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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1888
Page
2
The Register notes the depreciated Chilean currency affects hotel prices and calico values, while Sam Jones faces a lawsuit from an Iowa association for breaching contract by not delivering two lectures. They claim damages of 2000 dollars as 5,000 people waited to hear him.
Dr H G Torr of Lancaster Ohio recalls a 30 year old gray mare captured at Resaca in 1863 and wounded at Columbia South Carolina. Miss Jenniz Wehle, daughter of a millionaire, works as a typewriter for ex Postmaster General James and Lincoln National Bank head in New York. Mrs Leta taxcorp owns a million dollar diamond necklace and other stones. Henry Villarp notes German capitalists own 90 million in Northern Pacific bonds and may learn to back American hogs. Prof Hadley of Yale suggests reading novels from the end, echoed by the Commercial Advertiser reprinting conclusions of various novels.
Cornell University analyzed records of men in inter-collegiate contests since its opening to gauge athletics impact on scholarship. It found that sports kept to seasonal limits do not hinder education, with crew 70 percent, ball players 73 percent, and track 70 percent scholarship. 70 percent graduation requirements noted.
A New York legislative committee toured the Tonawanda Seneca reservation where about 514 Indians live. Chiefs control marriage, land allotment, and divorces among a mostly pagan population. Annual tribal funds total about $11.60 per person plus goods, with land valued at 40 to 100 dollars an acre and most land leased to whites. Churches include Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist without a native minister.
The Baltimore Sun recounts how the derisive cry What's the matter with St John evolved into He's all right during the 1884 campaign. Prohibitionists and Republicans used it to taunt St John after his nomination, with a shouted welcome at Indianapolis and Chicago rallies. The 1888 scene reflects a repeat of that era.
Carter Harrison writes from Vienna about Austrian living costs flagging cheap meals and scarce variety. He notes breakfast simplicity, limited soup, and beer close to Chicago prices while wages lag. He argues political exiles seek asylum in America despite hating government, hoping the U.S. keeps its doors open.
Portland, Oregon in 1888 is presented as a booming gateway to the Pacific Northwest. The article extols Oregon’s vast resources including agriculture, timber, minerals, stock, water power, and a mild climate influenced by the Japan current. It highlights Portland as a growing trade center with rail and river connections, extensive public works, and strong prospects for settlement and industry.
An engineer recounts a perilous Venezuela journey with American colleagues. They trap a giant cayman by baiting it with a powder-filled monkey, using a test battery to detonate an explosive device. The blast blows a two-foot hole in the beast, shocking locals yet inspiring awe and wariness about bathing afterward.
An article challenges the belief that a red nose or pimples prove hard drinking. It cites heart acceleration, body heating, and blood weakness as alcohol effects, but notes sunlight, tight lacing, gluttony, and other diseases can mimic these signs. Preventive and curative steps rely on addressing underlying blood and organ weakness.
Pettigrew, a South Carolina lawyer and Unionist, tells two court anecdotes about a Presbyterian judge. The first mocks adjournment requests before Good Friday, citing Pontius Pilate. The second disputes dress codes, noting the sheriff’s cocked hat but nonmatching sword, reflecting court etiquette.
An excerpt discusses how society reacts to old versus new clothes and grooming. It argues that fashion sparks gossip, with many people avoiding change and preferring light talk. The piece contrasts manners of criticism from everyday people and scholars, noting the value of models for children over critics.
A compact collection notes Archduke Joseph compiling a gypsy dictionary, Manuel BarRintan as Guatemala’s president and famed rifle shot, Miss Kirrie C Wilkins owner of 700 to 800 horses in Idaho, China’s emperor with a three mile toy railway, Ernest Rossi retires from the stage, ten empresses exist today, Mrs Exiza Garner as South Carolina’s first woman politician, CuatrMan Brice an expert billiard player, Miss Auier B Farney a leading Louisiana cotton grower, Attorney General Garland owning packs of hounds and fishing gear, a Welsh castle to be sold after repeated robberies, Theodore Tilton prominent on Paris streets for resemblance to Floquet, Stinson Hurtcurys offering to buy Horace Greeley birthplace in New Hampshire, Mrs Crawtorp Paris correspondent admitted to journalists’ association, Hort’s former cabinet judge leading a hermit’s life in Washington, Princess Beatrice sending compositions to Sydney exhibition, Frances WeerMorr appointed government physician for Hilo Island attending calls by horseback.
In Brisbane a native youth taken to civil life falls in love with a white girl. After nine years of schooling and acceptance he leaves to return to nomadic life, choosing his people over civilization, and the romance explains the separation and his final exile.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on society intelligence wealth and language from the Philadelphia Call. The quotes touch on gold idols sleep love poverty industry and prudence with concise moral observations.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes a lively Parisian speaking on Sunday politics, joking that attending church makes him a rear publican. The piece then cites a shift in English watchmaking, with gold case marks dropping from 38,844 in 1876 to 20,416 in 1886 and silver cases from 119,394 to 70R in the same period.
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