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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1877
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription terms at 81 50 yearly or $2 for six months. It confirms strict payment, non-discontinuation procedures, and advertising rates by column width and duration, with per line local notices, and prepaid terms for beall transient and job work.
A reflective verse contrasts youthful romance with married life. The speaker recalls twilight walks and tender words, then notes a shift to domestic routine as a husband pursues wealth. She declares love after marriage a beauty myth, smiled at by those behind the curtain.
The Laramie Sentinel recounts a neighbors’ scheme where a ten dollar bill circulates through the Brown household and local tradesmen to settle debts, then shifts to a Russian imperial anecdote about the young Czar Alexander’s vanity and demotion by Nicholas I for seeking repeated handouts and praise.
Maud Stanwood, eighteen, falls for suave city man Reynolds, schemes to elope against her father’s warning. After a nightmarish journey, a dramatic rescue by her father reveals Reynolds’s true character and spares Maud from ruin. Three years later she marries a respectable suitor with her father’s blessing.
The Bank of England prints notes on new white linen cuttings at Laverstoke Hampshire by Portal family for over 150 years. Paper preparation is tracked by machinery counting dips and worker passes. A 15 year old forgery scandal arose from stolen paper by a coworker, highlighting that paper is the main forger’s challenge, while printing occurs inside the bank with strict note uniqueness.
A brief remedy advises boiling lobelia in water to make a strong infusion, straining, and applying hot cloths to the affected area until pain eases. Replace cloths as they cool and cover the area to finish perspiration. Also noted is salfada wash for rheumatism with lukewarm application for inflamed joints.
Mile Dodu, formerly at Pithiviers, earned the military medal for courage during the invasion. When Prussians seized her office in Enghien, she moved her apparatus to a private room and attached a second wire to relay messages, alerting French authorities and saving a corps from destruction.
A correspondent asks our opinion on a writer’s attack on tomatoes as food. We answer that the critic offers no facts while public experience proves their value. Do not eschew tomatoes.
The article notes strong demand for summer board on Mt Washington with more travelers turned away than accommodated, indicating limited lodging and high interest in the mountain area.
In a clipped fragment, a parson praises a boy named Tinney for being better fed than taught, while the boy and elder speak of sustenance and age in a rural scene. The lines hint at humor and social dynamics from a bygone era.
The passage traces fashion and hygiene in Louis XIV's time. It notes public bath closures due to licentiousness, ladies avoiding washing, and use of scent. Hairdressers rise, wigs become fashionable with a wig tax, and Louis creates the office of contrôleurs de perruques.
The piece urges farmers to replace barren pasture with fresh green rich pasture. It argues improved pasture boosts fattening and dairy output, promises faster feed returns, and compares current neglect to a healthier system. It stresses plowing green forage into land every five years and calls the topic second only to bread.
A. J. Hubbard discovered a rock soap mine in the lower mountains near Ventura city California while looking for coal. The rock dissolves in water, resembles chalk, and has soapy properties. It runs for 2000 feet on exposure with a 15 foot wide opening and extensive southern deposits. His family used it for a year before public knowledge.
The reader is urged that neatness and modest, natural style outshine costly wardrobes. A well kept appearance using simple calico, ribbons, and garden ornaments can outshine those with wealth and extravagant jewelry, illustrating timeless value in simplicity.
A fragment recalls a quip at a meeting between the Duke of Wellington and General Grant about mixing English and American whisky. The punchline suggests a witty reply from Grant.
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