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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1892
Page
2
A scattered column highlights politics in Congress, weird local notes, and social quips. References to Baron Hirsch settlements in Mexico, Chicago book agents, shipboard fashion, and the tale of Belle Bilton lead into reflections on life, culture, and public figures like Gladstone and Ingersoll with light editorial wit.
A satirical column notes a contested will of Schuy Skaats, jokes about snoring in church and punning, and mocks tobacco harm reduction. It comments on Chicago florists forming a flower trust and lampoons a Russian admiral pickpocket episode. Leap year proposals spark gender role debate with mockery of Be linda and Jeems.
The London Globe notes Verdi’s critique of Italy’s social conditions praising farmers over many professions. He argues for fewer musicians and doctors and more agriculturists, while the agriculturist seeks higher pay and greater education.
A humorous verse from the Boston Globe envisions a western town Argonia where women propose to men. The speaker jokes about laziness and marriage as a remedy to bachelor life, describing eager courters, financially capable wives, and a lively social scene in a sunlit frontier setting.
In a rural township Squire Barlow helps 14 year old Rosie Watson recover her pony Dolly from gypsies. Rosie swears to ownership, proves bond with Dolly through dramatic court pasture scene, and the judge grants return of the pony. Gypsy leader is warned off. Constable Finn detains the suspect as Rosie rides Dolly home.
A descendant of G W Parke Custis recalls 1781 when Laurens proposed crowning Washington as Marechal de France to resolve Franco American command tensions. Rochambeau could only serve under the king, making Washington a marshal. A Southern home reportedly preserves a porcelain mug bearing the inscription George Washington, Esq General in Chief of the United States Army and Marshal of France.
In Peel Isle of Man a dramatic October 1889 rescue saved a Norwegian ship stranded near Contrary Head. The lifeboat crew, chosen from volunteers, saved twenty two aboard after discovering a disabled man left aboard. The Norwegian government awarded medals to the lifeboat men, who were honored by the island governor.
A historic account describes the Fangs or Pa houins in the French Congo region as a vast cannibal group. It claims the tribe comprises a large share of the Congo’s population, eats prisoners and war captives, and challenges whites to learn their language due to its nasal, rapid nature.
A collection of Turkish legends and proverbs transferred as stories about the vulture living long, the New Moon purse trick, vampires from dying men, bread tales, a chain of letters among a dog cat mouse grocer, and the Serpent King Chah Miran. The tales mix superstition and moral warnings with supernatural elements.
The narrator notes Siberian natives tolerate extreme cold easily. They work with bare hands for half an hour in January, while the observer freezes. Camps show sleepers on deerskins with fur coats loosely on, one man largely exposed at eighteen degrees below zero yet sleeping soundly.
The piece cites a debate among men about wives leaving the home for social, civic, and travel activities. It notes widespread public and club involvement, with a humorous jab at women’s roles versus domestic duties. It also cites a census fact: about 25 percent of the population lives in cities of 8 000 or more.
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