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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1889
Page
2
The Register presents a collage of notes and quips on public figures, politics, and society. It references ex governors, lawsuits over freight discrimination, long-standing postal officials, a debate on England’s marriage laws, and colorful anecdotes about individuals and events from the era.
A lawyer cites a hair part on a midline young man, the opposing lawyer agrees he may part his hair, while a Pittsburgh limited express race shows Engineer Christie beating Fort Wayne to Chicago in 170 minutes with speeds up to sixty five mph. The obituary notes poet Allen Thorndike Rice dies wealthy in a hotel with no will and few friends, reflecting on fortune and fame.
Baltimore American quotes Senators pressing for better pay to attract able lawyers to judiciary. It notes district judges earn about 3,500 to 4,500 yearly with travel costs, while circuit judges earn 6,000. It argues judges should be raised to at least 5,000 for districts and more where travel is difficult.
Mrs Gillypod-O groans with a dreadful headache all day as her husband George returns home with unexpected good fortune to buy a bonnet. She praises him, eager to go downtown together, and plans to choose the bonnet after a quick wrap and hat.
The speaker recalls the green meadows and clear streams of youth, a grave of a laughing-eyed boy, and a silver-haired father by the river. Death took loved ones, leaving a plea to return to the Meads of Rest, asking if those meadows still shine as in youth.
Bennie Waters seeks work for his sick mother and finds a morning chance at Field & Swinburne. He warns a speeding train from a rock obstruction using a red scarf flag, risking his job. After the rescue, passengers reward him. a generous note offers him a store position and a rent free home for his mother. Bennie and his mother move to the village and he begins his new job while praising his duty.
The New York News notes rapid gains in steamship speed, with Herreshoffs building a vessel averaging 23 knots and the Tenglish planning 22 to 24 knots. Aluminum may replace steel for ships, reducing weight and boosting efficiency, while electricity could power a three-day transoceanic crossing within the current generation.
The death of Clutch Donohue in Kingston recalls a Philadelphia 1871 bank robbery. A phony police team aided by two watchmen robbed the South Kensington National Bank of about $100,000, with over $60,000 in cash. The thieves were never convicted.
A New York visitor, Young Badger, appears in white flannel trousers at Uncle Abner’s farm. Abner chastises him, then hands him $3 to buy a new pair, scolding him for being 80 poor. The quirky scene ends with a puzzled directive about a distant purchase.
A 13 year old Frank Jones answered an audience question at a Crystal Lake Sunday school teachers convention. He traced the boy with the basket of five loaves and two fishes to Ben Dizza, Miriam’s son, sister of Philip the disciple, a detail he said came from Greek history. The 400 delegates marveled at his depth of knowledge.
An early 20th century account recalls a Unionville Pa circus horse that sprained a leg and died from grief after the caravan departed. The distressed animal listened for wagons, strained to escape, and collapsed as men returned with the troupe, dying quietly after manifesting extreme tension.
Dr Lichtenbag of Buda Pesth reports from 250 railroad employees that over a third suffer car disease with engine drivers at higher risk of rheumatism pneumonia and progressive sensory loss. After ten years many are tired out and after fifteen suffer actual ailments with few remaining after twenty.
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