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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1886
Page
2
A Philadelphia Polish citizens committee plans to urge Congress to acknowledge Gen Casimir Pulaski’s Revolutionary War service and compensate his memory and surviving heirs after his death at Savannah in October 1779.
The English parcels post has been expanded to eleven pounds with a lower overall price. The charge is 3d for the first pound and 1½d for each extra pound, equating to about 36 cents for eleven pounds. Merchandise costs are 1 cent per ounce, and a bid to double that rate was defeated, a move seen as favoring express companies and local tradesmen.
Thomas A Stratton of Lincoln County Kansas celebrated Arbor Day by planting 11000 two year old Russian mulberries on his timber culture claim. He started at 6 a m and worked until 6 p m with a 90 minute noon rest, driving a team attached to his machine and placing trees four feet apart.
A Georgia governor known for a stammer dislikes audience assistance with words. He corrects a listener, then tells of Commander Craven, who went down with the Tecumseh after saving the pilot, and his widow seeks a larger pension from Congress. The piece notes Craven’s heroism and a Canadian custom of boasting after fishing.
In Sacramento a fight led to revolvers and a believed shooting. Marron was treated with whisky and water then taken to the hospital. Lying silent on a stretcher he suddenly sprang up and declared he would jump any man in the room for 1 dollar.
A New York Progressive piece recounts sensational home remedies like bread burned on coals dipped in water, and a Detroit blend of sherry with ice and fruit. It then shifts to Gen Phil Sheridan’s visit, noting his unchanged bearing, comfortable office, and curious visitors, followed by a Cincinnati widower’s homestead exemption case hinging on marriage to a new spouse.
A report to the Royal Society of New South Wales describes survivors among Australia’s forests. A tree measured twenty five feet in circumference at thirty feet above ground, indicating the decay of forests and the presence of enormity in ancient survivors.
A collage of anecdotes recalls Senator Bright’s Indiana challenge settled by Gen. Butler, with a comic barber tale featuring Joseph Palmieri. Baron de Bodisco hosts a christening ball in Georgetown on January 6, 1882, with illuminations, rooms, and a sprightly eight month old, Alexander Nicholas, amid festive chatter and courtly manners. дополнительный рассказ.
The piece presents a defiant dying speech by Buffalo Horn urging his people to heed his message before death. He laments the decline of Native culture and laments alcohol and oppression, contrasting past harmony with present hardship and asking for one final government pie before his spirit departs.
An Arkansaw Traveler piece recounts a comic exchange in a justice of the peace court where Nat is charged with stealing a shirt. The judge presses for a Yes or No answer while Nat, stubbornly and with local dialect, insists on arguing the case and asserts personal pride and freedom.
In Madrid a dispute between ladies and hairdressers centers on sources of false hair. Customers demand to witness hair removal from donors, while shops counter with actors wearing pasted tresses. The scene ends with women victorious but the trade renewing stock at hospitals.
A New York letter describes how tall fashionable women visit department stores to drink in upstairs rooms with multiple retiring areas. A female detective notes many women bring flasks, conceal bottles, and often become noisy or drunk before being discreetly escorted out. She claims most women stay within propriety, contrasting with men.
The Arkansas Traveler recounts how a ninety pound turtle preys on bass and trout, using a worm-like lure on its tongue to lure game fish. The tale explains the turtle’s patient ambush technique and the resulting richness of its flesh and soup.
Mono Lake in Mono County California is described as highly alkaline with skin‑eating water and no living organisms. The lake length is about thirty miles and width about eighteen, bordered by barren shores. A Bodie steamer once plied its waters, now laid up, and the scenery near Bloody Canyon is praised as a noble but lonely view.
The article explains the U S northern boundary from Lake of the Woods to the Rockies. It notes cairns stone mounds iron pillars and timber posts marking the line with American British pillars alternating and the London Convention date. It also mentions lake crossings marked by stone heaps and past clearing methods. Cranes Bauert Onappock buys for writing work at 250 dollars per story and 3000 dollars per serial.
A Detroit Free Press column muses on the wooden toothpick in society manners. The narrator condemns toothpick chewing by women, praises frugal use by men, and quips about public polishing of teeth, ending with a vivid street observation of a woman chewing a toothpick on a crowded promenade.
A critical portrait of Goethe's women including Frederika Brion Lotte Anna Sibylla Maximiliane and Lili, noting their charm and the poet's intimate yet transient attachments. The piece reflects on his tears over forsaken loves and compares Goethe's exit to Offenbach's comic butterfly device as a witty aside by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.
Excerpts explain the 360 degree globe and 24 hour day. Each 15 degree longitude shift equals one hour time difference. Eastward ships gain time, westward lose it, with 180 degree crossing prompting date changes. Canterbury is cited for self sacrifice with onion etiquette at dances.
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