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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1883
Page
2
A parent recalls a boy caught sleeping amid a playful spree home from mischief. The child lies among scattered chessmen and ink, yet the narrator graceously forgives, hoping for mercy for his child. The verse ends with a boy’s tender plea for equal mercy.
Joaquin Murrietta recalls Minnie Myrtle in a sweeping life tale from 1861 mining camps to 20th century New York. He chronicles romance, frontier hardship, divorce intrigue, legal battles, and a fading love that ends with her death and a pledge kept beside her grave.
Joseph Everest of Hume once moved to a Warsaw area farm after dreaming of treasure buried beneath his land. He dug eighty to ninety feet with improvised tools, found nothing, yet dreamed on. His nephew H P Everest later drilled for oil nearby and struck salt, validating the old treasure vision in family lore.
An Arkansas traveler recounts a joke where a sleepy man in a railroad car wakes to a loud window sash report and shouts that he has no money. The anecdote centers on the man’s bluff under a poetical book titled The Robbers. The humor reflects frontier newspaper whimsy.
Portable paper houses are rising in popularity in England as a novel solution to extend seaside accommodation.
Instructional notes detail wart ornaments using two large palm leaf fans, pin cushions, a waste basket from a pasteboard box, a lemon box under a glass, and napkin making with paper templates. Projects emphasize embroidery, ribbon work, silesia fabrics, lace, and simple stamping techniques for decorative home items.
A religious editor recalls Arkansas journalism in his youth, starting as Nashville Union local editor. He recounts reporting a medical college ceremony, slipping into a saloon, writing a glowing account, and dreaming of fame as the editor promised a salary increase. He awoke to a jarring realization about his ambitions.
An excerpt from the Arkansaw Traveler details a writer’s escape after a sensational paragraph about a postponed medical college commencement. The narrator flees city life to Arkansas seeking work as a religious paper editor while reflecting on safer, less a sensational career.
The United States Canada and Europe secure patents for advanced clock mechanisms. A Boston hotel hosts the first piece, a nine foot mahogany clock priced at 1350 dollars with a crystal bezeled door, solar disks, and a calendar showing days dates moon phases and zodiac signs. The piece features Westminster chimes at quarter hours and a full hour chime, two large dial plates, and two side disks one tracking sun rise and set and the other listing major cities world time. This dual winding clock marks leap year adjustments and year transitions.
George Alfred Townsend argues that shifts in journalism threaten public leadership. He says modern editors foster hostility to public figures, replacing constructive dialogue with destructive coverage, leaving timid, cheaply qualified leaders in power.
The excerpt notes witty quips on human appetite and vanity, warning against false humility while lamenting the poisonous nature of the snake and the doglike appearance of some men. It also mentions nearly $14,000 or one of cattle grazing in lands that, six years ago, were Indian country in Texas.
An exploration of how promises to pay fuel merchant finance. Brokers advance funds against notes, banks discount paper, and credit limits hinge on capital, with typical limits around ten percent of capital. The system relies on commercial agencies and ratings, while dating ahead replaces older six month terms.
Two New Yorkers in Memphin depot discuss Southern needs when a long haired stranger in a sombrero interrupts. He claims the great present need of the South is whisky straight, offering his view with a sharp quip. The item mixes social satire with a focus on Southern prospects and modernization.
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