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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1893
Page
2
The Register quotes sardonic reflections on finances and resilience. A banker tone contrasts circus success with steady salary pressures. A lady writer asks what a house without a baby lacks and an old bachelor editor answers it is comparatively quiet.
A cow at Medford Pennsylvania charged a marching band causing disruption. The incident touches on the dehorning business and hints at ongoing contention with a one sided view not prevailing.
The country debates Brazil calling for a million immigrants while maintaining a reputation as a generous people. The tone notes pride in open arms policy and national stance on welcoming newcomers amid scrutiny.
A light noting the impending season when housewives face the common concern of whether jelly will set. The line hints at domestic tasks and the practical challenge of achieving proper jelly firmness.
A Chicago street car conductor marries a widow valued at a quarter of a million, offering a refreshing shift from the coachman heiress romance.
The materia medica has gained several important additions in recent years as new drugs from the synthetic class show promise. If these drugs prove as helpful as their lengthy names imply, medical treatment could see notable improvements across various conditions and therapies.
A household paper claims rubbing raw potato cut in half removes mud from black garments, but the article omits how to remove potato residue and finish the cleaning effect.
A sensational note claims a new fumigating department linked to Atlantic cables is being used as a cover for malodorous scandals. The report suggests elaborate schemes surrounding the department and its connections to high society circles.
A German analysis warns that the empire’s crisis is internal with civil war looming more than any war against France or Russia. The Kaiser's realm is described as gravely unsettled, making a domestic upheaval seem likelier than external conflict.
The Kansas Attorney General struggles to compel corporations to obey recently enacted regulatory laws. Widespread corporate defiance and impunity challenge the functioning of a popular self government.
A surgery professor quoted in a New York Times investigation has obtained statistics showing that a woman wearing a loosely laced corset exerts about forty pounds of pressure on internal organs. The figures, presented in print, are startling.
It is alleged by the New England Grocer that a shipment of 250,000 one pound cans of condensed milk was recently made from Elgin Illinois to San Francisco. This equals a million pounds of fresh milk in one shipment. California has only a few million acres of land currently irrigated to yield ten tons of alfalfa per acre per year. Also notes that shoe maker's children typically go barefoot.
The Clyde faces a swift challenge as the Cramps push to build faster American steamships larger than the Campania and Lucania. A new fifteen million dollar U S capital company aims to bid for ocean travel, with completion of multiple firms expected to place London journals three days later.
A Cucaco court ruled the great jam trust unlawful, noting its long dominance of the fruit market for years. The decision cites inflated output under the trust and corresponding price suppression, with further details truncated in the report.
Testimony described cheap jams as nothing more than apple juice thickened with glucose. It warned that no small boy of good character should risk climbing to the top shelf of a cupboard for jars of such jam.
A new enterprise grows as railroad damage suits are outsourced to lawyers. Three years ago a trunk line hired a firm to defend in all death and property damage cases and pay losses. The practice, likened to insurance, has yielded profits and prompted other roads to follow. A 300 mile road reportedly pays about $65,000 annually for this protection.
A report mocks modern rain making in India as fakirs lure customers with promises of rainfall. It notes a British Victoria battleship sinking after a collision during drill, comparing it to the Grosser Kurfürst sinking. It recalls ironclad monitors as grim coffins and argues armored ships trap crews in deadly wrecks.
The veteran philologist Max Muller argues in a Nineteenth Century article that Madame Blavatsky’s esoteric Buddhism never existed in India and that the high priestess was manipulated by ignorant Hindus. He says no independent witness ever proves spirit communication or a Mahatma. He finds Blavatsky’s references to Tibet and other lands insufficient to support her claims.
A concise reflection on freedom and truth, echoing the line of 7-Cowper. The phrase contrasts individual liberty with broad human bondage, signaling a classic moral meditation. The fragment invites contemplation of authentic freedom beyond superficial bondage.
A lyrical snippet from Chambers Journal describes daisies, daffodils, and a bright sky giving way to dull weather. The narrator laments the noisy birds and cold wind, then reveals a personal rebuke about a lover's lateness.
In the Ozark Mountains a strong boy named Happy Dick travels with a lone narrator. The boy, curious about bears and panthers, becomes a cheerful, self-reliant helper in a mountain cabin, earning his keep by tending a fire and running errands. He later travels to New Orleans selling goods, turning hardship into profit with wit and optimism.
A shy New England girl with little world exposure rises to success as a novelist through observation of rural life. She writes sketches and serials for a metropolitan journal, gains copyright royalties, and proves talent can win recognition without introductions.
A Chicago drummer attempts to shoehorn a trunk onto a Flint and Pere Marquette train bound for Detroit. The baggage man weighs the trunk at about 140 pounds, but the trunk measures roughly 25 feet by two feet in diameter and is pulled by cattle. The prank costs the Chicago man over $50 and ends with him paying the baggage man and departing.
A sultry afternoon scene shows a colored man peddling hivalves from a push cart, provoking a reaction from a woman above. He bows and calls himself the greatest clammer in this trick of Columbian, while a joke from a different vignette about pockets and stones adds contrast.
A St Louis Globe quotation mocks professional ethics by showing how doctors and lawyers sidestep rules. It describes a lawyer visiting businessmen to announce a new office, another offering free defense for certain cases, and a third advertising fee waivers for widows and orphans. A physician allegedly pursues accident-related emergencies to gain work.
A Paris deaf and dumb club is described as an association of wealthy members who hire only interpreters who cannot speak or hear. The house operates with electric devices to summon staff, delivering a slight shock instead of bells, making it an unusually silent and odd establishment for visitors.
An old, neglected man who has spent much time and money in religious causes is imagined as provoking thoughts that the Lord may be as neglectful as a rich relative. The piece probes perception, aging faith, and charitable striving.
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