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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1889
Page
4
The New York Sun notes a revival of ornate leg garters in Broadway window displays. Once again simple elastic bands with gold clasps appear in jewellers shops priced from 25 cents to 1.50, mainly bought by men as gifts rather than by women, with wearers positioned high on the leg to keep stockings in place.
An anecdote from the Bohemian Club prank shows a wall hole fooled guests including Congressman Clunie. Bill English narrates a prank where a clever artist hid a hole in a red room wall and guests accused servants before Amadee Joullin reveals he painted it. Clunie continues to try revenge by treating others.
The article profiles William Geary a tall, handsome freight dispatcher and Common Councilman for North Penn railroad. It recounts his rise from a boy with three months schooling to a 30 year railway career aided by an unusual skill waffles baker. A dinner with President Frank Comly leads to a lucrative offer he accepts upon completing his current term.
Geary received many days off during railroad service and spent time at Fort Washington with Mr. Comly where he could keep his hand in on waffles, noted in the Philadelphia Press.
An earnest encounter in a railroad station follows a nervous elderly mother whose daughter comforts her as she learns her son is ill and her daughter may be dead in New York. The article closes by pondering the woman’s fate and the future, leaving readers with hopeful speculation.
On the first day at Gettysburg the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment faced hunger as wagons lagged. One soldier found a dead comrade with a filled haversack and stole the rolls, then returned them after meditating. He covered the dead man and went back to his post, unable to rob the fallen.
A humorous reminiscence traces Louisa Alcott’s banter about a failed bonnet quest. The narrator endures poverty and fashion woes, improvises with remnants from Widow Cruse’s bottle, and fashions a makeshift hat from ribbon and lace while noting daily labors and creative writing in Moods Life and Letters.
A Portland girl with two lovers stages a prize ring duel between them after choosing sides. The smaller challenger defeats the bigger man in nine rounds, and the victor wins the girl’s regard. The piece warns that such love triangles often fail after marriage as loyalties waver and wives seek others. Meanwhile counterfeit or fragile book facsimiles are produced in Germany and France using chemical processes, with durability uncertain.
A New York Weekly fragment presents Josh Billings style musings on wisdom, humility, conscience, and the folly of never making mistakes. The spoofing voice argues experience widens knowledge yet foes of blundering remain rare and dangerous.
Mr. Depew describes a packed schedule balancing railroad duties with politics and literature. He starts work at home by 8, enters his office at 9:30, leaves at 6, and averages four public addresses weekly while fielding reporters late at night. He favors crisp speeches over ornate oratory and avoids stimulants, noting his challenge is to keep steam down rather than up.
A set of brief items notes social reflections on how rich heirs may squander or prosper through enterprise, contrasting a wealth origin tale with American opportunity. It reports on shifts in fortune, then moves to foreign news of floods along the Yellow River in China, famine in Fo Kien, a panther on the loose near Pembroke in Geneses County, a Soo Line train incident with a deer, and curiosities at the Paris Exposition including artificial gems and a boundary adjustment between Nevada and California.
In a humorous exchange, Mrs. Mushroom confronts Mr. Mushroom about a club banquet tale, alleging he stopped after the tenth course and claimed he would take the rest in cash, while he evasively defends his pace to avoid being outdone.
Edward Baker of Jackson Michigan, a master mechanic and blacksmith, credits Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup with ending over two decades of stomach illness and three years of disability after twelve to thirteen bottles. He says all earlier cures and climates failed, but the syrup began improving him last June and he is now well.
A druggist and a little woman discuss arsenic for rats, debating how to administer it. The woman asks for a quarter’s worth and suggests cheese or bread as the delivery method. The clerk notes alternatives like coffee, while correcting the assumption that rats drink coffee.
A verbose editorialish note argues grown adults neglect minor complaints, warning diseases escalate. It extols Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a preventive, promising strengthened constitution, improved circulation, and steadier nerves. It also touts Feders as a remedy against malaria rheumatism and kidney trouble.
A Greenland excerpt describes Esquiman customary marriage dynamics. Men abduct wives by force then the women return home, with protection from friends. eventual elopement occurs as love persists. Husbands work at sea while wives manage sewing, spinning, and child care. Early marriage tied to seal hunting profits and clothing upkeep.
A 100 dollar reward claim asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh, a constitutional disease, by a internal intake that acts on blood and mucus surfaces to strengthen the body. The ad invites testimonials and lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as makers, with druggists selling the remedy at 75 cents.
A Minneapolis judge recalls a streetcar strike scene on Nicollet avenue where a special policeman ordered people to move on. The judge sheltered friends in a doorway, provoking a tense exchange as the officer later testified against arrestees. The judge remained calm on the bench while the officer admitted surprise at recognizing him.
An advertisement urges every family to own Syrup of Figs for cleansing the system when costive or bilious. It promotes 50c and 1 bottle sizes and notes availability at leading druggists.
A brief Utica Observer item presents Eleanor and Harry discussing their first dinner party. Eleanor touts perfection while Harry worries about roast ducks with currant jelly and carving by guests, noting he avoided garnishes to keep the meat tender.
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