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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1891
Page
2
A column of humorous clippings touches on shipping costs and time value with Adams Express, a dig at bachelors, and a satire on marriage roles. It jokes about beards in France, urban migration for umbrellas, and the old story of love followed by a cooking vacancy. It also notes mock science about gold chloride, dog censuses, and various social quirks.
A Cork football player arrived destitute in New York and was helped by Yale’s Bhoys who sent him 300 dollars and invited him to attend Yale and play for their team. He is described as literally kicking himself into good luck as he pursues football fortunes. Emperor William and the Czar hold hard feelings and will settle them with modern weapons rather than courtly sport.
Melbourne, known as the rain wizard, has sold the secret process for producing rain. Purchaser names are not public yet, but Jay Gould is widely suspected to have an interest. The country seeks a new moisture method as old stock watering methods are exhausted.
A Waco federal court decision declares the Texas law barring alien land ownership unconstitutional. The reaction across press outlets is celebratory, though former proponents now applaud the ruling. The article notes the law harmed foreign investment and bred distrust while urging caution about future prospects.
A jeweler named Joseph Gillett split a steel tool and, needing to sign a receipt, used the halves as a pen substitute. The improvised moment sparked the idea of crafting pens from steel, leading to a famous steel pen title.
A lyrical reflection describes the blues as a lingering ache when life feels off and nature fails to comfort. The speaker admits rare mood dips yet expresses sympathy for others who lose their sunshine and brood over melancholy.
A veteran engineer Matt Irwin pilots locomotive 67 through a savage Colorado night. A planned gold shipment under a fake freight plan triggers a runaway scene, a collapsing rock slide, and a desperate dash to outrun a faster tangled train. The crew survives but the narrator’s hair turns gray.
A company investigated suspicious conduct on a road chapter ending with the capture of culprits who confessed to plotting to abandon the crew between Haversack grade and the bottom to seize the treasure. Old Matt has retired from the road, but the memory of the run of 67 lingers.
A boy and his mother visit a quirky button shop in New York where a grandfather and his granddaughter handcraft buttons. The old man buys old buttons from tailors and junk dealers, selling most pieces for ten cents. He keeps vast varieties of colors and materials and serves a steady stream of regular customers seeking specific buttons.
A Catholic Union and Times feature describes an Italian Naples rite at Santa Maria Austiata where eighteen year old orphans from a foundling asylum stand before suitors. A gray headed priest validates papers before a man chooses a partner and leads her to the sacristy, inviting further suitors.
A collage of Telegraph Age anecdotes about New Haven and New York operators, a farmer’s marriage proposal via telegraph, and practical home crafts. The piece markets simple cements from egg white and Chinese formulas, plus a wooden architectural note. It ends with a craft tip on indelible patterns for linen and new dye trends from the New York Tribune.
Five Chinese men sleeping in a crowded Third Avenue elevated car were taunted by intoxicated youths. One man kicked a taunter, sparking a quick melee as the Chinamen defended themselves. Older passengers intervened and the five retook their seats, chattering about the victory.
The article notes that when Spaniards reached America no horses existed on islands or mainland and indigenous peoples feared the mail clad riders. Fossil remains show earlier horse presence from Studson Bay to Patagonia, with extinction before Columbus. Reintroduction from Europe led to rapid spread in Argentina and southwestern U.S., deepening the extinction mystery.
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