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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1868
Page
1
The Register lists base column and whole column rates by duration with payments in advance for transient advertising and payment on delivery for job work. The column shows prices for one month six months twelve months and other options, though some figures appear garbled. The notice communicates policy on prepayment and delivery payment.
A collage of edgy items, from West Point politics to Saxony abolishing death penalty, noting Sen Wendricks from Indiana, quirky phrases about love and fashion, a Madison Indiana high school sold for a Jewish synagogue, and assorted anecdotes about public figures, domestic life, and curiosities.
President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all who participated in the rebellion with few exceptions. The proclamation, dated July 4, 1868 in Washington, restores rights of property and aims to reunite the nation after decades of conflict. Also includes a rural tip on using alum for horse founder cases.
The piece recounts Mark Twain's failed passion for the accordeon, his repeated attempts to improvise variations, a stern landlady admonishing him to keep the tune unchanged, and his eventual abandonment of the instrument after causing boarder exodus and a dramatic farewell from a tired musician audience. It notes the old man’s emotional reaction and Twain's subsequent retreat from music.
A guide advises millet as a nutritious substitute for timothy hay and as a profitable pasture crop for horses and oxen. It covers sowing windows from May to June, seed quantities, drilling vs broadcasting, harvesting when seeds are soft, and sun-drying for curing. It ends with an unrelated lecture remark about marrying young.
A Nevada widow erected a tomb stone and planted rosebuds for her husband’s grave but he reappeared alive, just as she prepared for a advantageous remarriage, altering the widow’s plans.
A comical old lecture on butter making describes using cow’s milk at temperature near 85 Fahrenheit, handling cream to separate fat, and cautions about heat, churning, and texture. The scene then shifts to a humorous dialogue about printing errors and critics, with a farmer’s tale ending in a note on craft and patience.
A reader presents a pricing puzzle: sixty apples sold thirty for fifteen cents and the rest for ten cents, with conflicting results about total earnings. The piece notes a saying that a poor rule that won’t work, and asks for reconciliation. It then mentions sunflower seed as a horse founder remedy and dosing notes.
A correspondent argues birds like robins protect crops by eating pests and cites federal grants to abroad to release birds. He notes millions in grain lost to pests yearly and questions Molitor’s printouts while warning of a recruiting effort by Miss Maria Pye who plans to bring hundred domestic workers from finishing to Canada and then back to England if funded.
A Seetch clergyman spoke at a recent ceporale assembly sharing tales about the temperance of divinity students. One candidate, answering a request for hypothesis, claimed it described raising waters while others argued it defined a ta after his death. The examiner said the claim was taken as a misused hypothesis.
A German medical journal recounts a poisoning case from inhaling charcoal fumes. Blood transfusion from a robust man produced a successful recovery after all other resuscitation attempts failed and the patient was deemed moribund.
Fragmentary tale describes a Methodist and a Quaker after sharing a bed in a public house. The Quaker mocks the Methodist after prayer and confession noting moral failings. A misprinted ad lists a baboon two cats and a parrot for sale with comic misuses.
A farmer suggests sowing plenty of turnips as a profitable feed for cows and sheep if market access is limited. The crop is said not to exhaust land beyond what weeds would, and is recommended for the rest of August.
A historical note states that registering names for the privilege of speaking has been abolished in the North German Parliament, requiring members to reach the Speakers as in the House of Commons and other legislative bodies. A Boston notice mentions a Chinese embassy tag ordered by Burlingame. It describes a yellow banner made for the embassy with a blue dragon motif.
An exchange note quotes the truth that spoken words lose force when written and lists a found artifact under an old Holmes’ Flore house doorstep. A pair of 120 year old tiny shoes were unearthed at the site.
Lady Franklin widow of the Arctic explorer died last winter in India.
A North Carolina storekeeper faces a civil suit with a black juror who, denied credit, boasts of vengeance by voting against a verdict for the man who refused him. The anecdote underscores social tensions and questions of propriety in late 19th century courtrooms.
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