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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
2
A collage of opinions and anecdotes from The Register spanning politics, law, social issues, and curious tales. Notes on Jay Gould’s Missouri Pacific stake, a Georgia duel life sentence, a Rome princess with $10,000,000, and hazing incidents at Galesburg with moral reflections on law, suffrage, and futures speculation.
Prof Hazen of the National Weather Bureau declares Texas rainmaking experiments total failures. He argues no authentic case exists where artificial rain was produced. public authorities should face disapproval for permitting such schemes. The nation has heard many stories but lacks scientific proof.
Recent experiments with liquid fuel on English and Italian naval vessels show favorable results and the U S Navy plans exhaustive testing. If oil proves cost effective it could replace coal, offering greater vessel stability, more storage space, fewer crew, no ash or refuse, and rapid restart of fires.
A Philadelphia train tale shows New York drummers staging a "John Henry" scheme to sell a $150 watch for $10 to a cautious farmer. The farmer debunks the ruse, outsmarts the con artist, and keeps the watch while the Boston lad faces consequences. The piece shifts to social notes on mustaches among workers and historical constraints in England.
Organized Paris waiters announce a possible strike after a period to be set, opposing policies requiring facial hair removal. Leaders frame mustaches as a symbol of defiance against clerical, judicial, and social conformity, arguing the beard tradition links to manhood and independence.
An Electric World note argues electric light can rival kerosene lamps on price. Madrid oil at 20 cents a pint and gas at $2.35 per thousand cubic feet yield about $1.06 monthly for a 100 pint lamp burning five hours daily, suggesting electric lighting may be cheaper and more economical with metered use and broader adoption.
A brief comic column notes Col Bob Ingersoll always finds time to answer letters. A young man writes of heartbreak and Col Bob replies that in a month he will feel half brokenhearted, in six months not at all, and in a year may be engaged again. Also recounted is a Tyrone fishing tale with a three pound trout found in a coat pocket.
Texas Siftings reports a trial where Jim Webster is accused of offering a witness $50 to testify for him. The testimony centers on the witness Sam Johnsing and the defense lawyer Gouge, with questions about whether the defendant spoke in first person and about his intent to influence the judge and jury.
A London News summary notes a rose peculiar to Towton Field linked to the 1461 Palm Sunday battle. Author Pravia Eboracensia claims the white rose with a red center grows there, once common but now rare due to visitors removing the plants, described as unique to that soil and fading with age.
The piece recalls 1836 Boston Farmers Almanack ideals of the sturdy farmer’s daughter who can bake bread, ride a pony, dance Rural Felicity, and handle farm tasks. It then shifts to a sea voyage scene praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for seasickness and related ailments, promising relief from dyspepsia, cramps, constipation, biliousness, malaria, kidney trouble, rheumatism, and debility.
A compact reference lists lengths and areas in old units including a rod at 165 feet, mile at 320 rods, 1,760 yards, and 5,280 feet, square feet and inches, square yards, and acres with their conversions. It also quotes Prof Thurston on engine speeds and locomotive adhesion, noting self-powered car concepts.
The Dr Harter Medicine Co advertises a 3 inch display with a unique word on each weekly issue. Readers are urged to identify the single repeated word to receive BOOKS and BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS. The excerpt ends with a Horace quote and a caution about generosity versus debt.
Health and strength renewed with ease and comfort following Syrup of Figs use. It acts in harmony with nature to cleanse the system. Available in 50c and 1 dollar bottles at leading druggists.
A concise note clarifies that sow and pig iron derive from technical terms rather than animal names. Sow refers to the main channel of molten iron, with lateral branches called pigs. pig iron forms as the iron cools. The word sow comes from the Saxon sawan meaning to scatter.
Advertisement touts Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising freedom from fits after one day. Claims marvelous cures with a $2 trial bottle and a free treatise offered to sufferers. Mail order to 931 Arch St Philadelphia.
In ancient times butter was made from milk and modern science offers Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as an easier food. It digests well, stimulates digestion, restores strength, and nourishes the body in a way nothing else can. Scott & Bown, chemists, New York. Available from druggists everywhere.
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