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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1887
Page
2
A Cincinnati man recalls Gen. Butler wooing and marrying Miss Hildreth, the Episcopal clergyman’s daughter who starred at the city’s principal theater. Butler attended every performance and two weeks later took her as his wife, leaving management and public in mourning.
Gen Boulan ger, France's War Minister, forbids foreign pigeons entering France to prevent Germany using carrier pigeons in occupied zones. Belgium vows to intervene through its Foreign Affairs. La France Militaire rejects any foreign entry and accuses Belgian societies of introducing German pigeons into France.
M. de Laboulaye arrives as French ambassador to St Petersburg with a carte blanche allowance and a grand mansion on the Quai de la Cour. H. W. Grady points to Southern praise in New York and notes Empress Carlotta’s erratic behavior, Belgium’s castle plans, and a Minneapolis cooperative scheme. The piece also surveys poker in Washington society, an accident with a fork, locomotive innovations, and fitness views by William Blaikie with remarks on Hanlan and historic figures.
Lil teases her sister Cora about being as big as her and wonders if a beau is the motive. The exchange reveals playful sibling dynamics and a humorous misunderstanding about stockings and size.
The article surveys legendary and reported giants from ancient kings like Og and Goliath to Roman rulers and explorers. It notes museum and circus showcases, debated heights from nine to twelve feet, and accounts by Turner and Thevet of tall South Americans, ending with a mention of a well proportioned living giant.
The article details modern elephant hunting methods in India and Ceylon, including catching with trained elephants, forming circular drives with a redan in forests, burning torches to drive elephants into traps, and using pits along migratory routes. It explains taming and removing captured elephants and cautions about dangerous use of cords and pried restraints.
The letters Carlyle wrote as a youth were owned by his niece Mrs Alexander Carlyle and used by Norton for a selections volume. Froude violated the stern injunction to burn or withhold the letters and omitted the most creditable parts, though Carlyle wished no express biography.
A dialogue in a Boston Courier cartoon asks about entering the newspaper business. Smith has bought a country paper and jokes about providing occasional favors while Jones hides the cost of manufacturing both clothing and newspapers.
The Bustier editor rejects a duel challenge from Col Bowser after his critique, defending peaceful resolve. Walt Mason’s Whip reprinting mocks threats, recalls Bowser’s lore, and vows to avoid firearms while endorsing nonviolent wit.
Describes a Christmas day wedding custom among mountain families with a mock abduction, procession, and reception. The ceremony features a groom with a hickory, communal dinner, dancing, wrestling games, and jovial but rough entertainment. Notes the superstitions about marital happiness and fortunes for the coming year.
In a San Francisco Post item a senior partner of a wholesale dry goods house tells a retail customer the account must be reduced due to a lack of confidence and scarce money. The customer retorts that an honest man would never fail, hinting at arson, while the merchant suggests collecting insurance.
Popular Science sections describe air flowing into a vacuum at 1338 feet per second and steam at 2000 feet per second. It cites Jupiter's red spot visibility, a Lockyer estimate of 40 to 50 million stars, and a chimney downdraft device. It also covers oiled ships, Italian bird catalog, rot resistance of timber, sawdust aging, damp houses, cellar health, lunar orbit changes, and a spider molt process.
A Practical guide recommends lukewarm water with ammonia or borax for washing to keep skin clean and soft. Oatmeal in water whitens hands, glycerine is risky for some, so dry oatmeal and bed gloves are advised. Night mixtures include white of egg with alum, Roman toilet paste equals egg barley flour honey, and lemon acid aids stain removal.
An elderly Chicago woman traveling to Detroit on a sleeping car yelled in fright at night claiming a man was beneath her bed. The porter investigated, and the man revealed the old shirt he had used as a neck ban. He quipped about wishing for past drinks as evidence of his past sins.
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