New Harmony Register in New Harmony, Indiana

Diverse 19th Century News Snippets and Facts

A collage of short items notes Florida copper abundance, England horse scarcity, Louisville boasts a colored Tom Thumb, Omaha directory with 4 680 names, Minnesota schoolhouses valued at 1 703 326, a Chinaman's view of dancing, 55 widows in a Maine hamlet, Alton burglaries, Rhode Island banks holding 42 million, Nevada compulsory education act, 1 000 wolf skins shipped weekly from Lowell, Tennessee vs Pennsylvania iron, Russian tea venture in Caucasus, Britain's income tax cut to three pence, Duluth expecting 22 steamers, Texas Indians border protests, Egypt Viceroy sons in Paris and Oxford, a $10 coffin among Keokuk burglars loot, Boston exports $2 million above last year, and costly Boston burnt district street improvements.