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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1876
Page
1
A rural suitor Burling locks a rival in a cow shed to thwart a moonlit outing with his beloved Fanny Martin. A blaze traps the rival but the captive escapes as the lover is injured, revealing a tale of jealousy, remorse, and rekindled love culminating in a marriage.
A reflective verse urging readers to let anger pass and forgive. It contrasts noble forgiveness with vulgarity, urging calm, patience, and restraint, noting joys pass and time heals, while urging gentleness and self restraint through repetitive refrain.
A fragmentary verse laments parting with lines about memory growing dearer each year. The speaker foresees no reunion yet vows to keep the beloved’s image alive, ending with the thought that life was a longing after the soul’s beloved.
A delicate verse half sings of humble travelers the husband wife and children seeking calm on life’s sea. An angel’s memory lingers overhead as time is asked to touch them gently and keep ambitions simple and content.
A disparate clip brings a poetic seed analogy and notes about New York summer attractions, Philadelphia travelers, a quip about women baking bread, and a remark on French press freedom jailed for opinions. The items contrast hopeful growth with cultural events and social commentary.
A compact collection of aphorisms and literary quotes on love from diverse authors. It juxtaposes ideas on esteem, fidelity, belief, and the moral dimensions of love, spanning Goethe, Pope, Balzac, Congreve, Rochefoucauld, and others.
A reflective piece urges perseverance and hope through life’s troubles. It frames hope as a force that opens doors and brings warmth, arguing that even dark homes can brighten when one acts to invite light. The text personifies an angel delaying but eventual renewal.
A dying Baltimore woman, driven by a sense of duty to her sex and God, bequeaths that her body be given to a university for dissection after her death, offering a stark note of personal sacrifice.
The text notes rising demand for chignons curls wigs and related items expanding the human hair trade worldwide. Marseilles imported seventy five thousand kilograms from Asia Minor Egypt India China Italy and Spain last year while France exported about one hundred thirty tons of false hair worth nearly two million francs. Most exports went to Havland and America. Paris chiffoniers collect discarded hair combings from windowsides and earn five francs per kilogram.
A bright child asks what lanker means and recalls a Sanday School song with the line about lanker by and by. Pim admits ignorance and questions the source of the term, prompting a brief exchange on schoolyard slang in a cautious, era-appropriate tone.
A humorous crude sketch depicts the annual clash as wives hunt for carpet rags and husbands endure wardrobe upheaval. Men endure torn breeches and red blue hands while wives color fabrics for new rooms, culminating in a domestic scene the author vows to shield from curious eyes.
A 13 year old boy died after entering water soon after a hearty meal in Bristol. He was found with head above water, face under, in three foot four inch deep water. Doctors testified epilepsy triggered by the dangerous aftermeal swimming habit.
A Cincinnati Gazette correspondent reports California opinion opposing Chinese labor, praising workers as industrious and quick to learn. Prices cited include forty dollars monthly for a cook and thirty dollars for farm hands, with daily wages for harvesters and store porters, all payable in gold.
A Wheeling man shot an editor who retaliated by publishing his views. The editor was awarded $8,000 in libel damages and must pay the judgment. The case underscores consequences for publishing harmful statements.
The word biscuit derives from French for twice baked as a moisture removing method for preservation. A pistol used by Aaron Burr in the Hamilton duel is reportedly owned by a Versailles Kentucky resident.
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