10 Jun 1881
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1881
Page
1
The RegisTer outlines prepaid pricing for subscriptions and penalties for late payments. It states no paper will be discontinued until arrears are settled, with a new engagement implied if no notice is given at the subscription end. It lists square inch ad rates and column options with separate payment terms for legal notices and job work.
An advertisement urges customers to try Niagara or Butterless Solid Meat with Bonant for St at Thrall and Mumford's offering extra nice tomato products and a shopper appeal.
A reflective piece honors the unseen battles within, praising those who conquer inner sins and maintain steadfast character. The author notes declines a dinner invitation to keep daily routines intact, recounts Fannie Fretageot's arrival and term plans, visits several churches, and praises a performance by Lawrence Barrett as Cassius in Julius Caesar.
A personal travel letter recalls April trip from New Harmony to Terre Haute. It describes the Normal building, cemetery, and Fort Harrison picnic, plus early spring scenes, student life, and Chauncey Rose monuments. The piece then shifts to a political column criticizing Roscoe Conkling amid Cleveland era gossip.
A solicitor's articled clerk accepts breakfast at Abbey Grove, meets a fairy-tale niece who misaddresses him, and discovers the host is not his intended acquaintance. A mistaken entry leads to laughter, then lasting affection as the pair wed four years later, aided by the helpful milkman.
Census bulletin locates the 1880 center of population at 39°4′8″ N, 84°39′40″ W, about 9.3 miles west by south of the observatory Mount Adams and 8 miles west by south of downtown Cincinnati, near Tayloraville Kentucky. Previous years trace shifts from Baltimore to Parkersburg and beyond, showing gradual movement toward Cincinnati.
A puzzled, well dressed stranger confronts a landlord threatening eviction over unpaid rent. After learning the widow owes twenty five dollars, the man hands the landlord a hundred dollar bill, covers the debt, and leaves. He muses that virtue is its own reward and notes counterfeit effort.
In Cincinnati a wedding band entertained guests as the organist played a sequence of voluntaries. The final piece titled Trust her not, as he is fooling thee, sparked embarrassment as the bridal procession began its march up the aisle.
The paymaster of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad allegedly held back employee wages and loaned money to workers at usurious rates on his own account. The scheme failed and cost him his position, harming the railroad business and his career.
Fragmentary wise sayings discuss nightly fruit, love as constant pic nic optimism, and a nature written letter of credit on faces. The text blends humorous quotes with cautions about evil deeds, framed as casual social commentary from an exchange.
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