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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1877
Page
1
The Register outlines subscription terms and advertising rates with penalties for arrears and nonnotification. It details column costs, fixed squares, partials treated as wholes, and payment in advance. It also lists job work payment on delivery and various column rates including quarter andWF column options.
A poem fragment laments drifting apart in love across social distance. It contrasts cold realities with fragile longing, noting two lives diverging daily and a heart enduring doom amid changing tides and unsharable sorrow. The piece centers on emotional withdrawal and quiet resignation.
A week of conflicting cables reports shifting claims from Christian and Turkish sides. Russia reportedly claimed victory midweek only to be denied later, with each side vowing truth as rumors swirled through the week until Sunday finally declared no engagement occurred.
A patchwork of quirky old time rhymes from Norristown Merald and others. The verses celebrate simple pleasures over flashy luxuries, touching on smelling violet air, hidden brooks, lager beer, kissing a pretty girl, patched breeches, and a humble cat thatched.
A fragmentary verse lists a weekly household schedule with washing on Monday ironing on Tuesday and winglaying on Wednesday ironing out every detail for a tidy wardrobe. It mentions leisure on Thursday and cleaning Friday before Sunday and baking Saturday. The item ends noting the weary week is done and rest follows.
A vivid fragment describes a woman with bright cheeks after exercise, crimson berries on her cloak, molten gold hair, and a rolled hairstyle. She lifts her dress to keep it dry while snow tilts around, her feet barely visible in the wet scene.
A fragment notes a double gravestone in Bonnington for Martha and Anna, wives of John C Cook, with dates indicating one died December 24 in 1810 and ages given. The text then shifts to a study of sex ratios, citing France near parity and Paraguay with 2,089 women per 1,000 men.
Octavia Ovington hosts a stylish evening with hired pearls, while her aunt Dorcas Daisyfield quietly bestows real family gems on Octavia’s sister in law. The party reveals Octavia’s vanity and ends with Aunt Dorcas gifting the pearls to Harald Ovington, leaving Octavia with only dim garnets.
A man in a dentist’s office heckles the doctor about patient delays. The doctor replies with a pun about waiting, claiming “a patient waiting is no logs,” implying patience and humor lighten the wait. The exchange captures a bustling, humorous moment in a medical setting.
A critical, sweeping portrayal of Turks and Islam, contrasting Oriental imagery with European powers. The piece labels Turks as a people shaped by religion and culture, notes perceived weaknesses of governance, and predicts geopolitical decline with references to Russia, Britain, and the Ottoman Empire’s fate along the Bosphorus and at Suez.
A New Orleans Globe piece extols printing offices as better colleges for poor boys. It argues such shops awaken mind and produce useful, practical graduates, contrasting with some so called literary colleges that issue inert parchments.
A butcher wandered into a Paris cemetery near a slaughterhouse and stood before the Abelard and Eloise tomb. He suddenly cried out Ah love love and, after wiping his eyes, resumed butchering, clapping his blood-stained hands in distress.
A woman feels happy until she discovers her neighbor has a new princess dress pattern she refuses to read, leaving her miserable again.
A Western tale recounts Buffalo Bill Cody officiating a 19th century wedding at Fort McPherson Nebraska. The frontiersman insists on a full, solemn ceremony with the bride and groom affirming their vows in clear terms before proceeding to toast with tarantula juice. The narrative preserves frontier humor and the judge’s robust insistence on “dead square” commitment.
A dramatic tale from the siege of War features Prince Paskievitch, father to Princess Volkovsky and grandfather of Princess Kourakino, confronting a Polish battery commander over shells that would not explode. The marshal tests a live shell, proves the artilleryman right, and later receives a cross for bravery.
A Wooster businessman, preoccupied with debt and obligations, pauses to pick his teeth as a schoolbound boy passes. The man longs for youth, imagining freedom from heavy duties while thinking of a four hundred dollar bank deadline and pending orders. Danbury Nes.
A period piece explains sneezing as a warning about cold weather exposure. It claims sneezing opens pores and induces gentle perspiration to expel cold, noting children sneeze less and elderly sneeze more. It advises moving away from the window and drinking cold water to sustain perspiration and prevent later illness.
A quoted remark notes that young ladies see a boy as a nuisance before sixteen, after which his value supposedly doubles yearly until he becomes priceless like a rare pipe. The odd comparison underscores a humorous social stereotype about male aging and perceived worth.
The author contends humans need a mixed diet of plant and animal foods, citing dental structure and centuries of experience. Citing Sir Walter Scott on nervousness and weakness from a vegetable regime, the piece warns such a diet harms the body, increasing susceptibility to consumption and hereditary diseases.
The article discusses aging, death rates, and longevity patterns. It notes low death averages between ages ten and fifteen, rising risks around age thirty five, and how habits influence mortality. It cites actuarial expectations and surveys of occupations with varying health outcomes, from camekeepers to printers and file grinding.
A humorous exchange critiques readers who sponge on neighbors for papers and refuse to subscribe, highlighting a merchant who avoids ads yet benefits from news, and a rich man who reads at others’ expense. The dialogue ends with a worried doctor and apothecary noting a townwide illness and public concern.
A playful exchange between Charles and Jennie centers on inspecting bills for her dry goods. Charles, amused, proposes on the spot, while Jennie invites a direct look at the accounts, underscoring a light domestic moment.
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