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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1893
Page
6
The Register notes that an exploding bomb is not a patriotism outburst. It mentions Russian sailors taking interest in our schooners. It also states convicting a New York murderer costs as much as building a public school. A man with a neck boil avoids borrowing trouble due to his burdens.
The piece notes sanitation in a cyclone cleanup is not commendable and mocks a claim that Chicago water contains pugs. It contrasts this with whisky containing snakes and praises cautious, rarely attending church fairs, implying prudent behavior over risky bets or rumors.
A tor cruiser named New York travels twenty knots an hour signaling rapid naval growth. In local news, Squire Abingdon is dead, noted for a boast about striking Langtry. The piece reflects bold claims and evolving national power in a brisk, period voice.
The article suggests a renewed Japanese drive in the Pacific may bring new warships into action. It also warns against speaking harshly of a person labeled a "stick" and notes a small match can spark a bigger flame in a scratch.
A man, embarrassed by a failed attempt to dance, jokes that catching a train at the depot is easier than missing one in a ballroom. The remark highlights the comic contrast between transit punctuality and social missteps.
An elderly woman offered three opinions on a sermon. She said the preacher read it, he read it badly, and the sermon was not worth reading.
Burglars entered the Bradley Martins home in New York and stole most of the bric a brac. The items were left with one oddity a single hyphen remaining as a small oddity after the theft.
Ward McAllister desires a foreign mission and may fare well in Africa where he would teach manners to the monkeys. The monkeys are being coached in conversation by Professor Garnier, illustrating a satirical note on social manners.
The text urges restraint in probing a close companion’s sorrows and life stories. It advises not to press for every detail, as much will be revealed by those who do not force disclosure, and cautions against prying into another’s private pain.
A number of orders have been placed with Philadelphia iron workers for machinery intended for distilling alcohol from sweet potatoes. The process yields a gallon of alcohol from a bushel of sweet potatoes at a small cost, pointing to a growing local effort in spirit production.
Cholera is now pronounced in parts of Russia, Austria, and France, though not received according to last year's plan. No one calls it cholera now in an effort to ease the suffering of those who die from it.
A house is no home unless it provides food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Humans are not formed to live without expansion. lacking it, they must find another path or perish.
Eastern students accused of hazing inscribed lunar caustic on peers. The piece argues that without action against the aggressors college athletics should be removed and replaced with harsher discipline.
A Kansas City woman sues a safety deposit company for money taken from a vault she rented and recovered. The verdict is just. The piece questions the purpose of firms that fail to safeguard valuables entrusted to them.
The article notes about 40 million acres reclaimed globally by irrigation, with India at 25 million, Egypt 6 million, Europe 5 million, and the United States 4 million. It argues the United States is only a beginner and will expand arid lands into blossoming fields.
An editorial laments the decline of baseball, noting costly salaries and weak revival hopes. It argues magnates must fade to revive the game and praises benevolent giving as key to solving social problems, urging continued charitable sacrifice.
A visionary proposes a self feeding electric arc lamp to replace manual carbon plugging, promising reliability and lower cost than the wages of workers now employed. Invention advances through electric lighting, with skilled craftsmen increasingly aspiring to become inventors as commercial electricity nears broader use.
Oscar Wilde presents a title plus a jumble of epigrams in his latest work. Critics argue the collection dilutes the piece and suggest removing the epigrams would sharpen the drama. The critic notes a line equating bad men with admiring innocence and mocks a claim about a well tied tie as an incomplete and awkward sentiment.
Oakland New Jersey resident Van Blarcum swore for twenty minutes in public and was sentenced by a justice to sixty days in the county jail. The case notes the state’s disapproval of profanity as an art form.
A Cambridge Ohio preacher predicted his death on April 28 and died quietly just before 7 pm. The article links the death to a belief in prophecy, suggesting if such power were universal it could spare brutal methods of self-destruction and alter how people end their lives.
The text traces firearm development in a century, noting early musket flaws and a 1752 incident where six muskets failed to fire. It imagines the reliability of Manlicher pattern rifles, whose cartridges would reportedly explode in a vast majority of trials, highlighting how technology transformed warfare reliability.
Inventors propose a compact six octave portable piano in a forty one by eighteen by eight inch case. The top opens to reveal and tune the keyboard with a small music rest and a leather carry case. Its faint but pure tone aims to avoid disturbing others, hoping for popular uptake.
The 1868 Decoration Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery marked the birth of a national memorial day. Gen Logan’s order designated May 30 for decorating graves, with Garfield’s address and songs, prayers, and children from the Soldiers and Sailors Orphan Asylum presenting flowers. A touching scene followed in 1869 as reconciliation between former foes began among veterans.
At a Northern Territory Memorial Day gathering, after ceremonies ended, two men met near the graves marked with symbols of renewed brotherhood. The incident reflects a moment of reconciliation as crowds dispersed from the solemn observance.
A writer recalls his first experience under enemy fire in battle. He describes freezing blood, feigned bravado, and the instinct to help noncombatants, while noting the chaos, fear, and conflicting impulses of a novice in combat. The piece blends humor and stark truth about war’s impact on a youth.
A veteran recalls combat experiences defending a general who saved his life and his own wary view of glory. He describes battles, escapes, and the urge to contribute to posterity while noting he never earned medals. Memorial Day prompts a scientific take on literature and courage.
In rugged verse the morning fog over Halltown frames a Civil War scene as Major Sullivan leads the First vets into battle by the river. The charge meets heavy musket fire and losses as Sullivan falls wounded, his troopers pressed forward, and the hometown mourns Osawatomie Brown’s memory.
Annie Maria von Schurmann of Utrecht in the sixteenth century was a renowned scholar and polymath. She spoke multiple languages including German French English Italian Latin Greek Hebrew and several other tongues. A painter sculptor engraver and musician she corresponded with leading savants such as Richelieu Queen Anne of France Elizabeth of Poland and Christina of Sweden and died unmarried at 72.
The article outlines the human body containing 150 bones and 500 muscles with the heart beating 70 times a minute displacing 44 grams of blood each beat. It notes lungs holding 5 litres of air, 1200 breaths per hour, and lists elemental makeup including calcium 1,750 grams and carbon 22 kilograms among others.
The Northern Pacific Railroad displays an attractive exhibit of products from seven Northwestern States at the World’s Columbian Exposition opened May 1 and running to November 1, 1893. Two elegant exhibit cars built at St Paul showcase grains fruits grasses ores woods iron coal and more from Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon. The display aims to prove the region’s vast resources and open settlement for a million families, with samples of fresh produce and manufactured goods highlighting the route from the Great Lakes to Puget Sound.
A St Louis Republic report describes a standing forest of stone in Custer County Idaho. Fossil trunks were encased by volcanic plastic clay as the region was flooded, preserving trunks while the tops remained exposed. The process left the entire grove as a standing forest of solid rock discovered by F B Schermerhorn.
The article notes that early signs of a chronic ailment can be missed and urges precautions against exposure. It claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is efficacious for the disease, safer than dangerous medicines, and promotes it as a safe blood depurent over harmful nostrums.
An affidavit for a warrant describes John Smith alleging that Tom Jones and Will Brown feloniously seized a man’s sand jack, transported him to the river, threw him in, and cursed him. The oath was sworn before J. P. G. W. H. The text notes the largest mammoth task yet discovered measured sixteen feet.
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