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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1886
Page
2
A curious scene in Perryville Missouri shows a young woman asking the Circuit Clerk if a certain suitor has licensed to marry another. The clerk’s reply is no, and the woman declares she has the first claim on him. The item reflects small town gossip and romance in a local court office.
A large sturgeon captured by several Nevros in Big Creek Georgia weighed eighty five pounds and stretched six and a half feet. The fish was first seen about a week prior and brought to shore after a effort with spikes and axes. It was taken to Waynesboro as the first sturgeon ever recorded from the creek. Nearby near Las Cruces New Mexico a Faithist colony along the Rio Grande claims a unique Bible calendar and diet forbidding fish and flesh with two meals daily.
A Massachusetts hen owned by John Bartlett of Old Colony visits the house daily and deposits an egg after entering. The Maine newspaper cites old timey reports of “tees trick-school” teachers, noting quiet pupils and various harsh дисципinary methods with strap oil and birch oil as crude lubricants.
Douglasville, Ga. resident Mr. Joan R. Brantury defends his sister in a village paper notice. He denounces rumors that she is stuck up and disrespectful to country people as false and malicious. He pledges attentive service to rural customers.
Police report a burglary at the Austrian Art and Industrial Museum in Vienna. Sixteen portable items are listed as stolen including game renaissance silver goblets bronze and silver caskets jugs and candle sticks. A medieval bronze clock was discarded as too heavy. A gourger jug and goblet with embossed features are among the items.
Medallion portraits of 1683 Vienna siege heroes are missing. The note highlights a grim family link: Hon. George H. Pendleton’s sister married Bowler, a wealthy Cincinnati resident and Kentucky Central Railroad president, who died when a runaway omnibus struck him in 1864 or 1865.
Sir James Stephen recounts Carlyle's writing-table, a solid desk linked to his father-in-law and used by Carlyle for composing most works except Schiller. He explains how he chose it as a memorial after Carlyle asked his executor to select artifacts from the desk for posterity and expressed pride in the selection.
An Arizona editor asks prominent citizens why they are honest, publishing quirky responses and sharp retorts. Senator Hearst, filling Miller’s seat, lauds Miller as a citizen and cites a controversial government franchise that allegedly enriched Indians and a whisky company, urging grand commemorations across landscapes.
A four year old named Georgie hears a father tale about George Washington and the hatchet to learn honesty. The child questions if Washington talked and admits his own confusion. The piece ends noting misfortune and misconduct as twin outcomes born from faults and strong critiques of the world.
Washington reels as W H Robertson is named collector of the port of New York in March 1881, provoking fury from Conkling and Platt. Arthur’s list draws protest. a warlike split looms between Grant men and administration. Mahone, Conger, and others witness Senate drama and a dramatic public sigh.
Colonel Higginson argues in Harper's Bazaar that social habits shift gradually like geological changes. He notes English dinner hours slid from 11 to 8 pm, Americans moved to late dinners for better digestion and leisure, but warns late dining disrupts teatime sociability and imposes strict social formality.
A Boston Journal anecdote recalls a Church of England prelate taking a country benefice and planning to keep two sheep in the rectory. He imagines fresh mutton kidneys for breakfast, a humorous note on pastoral life and frugal tastes.
An Estelline Bell satire condemns horse theft across the West and mocks harsh penalties. It argues for humane treatment and proposes reforms to reduce violence, urging compassion from officials and the community toward the struggling horse thief rather than rope and roots.
A traveler discovers the bell-bird of South America whose loud note resembles a church bell. The male is white, the female dusky green, with a three inch black inflatable tube at the base of the bill. The species measures about twelve inches, and related bells exist in Australia though from a different family.
An elderly man recounts how Robert Fulton sought a thousand dollars to fund his steamboat idea. Fulton persuades the speaker and his father, John McKesson, prompting him to borrow $1,000 with help from Robert Lenox for the venture. The tale ends noting Fulton eventually secured the money.
A travel scene quotes a Baptist who explains his baptism occurred in the river rather than a church. Another jailhouse quip has a New York criminal replying that he might be guilty but still wants a trial. The banter reflects humorous exchanges from a bygone era.
Dr Mary Walker argues against restrictive fashion that traps women in nervous, debilitated states. She says men should drop reading and pleasures to support wives in practical roles, noting many women are invalidated by tyranny of fashion. She rejects marriage for appearances, insisting true union rests on higher motives, not attire.
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