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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1888
Page
2
The Register reports disbanding meetings in Boston due to low turnout. It catalogs eclectic items from Russia language to a Bridgeport man who speaks multiple languages, a dog incident in Bripeerort, and satirical vignettes from San Francisco to Wisconsin, with thin connections across a string of brief curiosities and social tidbits.
The column notes pecan and hickory thriving in local soil, a massive stone fill in Waterbury road failing to fill a hole, and the corduroy method planned with dead trees for a foundation. It mentions New Hampshire knee pads born from a mother’s idea, a Buffalo cathedral incident causing a Jewish temple to host a Christian service, and a biblical verse about being expelled from the synagogue.
AsHormaken of Atlanta has completed the largest usable shoes, using 1040 square inches for uppers and 1960 for soles, totaling 8000 square inches of leather and 24000 inches of long string from an eighth inch strips. The shoes weigh 8.25 pounds with fourteen inch soles and deep 8.75 inches excluding a forthcoming heel.
A sharp eyed man at a Chicago hotel watches guests closely at dinner and targets an elderly man with a poor fitting set of teeth. He offers to “lye” the teeth after obtaining a new set, and details reveal how many false teeth change hands, including finds in rooms, cabs, ash barrels, a magpie nest, and even a woman’s throat. The piece also cites Brander Matthews criticizing English novels as inferior to American, Russian, and French works.
Three notable bronze statues are described: Berlin’s Frederick the Great on a granite pedestal with life size generals, Petersburgh’s Peter the Great at Admiralty Square atop a cliff, and Dresden’s Frederick Augustus II known as Augustus the Strong near the New Bridge. The Berlin monument features flames of Justice Prudence Fortitude and figures from the Seven Years’ War.
The writer critiques cheap libraries in the United States that publish hundreds of English novels annually under postal laws as periodicals. They argue piracy drives low prices, with libraries focusing on fiction and churning out 52 yearly numbers, far exceeding Britain’s publishable novels per year.
A Arkansas Traveler column argues no man can replace Mark Twain as the era’s leading humorist. It notes many imitate Twain without matching him and mocks aspiring successors who claim to outpace him. The piece elevates Twain above rivals and Shakespeare.
Bob Burdette laments scarce access to eloquence and talent, arguing society rewards diligence as much as talent. He muses on hidden riches beneath the earth and wonders why great preachers writers and comedians remain unseen and unread, asking what profits eloquence without an audience.
A Boston Post item notes an old couple living by new principles. They breakfast separately, dine together, and share limited daily contact. Each has a private library and they avoid constant company to keep charm alive. The Nova Scotia gold mine output in 1887 is cited as about five hundred thousand dollars.
A Washington Public Printer recounts two bribery cases involving women seeking offices and favors. In one tale a supposed benevolent visitor, Mrs Smith, obtained towels and billed the department while never paying. In another, Eva Simmers from Louisiana secured an appointment via a delegation plea, only to be exposed as a brokered hire and dismissed after a pocketed fee.
A Chicago Times fiction fragment reveals Julia Siikins, Pennsylvanian heiress, marrying Count de Bergamot in a romance of luxury and exotic locale. The couple adores modest comforts, while a playful scene ends with a loling request for cash as a symbolic gift.
An 19th century treatise argues language arose from reflection and instinct, tracing speech from animal calls to human dialects. It claims savages lack true language yet show vocal potential, citing primate vocalizations, bird notes, and early musical forms as evidence of progressive intellect from lower to higher species.
The most northerly railway will be in Sweden from Lulea through Swedish Lapland to the White Sea. Construction nears the Arctic circle and the first locomotive crossed the line within this frigid realm. Canada’s northern rail reaches about latitude 51 to 52 degrees, while Sweden’s line may approach 67 degrees. Piersburghers ship natural gas in steel cylinders to other cities for emitting purposes.
A Texas ranch ostrich reacts when a near sighted Dr. Sketchly attempts to pluck its plumes. A torn stocking blindfold slips, the bird headbutts a fence, and the doctor escapes amid a comic chase. Texas Siftings notes such ostrich ranches exist in Texas and elsewhere.
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