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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
2
A collage of society notes and brief items. Estate values claim a widow inherits 2 million. weddings in Iowa Natives and editors weigh in on lectures and BeechER Stowe. Emperors, ships, mansions, and relics appear beside a humorous money story and a Montreal philanthropist.
The article recounts Sir Donald's noble philanthropy including $125,000 to McGill College and $500,000 to Victoria Hospital in concert with Sir George Stephen. It then details a Kansas circuit court feud on Jesse McFarland’s alleged concubinage versus Supreme Court rulings on his wife status, risking a paradoxical legal bind upon release. It also profiles Mrs. Brewster linked to Polk era Treasury figures, and the remarkable resilience of Miss Mary Jane Roberts who, after paralysis and her fiancé’s flirtation, vows to marry Cole despite scandalous odds.
The article argues that regular calm exercise and ample outdoor activity prevent nervous exhaustion. When holidays are sparse, an occasional day in bed serves as a strong substitute. Examples include a Barcelona merchant who rests two to three days and a diligent English businesswoman who keeps nerves in check by weekly bed rest.
A humorous exchange from the Arkansaw Traveler depicts a man forcing a payday confession through timing and wit. Aimed at exposing a debtor, the dialogue centers on meeting at 4 o clock to test where the target will be, implying a plan to dodge repayment and highlighting the value of a perfect understanding to dodge embarrassment.
A New York Graphic reporter recalls extraordinary self destruction cases from history. He cites a Connecticut youth who built a guillotine with a weighted ax and candle fuse, a Philadelphia shoemaker puncturing his heart, Maria Bonheur drowning in a pail, a broker on Black Friday committing suicide in mid river, a Charleston mulatto eating glass, and other deviant demonstrations including a Pennsylvanian investor with nitro glycerine and a South Carolina farmer whose horse killed him, plus a French stanuat leaping from a balloon basket.
A narrator recounts a chilling bath tub ordeal marked by paralysis of will and extreme weariness. He drifts into a hot water stupor and fears being boiled alive as the water climbs toward the boiling point. He finally awakens, realizing escape by leaping out just in time.
A speaker describes a shocking event and admits a long maniacal laugh of release. He notes the listener is the first man he has confided in since the incident occurred, detailing a tense moment tied to a bathtub scene.
A Dublin northwest circuit legend tells of a jovial judge who loves hunting more than court, testing a prisoner and then releasing nineteen others with a week for the first. The tale, shared by Farmers' Voice, mirrors Dickensian legal humor about clever judges and roguish cleverness.
In the Arizona Kicker final issue, Judge Wornback of the adjoining county denounced the Kicker as a mouthpiece for money and claimed the paper has no political opinions that money cannot buy during a Lone Jack address.
The Kicker denounces Judge Hornback as a deliberate liar and vows to defend against attack. It alleges he served time in Joliet five years and claims tar and feathering in Indiana and egging in Ohio, promising further actions to convict him.
A Detroit Free Press fragment references a robbery and bigamy theme with a boastful line about staying at home if summoned by the judge. The brief item signals sensational legal trouble without full details.
An essay praising rag carpets as homely symbols of memory and thrift. It imagines carpets made from worn clothes, including overcoats and wedding suspenders, linking worn items to personal history as the owner sits with a pet car and recalls past eras.
A New York Graphic piece reflects on a women’s barber shop on a women’s street. It notes feminism in grooming, the absence of a striped pole, and women running the space for female clientele amid social norms and decency concerns.
A satirical note on pens and writing tools tracing quills and steel nibs to impracticalities while lamenting ink splatter and paper advances. The piece shifts to a Saturday Review anecdote about a fortune teller who warns a widower that God loves him but the devil will get him unless he sharpens up.
An English chemist estimates the contents of a ton of coal gass. besides gas it yields 1500 pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water, and 140 pounds of coal tar. Distilling coal tar gives pitch and creosote among other substances, and new saccharine is noted as extraordinarily sweet.
Notes in science survey: Prof Seaman reports 650 American and 43 foreign microscopes among 1 000+ in colleges, departments, and societies. He urges patronage of national makers, noting tariff exceptions and the Michigan view that best instruments are locally produced. Also previews International Anthropological Congress Berlin session on America’s prehistoric and present civilizations and power limits of the microscope in high magnification.
Russia leads gold production at 54.2 million dollars, United States at 330.8 million, and Australia 21 million. In silver, United States tops with 355 million, Mexico 25 million, Russia 820.42 million. Germany leads lead at 18 million. United States second at 9.186 million, Spain third at 8.58 million. Russia dominates iron and steel with 275 million, Britain 210 million, Germany 200 million, the United States 160.84 million, France 117 million. Germany produces 870 145 thousand in copper and tin, Britain next with 28.275 million, Austria-Hungary 10.55 million, Chili 15 million.
A New York oculist warns that the cigarette is the greatest enemy to young men's eyes. A new disorder among smokers, called the cigarette eye, has emerged from careful study by leading authorities. It causes dimness and film-like glare that comes and goes and requires long treatment to cure.
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