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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1883
Page
2
A Missouri doctor reports to the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Reporter a farmer with nine children. The eldest is 10, then twins aged 8, another twin set aged 6, a 4 year old girl, and triplets all girls aged 2. Father, mother and children in good health.
Grerce Alfred TownsEnd ridicules Ochiltree calling him the greatest liar in America. A Montreal beggar boy gains alms from a charitable tramp who pockets more, then reveals a planned sting. Dr Holmes jokes on life milestones while a South Carolina cotton picker invention promises to ease hand labor, claimed to reach 3000 to 6000 pounds daily with future tweaks.
The passage recounts Senator Ben Wade pushing for quick adjournment while President pro tem. He waited for Garrett Davis to finish a long speech then moved to adjourn at 4. He announced the vote to adjourn until 12 o'clock next day, admired for his cool efficiency.
A Pullman car porter tells a St. Louis reporter about earnings on sleeper cars. He criticizes drummers as liberal and married men as good, while women are very bad and millionaires worst. He recalls Col Gillette offering a dollar, Mackey fumbling for keys and only 50 cents, and Gov Tabor giving at most a dollar.
The piece recounts how Senator Jones and Senator Fair gave money in social visits while praising politicians who accept gifts. It also notes Dorsey the star-route man and the generosity of old ladies, followed by an anecdote about Dr. Duartes Topp and a reminiscence of President Andrew Jackson on slavery. A late tale features Tur Palmer and a cab fare bet ending with the driver driving off empty.
The article describes circus training as rigorous schooling where novices learn under stern trainers in winter schools and gymnastic apparatus. It notes the manager’s inspection, the public’s demand, and the risk of failure in front of crowds, with many becoming content to stay outside the ring. Also included is a rags trade anecdote mentioning New York rag imports and a $30,000,000 annual rag business with 2,000 ragpickers.
A compilation of home remedies and health guidance covers earache cure with pepper and oil, hair loss prevention via camphor wash, and sunlight’s uplifting effects. It cites peat mold for wound dressings, warns against stimulants for nervous exhaustion, and advocates nourishing food, fresh air, and light exercise.
A tenderfoot from the East buys a horse described as a mustang and buck jumper. The pony bucks, throwing him to the prairie. The cowboy explains the animal’s bucking behavior while the rider limps away, bemused by the ordeal in Texas. The Detroit Free Press notes the exchange and the rough ride.
A dinner party scene recalls the Kiost family hosting, where the hostess allows her young son to join for dessert after enjoying what her mother认为 enough fruit, reflecting domestic social habits and familial interactions of the period.
A guest, warned not to have more, loudly declares a demand for more to the surprise of all. A fresh supply is provided, and after finishing it, he repeats the threat. He is removed from the room and shouts that his trousers are fashioned from his mother’s old bedroom curtains, shocking the guests.
A defeated candidate laments corruption in politics after a county convention. He recalls lying and bribery to secure delegates, says he will quit politics, and rails against party betrayal as he resigns from a long service to the ticket. The account, sourced to the Detroit Free Press, captures disillusionment and alleged manipulation.
An old ebony upright piano linked to Mary Phillipse travels across oceans and centuries. Born in Paris in 1754, it passed to Col. Morris and England, returned with the Morris family in 1812, stood in Stephen Jumel’s New York mansion, lent to major concerts by Madame Jumel, later owned by Madame McArvey, and finally sailed again to Limerick before returning to New York in 1854 awaiting its end. The instrument, made by Parisian makers ancestral to Wolff & Co, remains a famed relic of musical history.
A parsimonious landlady hides a joke when a seeker asks for board. A tall boarder proclaims the house full but the boarders are empty, prompting the visitor to depart puzzled.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from different papers, featuring quips about aging, vanity, and daily life. The piece blends humorous anecdotes, mock dialogues, and brief lampoons, including lines about centenarians, bedtimes, and a courtier’s comment on beauty alongside snippets from the Harvard Lampoon and Louisville Courier-Journal.
The passage surveys global beauty norms, noting blackened teeth in Japan, red lips, blue and yellow complexions in Greenland, heavy makeup among Muscovites, and bound feet in China. It contrasts Persian beauty ideals such as aquiline noses and reports on mothers altering children’s noses or shaping them with boards, claiming Persians admire these styles.
A German writer, after earning £16,000 from failed literary ventures, placed all his funds and his will in the Imperial Deposit Bank at Berlin and tore up the cashier's receipt, believing this would keep his profits from evaporating. The cashier deemed him mad and warned that the money would take years to retrieve.
The depositor explains that tearing up the original receipt was deliberate to ensure the funds remain safe for a period. He notes it would take three years to obtain a duplicate receipt, implying the move aimed to protect the money during that interval.
The piece catalogs lodge counts and memberships for groups like Odd Fellows, Masons, Knights of Pythias, Knights Templar, and other orders across U S states and cities. It notes large totals in lodges and members, historic charter dates, monuments, and traveling support for members in Mansfield Ohio.
A humorous meditation on hats as symbols of respectability and power. The essay recalls how mobs mock hatless figures, how hats influence public perception of speakers, and recounts anecdotes from Irish politics with Parnell and others showing hat loss or concealment as a social trap.
A pastry cook in Bologna creates a novel substitute for a newspaper using delicate pastry leaves printed with chocolate liquor. Readers devour both the literary contents and the edible production, a playful jab at reading and digestion of news.
A remark notes that calling a 20-gold piece a double-case is as nonsensical as calling a dime a double-nickel, but the rarity of the latter coins drives real grumbling about terminology.
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