05 Nov 1880
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1880
Page
1
The Register issued by cc Ww Slater outlines pricing for a yearly subscription of 81 50 or $2 for six months delayed payment. It states papers won’t discontinue for arrears and non notification renews engagement. Advertising rates are listed with multiple unit charges and terms.
A fragmentary verse meditation compares human life to a star light bubble spring dew and wind upon flood ending with man as borrowed light extinguished as autumn entombs spring and time moves on. The imagery tracks perishing beauty and the fleeting nature of existence.
Eve Hazleton, a devoted seamstress, endures cold and hunger while supporting crippled Will Thurston and his mother. After a harsh betrayal by Mrs. De Pue, a miraculous turn of fortune arrives as Will returns from peril with his father’s wealth, revealing Eve’s rise to wife and heiress as the storm of hardship ebbs.
A peripatetic preacher in Glenbrook, Nevada, nearly penniless, offered a $100 bet that he could prove the marine tale of Jonah and the whale. He preached to a skeptical crowd, collected nothing, and dismissed with a benediction. Local reaction labeled him well heeled and a possible road agent.
The advertisement promotes Ayer's Ague Cure as a vegetable remedy free of quinine or arsenic. It claims to cure fever and ague in all forms, prevent and treat liver complaints, and act as a tonic for malarious districts, asserting no injury from use. Agents listed as A. H. Frotaguet & Co.
A remark notes a woman called a daisy before marriage who after years resembles a faded old but tercap. The statement reflects a belief that appearances change with time, a point attributed to poetic but questionable truth.
A long fragmented critique argues about the term depraved woman in a Colorado governor’s nephew’s Albuquerque dance hall murder. It contrasts male depravity with the supposed virtue of men, condemning gossip, hypocrisy, and the social double standard while defending a woman caught in a fatal quarrel.
The Zoological Gardens of London received the most venomous snake, the echis caranata, about eighteen inches long and gray. Described as a deadly creature from India, it challenges and provokes humans, with a deadly coil within a twelve inch radius. The piece notes its aggressive nature and its potential to inflict instant death.
An editorial critique argues that reporting sudden death as disease of the heart misleads the public. It cites a Strasbourg congress showing few actual heart issues among sudden deaths and identifies preventable causes such as cold feet, tight clothing, slow cooling after exertion, and abrupt transitions from heat to cold as contributors to congestion of the lungs.
A sample of Irish bog butter about a thousand years old yielded volatile fatty acids six percent, soluble fatty acids forty two percent, insoluble fixed fatty acids ninety nine point four eight percent, glycerol in minute traces. The insoluble fraction includes nine percent oleic and ninety one percent stearic and palmitic acids. An Egyptian tomb butter, dated around 400 to 600 BCE, was in an alabaster vane and appeared rancid but showed no notable decomposition.
Perfect health depends on circulation and explains how body heat balance affects headaches coughs rapid breathing chest pain and indigestion. Immersion of hands or feet in hot water provides temporary relief and gradual exercise of extremities aims to restore lasting balance.
A wife who scolded her intoxicated husband grew furious and cried out for tears of anguish. He retorted with a drunken, derisive remark, dismissing her pain and insisting there was no use in her plea.
A minister, performing a recent wedding, was disconcerted when he asked the groom to confirm taking the bride. The groom hesitated, scratched his head, and quipped that he would “be willing,” but would prefer her sister. The incident drew surprised laughter from onlookers.
A four year old Poland China pig titled the largest boy in the country was shown at Junction Gig Kansas. Reported measurements include length seven feet, neck six feet, chest seven feet, centre eight feet, hip width thirty inches and weight about 1,635 pounds.
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