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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1884
Page
2
The Register reports several roving Mormon preachers recently arrested in Georgia for vagrancy plan a test case of their indictment. They have been funded from Utah to cover trial expenses as they pursue legal action.
A Charleston or New Orleans lines dispatch recounts a melodrama scene in which Miss Maddern as Chip grapples with a torpedo plot aboard a steamer in Page's Ferry. A Texas cowboy cheers her on with a navy six shooter as the torpedo explodes and the craft nears safety amid stagecraft and audience antics.
A Springfield Republican note recounts Dr. Hatfield’s hymn expertise and his playful critique of a choir’s Watts Psalm parody. It highlights how Hatfield suggested a sequence of altered lines, culminating in a comically altered “may my heart go diddle diddle” before Jones’s choir sang Watts’s version.
The University of Texas advertises nearly one million acres of land available for sale or lease. The announcement highlights extensive property holdings and potential opportunities for development or use by private entities and government partners.
In Wittenberg Catherine von Born, 16 years Luther's junior, a former nun from a noble but poor family, fled the cloister with friends failing to release her earlier. She joined Luther’s household as a partner, and on June 5 1525 they wed in the Wittenberg cloister with family and reformers present, marking a pivotal step in Luther's life.
A vivid description of Southern plant life and foliage, detailing how atmospheric nutrition affects leaf surface and diversity. The piece surveys mimosas bays cedars custard apple mangroves and other flora, linking their forms to radiant landscapes and even noting implications for engineers and artists.
A vivid tour of the Rio Market near the bay docks describes a sprawling, chaotic array of goods from tropical fruits to Yankee handiwork, water crocks, and poultry. The piece notes a prolific bird collection, including a large peculiar canary and a bird called Doctor, with locals fascinated by its size and variety.
Two forgotten graves mark Mount Olivet plots of former national figures. Wirtz, keeper of Andersonville prison, lies beneath a tall hickory with only a solitary marble block inscribed Wirtz. Mrs. Mary E. Surratt rests under a plain headstone with no dates or cause, surrounded by weeds and decay. Washington Post.
A Austin boy nicked apples from a grocery stand and taunted the proprietor who chased him. The boy boasted his father once shot a man for visiting his mother, hinting more punishment awaits the pursuer as Texas Siftings notes the incident.
Agricultural notes advise keeping ducks for eggs feathers and market value, with late apple cobbler and hyposulphite oil remedies for diseases. It discusses seed corn saving, water management, potato seed quality, and worm control with ash. It also covers apple orchard losses from insects, climate impacts, mushroom cultivation prospects, and general farming adaptability across states.
A lively collection of home remedies and kitchen tips covers vinegars with horseradish and mint, baking and cake icing methods, artificial oysters from common batter, a strawberry cake recipe with pink and white icing, fruit preservation tips, and scalloped potatoes with careful layering and cracker crumb topping.
The Mormons treat Salt Lake as a bathing resort but warn it is deadly. Intense salt water in the mouth can cause a person to strangle quickly and eight or ten drown annually. The lake is desolate with no life or nearby residents. Nevins comments on self accounting for errors.
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