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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1875
Page
2
The piece argues advertising proves a thriving economy and urges buyers to favor advertisers. It notes Tilden’s bid via canal appointments and criticizes reform claims. It suggests Grant seeks a third or fourth presidential term, with Kentucky Republicans avoiding opposition to a Grant renomination.
An English traveler Captain Lawson purportedly discovers the world’s highest peak on New Guinea at the confluence of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, towering 32 783 feet above sea level. The writer notes no acquaintance with Lawson but says he would keep villagers alert in a country store winter night.
Sa Yucre defends her affair by blaming her husband. She says he was a mere nothing, tired from work, always sleeping on return, snuffed tobacco excessively, and refused to wear a nightgown. She argues she did her duties had she found a man like M Achille.
The Radical press highlights that Kentucky's Democratic gubernatorial candidate is a former Confederate colonel with a young prospect. Another ex Confederates and a Federal soldier run on the ticket, while St Louis elects a new mayor by a slim margin after a death.
A June 1769 Boston Gazette vignette describes about 60 women spinning flax on the Dorchester green under Rev. Jonathan Bowman. Spectators praise the orderly, industrious scene and claim 80 yards of cloth from the day. Also noted are slave sale ads, printers offering cyder, and a request to settle old accounts.
A retrospective sketch of Cassius M Clay with mentions of Frank V Blair Gratz Brown and Burnham. It recounts his 1860 Lincoln vote, 1861 major general status, 1862 St Petersburg mission and eccentric court behavior, his diplomacy under Green Clay, and his shift to opposition amid anti slave power clashes. A Michigan farmer clock anecdote closes the piece.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports General John C Breckinridge died at his Lexington home, aged 54, after a storied career in politics and the Confederacy. Born January 21 1821, he served as U S Senator from Kentucky, was Democratic nominee for President in 1860, and led Confederate forces including at Shiloh and Stones River before serving as Secretary of War. He died peacefully at his home in Kentucky, having lived much of his life in public service and controversy.
A critical appraisal of prominent wealthy women and their charitable giving. The author questions the financial support of reform causes by figures such as Nilsson Lucea Cushman Patti and Ristori, accusing them of not contributing funds to aid women. The piece cites Anna Dickinson and others, contrasting earned wealth with philanthropy. Inland Magazine.
An article recounts Rousseau's parable leading to Menri de Lacrois who believed his thoughts could kill relatives. He killed his uncle and cousin by typhoid, then obsessed on his guilt, turned himself in and died in an asylum. A Brooklyn Argus item mocks shirt bosom ads and business boasts. The piece notes a comparative Britain America divorce rate and jokes about domestic irons.
A collection of gossip and curious tales spans a tainted note to a wife, a Kentucky grocery clerk’s mishap with a pillow-slip bag, a Jersey exile tale about Hugo, and a Chicago Tribune tribute to John C. Breckinridge, reflecting the era’s sensational miscellany.
In the British House of Commons the Irish member Biggar mocked the Prince of Wales during a debate on preserving horse breeds. The Speaker ordered the Prince to leave as rules forced all strangers to stand, but after doors closed the Premier moved to suspend rules for the royal presence.
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