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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1876
Page
1
At our Dry Goods and Clothing House we invite you to inspect the fresh stock just received. By close buying and paying cash for goods we can offer everything in the dry goods clothing boot and shoe or hat and cap lines at greatly reduced rates.
Prices at Lichtenberger and Sons fall to bottom figures for fall and winter 1875 with first class goods available at fourth class rates, encouraging customers to buy now and stock up.
The retailer promotes a broad selection of dress goods including Alpacas Merinos Bombazines and Rapellant Cloths at low prices. A large stock of Muslins Linens Flannels Prints and related items is also highlighted for immediate purchase.
Selling everything from a paper collar to a full suit of broadcloth with an overcoat, the store offers competition prices on coats vests pants and any apparel. Piece Goods include broadcloths doeskins tweeds and imported cassimeres with notions and accessories in stock. Fresh for the fall trade a complete line of overcoats just received.
A broad collection of Staple Domestics and Standard Prints is showcased as stylish and affordable, featuring well known brands across a large, attractive lineup.
A lyrical Valentine piece laments winter’s gloom and asks St Valentine why love arrives now. The speaker wonders why lilies and sunbeams fade and seeks guidance for a gift to send a loved one amid dreary days. The verse contrasts distant summer with present harsh weather and the hope of affection.
A local dry goods outfit promotes low prices across departments including boots and shoes. They advertise superior inducements and ready to fit every customer with satisfactory price size and quality.
A local sales pitch from Lichtenberger and Sons advertising low priced cash purchases across the dry goods boot and shoe lines and hat and cap offerings. The notice emphasizes affordable merchandise and cash deals.
A lengthy anecdote recounts the McWilliams family facing membranous croup and a fearful night. The wife insists on aggressive home remedies and medicines while the husband objects, only for a doctor to reveal the child had chewed pine causing throat irritation rather than membranous croup. The tale ends with the couple reconciled and a moral about cautious treatment.
A poem contemplating the hidden depths of love and fear of the unknown. It speaks of the foaming froth of passion, the froth of man and woman’s woes, and the urge to rush into the unknown sea of relationships. The verse weighs haste against enduring love that cannot be divided.
John Cochrane recalls New York dinners after the Revolution where Washington and officers gathered. A boy witnessed Gouverneur Morris jokingly slap Washington and a wager led to a hush. Other tales include Lord Norbury joking before a death sentence, and a Western log game with a minister urging spiritual salvation amid card play.
A Brooklyn New York board of education resolution declares that if any female teacher enters matrimony her position shall be deemed vacant. The rule reflects early 20th century employment norms affecting teachers and marital status.
In a Chicago Tribune fragment, Ella rejects Kenny's marriage plea after a tense vow to remain unattached. She declares she will not wed and warns of heartbreak as she parts in a dramatic farewell, with passion and resolve shaping a doomed romance.
Count Seeur's memoirs, issued after his death, recount Napoleon I's intense fear and superstition. The burning of Prince Schwarzenburg's Paris palace during Napoleon's marriage to Maria Louisa sparked alarm, and later stories linked Austria’s betrayal to that event. Schwarzenburg survived, later commanding allied forces into Paris and living in a palace built on the burned mansion site.
The Lewistown Sentinel editor received a $20,000 legacy from an old Mifflin County citizen as thanks for the newspaper. The note urges readers to emulate the act and contrasts it with debt brought by others toward the printer.
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