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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1886
Page
2
A soldier created an eight thousand seven hundred piece crazy quilt over two and a half years valued at fifty three thousand dollars. The piece reflects a remarkable work of art and dedication from wartime textiles.
The plan envisions dissolving special agents within two to three months under one head the secret service. This change may not dismiss all agents, though many will likely not be needed. A London lighting trial at Euston Station uses platinum wire caps to produce a steady windproof white light with double the efficiency. A Pennsylvania book agent faces license charges and a judge may accept his plea that he sells books not in stores. Reverend Nathaniel W. Conkling is accused of tax fraud and misappropriation after steering about three million dollars from an elderly widow’s fortune through a web of gifts and travel expenses of his family.
The piece recalls Sicilian belief in government power over cholera and its cures, recounting a folk quip about the government providing an antidote when 5,000 die. It also tells of a homesick Italian seeking a voyage home and asking a sea captain for an island antidote, a tale labeled Ingleside.
A brief dialogue depicts a needy person asking a gentleman for money and receiving five cents. The man questions the use of the money, and the response is a sharp jab at the idea of buying beer or champagne with such a small amount. The fragment captures a moment of street bargaining and humor.
A reflective poem recalls a quiet childhood home now replaced by busy streets and progress. The narrator mourns the vanished past, hearing trains and carriages, missing tears, and choosing a patient burden to carry toward an old house where paths converge.
In Git Out Valley Eli Brock and Jameson Deal cluster amid legends of silver finds and family strife. Luke Claridge, a respected worker, woos Beula Brock against her father’s wishes, fleeing with her as a blizzard traps them. They nearly perish but uncover rich ore, while Deal dies rescuing Beula. The Silver Prince Archibald Phoenix enters as a wedding guest and offers to marry Beula, who accepts, reshaping her fate and the valley’s fortunes.
A story of solemnization and travel ends with Luke Claridge and Beula exchanging vows, while Archibald Phoenix reveals a dramatic past. A secret surrounding Jamison Deal shadows the joyful union as old secrets fade in the glow of happiness.
A collection of Rev Sam Jones remarks from a discourse in St Louis features sharp critiques of theatergoers, religious pretensions, and social hypocrisy. He mocks ministers and officials, contrasts morality with wealth, and rips into theatergoing and card playing while praising plain folks.
A Indiana lodge master strict about ritual caused a fatal fall when he toppled through a window. The lodge disappeared after his death and decades later skeletons were found in the courthouse attic, all facing the broken sash awaiting the Master’s knock. Dr. Morris recounts the tale from the Courier Journal.
A dialogue shows Mrs Odds taunting Mrs Ends about breaking up housekeeping and moving into a boarding house. Mrs Ends explains Henry pushed the change and had the sheriff store their valued possessions, citing a powerful friend of Henry.
A London Lancet piece argues tobacco smoke has sedative heart effects and cautions cumulative use. It notes that tubes and cotton plugs don not remove tobacco's downsides, while considering potential therapeutic value if action is understood. It discusses pulse changes, nerve effects, and the historical use of tobacco in medicine.
A Kansas City Journal correspondent sketches the South American coast south of Callao. He describes long stretches of uniform coastline with green valleys, rugged crevices and gorges formed by Andean snows, rich alluvial lands fed by irrigation, and sands meeting ocean walls where streams rarely cut through. Seabirds and seals dot the cliffs while guano deposits vary. From the ship’s bridge lookout the fertile valleys, grand haciendas, and lush gardens unfold as a vivid, expansive scene beyond the glass.
A Missouri conversation records a colonel joking about shooting a persistent merchant who pesters him daily. The major chides the idea and suggests continuing trade, implying self-harm as the merchant’s fate if pressure continues. It captures a wary, tongue in cheek tone of frontier commerce.
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