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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1890
Page
2
A mix of quirky notes from Plainfield New Jersey to Pike County Pennsylvania, including a mayor’s umbrella tale, a sunlit fire in Michigan, a vast black slate deposit near Pine Grove, and remarks on surgical genius limits. Also coverage of New York street crews, Lincoln phrases, Grant England praise, a photo society finding, and Sherman mule anecdotes.
A new York restaurant experiment lets customers roam counters choose meals and bill themselves at checkout. Elsewhere Rome plans electric lighting using Tivoli power with a station near Porta Pia, while British Parliament buildings crumble with fronts refaced after stone wear.
The article recounts the barefoot pilgrimage of the maharaja of Travancore to a city temple, accepting benediction from a Hindu priest amid nearby structural hazards. It also notes Monaco prince Albert’s deep-sea lamp device to lure specimens, and traces leprosy's historical spread across Europe with hospital founding dates from Ireland to Norway.
Miss Cyrena Alice Boyd aged 19, daughter of Yolo County residents, died after a rare reaction to an ear piercing in San Francisco. The thread used allegedly contained coloring matter causing swelling, infection, blood poisoning, and eventual death despite medical consultation.
In New York Weekly writing, strangers ask where the gentlemen go and a resident replies they will bid farewell to a popular missionary to China who has taught the heathen the Gospel of love. The crowd then plans to stone a Chinese funeral, reflecting a harsh scene in the city.
A street car chat among two matrons recalls past outings as one asks about her marriage history. The reply reflects a lighthearted, romantic exchange about married life and previous freedoms.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt paints Morrisville New Jersey area hospitality at German farmer Beckenbach’s barn. Tramps, both sexes and various states, gather year round to work for wages from peas to berries, with Spanish Dick as barn boss and Beckenbach’s peas and fruit fields turning a lively seasonal labor market.
A reporter visits Bellows Falls to watch a man named Nims and a strong African worker repeatedly strike a barrel head with nails to a barrel prop. The feat ends in failure, the worker contemplating another attempt, and the piece ends with grim social commentary on crime and motherhood in a Boston Globe report republished in the Boston Globe style.
A New York paper recounts a boy nicknamed Tim who sold his kit of bootblacking tools to buy a funeral notice for his brother. He wrote the death notice and cried as he described sacrificing his kit to pay for it. Ragged newsboys later sent flowers to the bereaved boy.
A midwife Skublinskaya and accomplices faced justice for killing illegitimate children under the label The Society of Angels. Reports compare child mortality in government asylums in St. Petersburg and Moscow with peasant-raised orphans, who die in large numbers. Recent Vilna clues reveal similar groups. The piece links harsh waifs laws to this crime surge, noting illegitimate children in Russia lack legal standing and protections.
A reflective piece from Youth's Companion contrasts figures like Bismarck Goethe and modern leaders. It argues that lasting impact lies with those who act in the present to influence their generation, shaping the world through deeds rather than dreams.
In a Civil War anecdote a Kentucky recruit named Johnnie longs for a scar from battle. At Murfreesboro in 1863 he exposes himself to danger during a wagon train guard and, after a fierce assault, is found to be unscarred. Years later profanity marks his memory.
The tale recalls an old man named Nathan who rode home drunk in a cart drawn by oxen. A pin dropped. the cart collapsed yet the oxen continued. A passerby woke Nathan, who drank moonshine and questioned his identity. The piece notes three kinds of things and the slow judgment of value.
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