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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1878
Page
1
Local notice outlines subscription prices eight dollar rate a year and six month delaying payment. advertising rates listed by column size and duration, with 10 cent per line for local notices and all legal ads per law. Terms require advance payment for transient ads and job work paid on delivery.
A playful verse by Mrs. Mary Slant McQaleb extols the thrill of kissing and romantic flirtation. The speaker favors a coy maiden over prudishness, imagining intimate moments and the irresistible lure of lips meeting in a kiss.
The speaker contemplates a distant beloved, imagining an alien sky and vast spaces between them. Dreams reveal a real, vivid presence, as the soul longs for a face to face reading of glances and a life complete in love, awaiting the beloved despite trials. Loyalty remains steadfast through heat, illness, and doubt.
A reflective verse on mortality noting that life continues after individuals perish. The speaker muses that birds sing again, spring returns, and crops grow, while memories fade as time moves on. The poem contrasts birth and death with the inevitability of being replaced.
Seven year old Jeanne Donste, a noted little pianist, recently performed before Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. The Queen gifted her a red camel ia, praising luck and offering blessings for Mile Albani’s talisman and Mile’s future, while Mile wore a white artificial camelia in her hair. The Buffalo Express questions if dried apples, now a daily staple for Mr. G. I. Train, are being wasted.
A grim report notes that downhill sliding caused over six hundred deaths last winter and argues the moral lesson is to avoid sliding downward. Authorities emphasize safety and responsible recreation amid harsh weather conditions.
In New York a penniless narrator tells how his family fate changed after his father's debts left little for him and his sister Emeline. He endures hunger and cold while seeking work, then, at a judge’s dinner, is mistaken for a thief until honesty and charity reveal his worth and secure him a new start as a private secretary.
A condensed survey based on the Statesman’s Year Book outlines the 1877-78 forces of Austria, Russia, Great Britain, Italy, Greece, and others. It covers peace and war footings, landwehr and reserve forces, and the relative naval strength including battleships, cruisers, and coast defenses. It notes Britain’s dominant navy, Austria and Italy’s powerful warships, and the diverse naval balances among Germany Russia France and Turkey.
A Victorian era column discusses how mosquitoes spread filaria by carrying the parasite from an infected person to water sources and then to others who drink it. It also critiques oath bound political groups like the Greenback Nationals, alleging secrecy and ambition for office, with a specimen oath and notes from the New Albany Ledger Standard.
A Chicago or Washington style anecdote recalls Miss L a witty city belle, daughter of a distinguished Judge. A visitor to the city overhears a harsh remark about the Judge and is answered by Miss L with a sharp line about her being only a connection by marriage. The room bursts into laughter revealing the Judge story.
The text surveys global mining depths: the Adalbert Shaft in Bohemia reaches 3280 feet, the Sperenberg rock salt bore near Berlin hits 4175 feet, and the Viviens Remus coal mine in Belgium reaches 3542 feet. It notes earlier records and a commemorative volume on mining history.
The piece extols frugality and self discipline as the sole route to lasting wealth. It urges readers to save, cataloging diligence, honesty, and frugality as fortune’s keys. A final jab targets ostentation and pride among the “stuck up” class.
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