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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1889
Page
2
The page surveys varied topics from coal output near Albuquerque to a London Times letter on Isle of Wight rail plans, court cases, library histories, and colonial matters. It reports on mining yields, royal almanacs, canal stock, Harvard rules, and anecdotes about birds' ventriloquial tricks and a leprosy inoculation in Hawaii.
A coal miner Michel Pierron and his daughter known as Miss Papa endure a protracted mine tragedy. After an explosion, the girl hunts through debris, insisting her father lives, and ultimately he is found alive under blue flannel, saved by her faith and the miners’ efforts. A grand banquet honors the girl who kept shouting papa.
A collage of comic vignettes and reflections on music's power contrasts with winter humor. Observations praise music as heart's medicine while jokes pervade the page, featuring German gags and light social mischief from Texas Siftings.
Three women board a Tenth street car in uptown Philadelphia. Two struggle to pay as the conductor waits. The two argue about fare while the quiet woman between them pays and says nothing. The conductor remarks on women and truth.
A Truth letter argues that using damn or hang in recounting a story by Mrs. Sarah Austin is not swearing. It compares condemned language to execution terms and contends these expressions convey displeasure rather than oath.
The famed Woodbridge oak, over twelve hundred years old, was cut due to decay. Its trunk measured twenty seven feet in circumference and its height allowed it to be seen for miles. In 1882 the Quinnipiac Oak Tree Association formed and a 1882 October celebration drew 1500 participants with Yale professors and public figures speaking. Many intend to keep chips and twigs as mementos.
Prof Joseph Le Conte argues that each level of culture requires matching hand-work. From preschool to savage and paleolithic peoples the hand or simple tools aid brain development, then refined tools and scientific instruments guide higher mental growth.
In a Chicago Ledger excerpt a man queries how a child fell ill. The reply points to grapes given before the illness and again as symptoms recur, with a brief note of an additional later grape instance.
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