24 Jun 1881
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1881
Page
1
An OCR snippet advertises extra nice tomatoes available in cans from Niagara or Butterless Solid Meat at Thrall and Mumford’s with a brief product tease and retailer name.
A poem describes a maiden wandering through dewy meadows and woodland pools, her beauty mirrored in water, while suitors including a farmer, a curate, and an old lord woo her. She remains distant until at last she smiles and whispers yes.
A weary horseman seeks rest in Mossy Bank but is mistaken for a thief after arriving on Amos Dunbar’s mare. A damaged identity, a hidden pocketbook, and a dramatic chase reveal the truth when two nearly identical horses complicate the pursuit. Sir William Norton and Amos Dunbar resolve the mystery at the tavern.
A humorous piece contrasts a mother’s front line in sickness and trouble with the courtroom clash when Judge Tyler of San Francisco taunts a female attorney Clara Foltz. She retorts that a woman belongs in business, not raising such men, prompting surprised laughter in a San Jose Mercury report.
A fragment from a printed set of household rules for children urges neatness, politeness, and self control. It lists twelve behaviors from closing doors gently and speaking kindly to servants to not interrupting conversations and making mother the first friend, with a final quip attributed to a royal student about women's curiosity.
Mrs Sprangies lectures about a bizarre morning habit, claiming Mr Slowbox insists on a cocktail before breakfast while Mr Sprangies refuses such indulgence. The scene portrays comic domestic tension as Mary averted from serving a water bucket and the husband rushes to the store for his meal.
A seasoned woman counsels a younger friend on prudent affection. She jokes about limiting intimate favors to close partners, joking that uncles, cousins, and brothers-in-law should kiss only their own wives and daughters. She notes editors also deserve such lightening gestures.
A Washington trained medical graduate is offered a resident physician role on a major western Indian Reservation. The piece argues that female medical graduates could solve the Indian problem by taking charge of all reservations. It also notes a misreported Iowa anecdote about a woman helping her husband raise seventy acres of wheat, clarified to involve a broom and fear.
A reader pleads for a brand new velvet skirt to replace a worn dress. The note cites current trends and suggests shaving or sanding the back of a dress as a styling hack, reflecting the era's quick shifts in fashion. The fragile marriage tone adds social context to domestic fashion chatter.
A Logansport woman asks for a divorce claiming her husband sleeps in bed with his hat and boots. She questions if a man must go to bed in bare feet or with arctics and a fur-lined ulster, arguing whether simple boots and a hat should suffice.
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