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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1881
Page
4
The piece outlines how voice tone reveals character traits. It links stutter to rage, thick speech to malice, coarse tones to talkativeness and quick temper, and clear voices to prudence and sincerity. It contrasts firm voices with robustness and benevolence, and notes trembling speech signals timidity, while soft tones suggest peaceable nature.
The narrative recalls Judge Alfred Conkling, father of Senator Conkling, who while a U S district judge gave advertising valued at about $20,000 to the Albany Journal. A journalist offered a suit of clothes as thanks, but the judge refused, citing no obligation and refusing any favors while acknowledging he owed two years of unpaid paper. The Journal said the paper had long since been sent free.
A Chicago judge grants a divorce on habitual drunkenness though evidence shows only moderate drinking. The opinion questions whether a drunken father should sire children and suggests law could base divorce on inherited tendencies. The piece then condemns the feminine snob as lacking brain and heart, warning wealth and status cannot mask true character.
A garbled mix of items notes a bicycle law quirk a cautious Marquis will an old lady misreads a health report a cathedral finish after 630 years and a color blindness joke Scientists count about 82000 plant species with around 4000 grass forms The tone mirrors a brisk curiosity page with scattered topics and dated observations
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