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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1878
Page
1
The notice lists pricing for display ads by square and column size including one square ten lines or less at 100, two columns and multi-month insertions, half and whole column rates, and legal ads. It notes advance payment for transient ads and payment on delivery for job work.
The Indiana delegate platform calls for retiring national bank notes and issuing treasury notes with full legal tender. It seeks United States notes as legal tender, federal control of money, taxability of US notes, six percent interest cap, restoration of silver dollars, repeal of the resumption act, reduced public salaries, and opposition to bankruptcy funding schemes. It supports labor peace, mining and transportation lien protections, coal mine ventilation law, and equal school funding, plus targeted legislative fixes to federal court jurisdiction and opposition to class legislation and subsidies. It demands pensions for Mexican War veterans and condemns political corruption and returning boards, urging lawmakers to pursue justice and reform.
A dramatic poem warns a young woman to remain at home amid poverty while fashion and a meager dowry tempt flirtations and potential marriage, ending with a somber note on a mother’s tears and a life doomed to poverty. It follows with a public literary piece by Eviron and a reflective treatise by E J Goodwin on pulmonary tuberculosis and the need for early lung development and public health action.
A Fort Wayne infant sucked a corn kernel into his windpipe forcing urgent tracheotomy. The Hoosier mother held the child by one leg, inverted him, and administered loud spanks. A pop gun like sound preceded the kernel’s ejection. The child recovered. The doctor noted familiarity with phlebotomy but said he never saw this method used for surgery. This may enter general surgical practice in corn country.
A troubled foreman Tom Darcey fights alcohol and hardship to reclaim his life and return to the Scott Falls Manufacturing Company. After a late night revelation and a bold speech to his employer, he earns forgiveness and a fresh chance, aided by his wife Ellen and a restored family. His victory over temptation leads to his reinstatement, while Peter Tinder faces consequence. The narrative shifts to Havana cigarette production, detailing Susini’s factory processes from leaf cleansing to wrapping, with notes on labor and counterfeit protection.
Five men gathered in a cigar shop near Capital Hotel to debate horse racing. A hackman bet five dollars he could prove a time of 1:90, while the tobacconist insisted the fastest known pace was 2:144. The bet and referee led to a draw as the hackman explained the misread timing, exposing the joke.
A brief note directs readers to the advertising columns for the names of firms yet to fail, implying a running tally or screening list within the page’s ads.
A young admirer in Connecticut, who sang and played for nearly two hours for his beloved, was electrified when the rival caller at the drawing room window spoke a gracious “Thank you” and departed, leaving the scene charged with tension.
Georgia develops gold mining with twenty six active mines and 260 stamps operating at about 100 dollars per stamp. The effort reflects growth in mining activity and investment in processing capacity within the state.
A provocative remark asserts that once Pennsylvania coal seams run dry the United States could annex Mexico, arguing Mexican anthracite coal is superior and would justify expansion. The comment frames energy-driven geopolitics with a bold, speculative tone.
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