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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1877
Page
1
A historical notice outlining subscription terms for The Register and detailed rates for local, quarter, half, and whole column advertisements. It lists payment rules, arrearage consequences, and advance payment requirements for transient ads and past job work.
A poetic list assigns birthstones to each month from January to December. It pairs garnet, amethyst, bloodstone, diamond, emerald, agate, ruby, sardonyx, sapphire, opal, topaz, amber, and turquoise with traits such as constancy, sincerity, wisdom, innocence, happiness, health, and success, in a period voice.
A humorous verse by Charles F Adams narrated by Hans or Yawcup, a German derision tale about mistaken identity. The speaker recalls a mother with two nearly identical twins named Yaweup and Yans der oder, both called the same, causing trouble and a fear of losing his head.
A fragment blends lines about eyes, light, and love with a spoof prayer. It includes a line from Miayes on sleep and a quirky signature by the King of Siam styled as Chu Long Korn. The passage ends with a note about succotaah.
Mrs. Smith quarrels with her sickly peevish mood during a sultry August week. Her miserliness with Rachel leads to firing, a string of replacements, and mounting strain. A new cook brings relief, Rachel returns, and Mrs. Smith learns humility as harmony finally returns.
The Providence Evening Star ponders French savants proposed to drain the seas and fill a Sahara inland sea. It calculates that moving water from oceans could shrink the world’s oceans by about 26 inches, altering harbors from New York to Rhode Island and changing coastal geography. It also notes financier Friedlander’s past hotel accommodations in San Francisco.
The article traces early Roman journalism from the annual Annales Maximi to the daily Acta Populi Romani Diurai, noting public tablets and walls as news outlets. It cites Julius Caesar and Suetonius on spreading state proceedings and the role of stenographers in the Senate, comparing ancient practice to modern papers.
A critic notes interrupting as the worst social fault that ruins rational talk. The piece urges both young and old to reform by never interrupting and to listen, arguing interrupters reveal ignorance and disrupt polite discourse.
The article surveys high earnings across finance, insurance, manufacturing, and transport as self made executives rise from modest starts. It cites refinery, brewery, railroad, and steamship bosses earning from 5,000 to 75,000 yearly, with bank presidents and insurance chiefs earning 30,000 or more. It notes state action forcing disclosure of chief salaries and names a few tall figures from Equitable Life and others.
The Western Rural essay argues editors must speak candidly to diverse readers, bearing responsibility for community welfare, even if opinions offend. It notes editors cannot please all and should not merely echo reader views, as disagreement is inevitable in journalism.
Fragmentary excerpt suggests a reflective piece on mood and harvest themes with unclear context and incomplete events or conclusions. The visible lines mention sadness, chances, and a dinghy berry harvest, but no concrete actions or outcomes are present.
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