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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1891
Page
2
A杂 assortment notes harm and humor from 19th century press echoes. Amid underwater peril and legal quirks, editorials joke about fatal naphtha launches, barbed wire trusts, and a ten word will. Immigration details highlight Germany and Italy shares with cautions on inspect.
A critical view on closing Sundays at the World’s Fair calls it discriminatory and unnecessary arguing for open educative departments. The piece contrasts American and Eastern shoplifting methods and notes recruiting trends and army life appeal. It also discusses Paris city revenues from public enterprises and suggests foreign municipal methods merit imitation.
A described Chinese native tree yields oil and tallow from its fruit. Seeds are heated and pressed to separate tallow, then refined into a white solid. Various taste disguises for medicines are noted, including lico rice extract, peppermint water, milk, cloves, and masked castor oil with orange and lemon juice.
In a small Ohio town a shy law student Gray wins a contest for Miss R by sitting out with a rocker while rival Dick B clung to courtship routines. On a moonlit night Gray publicly declares their engagement, revealing he and Miss R will marry in a week, and Dick learns the lesson of being kept off the track.
The text argues that women no longer seek only traditional roles but pursue crowns of scholarship and badges of service. It notes the new tree of knowledge bears fruit in homes and charities, bringing deeper wisdom and higher hope beyond old charitable aims.
A New York Sun correspondent explains that electricity can kill via three inseparable effects: muscular constriction, heat causing disruption or combustion, and electrolytic action. The death risk depends on current strength, duration, and path resistance, with instant painless death possible but rare, and artificial electricity not yet instantly lethal. The piece contrasts this with lightning and cites Humboldt Library as authority.
A dramatic scene unfolds in a gym as a stunning woman, enraged, denounces male dominance and asserts strength with a 56 pound shot shattering the door. The startled young man, once bold in battle, flees through the hole to seek passage to Europe and beyond.
A true tale from the Savage Club in London shows Nat Goodwin and Marshall P. Wilder, two famed comedians. Wilder, a dwarf, mimics brilliantly while Goodwin recounts stories to a laughing, forgiving audience.
The Youth's Companion asserts the Philadelphia treasury plunder by city officials exposes politics corrupting local government. It argues city governance is a business of services like police and roads, not political spoils. The piece condemns the spoils system and calls for government focused on good governance rather than feeding hungry politicians.
In Dumfrins shire Scotland many sheep are overrun by large mice nearly the size of rats tearing up roots and stunting growth. The pest is blamed on game-keeper practices that destroy bird eggs to curb grouse, worsening the rodent problem.
A Philadelphia Press critique notes the Osage population shrinking from about 7000 in 1858 to 1500, yet still earning government bonds per head. It imagines global schemes to exploit the final Osage’s wealth, warns of wealth-seeking schemes, and laments the unresolved question: what will be done with the Last Osage.
The article recounts the origin of the ice cream soda in Lycoming County Pennsylvania. A druggist running a small store invented the combination by pairing scarce ice with ice cream supplied by a confectioner. The idea spread widely and became common in many places over twenty years.
An absent minded Philadelphia father wheels an empty baby carriage toward the park while the mother frantically dresses the infant. The father vanishes and is later seen pushing the empty cart in the distance. Dialogue heavy text includes a quip about Abrahams and a jest about a Weeping Rachel.
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