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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1892
Page
2
A collage of anecdotes and opinions touches on stage satire, charity at home, incognito royal travel, spiritualism, shifting hair color, confidence games, a Connecticut death prophecy, a Kentucky distiller converting in New York, fashion health, World’s Fair claims, political squabbles, and ironies about Jay Gould. It also riffs on manners, manners of dress, Mark Twain, and a biting critique of public figures.
A satirical piece recalls Jean Pierre Dentieu who died in a Chicago hospital after overeating ice cream at a downtown hotel. The essay mocks sensational fake news and imagines a Yukon geese cannery, hinting at readers’ appetite for lurid tales and odd celebrity anecdotes.
A Chicago firm offers ready made sermons prompting praise from newspapers and a sense of improvement in sermon quality. The piece notes ongoing anti religious sentiment in Mexico and broader questions about religion in government, while commenting on New York society drinking tales and a publisher's cookbook style guide titled Drinks for the Ladies.
In Chicago a tale emerges of barbers using secret gestures to tip ratings, prompting anger after a barber allegedly injured a customer. Joseph Hays, quoted, admits larceny at Alfred Dertrand's Washington street saloon, stealing coal to eat and find shelter, amid discussions of aiding starving Russians.
Branco County reader Ezra Boswick, a 75 year old donor, embodies charity through steady labor and philanthropy. He has given nearly ninety thousand dollars to educational and charitable causes in Michigan, favoring Albion and Olivet colleges, Union City Congregational Church, and Methodist superannuated ministers.
The writer argues that raiders target Sunday papers but most labor occurs before Saturday midnight, making suppression of a morning paper impractical. A 24 hour blackout would push two editions at risk and a Sunday paper cannot be issued before Saturday midnight while a Monday paper cannot be after Sunday midnight. The public would not accept five morning papers a week. such cutbacks would trigger social upheaval.
A Boston transcript presents a lyrical portrait of a tormented poet tied to Fordham cottage. The work traces his ascent through celestial song and hellish visions, the lone Brow of Heaven and Dis, ending with a fate that crowned him posthumously.
Elizabeth Gilman and Mark Evelyn marry after a crisis of love. He forgives, supports, and reshapes her life in California. A rival suitor tests fidelity at sea and in society, but Elizabeth finally confesses her love for Mark, ending with a renewed, enduring union.
A period warning urges careful shooting during season with advice to remove shells before fencing, keep guns down and away from people, limit hunting parties, stay home if inexperienced, avoid striking with a club, avoid muzzle contamination, stay with companions, and refrain from morning or daytime drinking to prevent fatal firearm accidents.
An Alexandria merchant disputes an account with a fellah. After a heated exchange the merchant curses the peasant, who calmly cites self control. The merchant, impressed by the fellah's meekness, asks how he bore the abuse and learns the man kept his voice below a fixed key to suppress passion.
An odd tale from the New York Sun recounts a West Fifteenth street fire in which a young woman cries to save her baby only to have a pug named Baby emerge unharmed later. Firefighter Edward Williams braved flames, returned with burns, yet failed to find the child at first.
James Steele describes a remarkable spider of the Epeira tribe observed on a sunny porch. The creature spun evenly spaced spiral cables, measured like micrometers, from a square crimson-marked back patch, moving left to right without tangling. A prey spider was captured and wrapped in silk to finish the web.
A Connecticut firm building towers advertised for young, strong applicants warning the job is of the most dangerous nature and that few men stay longer than a few years. The piece notes that linemen and workers in wallpaper and leather paper factories face shortened lifespans from dust and inhalation, while brass ornament production exposes workers to fine brass particles.
Rubenstein recently visited Paris while en route to Milan where negotiations are under way for a Scala production of one of his operas. A Paris project, led by the Vicomtesse de Grefalhe and others, aims to stage Le Demon by a Russian troupe at the Eden Theatre. The maestro, once affluent, now lives modestly in Dresden with his wife and two sons, and his long‑standing cataract threatens to blind him.
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