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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1892
Page
2
The excerpt critiques self-centered indifference, praises practical humor about daily life, and notes social foibles from youth to dating. It cites a Hartford church display on gambling as a cautionary lesson, with reflections on wealth, virtue, and the nature of good deeds.
The piece muses on constant motion of the heavens and society then notes San Francisco had 3,286 marriages last year, less than eleven per thousand of its population, contrasting with London's rate above eighteen per thousand and suggesting nationwide figures are not accurately recorded.
It appears some large Chicago office managers restrict tenants to services from firms chosen by the managers. Tenants would select towels, signage, and shorthand work only from manager-approved providers. The arrangement, while debated, will attract interest as a notable vendoring preference.
The article discusses superstitions about seven arbiters in the Behring Sea dispute and notes no clear advantage for either side. It then critiques a North American Review defender of domestic workers, arguing women’s logic weakens, and urges temperance frugality and simple tastes to improve servants' lives and prospects for Bridget the housemaid.
The article notes aluminum is used to fashion artificial facial substitutes such as noses and ears. It claims wearers adjust to the attachments, making detection unlikely unless insiders know the secret. Prize fighters and others who suffer facial losses may welcome these lightweight replacements.
The silver thaw, a rare phenomenon, involves rain that freezes as it falls due to subfreezing air at the hilltop. Studies at Ben Nevis observatory show temperature inversion with lower readings on the summit than at higher levels.
Milwaukee city poem recalls sailors and drowned crew as seeds sown by the sea. The speaker envisions harvests to come when the archangel calls, urging perseverance and faith. Acknowledges mourners and missing dead, with divine aid to reap the ripened grain from sea and land.
Walter Lossing faces a moral crisis after Judge Sharpe uses the Lewis vs Lewis divorce case to counsel him against marrying beneath his station. Lossing pursues a planned separation with Nellie Sharpe, but a later breach of promise suit emerges as the judge reveals a client seeking redress, offering Lossing a chance to partner in a new legal scheme.
The article explains that skin inflammation from light exposure is mainly caused by ultraviolet actinic rays, not heat. It notes the delayed lasting effects after sunburn, the variable skin sensitivity among individuals, and that electric light with UV content can trigger symptoms. It also states that thin applications of substances like water glycerine puranin olive oil or cold cream do not prevent sunburn.
W W Newell, secretary of the American Folk Lore Society, documents a curious practice where households write letters to rats urging them to depart and move their nests. The letter, greased and tucked into rat holes, is claimed to reduce infestations. He notes similar echoes in England Ireland France and a tenth century Greek treatise for Constantine.
The Inde pendence Hall exhibit plan includes sending Continental Congress artifacts such as the desk chairs and signer portraits to Chicago. A request seeks the William Penn statue for display at the State building while Philadelphia citizens offer artworks for the art gallery including Giacomelli’s The Festival of the Brides of Venice and a mosaic The Discovery of the Remains of St Marcus.
Codling tries to bow to two Gorham girls aboard a passing car but mishears a deaf old man. A social misstep escalates as the man mocks him and a chorus of laughter and tittering Gorham girls erupts, culminating in Codling alighting amid continued gales of mirth.
A humorous exchange in Ohio unfolds as a couple jokes about forming a business partnership with the wife joining as an incorporator to meet the five-person requirement. The husband and wife argue playfully over who qualifies, revealing a comic misunderstanding about limited partnerships. The couple continues their existing business despite the legal quip.
The Philadelphia Record reports Captain Forsythe on the Atlantic Transport Company steamer Montana credited a distant echo from a steam whistle in fog. The sound confirmed bergs ahead as the vessel plowed toward Philadelphia from Swansea, with the crew bracing to avert a looming ice danger.
A historic episode from about fifty years ago recounts a high English official dying in a fortress near a Brahmanic center. Upon news reaching the sepoy guard at the gate a black cat dashed out. The guard saluted the cat with arms, a trope that lingered locally for years. Hindu sentries at the gate reportedly continued the practice when a cat passed at night.
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