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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1879
Page
1
The Register outlines weekly publication by Cc Ww W. Slater and annual price options. It lists arrears policy, advertising rates for squares, quarter, half, and whole columns, and requires advance payment for transient notices and job work on delivery.
A moral exhortation urging perseverance through loneliness darkness and hardship. The speaker rebuts despair with calls to work, courage, and faith, promising divine guidance and near presence to aid and lead the reader toward a hopeful outcome.
The New Haven Register notes that Tilden won the most votes but Hayes became president and rewarded supporters, a theft explanation Hayes and Republicans fail to justify. The piece argues this unresolved dispute dooms the Republican party.
The New Haven Register notes that the Louisiana returned board tally for Hayes was not an effort to prove a false arithmetic result. The piece frames the issue as a question of size rather than mathematical deceit.
In Chicago a stylish lady aboard a street car holds a lap dog that shows impatience. She reassures the pet in sweet tones to wait while mamma puts on her glove, triggering laughter from fellow passengers.
In a Kentucky case a colored divine asked for communion wine. When the dealer pressed for the exact kind, he replied that some of the ladies of the congregation had desired a preference for gin.
A man at the top of a stairway feels a perplexing sensation when attempting one more step as if trying to kick a dog that isn’t there, illustrating a sudden encounter with nonexistence or illusion.
Frank Bird of Boston quipped that Ben Butler was the worst man to keep still ever born on this side of the Atlantic. The remark framed Butler as a restless figure in contemporary politics.
A jumble of quoted phrases about newspapers cigars gum and vision, a Belgian murder sentence with a fine to the widow, a Moody quip on reformers, and a note on agricultural yield rising from 11 to 15 bushels in France, all from a damaged page segment.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Canton Ohio and an order for 400 units. Exact details are unclear due to garbled wording. No identifiable person or organization beyond a city is confirmed.
Arthur Morton, a young invalid of twenty six, weighs guardianship treachery by Matthew Crosby who mishandled his fortune. Doctor Weston urges sea work to regain health and self reliance. Morton vows to seek a super-cargo berth after visiting Grace Melburne, his intended wife, who awaits their future.
Arthur Morton leaves home for sea after wealth nearly destroys him. He endures sickness and hardship, regains health through honest work, and returns changed. Dr Weston confesses he caused the ruin to force him to toil. Crosby loses through deception but is repaid by Arthur’s strength. Grace Melburne and Arthur are soon to wed.
A recent antiseptic surgical technique is reported from Chicago where two leg amputations were performed without pain. The surface is sponged with carbolic acid solution, avoiding ether or chloroform. Wound dressing uses oiled silk with sulphate of lead, medicated gauze layers, and Mackintosh cloth to cover the area.
The Bank of England will be 185 years old on the coming July 27 without a charter of incorporation at that date. It began as a joint stock company of £1,200,000 and was sent to William and Mary’s government, serving the state since its inception. The charter, first for 11 years, has been renewed periodically, last in 1844, and the bank now occupies a large Threadneedle Street building employing about 800 people. The bank issues no note smaller than five pounds, and no note is ever reissued. The average circulation runs around £25,000,000.
A memoir by M. Drien suggests that the short part of a violin string above the bridge vibrates with the main string and creates interference that dulls sound. He notes tuning these prolongations to the octave or enison and using movable nuts to adjust them.
A fragmentary recount blends myths with history about potato origins. It traces early Moscow tales of Mr Rowland bringing potatoes, Berwick legends naming Sir Michael Scott in Scotland, and a witty devil wizard partnership on the Martoun estate. It credits Sir Walter Raleigh with introducing potatoes to the country. The piece notes early misperceptions of potato roots versus fruit.
A Western damsel threatened to sue a wealthy man for breach of promise. He offered marriage, secured a license, and at the planned ceremony the pair stood before a magistrate in a hotel. When asked to consent, the bride boldly said no and fled with her mother, leaving the groom triumphant in an odd public escape.
Bananas are described as a tropical luxury for some, yet a staple for others. An acre can feed more than wheat, due to easy cultivation. The plant yields 75 to 175 fruits, ripening monthly, with life cycles repeating without frost. Florida is noted for extensive banana cultivation.
N Doriot a Bristol Tenn. native now in Reading creates a wooden watch weighing half an ounce. Open faced with a buffalo horn dial plate carved from a Texas Pacific railroad kill. Outside wood of Jerusalem olive, boxtwood works except key wheels. Timekeeper marked No 1. Stem and bow also wood. Watch dissembled by Penn street jeweler with perfect construction.
It is said there is little or no hope of another novel from George Eliot for years. Her husband left an unfinished work on "Positive Philosophy" which she had already begun to devote her time to completing after his death.
A dubious figure named Ate Nasty proposes a nationwide pie contest demanding absurd specifications. Pies must measure 80 inches in circumference and 19 inches thick, challenging bakers across the United States to compete.
The Cincinnati Star portrays London as a vast metropolis with seven hundred square miles and over four million people. It cites births and deaths, street expansion, new houses, and a high crime rate alongside deep poverty and religious disparity, claiming a city of extreme wealth and destitution.
A Paris socialite famed for card mastery defeats a Russian gambler in a single night. She takes a vow not to gamble again and pays a yearly $2,000 bounty labeled the Queen of Spades Bounty, donated to Parisian orphans.
The gardener at St Helene, aged about 90, died recently after serving Napoleon and the Longwood House staff. He joined the English army at 19 and fought in the Peninsular War, later guarding Napoleon aboard the Bellerophon. He lost an eye at Toulouse and witnessed the emperor’s exile.
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