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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1891
Page
2
The Register reports diverse items from Toronto wage losses totaling 191,682 dollars to Indian school deposits of 11,000 dollars in Carlisle banks. It notes a Williamsport larceny suspect claiming a playboy occupation, Greenland ice thickness, and contrasts in education between France and America.
A surgeon jokes about transplanting a heart from one man to another using bizarre ancient recipes. Wandsworth Prison chaplain links crime rates to temperature shifts, while an Atlanta incident ends with liquor charges despite the culprit having imbibed. Prose questions sovereignty, roach lore, and London’s vast city metrics, then lists German workers’ ages across many trades.
A Blacksmith near Philadelphia reports a Dominique hen nesting in soft coal inside his forge. The hen lays eggs after scratching a nest in the coal before the fire. Meanwhile a New York barber advertises beauty oriented beard and mustache shaping to suit facial outlines, drawing clients from the wharf and Parisian-inspired grooming.
A St Petersburg police command orders Jewish shops to display owners names in large letters to deter extortion and curb prejudice. Also notes a Moscow pasvist claims a false teeth method using gutta percha porcelain or metal that grows into the jaw to secure a tooth.
A speaker condemns his beloved’s eyes and smile as distant though bright, admitting no spark of love in her gaze nor warmth in her voice. He vows to turn away from idle dreams and seek a true affectionate voice elsewhere, valuing honesty over beauty. The lyric reflects longing and disappointment in a restrained, period voice.
A professor, his fiancée Hulda, and his best friend Guy Grampion confront a century of friendship and passion. After a revelation of vows broken, Hulda is entangled in a dangerous triangle, leading to a dramatic murder and a confession that ends in tragedy as justice nears.
In a grim incident described by the New York Mercury, an approaching Van Ord faltered at the door, slumped to the ground, and died from a sudden heart failure as rescuers managed to lift him. The flame flickered and died alongside him.
A New York Mercury column recounts a Block Island summer where several women sought and received constant petting and aid from men. It portrays a married woman who lets her husband pamper her while others vie for attention, and offers advice that women should appear helpless to attract care and devotion from their partners.
In a storm swept valley of South Lewiston and Gareelon’s Ferry James Joslyn defies warnings to attend church. He journeys all day amid drifting snow and returns with a “blessed meeting” only himself and Deacon Davis present. A Kellogg era column and streetcar chatter add village color and gossip.
Portrait of Jamaica’s pirate era centered on Port Royal, the Maroons who fled slavery, and the 1865 blacks uprising. Henry Morgan’s exploits, the island’s wealth, and a devastating earthquake that sunk Port Royal are recounted with period voice and strong, named actors.
A Michigan man tumbled into a four foot deep hole then clawed to the bottom of a forty foot shaft. He prayed through the night and managed to climb out at dawn. He flagged a teamster for help and was rescued after a perilous descent.
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