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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1874
Page
1
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A jailer recounts a cyclical tale of reform and ruin driven by women. He recalls youth spent in harsh discipline and hard labor, a village girl steering him toward hope, and later a powerful sheriff losing status to vice. He ends stating that women wield influence over strong men, for good or ill.
A concise Q and A on cooking meat and cabbage from Arthur's Magazine. It explains that rapid heat sets albumen, low-temperature gradual heat enriches broth, stews aid digestion, lard water expansion causes crackling, hot oil browns fish, turning aids evaporation, boiled meat retains juices, and cabbage benefits from two-water boiling per Dr Paris.
A New York correspondent describes how Stewart runs an expensive credit operation among wealthy yet frugal families. The department employs a seasoned floor-waller who knows many fashionable women and tracks their credit limits from 3000 to 20000 dollars. A censor assigns approval marks on slips, shaping purchases like a thousand dollar shawl with a single stroke.
A prose passage extols inner virtue over physical beauty noting modest deportment and intelligence. It contrasts timeless qualities of character with fading external charms. The text also mentions Scott County Minnesota boasting a large Limburger cheese factory and a vivid, humorous line about ripe cheese driving a dog from a yard.
In Greenfield a man named William complains his wife’s shirt making fails yet admires the result after trying on a self made frontless shirt. He jokes about the fit, asks his friend to send his wife for the pattern, and praises the domestic ingenuity it reveals.
A fragment recounts the forget me not flower with its blue hue and golden eye. It discusses two species, the water forget me not and the field variety, and shares a German legend of a knight who dies in a river while gathering the flower saying forgot me not.
A reflective essay contrasts rosy first love with later disillusionment. In Niagara Falls Clifton House a cluster of twenty five bridal couples dines while an elderly spinster from rural Massachusetts laments her luck, remarking to her companion that she thanks the Lord she is not a man. The exchange shifts to a witty reply about women.
A humorous account follows Smith as he tackles laying a 16x18 carpet into a 19x20 room. He endures smashed fingers, mismeasured sides, and inventive methods while his wife and children endure the chaos. After a night of trial, three sides are secured, the fourth stubborn, and the carpet ends up with crooked river-like stripes. Neighbors praise the work, and Smith heads to the depot promising his own carpet’s future refrain.
A reflective essay discusses dream books as lifelong companions from childhood to old age. It notes dreaming sustains happiness by hopeful visions of the future and recalls the past in waking dreams, reviving memories of loved ones with tender sensations and voices.
In Truckee a jury after four hours of deliberation entertained the Judge and Sheriff with a party. A bottle of whisky sparked merriment as jurors marched with drums and sang that they could not agree on a verdict.
The smallest sewing silk measures 2,220 yards or over one mile. Silk requires from 200 to 300 fibres from the silk worm, originally spun. The worm forms threads of varying size, and its cocoon yields a floss like strand with astonishing minuteness, with an ounce containing about 1,000 miles of silk.
Dr. Livingstone mocked lions at a London party claiming there is no majesty in the beasts, calling them cowards and comparing them to a poodle. He said a lion’s first move is to tuck its tail and retreat unless faced with real courage.
A St Louis paper cites the phrase the boot of public indignation and notes it as a strong image. The editorial uses the metaphor to suggest forceful reaction against recent actions or policies in the city.
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