's fresh air fund featured Prof. D S Holman with a phoneidoscope lecture on color from sound. Singers including Miss M Virginia Peck and Miss Charlotte Mawson performed as the device showed voice waves coloring a soap film mirror on canvas.
Professor Loeffler, originator of a field mice destruction system using typhus bacillus infection, returns from Greece to Germany reporting complete success. He states mice in treated districts were annihilated within eight to nine days after applying bread soaked in bacilli solution. The procedure involved peasants delivering bread to fields after soaking in solution. Bread was eaten to show harmlessness, and horses and other animals were fed the remedy without ill effects.
English women have been active in British politics, with North Lambeth featuring Mrs H. M. Stanley debating Miss Colenso. The contrast between Mrs Stanley's fashionable yet colloquial style and Miss Colenso's Puritan approach creates lively gossip. Colenso quips about sending Mr Stanley back to the blacks, sparking light controversy.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes propellers suffer wear and damage from rust, corrosion, logs, ice, or striking fish. It describes how hubs, blades, and bolts separate, and cites Morgan’s yacht loss of a blade and costly Mayanese bronze wheels.
A Knight's Journal column extols generous, sociable men as ideal club members. It praises broad minded individuals who support others, pay assessments willingly, and uplift widows and orphans, valuing camaraderie and benevolence over stingy loyalty.
The text explains that sleeping removes waste from the body and brain but grants no special privileges. It notes the heart does not truly sleep, yet slows and rests for about half the day, with respiration movement similarly reduced during general body repose.
A humorous note from England presents a practical lover in West Hartlepool who states in a letter to his甜 sweetheart that long letters would invite liability for breach of promise. He jokes that lawyers would copy the correspondence and charge four pence per seventy two words, asserting shorter letters save costs.
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