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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1873
Page
2
The article explains the Patrons of Husbandry as a reform group opposing corruption, monopolies, and class legislation. It frames the order as seeking to elevate education among agricultural workers and empower the laboring classes to organize against oppressive power and promote moral welfare.
A Boston Traveller assertion contrasts counterfeit and genuine paper dimes as both worthless. It argues government currency will not be redeemed and small money mostly disappears through wear loss or destruction, harming the working class while governments ignore their plight.
A Cincinnati Board of Education resolution banning Bible reading and religious instruction in public schools faced a restraining order in 1869, with a Superior Court ruling later made perpetual. The Supreme Court reversed, upholding the board’s right to prohibit religious instruction in state schools. The Vincennes Sun notes an ensuing Georgia poetic anecdote about phrasing and a Miltonian quip on Eve.
A Texas letter from Granberry near the Brazos River describes growing settlement, stone buildings, and a promising prairie country. It notes grasshopper damage to crops, fording a shallow river with Col. J. Smith, and plans for emigration with armed parties to explore Comanche County and Palo Pinto trade routes. The writer praises land value, rising farms, school and church presence, and a future as a business point in Hood and surrounding counties.
An anecdote recalls a man who greeted President Lincoln with a handshake and said he did not want an office. Lincoln replied with a second joke about Leice after the initial refusal.
The piece denounces Republican Conventions for demanding repeal of salary raises, arguing the party in power must bear responsibility for government acts. It compares the party to a culprit and urges punishment through public moral accountability, noting President Grant and congressional figures as proof of the scandal.
Sanitary Committee of New Harmony Posey County Indiana met July 21 1873. Resolutions urge avoid rotten fruit frequent bathing modest diet limited physic avoid diarrhoea stop exposure to night air disinfect premises and discourage visitors from Mount Vernon to reduce cholera risk.
The Indian Army Sanitary Commission warns that in severe cholera medicines are often useless and may hinder recovery. They favor gentle care with cold water, mild nourishment, and strict recumbent nursing, noting many cases recover with such supportive treatment rather than strong drugs like brandy and opium.
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