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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1876
Page
1
At our Dry Goods and Clothing House we invite inspection of new stock. By close buying and cash payments we offer deeply reduced rates on Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, and Hats and Caps. We have fully embraced bottom figures for the Fall and Winter of 1875.
The remark suggests that low prices will trigger buying and stocking up. It implies a favorable moment to purchase luxury goods at bargain rates, encouraging readers to prepare inventories while costs are minimal.
The advertisement highlights cheap goods available at Lichtenberger & Sons including Alpacas Merinos Poplins Bombazines Repellant Cloths and dress fabrics in plain and fancy styles. Muslins Linens Flannels and Prints are also abundant in their clothing and furnishing line.
An offer to sell a complete range of garments from a paper collar to a broadcloth suit with an overcoat included, inviting any person seeking a coat, vest, pants, or any clothing item to purchase from the collection.
The store promotes low prices on piece goods including broadcloths jeans doeskins imported cassimeres tweeds and a full range of first class clothing items. Notions collarettes belts corsets ties gloves lace edgings sashes Hosiery ruffs and a fresh fall collection of overcoats.
A retailer promotes Staple Domestics and Standard Prints with a wide, attractively priced collection. The emphasis is on affordable, fashionable essentials and well known brands to appeal to shoppers seeking value and style.
A brief notice notes Dry Goods Trade offers have been reduced to lowest prices. In Boots and Shoes the shop promises superior inducements to buyers, highlighting savings and value on footwear and related apparel.
The text promises a flexible approach to meet every customer’s needs in price size and quality. It emphasizes readiness to accommodate varied preferences and ensure customer satisfaction with tailored options.
Clothing line offers low priced Dry Goods Boots and Shoes and Hats at Lichtenberger and Sons cash house. Local shoppers urged to call for bargains on needed apparel and accessories.
The Register lists subscription terms and strict payment rules. Advertising rates cover local columns half column quarter column and whole column with durations from one month to one year. Transient ads must be prepaid and job work on delivery.
A reflective poem recalls a dim old forest as the best memory picture. The speaker mourns a lost little brother, once beloved in the sunny woods. The verse ties memory, nature, and the boy’s peaceful repose to a timeless image on memory’s wall.
A motivational verse urging perseverance through adversity. The refrain Never give up echoes amid references to providence, courage, and resilience. It urges standing firm like a rock when storms of battle loom, trusting wisdom and hope.
A fragment from Slarper's Weekly features a lovers quarrel where a suitor endures scorn yet hopes her heart may be true. In Boonville Enquirer an optimistic wheat report notes January fields now look thrifty and vigorous, with croakers silenced by the promise of a fine crop, though final yield remains uncertain.
In Cologne a penniless French queen regent Maro de Medicis and her companion Mascali endure cold and hunger. A Duke helps discreetly, leaving two hundred louis, but starvation claims the pair. The tale ties to Henri IV era turmoil and Richelieu’s shadow.
An exchange in a room features a gentleman praising a young author and sisters as future poets actresses and artists while a sharp remarks from a criticess ends with a loud slam of the door. The dialogue mentions Miss White Harper Knowles Kellogg Mary and other seminary figures as aspiring talents.
In a Court Gazette report a wealthy man's will was read at a Woat Jind hotel. The opening bequests included Col. G and Geo W I with large sums. A codicil reveals the deceased had lost twice the stated amount and instructs heirs to take the will as the deed. A Warrness Case follows about a full grown young man who calls his parents maw and paw.
In a grand drawing room a silk shroud and an elegant coffin on display shocked the narrator. The host explains it was a birthday gift from his son and a silk burial sheet sewn by his daughter. The piece notes that coffins and burial shrouds are common keepsakes for honoring parents in Chinese culture.
The text portrays avarice as a paradoxical passion that devours the keeper of treasure. The miser worships a worldly god yet shuns its pomp and pleasures, hoarding wealth as both means and end. Poverty of spirit fuels endless accumulation, a grand sepulchre that grows with age.
A compact recall of historical figures facing death with resolve and ritual. Augustus Ciegar dies standing and neatly dressed, Caesar hides his face beneath his toga, Siward dons armor at death, Maria Louisa resists repose, Nelson covers his face as he dies, Napoleon dies in field marshal dress and boots.
The Pontine Gazette summarises Oakland Chronicle entries from 1830 to 1831 noting a moderate winter with no snow or severe cold. Reports describe late November with growth of pumpkins and greens, December rain and milder conditions, frost nights, and remarks that winter 1830 31 closely resembled 1875 76 with no major storms. A Paris notice adds a furniture fashion using aromatic herbs.
Clarence Cook argues in Scribner's Monthly that pictures should be hung no higher than eye level for easy viewing. Portraits and faces should appear to meet the viewer’s gaze, and a horizontal midline at eye level often works best. He notes rural homes often hang art too high, treating it as precious rather than practical for daily use.
A Yorkshire squire, Squire Hawley of Hatfield near Doncaster, left his fortune to his groom on condition of a burial in bridal costume with whip and spurs, pony and dog shot for the funeral. If unmet, the fortune would go to Catholics. The grave was blessed by a Roman Catholic priest, and even the bridles and a fox buried with him. The tale reflects lingering superstition about objects accompanying the deceased.
In a Nevada tale, a wily fox evades keen hounds for years by slipping to a woods house used as a peso store. When chased, the fox vanished at the house and, upon investigation, an old dog found the fox suspended by his tail on a nail, explaining the scent loss.
The Boston Journal laments an overload of Centennial items from boots to calendars and relics. A Centennial turkey and basket appear among the items, while a quip on digestion and memory underscores the wary tone as readers anticipate excess and caution.
A wife asks her husband which birds he admires. He replies with a playful line about preferring a turkey with plenty of seasoning, offering a light domestic exchange.
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