18 Feb 1881
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1881
Page
1
Rates list for tile register and half column and whole column ads. Includes durations from one month to twelve months with prices. Notes require advance payment for transient ads and payment on delivery for gar job work. Includes a line about ad rates and payments.
A short verse contrasts faults of men and women. It laments that men have two faults and women many, praising women for loving difficult men despite their flaws. The poem critiques mutual perceptions in relationships with tonal wit.
The Rochester Union notes merchants view advertising as profitable, citing Chicago Tribune and New York papers. A column four years earns the Tribune about 26,000, Herald 39,723 to 348,000, and New York Tribune 29,764 to 85,648, not lacking ads due to patronage from businessmen.
A Galveston Recorder case recounts a prosecutor receiving a coal blow to the eye from a black man, prompting the judge to note a mitigating circumstance. The speaker defends his softer coal hit as mercy, while suggesting harder coal could have caused greater injury.
A campaign taunt features a man asking another about his nose. The reply denies nasal paralysis, but the heckler accuses the opponent of leading him by the nose for years, implying lack of awareness. The exchange uses humor to mock political persuasion.
A Western editor recounts his amusement at almost being dubbed honey by the girl he loves while she salutes him as CA Bees and other affectionate terms. The fragment hints at playful romance and local color without full context or clear dates.
Charles Barclay, a young heir, camps at an old church after learning a girl Ada Morton vanished three months ago. He meets her in spirit form and suspects guardian Stephen Hastborn’s cruelty. Over three nights he uncovers clues, confronts a staged ghost, and discovers Ada’s living foe plans to mislead him.
Barclay, the emissary of mercy, helps Ada Morton reclaim her inheritance and unmask Stephen Eastburn. In a tense church confrontation, Ada declares Eastburn her murderer while Barclay guides the finale, restoring Ada and prompting his voluntary departure to avoid a forbidden romance.
A traveler finds a distressed frontier family in Illinois after their daughter Sal elopes with a village editor. The husband warns of ruin and shame while the mother laments the loss of their girl and the uncertain future for Sal. The tale blends heavy reproach with local color and a sense of moral peril.
Detroit Free Press reports a proposed bill to repeal existing game laws and replace with provisions targeting hotel keepers misusing meat, quail on toast substitutes, and various wildlife offenses. Penalties include fines from 5 to 50 dollars, 30 days in jail for nonpayment, and piracy charges for misrepresented deer and elk kills. The measure also clarifies fox behavior during hunts and repeals a prior bird-start rule.
The note affirms gathered waists remain favored by young ladies and that young gentlemen also prefer the look. It reflects a shared trend among both genders toward tailored silhouettes in contemporary dress.
The Burlington Lawkeye recounts a tale of Gov Grimes arriving at the Iowa capital hotel amid the legislature. A young candidate attempts to gain an interview by using a misleading five cent transgression to test the governor. Grimes reveals the ruse and dismisses the man, warning that swindling a worker betrays public trust.
The passage argues that some leaders and writers shed former friends as they rise, behaving like a self centered center of light. It notes how true friends are scarce for those with strong individuality and high ideals, warning that selfish motives betray friendship and the golden rule.
Pall Mall Gazette says revisers alter key elements of the New Testament, replacing familiar phrases such as Deliver us from evil with Deliver us from the evil one, amending lines about wealth and the soul, and substituting Hades for hell. They also erase chapter and verse divisions and print in paragraph form, provoking concern among readers attached to the authorized version.
A historical anecdote recounts Van Amburgh the famous lion tamer who died. In a barroom he boasted of eye power over animals and demonstrated by fixing a stern gaze on a rude man. The man approached, then struck him hard, challenging the gaze and knocking him over a chair.
A visiting girl from Boeton school exclaimed upon seeing a tire engine in operation. She marveled at its power, saying she could not believe such a diminutive apparatus could hold so much wattage.
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