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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1883
Page
3
John Burroughs in the Century asserts voyage at sea strips away land’s horizons, leaving a cosmic, blue black ether. He calls the sea a vast inward blank where stars, sun, and sky define space, while landbound grandeur fades to a circling horizon.
A columnist contrasts the idea that great intellect requires large heads with evidence from portraits and sculptures showing many famous minds with ordinary or small heads. The piece notes painters’ flattery and cites Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, Byron, Plato, Aristotle, and others. It then shifts to a grim account of 5,000 dogs killed at the pound last year under the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with a soap-maker buying carcasses for reuse and profits from hides and soap.
A Philadelphia Record item notes a stray dog finding brief comfort in a new life before a sudden tragedy. The dog, unaware of danger, is driven toward an extermination act and dies in a single moment, highlighting a grim, abrupt fate.
A San Francisco Call excerpt discusses perceptometry and the mind's handling of ideas. It describes an apparatus to time mental digestion of images heard or seen, using a slip watch to measure absorption versus mere repetition. The author envisions scientific evaluation of teachers and a new era in education.
The piece argues manners go beyond ceremony and require genuine kindness. Without heartfelt affection, polish and form cannot create true social pleasure. A warm, confiding soul removes stiffness and makes interactions meaningful, not mere etiquette.
A French government decree restricts child employment in factories. It bans underage work in dangerous chemical production and in mills for boys under 17 and girls under 18, and prohibits drawing heavy loads on streets or in factories. It also bars children from bone horn or mother of pearl goods dust, risky work like slate roofing, and mandates factory ventilation and safe fire exits.
A Fayette County West Virginia clergy man records a frontier talk about coon hunting and religious hypocrisy with a neighbor s wife. The cotton crop progress across years 1850 1860 1870 1880 1882 and 1879 fertilizer spending are listed alongside a Hoganes Ballou quotation on zeal and charity.
A humorous verse describes Shaw the sawyer injuring his finger by a buzz saw and being cured by St Jacobs Oil. It adds a rheumatic old man Meeker from Topeeker nearly dying, saved by the same remedy and returning cured to Osweeger, in quaint regional spellings.
A journal article explores the origin of Jewish women cutting hair and wearing wigs at marriage, noting the practice persists among ultra orthodox groups. It discusses Mishnah Ketuboth and Nazir contrasts, Deuteronomy captive woman references, and argues the custom may reflect medieval modesty aims rather than Talmudic law.
A crabby dyspeptic scoffs at a friend’s claim that Dr Guysotts Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla provides a permanent cure for dyspepsia. The scene underscores skepticism of the remedy as the man still endures indigestion while urging readers to ask their druggist to obtain it.
An Alberton Ga. item recalls a Wilkes County court scene where a foreman in the grand jury joked that the judge could abbreviate the charge. The judge joined in the laughter as the bench filled with mirth, the moment becoming a noted local anecdote. A Philadelphia Item remark notes a Western farmer seeking a top potato masher, contrasting with the city’s abundance of small mashers.
A spread of medical advertisements describes nervous rheumatism as a common complaint affecting nerves and muscles. Perry Davis Pain Killer, German Hop Bitters, Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Putnam’s Painless Corn Extracron, and Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners are promoted as cures or aids. The text also notes testimonials, trials, and various tonics and tonics’ claims from American and European doctors, with quotations and humorous asides.
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