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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1873
Page
1
A long moralizing satire on married life with lists of beliefs from both husbands and wives. It contrasts views on love, jealousy, social dress, and household management, ending with reflections on Sunday attire and urban London growth.
A new Peruvian collection arrives at the Berlin Museum’s ethnology section. It includes mummies, pottery, and textiles that reveal ancient Peruvian textile art. A clothed mummy woman holds a clay infant, and artifacts like food bags drinking cups spindle and loom appear, typical of women’s tombs.
A California paper reports the discovery of three Zuni villages, believed survivors of ancient Aztecs, along a Grand Trail route near Fort Mohave and the diamond fields. About 6,000 people, they resemble a superior race in looks and dress, with modest women, clean houses, and good cooking. They cultivate corn, wheat, and vegetables, raise sheep and goats, and keep domestic animals. Houses are stone and terrace stacked. They worship the Great Spirit, believing he dwells in the sun, and are friendly but stubborn in defense.
The article reports Scotland building a Tay river bridge nearly two miles long with 59 spans and a height of 50 feet, claiming it will surpass Montreal’s Victoria Bridge by 1,127 feet. Con struction cost about £1,085,000 in gold and completion is targeted for 1874. It mentions other snippets from Detroit and New Orleans as well.
Early risers in New York recall Horace Greeley, editor of the Tribune, being mistaken for a prisoner while walking to downtown. An officer ordered him to join the line, sparking his protest and a quick corrective by reporters. Greeley later wrote a lively piece on prison reform.
A church social tale recalls a small man with an effeminate voice sharing his hardship and the trustees scolding him to put the devil behind him. The pastor responds that shepherds are sent to the lost sheep of Israel, prompting a sharp retort about a fat sheep and long-delayed help.
A lengthy crowd-pleasing tour by the Rev. Lamimond, hailed as a great revivalist, sparks headlines as he derides political leaders and draws attention in the Northwest. He publicly mocks perceived vice and delivers fiery sermons, prompting mixed responses in frontier towns.
A tribute declares Thomas Nast a brilliant caricaturist whose bold cartoons attacked Greeley, Schurz, Sumner, and Trumbull while praising his patriotic aims. It laments his death, notes publishers offer no reward, and imagines how Nast would pursue public wrongdoers if alive, urging remembrance in the Journal of Civilization.
An old household advice piece warns against overheated rooms and poor ventilation as risk factors for pneumonia and other illnesses. It cites a tale of a woman and her sister who died after excessive warmth and limited airflow. It urges keeping thermometer readings around seventy degrees, exercising more, and ensuring pure air enters via open doors and windows. It ends with a contrast about the Russian ambassador in Paris employing twenty five servants in scarlet coats at dinners.
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