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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1885
Page
2
The Toronto Globe reports a miniature steam engine produced by a resident of Arkona, Canada, detailing tiny measurements and performance. William C. Hopson relates a Tilden anecdote about a stubborn physician and patient, highlighting medicine tolerances and gradual cessation.
The column traces the rise and fall of Queen Adelaide a famed society beauty in New York. It recalls her bold love of Wall Street financiers and a tempestuous five year reign of charm and peril ending in ruin and a dramatic morgue rescue before burial.
The report indicates 200 million bushels allocated for domestic use and 44 million destined for export to England. It notes this year’s crop is smaller than last year’s 299 million bushels, implying a reduced overall yield and adjusted supply dynamics.
The Century argues for a universal sense of honor in every role from cook to president. It urges ministers and teachers to preach duty and disinterested service, warning that neglecting this responsibility risks worsening society’s troubles and calamities.
A Long Felt Want notes a new stove-pipe style sold at high-art hardware stores stamped with diagonal patterns resembling crocodile hides. The piece calls for a dovetailing, easier construction to reduce profanity during erection, praising practical manufacture for Russia and beyond.
The article surveys Moroccos craft of tanning goat skins for fine glove leathers and contrasts them with sheep skins used for linings and facings. It notes raw, dry salted skins, alum-tanned finishes, and innovation toward rivaling French kid leather, plus the rise of Lussia leather and a Russian-tannin tale shared by Marshallow Ell in Harpers Magazine.
A New York Mail and Express note declares a factory will mass produce dental sets by machinery. It argues immediate tooth extraction followed by replacement with machine-made teeth will end toothache for life, with interchangeable parts and mail-order replacements on demand.
A joke from the Chicago News about a robber bragging of taking a conductor s salary, arguing the rest of the theft remains to be done and mocking the concept of robbing the company.
A dense opinion piece recounts figures from American history including Henry Wise and George Catlin. It traces Catlin’s seven to eight year Indian portrait project, the fate of his collection, and Harold Lowrie’s Senate secretarial era. It also covers debate over war versus peace, and includes reflections on intellect, conversation, and social substitutes like cards and games.
The piece argues intellect is not practical and favors plain, steady living over lofty theory. It contrasts Socrates with domestic life and praises simple, grounded people over philosophers. It then discusses James McCosh’s warning against overly broad elective systems in colleges.
The piece argues that infant intelligence mirrors ancestral progress and that manual dexterity should precede reading and writing. It claims early human skills arose before literacy, suggesting primary instruction focus on manual labor to ease later learning of letters and reading.
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