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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1875
Page
1
We invite you to inspect the freshly received stock at our Dry Goods and Clothing House. By close purchasing and cash payment we can offer everything in dry goods clothing boot and shoe or cap lines at greatly reduced rates.
Fall and winter prices at Lichtenberger & Sons fall to bottom figures. First class articles are offered at fourth class rates, prompting readers to buy now and stock up supplies.
A brief advertisement notes availability of fabrics and textiles including Alpacas Merinos Poplins Bombazines Rapeliant Cloths and various dress goods offered at affordable prices for buyers seeking value in broad styles and finishes.
A local listing notes Lishtenberger & Sons opening with abundant muslins linens flannels and prints in the clothing and furnishing line. Ice is mentioned as part of the product set.
An advertisement describes a wide range of apparel from collars to full broadcloth outfits offered below competition prices. It lists coats, vests, pants, and various garments, plus a variety of textiles and notions, belts, gloves, corsets, and hosiery all in stock at Liechtenberger & Sons.
Dichtenbergers introduces new fall stock with fresh coats sized to fit any preference. The shop highlights a complete line of fall and winter overcoats ready for the season.
A bold promotional note highlights Staple Domestics and Standard Prints with a large, attractive range featuring top brands. The copy emphasizes affordability and fashionability in home textiles.
In the Boots and Shoes section the store advertises superior inducements and cut down prices, highlighting a broad Dry Goods Trade menu designed to attract shoppers.
Fragmentary text suggests sellers claim readiness to fit all buyers with satisfactory price, size, and quality but ends abruptly, leaving specifics and offerings unclear. The passage implies a broad customer appeal without concrete products or terms.
Local retailer Lichtenberger and Sons advertises low priced cash sales across its Dry Goods Shoe and Hat lines urging customers to visit for bargains on clothing and accessories. The notice highlights a broad selection and emphasizes affordability.
A satirical essay argues lying preserves society by smoothing daily life and avoiding brutal truth. It contrasts the cheerful liar with the rigid truth teller, claiming lies create hope, harmony, and social order, while bare truth breeds conflict and misery.
A speaker expresses fierce devotion to a beloved yet fears time’s changes and love’s potential fragility. The portrayal blends reverent surrender with ominous doubt as devotion vowed to endure confronts the possibility of waning affection and mortality. The poem contends love can rise to loftier powers even as doubts haunt the spirit.
The verse laments absence of a beloved raising light and joy. The speaker says life would be bleak without thee and only dreams offer happiness. No other face or voice awakens the heart like thine and the stars, fields, streams feel silent without you.
A Lexington citizen preserves a three foot long quill said to have belonged to a condor and given to Henry Clay in 1824 with a vow never to cut it until his election as President. If uncut, it would accompany a constitutional message for all states. After Clay's death it passed to Millard Fillmore, then to William E. Niblack speculation. The piece notes Niblack as a likely Democratic Governor nominee and hints at Southern Indiana backing. Partington asks why captains do not memo anchor weights rather than weighing each voyage.
The piece recounts silent Portuguese courtships seen from a window and a Dublin‑style tale of a four‑decade romance in Oporto. It then shifts to a Sacramento case where William Thrift faced murder charges after his wife’s death, but witnesses testified to his gentle conduct and the jury released him.
Mr. Walker of Strawberry Point tells a remarkable tale of vanishing days and missing memory after leaving with three thousand dollars. He claims to woke in Clinton with no recollection, later found horse and buggy at a relative’s, and returned home with less money and no clear explanation. The wife and family remain wary of his travels and motives.
An Oregon survey notes a rich soil district not yet cultivated covering at least 2,752,000 acres. If one fourth is dedicated to wheat, at 25 bushels per acre the state could produce about 17,200,000 bushels annually. About 1,600,000 bushels would meet home demand, leaving roughly 14,700,000 bushels for export and boosting Little trade competition with California.
A young woman hid her watch under a pillow to sleep, but the bed’s ticking disturbed her rest, and she failed to notice the noise beneath her pillow until it woke her.
A Scottish schoolboy, Tommy, was asked if he wished to be born again. He replied with a quip saying he would not, fearing he would be born a tassiv.
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