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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1875
Page
2
A Penningtonville obituary vignette blends satire with sorrow and local lore. It mocks formulaic tributes while recounting the Clarkson incident and a Morton political note, portraying a curious mix of obituary prose and public sentiment from that era, with dated events and figures.
The St Louis Republican lauds Francis 4 Spinner as Treasurer of the United States for fourteen years. He is praised as guardian and distributor of vast sums, noting no corruption or scandal attached to his long service despite political storms and public distrust.
Doesticks Doestrovier Trompson longtime humorist and New York Ledger writer died in New York on the 25th alt fe. Once among the era’s top American humorists with a heavy Ledger salary his decline over ten years perplexes observers.
The Philadelphia Ledger prints a seasonal verse from the St. Louis Times about a boy who loved firing a pistol and died in an accident while celebrating early. The piece ends with the line Gone to meet Guy Fawkes as a sobering wartime era warning.
A West Point cadet laughs as a Vassar girl runs screaming from a sham battle. The lively chatter suggests a match between the timid student and the cadet, with a playful note that he may fear her if married.
The nation marks its centennial while democracy is urged to be restored. A new Swedish paper in Minnesota, Svenska Nybyggaren, debuts amid expatriate interest.
A series of historical letters copied from Gen. Tomas Ei archives in Baltimore discuss Maryland politics. The President of the Senate and Speaker respond to the legislature’s request to delay a decision on a future term. The correspondence covers constitutional tenure, aging, and the principle of short-term elections. A second fragment from Dunklin county Missouri notes milk and bread supplies and a move westward, with personal advice from JoAN A Demaree to a brother.
A June 2 1875 letter from Possy County Poor Farm Superintendent Dean Broruza describes swarms of grasshoppers moving westward, devouring wheat and garden crops while corn remains lightly damaged. He notes 13 acres of wheat look well but other fields suffer, two cows and calves, seven gallons of milk, and mentions premiums offered by the Indiana State Board of Agriculture for the upcoming State Fair to showcase diverse crops for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
The Humboldt Register reports Theodore Hale named a brimstone town Enferno in Humboldt County掳 with a river Styx and streets like Devil's Avenue and Palace Inferno. The entire town of Inferno, built of brimstone, burned last Tuesday due to lack of water and extinguishing gear, melting fires along Trip's Promenade and devouring Murderers' Retreat.
Fragmented excerpts recount early American naval history from Block’s 1614 voyage to the first American frigates and privateers, followed by a critique of national banking in the era, arguing for government-issued currency and reduced per capita taxation, with assorted political and local notes.
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