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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1885
Page
2
A collage of curious notes from the era, including Florida census figures, Grant death masks in New York, an Oregon sheep theft method, prophecy fears for 1932, a New Haven church squabble, and Vienna stagecraft for Empress Elizabeth. Also a Chicago patent medicine satire backed by Indianapolis commentary ridiculing socks cures and soap hoaxes.
A press telegram announced Randolph Tucker of Virginia's death, followed by a Virginia Statesman correction. Col. John Stephens met Gen. Toombs who jested that Tucker denies being dead and called him a liar.
A photograph from England portrays an oil portrait of Beethoven recently found at Jareiburg. The Dutch origin is evident and the piercing black eyes are highlighted as the face's special feature.
A fragmentary editorial cites Eleanor Kirk praising restraint with infants and critiques widespread kissing of babies. It derides public permissiveness and alleges Gen Sherman started the custom, urging avoidance of improper advances toward young girls and warning readers to keep conversations clean.
Farmer John arrives safely from a journey to a peaceful homestead. He greets old Ray the dog and old Gray the horse, notes the cattle look sleek, and praises home life over Paris and Rome. He confesses happiness lies in simple pleasures, not wealth, and plans to take Bay and Gray along next time.
A reflective study of Balkan politics in 1880s Bulgaria, detailing the rise of liberal leaders Karavelos and Zankof, Prince Alexander's precarious throne, Russian influence, and the prospects of Balkan alliances. The piece traces insurrections, court politics, and foreign pressures shaping Bulgaria’s path to independence and the wider European confrontation likely before spring 1886.
A London expert notes a long history of new diamonds valued at about 250000 yearly, then a South African influx worth over 20000000 annually for a decade, driving prices down from 15 to 3.75. Indian mines Golconda supply gems for East Indian princes, while ex-Khedive Ismail Pasha holds a vast collection. Ex-Queen Isabella’s pearls and royal losses stir talk of priceless gems.
In an Ohio town a soldiers reunion sparks a poignant moment as two strangers, one with an empty sleeve and the other a wooden leg, realize they once fought side by side. They recall Second Bull Run and a battlefield hospital scene, tears flowing as memories surface and a stranger’s late call for water ties their fates.
In Chicago News a man in a labor procession proclaims the banner sentiment Down with prison labor. He asks what sentiments and answers that he is a workingman now and fears induction, noting he has been indicted.
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