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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1883
Page
2
Disjointed dialogue excerpt shows a man addressing a woman with a flustered gesture and a strained question about affection or approval. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable names, places, or a coherent event to anchor a news-style summary.
In Harper's Bazar style, Hiram Biggs and Elizabeth worry as the Biggs clan invades New York with a grand visit to their city home. The crowded expedition triggers class tensions, quarrels, and fears of contagion before a nurse reveals the smallpox outbreak at their doorstep, ending the visit.
A young man and a younger girl arrive by Bay City train and breakfast on sandwiches. He brags of feats and plans a staged kidnap to woo the girl. A burly stranger intervenes and beats him, tossing him among hides. the man asks if he killed him, fearing murder, while the girl reassures him.
A sleeping car scene in which a Nevada traveler quietly tips the porter for boot blacking while Boston tourists react. The narrative shifts to philosophy and advice on writing, contrasting New York with home, noting that writers fare better away from the city’s distractions.
A rural Arkansas county court heard the murder charge against Captain Slocas. The prosecution argued for hangings to fit immigration fears, claiming white and black disparity in executions to push for immigration-friendly policy. The judge expressed support for immigration to aid land sales, and sentenced Slocas to hang, sparking debate over impartiality.
A Harlem man with a large walled yard set up a fence sign reading Post no bills under penalty of the law to deter bill posters. A paste-slinger was found at work on both sides of the sign claiming extra penalties while the owner observed.
A New York nabob touring Southern Missouri met a warm welcome from a village. The tavern-keeper bribed three or four roughs to end their quarrel earlier, the undertaker offered 40 percent off if his services were needed, and the Postmaster lamented no mail arriving. As he prepared to depart, the brass band leader urged him to stay and joked he could be elected Justice of the Peace quicker than Jack Robinson.
A Boston Herald note describes a mother and her ten year old son on a trolley where the conductor asks the boy's age. She asserts he turns ten at 11 tonight, provoking a half fare policy quip as passengers smile. Also mentions Potomac River fish ladders at Williamsburg proving successful, aiding fish ascent.
In a Boston address Henry P. Kidder cites 1880 statistics to claim war preparation costs in Europe run seven to ten times higher than education, listing figures 220,800,064 to 10419,000 and 28,700,009. He warns of army taxes and war-material hoarding as evils of large European war establishments. A separate note mentions a female barber in Haley Indian Territory earning about $30 daily.
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