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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1888
Page
2
Mrs Mansuarn O Roberts of New York is believed to have finalized matrimonial negotiations with the Earl of Arran, with plans for a fall marriage. Her annual income is estimated at $75,000, while other items recount odd anecdotes and brief notes on society figures and events.
A jumble of Victorian era vignettes notes Bismarck’s work ethic and humor in glossing press activity, a Broadway rider’s newspaper outburst, a Peterborough landlord’s failed seizure, and Judge Jupe Winn’s aging yet alert persona. A heroic rescuer saves a child at a railroad crossing in Welston, while Uncle Sam still pays him.
Fann Wirrien of Livingston Massachusetts owns a tame panther like creature named Loness kept as a playful bed companion. The cub grown beast shows catlike purring when resting, performs tricks, and though it has a dangerous tendency to target children it remains under close control by owner Mr Wittich who tests its power with strenuous cautions.
A garbled paragraph notes multiple John Smith individuals across states facing crimes or punishment including a saloon keeper in Bayard street, a Texas hanging for horse stealing, and others snate lying in Connecticut. It concludes the John Smith family is reputable and claims none serve in Congress this year.
Amona Ennions introduces a West African tree butter and a Venezuelan tree milk. The products are described as nutritious foods derived from distinct trees and marketed as healthy dairy alternatives.
A comic Ontario era dialogue recounts Carl Dunder and a sergeant as Dunder hawks odd remedies and smuggled schemes. He touts medicated flannel, medicated fly screens, a fire escape, and a shady sand discovery scheme, with Dunder humoredly duped by cons and warned by the sergeant.
An article recalls the well known Yankee farm hand of old times, a thoroughbred, self taught and tireless worker. He labored from dawn to darkness through long seasons, skilled in many tasks from axed wood to haying, barn work, and hog tending, embodying a versatile rural labor ethos.
The passage describes a man who works for a small wage over eight to ten seasons, saves most of it, and later marries the hired girl who also saves half her wage. He funds debt repayment, educates children, and remains on the family farm as it slowly prospers, while the hired girl earns a dollar a week.
A reformed missionary explains a church to a naive Poor Heathen revealing a pastor, sexton, trustee, Sunday school superintendent, choir leader, and a young administrator as types of church figures. The Heathen senses underlying power struggles, desires control, and foresees a clash over ownership and leadership of the church.
A boy drops his drumstick into a well and clings to a clever ruse. He hides all the family silver in the well to trigger a searching rescue, then reveals the plate and retrieves his drumstick with a witty remark to the servant.
Lyman J. Gage of Chicago, in the Open Court, argues the future depends on self restraint and broader humanity. Individual death contrasts with a life lived for society, which leaves lasting, immortal influence beyond the urn. Society endures through generous sympathy and high ideals.
The piece recounts how the old doxology echoed in various public moments from 1805 to 1884, with crowds in Wall Street and at Republican HQ singing “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow” after significant news. It includes anecdotes of gratitude after Lee’s surrender rumors, a midnight Ohio election night vigil, and a Mount Washington vantage point where a child proclaims the doxology in awe.
A mixed set of quips on ambition and virtue. It critiques chasing fortune, warns against meddling neighbors, and muses on humorists, journalism, and personal integrity with satirical asides about public life and moral training.
A quotation from Harper’s Bazar humorously contrasts expected male leisure with women’s desires. Lutherimpkins argues men oppose stay‑at‑home quiet life, while women rarely push men to stretch rules, a wry reflection on social norms of gendered recreation.
English travelers in Venice report the existence of an organized plot among foreign visitors. Conspirators include hotel staff managers porters guides interpreters and service personnel who assist travelers through a network of deceitful exchanges and arrangements.
A fallible mix of 19th century science notes covers experiments with magnetized eggs producing deformed chicks, an electro-magnet crane handling heavy billets, gas lamp air quality and ventilation, sewage waste valorization into glycerine and dye, and the untapped heat from kitchen ranges enabling home electricity, refrigeration, and sewing power.
A minister visiting a Congressman's West End home prays for wisdom and protection. A curious boy asks what was prayed for and learns the father opposes protectionist plans, prompting explanations that reveal political objections and raised tensions in Washington.
A letter to Ella condemns her dancing style as wicked while noting a respectable form exists. The writer mocks overthetop movements and attire, urging Ella not to dance, and signs as Brerdette.
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