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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1877
Page
1
A frayed OCR fragment outlines The Register rates for advertising and subscription, listing prices for one square ads, multiples, and durations. It notes advance payment for transient ads and job work on delivery, with unclear continuation for half and quarter column spaces.
A lyrical meditation on the name of mother and the enduring, powerful love of a mother. It extols a mother's devotion, forgiveness, and influence to lead a wayward child back from temptation and sin, noting prayers and hope as the heart of maternal care. The verse emphasizes the sacred, timeless bond between mother and child.
A prose poem from Tinsley's Magazine speaks of a faded photograph and lingering memories. The speaker compares love to a sunlit image growing dim yet resisting final doubt as warmth, cold, and time test the heart. A distant voice hopes for renewal despite fading signs.
A poem laments love’s mood and wind driven thoughts while a closing line hints that fraud as a basis for civil service reform is a contemporary novelty. The piece blends romantic imagery with a brief political aside.
A Nottingham Cling. Journal analysis warns of rising unbelief across Protestant and Catholic ranks. Clergy note shifts in belief, science intrudes on theology, and the laity press for reform. Democracy and education accelerate religious change, with reconciliation between camps unlikely.
A minister friend visits a small weekly paper to write a column about a schoolhouse meeting. He endures an exhausting session, producing only seven advertising lines. The effort leaves him ill and never writing for the paper again. A stray joke about the wicked finally and the Legislature closes the tale.
The article explains that lamp explosions occur when kerosene vapors accumulate and are confined, with the flame driving ignition. Air movement, drafts, rapid movement of the lamp, or extinguishing blasts can trigger explosions. Causes include broken chimneys, large burners with small wicks, and old clogged air drafts allowing unsteady flames.
In a crowded shop a Lady Clerk argues over collar sizes with a Customer. The clerk insists on 15 inch collars, denies 12s, and finally selects a 13 or 14 based on her own judgment, leaving the frustrated customer to exit amid lingering tension and social satire from the World.
In St Louis two women peruse shawls at a dry goods store. One cannot afford a shawl, yet the other reveals she will buy it and charge it to her husband, shouting upon recognizing the man. The tale ends with an electric reaction from the denied buyer. Sixteen blast furnaces operate at the Vermont copper mines.
A chaotic tale follows Bob Emerson a lively child whose pranks provoke violent discipline from his father and near-fatal accidents. The narrative shifts to a Rhode Island colonel who commands a marching column then forgets to look back and learns the troops can’t move at order arms.
One of Commodore Vanderbilt's daughters sought his help for her husband, but the old man refused in forcible terms. He later intervened after discovering her newspaper ad announcing readiness to receive boarders and mentioning him.
A French debutante discovered a thousand franc note tucked in her late mother’s hair after her mother’s death. The find highlights long held beliefs about valuables hidden in modest places.
Alexander urged Napoleon to share Europe for support in seizing a strait, while Napoleon forecast Russia conquering Constantinople and much of Turkey, creating a Mediterranean power. He warned against allied France, England, and Prussia and argued for Poland to act as a barrier with Poniatowski king, predicting future regret if not.
An essay-like sketch argues that suicides arise from minor stresses rather than grand events, citing cases from London and Scotland. It laments the invisibility of creditors and poets in obituaries, then wanders through humorous asides and a critic’s remark before noting European railroad mileage comparisons.
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