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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1893
Page
2
The Register notes a walking delegate is unlikely to face forms of excessive pedestrainism. Lord Dunraven estimates Britain's yachts worth fifty million dollars in service, supporting six to seven thousand maritime jobs.
An assertion ties Mayor Washburne of Chicago to rising costs in the city, noting a claimed $16 per ton increase in cabbage prices due to widespread smoking. The statement links municipal leadership to economic effect amid smoking discourse.
In several New York theaters spectators notice ladies removing hats during performances. The trend pleases many male attendees who are less inclined to leave for the usual intermission, enjoying the changed atmosphere and attentive crowds.
A claim that a letter from Dr. Cochrane of the American Board of Missions in Persia serves as the best passport through the Kurdish Mountains. The text notes Kurds direct travelers by presenting the letter once shown.
Since news that Baron Ilirsch is the richest and most generous man, his mail comes in bushel baskets filled with requests for aid. Fortunately the Baron never reads any letters.
Witciam IF Borruentorp of Ruth erford Vermont discovered a lock of red hair embedded in a cut hickory tree. He left the tree untouched and feared that examining it further might reveal the woman responsible.
A Reverend Jenkins Jones emerges from obscurity to declare that smoking is worse than drinking. The remark prompts reflection on why he chose to speak at this time and what prompted his public stance.
The text laments the deteriorating condition of Ferdinand de Lesseps, describing him as broken in body and mind. It notes his mental alienation masking awareness of his downfall and mentions friends praying for an end to his earthly career without a return to sanity.
A melancholy incident in Washington involves an 11 year old shooting his elderly grandfather during a burglary attempt. The piece reflects on the prevalence of such killings of esteemed relatives and ponders why a genuine cracksman is not found.
Count Toustot has learned reason and justice and will settle his estates on his wife and children after years of refusing. He had argued that land belonged to the public and should be divided among poorer neighbors, but is now persuaded to provide for his immediate family.
Tim Cross of the Order of S J Olaf instituted by Oscar I to recompense exceptional service to the world. It is a gold costly affair with diamond settings. It will be conferred on M Pasteur on his approaching birthday anniversary.
The text argues that cultured swindlers deserve the same harsh treatment as common thieves, insisting that a refined man who turns swindler falls to the level of ordinary criminals and should endure incarceration accordingly.
The ukase compels Jewish artisans to reside only in towns that have official boards of trade, a condition met in roughly ten percent of Russian towns. Observers warn of another exodus and renewed misery at the frontier and beyond as a result of the decree.
A reflective meditation on how distance and time mute brief joys and reveal hidden hardships. The text contemplates aging, frailty, and the elusive sheen of imagined pleasures, warning that fair promises conceal thorny undercurrents beneath the surface.
A fragment describes grand beauty collapsing under a gust as radiant grandeur becomes fragile soap bubbles then dissipates, leaving only vanished splendor and a sense of ruin.
A fashionable city race track is alleged to permit a favorite racer to receive a morphine injection to stave off sulking in speed contests. The piece questions if the morphine craze now reaches horses and warns of possible widespread drug and alcohol abuse among animals and prize cattle.
In Athens, New England shore society hosted a masquerade pageant featuring dancing by the city's prettiest girls and frisky matrons among gilded cadets. The performance, staged in a theater under bright footlights, drew sharp commentary on upper circle frivolity and a perceived fin de siècle decadence.
Critics argue steamship agents misclassify travelers from Europe as non immigrants while 2263 aboard the Stuttgart are labeled tourists or citizens returning home. They accuse lines of lobbying Washington against any immigration suspension, claiming to know what is best for the public and their own profits.
A historical note questions old beliefs about electricity and earth conductors. It cites trolley earth circuits interfering with Atlantic cables and phones, mentions lead pipe corrosion from underground currents, and recounts a Boston mechanic powering a small motor underground, suggesting we still know little about electricity.
A French geologist calculates yearly erosion moving solid matter to the ocean and estimates the land would be exhausted in about 4.5 million years. He notes the sea would rise accordingly with disintegration, though no immediate concern arises. The piece ends with a grim aside about Hell as the coolest place for a lost sinner.
A Chicago Herald quip recounts a dreamer detailing an ideal wife with lofty, mythic traits yet admitting his real spouse is a short, dark woman. The piece contrasts fantasy standards with domestic reality, noting his worship of his wife despite the mismatch.
In early 1900s Madrid, tight rope dancer Jim Andrews eclipses rival Villette after a staged duel on the rope. Andrews exposes Villette as a fraud when the crowd cheers him, sending Villette away defeated as Andrews again reigns as top attraction for Spanish spectators.
Henry enters to find a neglected home and Maria's sharp defense of her housekeeping. He blasts the condition and attire, accusing Maria of laziness while she accuses him of lateness and excuses, ending with a sarcastic remark about a supposed scheme.
A critique of pelopathy and spirit rapping, magnetizers, and clairvoyants, labeling them as self deceit and pseudo scientific folly. The author argues such delusions exploit fear and imagination, stalling progress and echoing ancient superstition.
A Times correspondent in St. Petersburg describes armor test trials that included firing experiments on animals. Rabbits were suspended in bags above flames near the firing line while dogs and cats were tethered under muzzle cover. The article notes the likely severe distress of the animals though exact results are not provided.
A California street cable worker, known as Lord Harrington for his looks and charm, arrives with a fortune and buys a Florida hotel to serve hard boiled eggs. The scheme collapses after eight days as the hotel sheriff takes over, leaving Harrington to return to work on the California cable line with lessons about trade.
A man famed for rigid routine falls in love after forty and plans a wedding with a steady schedule. On the big day he remains at home reading, explaining he forgot the engagement because it conflicted with his regular day for staying in. The wedding is postponed.
A house owner near Berlin finds a single eye in a stork nest and substitutes a froose eye. The chick hatches as a rossin instead of a storkling. The male stork enrages and leaves while the female stays, caring for the chick. Four days later the male returns with about five hundred storks who hold a mass meeting. After speeches the assembly attacks the female and her chick, killing them and destroying the nest before dispersing.
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