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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1889
Page
2
A column of miscellaneous notes covers Florida railways, a female conductor, a trustee election in Vernon, a New York opera sale, California tramps estimates, a shingle in an egg near Niles Michigan, and assorted tidbits. It references Lincoln’s 1860s Secrtary choice, Yale president Dwight, Whitechapel crimes, Utah alum, Victoria codicils, and diverse curiosities from across the U.S. and world.
The text surveys varied topics: Dr Patri Ginger seeks government support for an inoculation island to study microbes on animals, while Servia adopts a hereditary monarchy with limited franchise and Greek-Orthodox church autocephaly. It notes rising wheat area and land reforms, Edison and Ericsson contrasts, Germany post deliveries of live animals, mailability issues, and a New York collection agency warning of swindled debts by rich wives.
J G Clark launches a Worcester Massachusetts institution intended to differ from a typical college. Its initial goal is to serve graduates from other colleges seeking full study in advanced branches and original research, with emphasis on mental and physical sciences. The project aspires to equal the best German universities in facilities and scholarship.
A reflection on improving social conduct among women, arguing for affability and a warm gaze toward strangers and acquaintances. The writer laments cold, distant bearing and emphasizes that kindness costs nothing and can brighten many lives.
The Philadelphia crematory, touted as the world’s largest, has operated since last May but receipts do not cover expenses. Incineration price dropped from 50 to 28 dollars yet orders have been scarce for three weeks. The enterprise president remains hopeful that cremation will gain general support.
In a sunlit dike scene a speaker and Miss Bessie fish in easy clothes. She leans her hat low and uses bait for looks while the narrator casts his line. The fish refuse to rise until Bessie hooks a large catch, a hundred eighty pounder, ending their outing.
Rivers and Bill, rough miners in Cheyenne Canyon, strike a rich vein and forge a unlikely partnership. Rivers falls in love with Lillian, nurse Miss Lancaster aids his recovery, and a widow’s tale unfolds to reveal a bride, a child, and a lasting bond as Bill learns to love the family he cannot have.
The article recounts a king of Onde building a snake pit at Garden Beach near Calcutta with a smooth walled oblong enclosure and a spongey masonry block full of holes. Snakes fed on live frogs, and anecdotes describe a frog briefly swallowing a snake and humans shooting snakes to save frogs. It includes a note about a fellow observer from Cachar and a dress-precaution anecdote contrasting American and foreign clothing in cold weather, with an Irishman in overalls and a duster surviving cold winds.
Special correspondence from Manpan Dakota January 21 1889 extols Dakota Territory’s rapid rise. It notes high assessed value, many newspapers and schools, vast timber and mineral resources, coal veins along the Northern Pacific line, and strong wheat and oats crops. Mandan is highlighted as Western Dakota's chief town with a large potential population and land wealth, and the piece argues Dakota’s size supports multiple states based on population and resources.
In a street conversa tion Jennie reveals she and George will wed despite tight means. George earns eight twenty a week and they plan to buy essentials with little left. She notes turnips at a cent a pint and a small cabbage for three cents as proof they can manage. The Detroit Free Press mentions the era’s mobile phone sound recordings.
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