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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1884
Page
2
The Register cites England and Wales police strength by rank, Scotland’s force composition, and Austrian rules on beautifiers and medicines. It notes New Haven's population edge over Nevada and Union town’s representation, then highlights a Tulare gambling craze in New York with poker gaining popularity among ladies and society circles.
A Arkansas woman writes that with her husband in the penitentiary she will marry a suitor who offered, hoping neighbors’ slander claims can be stopped. She plans a quiet wedding and to challenge any accusers as liars.
A Rus sian correspondent notes Russia lacks doctors outside the capitals and rural habits worsen mortality. Life expectancy averages 26 years with infant deaths extreme and millions of children die yearly. Only a fraction of boys reach military age, while many deemed unfit for service.
A mother and daughter, believed separated for years, learn their husbands are alive and returning from Trinidad. The coastal town of Ocean View seethes over four husbands, two wives, and the looming question of who takes the next double.
A prominent English physician argues many with mortal illnesses live long, with fear killing more than disease. He notes people drag toward death yet reach average age, and that hope and confidence often aid recovery as much as drugs. The mind is a vital body organ influencing outcomes.
A writer argues gamblers lack honor and are driven by cupidity and laziness, creating a demoralizing business. He cites a New York interview on humorists, noting Twain Nashy Burdette Bailey and others laugh in private life, despite solemn stage personas. He warns against judging professions by stage demeanor.
The piece warns how a single moment of violence or misstep can shatter health or trust, leaving a once strong person crippled or separated from friends. It urges caution to preserve confidence and esteem, noting the lasting harm words and deeds may cause to devotion.
In a Kentucky congressman’s tell of Du luth subsidy debate the map and sly humor shaped his intro to the land bill. The playful encounter, the unexpected repurposing of the Duluth map, and the later public reaction are recounted with period tone.
The piece argues Newport’s summer residences blur lines between cottages and villas as wealthy visitors from New York Philadelphia and Boston occupy grand stone and brick houses on Bellevue Cliffs and Narragansett avenues. It questions calling them cottages and notes each home has unique grounds and design by a private landscape gardener.
The text notes the inventor of the elevator aimed to ease stairs for travelers but highlights its vast impact. It claims elevators revolutionize domestic and business architecture in large cities, citing New York’s hundreds of tall structures and numerous dwellings between 140 and (text trail).
The article recalls Grand Portage as a key fur trade hub and social center for voyageurs after 1679. It describes their hard life, poetry and songs, seasonal gatherings at Grand Portage and Fort William, festive dances, and the prominent social role of Trench, with vivid details of huts, weapons, attire, and cultural mingling among voyageurs and Native women.
A collection of traditional Russian maxims on virtue, luck, trust, and prudence. Includes proverbs about fathers, friends, debt, beginnings, fish, wolves, honesty, and mercy, reflecting everyday wisdom and moral guidance.
A quotation from E. P. Whipple cites a humorous civil war anecdote about a speaker in Dedham Massachusetts who claimed distance from battle. The text also offers a closing note: to know happiness, cultivate cheap pleasures.
Suggestions cover oxalic acid stain removal and lint-free linens. Home repairs for knife handles with resin beeswax and plaster cement. Tips for preserving delicate blue fabrics, soaking peaches for richer flavor, and curing nervous children with routines. Biographical note on early Methodist leader in Ireland and America.
Washington Letter describes the State dining room table seating thirty six for diplomatic dinners the arrangement of flowers candelabra and place settings details the head position mid table the president sits mid side guests are escorted by a lady to his right the honored guest sits opposite the president and couples are kept from sitting side by side
The passage details Bishop Coke born in Brecon in 1747 who joined Wesley in 1776 and became a bishop in America in 1784. It notes his role in Baltimore and the consecration of Francis Asbury, born 1745 in Handsworth, and mentions Philip Embury as the first Methodist minister in America.
The account from Busch’s life of Bismarck describes the Frankfort Federal Diet seating where Austria monopolized smoking. Bismarck notes Rochow, Nostitz, and others gradually began to light up, until Württemberg and Darmstadt joined in, while the Hessen Darmstadt envoy refused to smoke.
A New York Dispatch piece laments how bad temper disrupts home life. moods shift daily from pleasant to terrible, with family quarrels, teases, and household chaos from morning to night. The essay suggests even routine chores like washing create tension as damp, smelly days follow.
A traveler notes the timeless nature of babies across eras and cultures. The passage emphasizes the baby as a self-possessed, fearless, laughing, voracious little heathen, persisting from ancient to modern times. The remark frames universal infant behavior as constant amid changing societies.
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