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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1889
Page
4
The page lists thermometer readings over a week with morning and evening values and notes railroad times. Trains now arrive and depart at New Harmony with a morning schedule showing the U.S. Mail train departing at 7:25 and arriving at 10:50.
Heavy snowfall last Sunday tops the record since January 8 1886, six to eight inches covering streets and farms. Harmony township Democrats win the banner. Black township secedes from the 1st district. Steamer Nellie Hudson brings corn to Mt Vernon and Rosedale from Mt Vernon visits the wharf. W H Leake of Excelsior Binder Co attended last Sunday event. Local notes mention Democratic shifts and lingering cold in Evansville area.
A satirical poem from New Harmony dated January 22, 1889 mocks human folly and governance as Earth completes its orbit through the four seasons. The speaker jokes that Eve’s fault weighs on humanity, laments lost millennium progress, and questions if men possess rational minds.
A grand ball organized by the Knights of Pythias will be held at the opera house on the evening of February 19. Delegations from neighboring lodges are expected to attend. The Carter string band from Evansville will provide music.
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