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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1879
Page
1
The rebuilt and refitted New Harmony City Mills invites patronage promising satisfaction. Craft milling with first class labor, high cash prices for wheat and bran emphasized. Farmers urged to call and inspect the new mill and its flour and meal quality.
The Sun pledges independence and truth in 1879, continuing its policy of reporting honestly for all readers. It pledges to deliver prompt, accurate news while resisting partisan manipulation, with plans for broader coverage, literary quality, and a stronger nationwide presence. It notes anticipated political events, including the 1880 presidential election, and outlines subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions, plus annual terms.
The Register explains its subscription prices and advertising rates including one square ten lines or less at 1.00 for one insertion and various totals for multi insertions and durations. It states all ads must be prepaid and job work due on delivery. It lists quarter half and whole column rates and emphasizes advance payment for all transient advertisements.
A child confesses self vanity and ambition to smoke cigars and drink. He recalls early precocity, a turn to love and wine, and how poetry followed unbidden after a night of waltz and flirtation. The speaker reflects on sudden inspiration and misgivings about past acts.
A group on Griswold Street carried a joke presentation for a man whose circle mocked his friendliness. They bought a 40 cent sponge, delivered at the consignees office, then left with a coal scuttle, several clubs and two empty boxes, racing to exit. The gag speech halted abruptly when the sponge was displayed.
The Music Review notes Eve never danced the can can and implies she never appeared in the black crook ballet. Her dress was revealing, enough to take part in such a performance, though she only danced when she left the Garden of Eden, or perhaps merely glided.
A scientific writer claims men of letters endure indigestion heart disease kidney stones and nervous disorders with apoplexy paralysis and idiocy. He contrasts this with men of newspapers who mostly suffer only from pocket atrophy, per the New York Commercial.
Dr. Von Hayek in Vienna advocates goats as a domestic dairy animal for small farmers. He urges they thrive on refuse, need little upkeep, and whose milk yields a highly prized cheese. The memory remark notes trust as a way to preserve what remains of men.
A poetess jokes about the phrase dead beat in a verse line and muses on poetic license. The piece also mentions common black lead stove polish mixed with tallow as a lubricant to prevent bearings from overheating, noting its effectiveness when other methods fail.
The author argues hog cholera or swine plague is infectious and contagious, citing St. Louis Stockyards data and Oxford township cases. It details farm spreads, control attempts, and the need for unified action and laws to protect farmers, with calls for federal involvement.
A tall stranger in a linen duster debates a sleepy man about physics and the weight of air, gravity, and locomotive travel as they wait for a train. The exchange ends with the skeptic returning to ham and eggs while the duster quietly calculates the distance of a father's arm in a harsh lesson.
Sydney Smith answered a critic who called him an everyday man with a sharp line, declaring If I am an everyday man you are a weak one. The quip showcases his characteristic wit and fearless verbal play.
A fragment describes a scene where a bold man winces as a woman seizes a rolling pin and demands a pail of water, illustrating a tense domestic moment captured in the page’s clipped OCR.
A Denver church plans a mock auction of pretty girls to boost funds. A young suitor jokes about low bids, offends his beloved, and she leaves in a huff, prompting reflection on the trend and its impact on youth. The tale ends with the young man in distress over the ruined romance.
Practical old advice covers molasses preparation by boiling and skimming to remove raw taste, pork preservation with a heavy stone, summer storage of fresh meat, laundering with hard soap for clothes and soft soap for floors, salt in starch to prevent sticking, stirring with a spermaceti candle, and using boiled potatoes along with green tea to cleanse and stiffen rotted black silks.
A farmer recalls rats infesting his farm four years ago and fears for his crop. He notes two acres of wild peppermint growing among wheat kept rats away when cut and bound with the wheat. He says neighbors still suffer and advises mint around barn walls to deter pests.
The Vicksburg Herald notes Congressman Mopey plans a visit to Hawaii as the guest of the King. It recalls his first Congress speech advocating duty free sugar and other island products, which the King praised and urged repeated visits to partake of hospitality.
A cattle disease is spreading to arbors Georgie raising concerns among local farmers and veterinary officials. Health authorities urged monitoring, reporting unusual livestock symptoms, and implementing quarantine measures where cases appear.
Plantains and bananas, close Musa relatives, include paradisiaca the so called tree of life. Plants reach 20 to 30 feet, die back after fruiting, with fruiting stalks bearing 120 to 180 plantains. Banana fibre and Manila hemp come from Musa, and edible uses include dried fruit for meals and potential banana brandy production in Venezuela.
The Lewiston Gazette notes a surprising remedy from E B Locke after a distillery fire. Scorched corn on cobs left for hogs reportedly halted hog cholera, with multiple cases cited where the disease disappeared and no hogs were lost after the second day. The method has been tried in several cases with consistent success.
The article notes terms like dermatophony and osteophonoy as new with the microphone, suggesting doctors can hear blood flow in the skin, muscle contractions, and bone vibrations. It posits inflammation in internal organs could be detected by increased circulation, and even imagines listening to grass growth in the future.
A Texas man reportedly struck by a mob after stealing a mule, an act that sparked swift community anger. The episode describes a quick vigilante response with no formal legal process recorded.
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