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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1868
Page
1
Rates and rules for square advertisements one square ten lines or less in local columns. Details include prices for quarter, half, and whole column, with different durations and prepaid requirements. Also notes on fractional squares, double pricing for local column ads, and job-work payment on delivery.
A devotional poem urges letting go of feuds and choosing friendship and giving over hate. It contrasts barren selfishness with generous hearts, noting life is brief, death approaching, and true joy lies in loving others rather than power wealth or status. The piece promotes kindness and grace as lasting legacies.
A historic debate on advertising in hard times. The Croaker argues against advertising now, while The Shrewd Man counters that prudent, consistent advertising sustains business during low trade and should continue even in slow markets. Inside Track weighs the case for public patronage and visibility.
At a public dinner in Edinburgh Professor Blackie recounts a story about a boy from the First Presbyterian Examination who asks the meaning of regeneration. The boy’s punchline, born again, is delivered with a shy hesitation as the audience ponders the moral. The tale ends with the boy's fear of being born again.
Speech by Gentlemen at term end notes rain and politics hindered fairs, debates reforms, and premiums to attract crowds. Advocates mixed exhibitions with horse rings and moral displays, warns against extravagant spending, outlines improvements at the grounds, attendance, and future plans for 1868 fair.
Fragmentary text recounts Themistocles demanding a loan in An dros. The speaker mentions bringing two gods and questions the response, with garbled dialogue about strength and prudence. The passage appears as distorted OCR, retaining mythic names and a sense of ancient negotiation.
Anecdote recounts Sam Houston stopping in Cairo on his way to Washington and a street fishing quarrel with a Cairo youth. The boy taunts Houston with mockery of his name and past, ending with Houston being bested in a brief exchange as they tugged lines into the river. The tale is told with humorous memory of political and public life.
Rev Robert Ei Collier of Chicago preached in favor of legitimate drama as a proper art form. He cited First Corinthians and argued that human character is best represented in drama, calling theater a valuable educator and noting Joseph Jefferson's Van Winkle as a reference.
Fragmentary notes describe a lecturer named van Einersdn criticizing Count Gtrowski's stance and claiming sturdy ideperktonce. The Canby P wht is mentioned with unclear context. A student named Loo seeks money while a graded figure and Gurowakt"Smeeanyer appear in garbled lines.
A fragmentary poem recalls a weary writer, a persistent visitor named Jenks, and a dusty sanctum door scene. Amid drifting papers the foreman’s demand for more copy echoes through memory and the Washington paper items report on General Howard's bureau budget and political notes.
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