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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1892
Page
2
The Register notes a leap year window for proposing annexation and mocks proposals while commenting on many unrelated items. It laments high murder totals and low executions, jokes about gambling and corset wear, and quips on cigars and cigarettes. It ends with a generic moral about gratitude.
The piece contemplates Kaiser William’s imagined visit for lessons in governance, urges brotherhood and open discourse, notes Darkest Russia and Darkest England efforts, comments on Senator Plum’s death from overwork, and critiques Boston Public Library’s exclusion of Puck and Judge, suggesting readers will buy the papers instead.
A circus elephant named Diamond went on a violent episode at winter quarters, tossing a bull dog, threatening two horses, and injuring several keepers before restraint. Observers note elephants can be deceitful and dangerously unpredictable, often targeting kind keepers.
The Union League Club of Philadelphia held a directors election under the new state law requiring an official ballot listing all candidates. Fifteen directors were to be chosen from eighteen nominees. twenty four of about six hundred voters spoiled their ballots by not marking any name. Some spoilage came from otherwise active supporters of the law, illustrating persistence of straight-ticket voting despite the law's simplicity.
Mrs. Rupert L. Stuart of New York dies at an advanced age. Her husband died in 1882 as the last of the Stuart line. The couple left a combined benefaction record surpassing two million dollars to religion education and charity. After his death the widow contributed sizable gifts to Princeton College the New York Historical Society the New York Children's Aid Society and Presbyterian missions.
In Eastbourne. a clash between Salvation Army workers and holidaymakers plus lower class residents escalates from religious friction into mob violence. Police claim rights are invoked by both sides as aristocrats and Plebs unite against the forceful religious outreach.
In preparing roll butter for shipment each roll should be wrapped in a clean butter cloth soaked in a strong brine made from sixteen parts salt and one part each of white sugar saltpeter and borax dissolved in water. Handle as little as possible to avoid mussiness and preserve value.
A New York World poem warns readers to pause before judging neighbors and church members. It mocks gossip and moral superiority, noting how quickly one accuses others while risking their own reputation. The piece ends with a sharp reminder about vanity and the gossip’s impact.
A vivid portrait of Pinkey a lively uniformed messenger-boy in a crowded city street. He ribs a toy-vender clashes with an organ grinder and aids a poor mother and child while dodging police and crowds in a series of playful scuffles and street-side dramas.
"really run over, I'd better give him a dollar," said my friend who is sympathetic and credulous. "Give him a dollar, anyhow," I suggested. Argonaut notes a moment of rueful, urban counsel about aid and judgment.
An English youth recalls a beach scene with a steamer midstream awaiting passengers. Three ladies and a baby drifted on a raft formed from a wrecked boat while two drunken men fought over rowing. A Welsh boatman dives, rescues the drowning woman, and pulls her to safety as others are saved.
A Senate inquiry finds districts bar new nobles by secret ballots and caste—pedigreed nobility enforcing the control. Once admitted, a noble is de facto a member of the district assembly and must be notified of meetings. Balloting is deemed a mere farce with no option to exclude.
A historic account reveals Russia controls a vast government monopoly on sheet iron. The isolated works resemble a fortified city where workers disappear without trace. Attempts to steal the secret end in death, as guards decree lifelong servitude for the facility. The iron’s remarkable properties are noted but not elaborated.
A Troy Alabama citizen paid 25 cents for a rat trap and in a week caught forty rats, a calf, and an old setting hen. The calf owner sues for heavy damages while the hen owner ends an engagement between his daughter and the trap setter.
A Prain story touts a heaven sent remedy claimed to cure the drinking habit in all disease stages. It presents an unbroken record of cures and argues the remedy restores fallen men to usefulness and sobriety.
The article lauds Dr. T. A. Barton of Warsaw Indiana for developing the Borton Cure, a program that claims to permanently end alcoholism. It recounts successful cases from Plymouth and Warsaw, notes Barton left his general practice to focus on this work, and describes Warsaw as a hospitable, lake city with accessible rail links.
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