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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1881
Page
2
The item surveys global gold and silver production, a clerks injury from a buffalo robe encounter, a preacher's drought curse followed by death, famed Thebes mummies reportedly Pharaohs daughter, a Norfolk farm sale after a decade of legal costs, Mennonite homesteading in Kansas with tree planting as a path to land, a Manitouba marriageable women plan, and Memphis death rates rising due to contaminated water after sewer work.
P S Hewis of Bucks County Pennsylvania built a 150 yard 4 inch gauge miniature railroad with a depot, six locomotives and fourteen cars. The story quotes The New York Sun contrasting the Brooklyn Bridge criticisms with current ferries and notes Lighthouse Board data on 864 lights on Western rivers and upcoming lights on Stannard’s rock and Lakes Ontario and Huron.
Harbor projects at Fort Gratiot Sand Beach and Round Island Mackinac priced at 35000 20000 with new tower at Point Betsey and stronger light. Overall lighthouse establishment budgets total 2248000 plus 530000 for signals. Several corruption names noted alongside warnings about public trust and libel suits.
The article contrasts a French report of lynching in a backward district with a mockery of the Baden duchy court. It notes an execution, attempted rescues, burning of the gallows and a journal’s hostile stance. It then discusses Baden’s small court, linking Grand Duke to Princess Sophia and a silver wedding dated Sept 20 1856 alongside a royal marriage in 1857.
A rustic fable recounts the red hen finding rye and deciding to bake bread. The lazy mouse the frog and the mouse refuse to help with work. She bakes and sets the table, then eats the loaf herself as the others watch.
A collage of quips and short pieces includes pithy jokes about lawyers, beverages, a crying baby at a public meeting, delirium tremens in London society, a Nevada shaft sign, playful banter about ears and stepfathers, and humorous exchanges on marriage, accents, milks, and a circus remark. The piece catalogs flippant social commentary and light verse with several named seeds and place hints.
The work reflects years of treatment of Liarg Diseases and serves not only the afflicted but also those who believe they are resistant to throat or anus ailments due to hereditary taint or other causes.
The fragmentary item notes an action involving a group labeled Teherite and the follow. It outlines a brief event with limited names and places, preserving the primary actors and outcome in a concise card style.
Isaac Miller of Fort Wayne Indiana recounts severe cold and near death before using Dr Schenck s Pulmonic Syrup from Strope s Drug Store The remedy cured him and he praises its effectiveness for his family and friends including Mrs Hesser of Plymouth Indiana D B Strope Co druggists confirm the claim dated February 7 1681
Col William F Vilas praised railroads at the Minnesota State Fair, arguing they transformed inland agriculture by enabling fast freight from farms to markets. He warned of corporate abuses yet urged careful regulation, noting rail improvements reduce costs and time, benefiting farmers, consumers, and national wealth.
South California farmers find pampas grass profitable for decoration. One grower cultivated three quarters of an acre and sold heads at two and a half cents, netting about 500 dollars. Another sold plumes at seven and a half cents each. The industry grows with demand in Europe and locally, with ten thousand plumes sold in the last year.
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