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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1890
Page
2
A varied set of short items from Augusta Georgia and beyond cover inventions such as a steam driven trombone whose note travels four miles, a Rhode Island woman surviving a drowning by clinging to her dog, a land dispute over Maine Central Railroad land, and contrasting marriage legality between states and the island of Jersey. A veteran general bears a tattered regimental flag misrepaired by a diligent housekeeper.
A survey of odd newspaper notices and curious claims. A Texas man’s card of thanks draws ire over an undertaker tribute. An Albany woman with coins dates insists on exact pieces, then departs. Kola nut myths decline as science weighs in on caffeine and tannin. Reports claim England may buy Congo Free State from Leopold, with Stanley offered Governor General role amid Berlin Congo treaty tensions.
The record notes that what John Bull paid for the vast territory of about 1,200,000 square miles with a population near 40,000,000 remains unknown at present.
A Chinese thief is burned alive after a mob lynches him, following a fire started by a sleeping watchman. An English nobleman and a French officer share wine tainted with castor oil, revealing hostility between nations. London plans to raise pure air to street level from a 1200 foot tower, aiding public health. Greece struggles to find an executioner, with five murderers awaiting death and Roukis to handle the executions, even aboard a gunship guarded in an iron cage.
A young man arrested for drunkenness kept a three thousand dollar bank check among his effects. He claimed the check was part of a personal racket and explained his actions as a joke to impress a girl, while the swindled view of the situation revealed the mother’s suspicion and eventual downfall of the syndicate. The piece ends with a moral on profanity and personal conduct.
An analysis of the American newspaper industry details costs for dispatches local news and editing, with annual estimates for white paper and type, wages, and the two major income streams of advertising and subscriptions. It notes fierce competition and quotes George W. Childs on newspaper resilience.
The article describes Brittany customs where the village tailor becomes pivotal in marriage. A suitor asks the tailor for eligible girls list, then the tailor visits the maidens father carrying a broom wand giving him the Bazvalan title, as families deliberate.
The article portrays Russell Sage as one of America's wealthiest self-made men with perhaps the most cash on hand for loans. It summarizes Sage's three guiding principles of success—industry, economy, and patience—emphasizing saving, health, intelligence, and disciplined study as foundations for fortune. Sage warns against luck, urging framed self-control and respect in dealings as keys to enduring business and political achievement.
Roquette prison director M Beauquesne argues against long electric chair executions. He notes French gillotine timing and condemns prolonged American preparations and the pressure on condemned men. He foresees a return to hanging after brief trials in the United States.
The piece extols discretion and good nature as key ornaments of women. It cites Proverbs on a virtuous woman whose value is beyond rubies and whose speech shows wisdom and kindness. It emphasizes gentleness in talk as a defining trait.
A San Francisco correspondent argues the city leads in murders and weapon use. He cites fifty eight murders in two years with only two convictions, notes high gun ownership among men women and even children, and claims climate and openness fuel crime. He contrasts California with New England and Pennsylvania, and blames lax enforcement and social attitudes for frequent killings.
A reader recounts visiting a fortune teller who claimed the writer would marry Edwin Booth after paying extra for a photo of his father. The teller promised overseas wealth and thirteen sons, then revealed Booth as the pictured father. The writer doubts the tale and plans to avoid Booth and the seer.
Excerpts from Josh Billings favor practical wisdom and charity over vanity. He argues excentricitys are vanity, a pure heart reflects truth, avarice harms, and kindness yields daily dividends. He compares politeness to fit for most men except undertakers and notes familiarity breeds contempt among ten hot but wheat slapkakes.
A traveling physician advertised a universal biliousness cure in a Tennessee town. He displayed a coated tongue and peeled it to show improvised “cures” with a Bile Bouncer, calling for customers to buy his medicine. After three days he left town. a witness revealed the tongue coatings were faked with an India rubber covering, exposing the scam.
A husband and wife discuss mortality and the afterlife noting a great gulf between places. The wife vows to help her husband with a practical act, promising to bring him water or perish in the attempt, before the husband returns to his paper with a thoughtful look.
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