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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1883
Page
2
The Gonzales Texas jail operates under a local code of laws and officers. An offender was sentenced to five lashes, paying a substitute five cents. A 63 year old Lancaster Pennsylvania woman walked 70 miles home after missing a Philadelphia train, traveling day and night with brief rests.
A BrinG EPort minister reveals he conducted a marriage ceremony without verifying the license. He later learns the document was issued in Massachusetts and now seeks the couple to locate their honeymoon destination to restart the process.
A Pall Afall Gazette correspondent describes a Queensland court moment where a Chinese witness was asked how he should be sworn. He replied in pidgin style that he did not care and listed actions like clack his saucer and kill, then was allowed to smell his book.
An exchange notes a 93 year old Pennsylvania woman who milks, washes dishes, and bakes for a family of three. It questions what the other family members do and suggests at her age it should be her turn to rest while the girls help with chores.
United States rail mileage at year end 1882 stood at 113 thousand miles with 11.6 thousand built that year. Liabilities totaled 9.895 billion dollars while gross rail earnings for 1882 reached 870.357 million, up 67.067 million from the prior year.
A blend of social commentary and oddities includes a report on New York preventable deaths and economic losses, speculation on political figures renting houses in Washington, a towering Gallagher family with a 129 feet total height, a Revolutionary officers weight list, Tom Ochiltree’s Paris cafe mishap, and a French comedian’s playful mock fire drill at his straw hat.
A joke about an omnibus passenger who overacts over seating and payment contrasts with Cham the Parisian caricaturist whose tailor measures him down past the knee for forty five francs. The piece ends noting a shift in fashion from Marie-Louise blue to the Devonshire brindle.
Practical guidance on fruit tree care using strong soap and lime water, bark louse control with dry ashes, raspberry rust management, and methods to keep grubs from sheep heads using tar and salt. Also discusses role of soil access for healthy workers, sorghum seed saving, and livestock health tied to outdoor living and perspiration.
One cup butter two cups sugar two eggs one teaspoonful saleratus dissolved in milk or water two grated nutmegs enough flour to make stiff to roll out
A compilation of kitchen instructions covering sweets, sauces, pastries, roast meats, pickles, and candied fruits. Includes ginger soaps, fish preparations, omelets, tomato relish, bean salad, rots dough, brisk beef pie, and candying steps with syrup stages and grain tests. It preserves period cooking methods and measurements.
A southern journalist tricks a lawyer with taunting whisky and a staged sleep. The editor shelves a corn kernel in the lawyer’s pockets then drives hogs to attack, leaving the lawyer to protest while the editor claims innocence and the next day the lawyer vows vengeance. The tale, sourced to Arkansaw Traveler.
Practical instructions describe homemade cements for tin cans and knives, plus methods for mending glass ceramic and leather items. Techniques use rosin, shellac, beeswax, plaster, milk, and sulfur blends, with cautions on surfaces free of grease and hot handling.
The article discusses urban heat effects, citing Professor Whitney on London. It explains that cities are warmer than rural areas due to coal burning and dense brick construction, which skew local thermometer readings and affect long term temperature trends.
A loving father in Dublin Georgia heard his young son call from a thicket repeating Purty little birdie at intervals and, driven by curiosity, looked to see what he was calling to.
A man called for his son to flee as he confronted a huge moccasin with head erect acting as burdie before a lone observer. He seized an ax and delivered a heavy blow splitting the reptile, ending the show.
The article recalls hostile presses against Parliament reporting debates, notes dark ages where Johnson and Chatham speeches were mediated by others, and cites incidents of reporters altering or italicizing texts and provoking House responses. It highlights the risky bond between lawmakers and the press across eras.
The narrator describes Bahia or San Salvador as seen from the harbor on arrival. The city features an upper bluff and a beachside lower town connected by an elevator, white and pastel houses amid tropical scenery and bay reflections. Bahia is Brazil’s second city, home to the archbishop and a healthier climate than Rio de Janeiro due to its elevation.
A visitor notes Mrs Parvenu’s daughter rarely leaves home. The daughter complains walking over carpet seams tires her and harms her feet, though the mother says she is otherwise well. The scene underscores social expectations in a newly furnished household.
As cooler weather nears the clerk keeps a white shirt fresh for a week, showing thrift in daily routines. A Texas man who dies hard is described as the one who conquers fortune through persistence.
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