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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1877
Page
1
The Register lists subscription costs of 150 dollars yearly in advance or 82 dollars if paid after six months. It states papers won’t discontinue until arrears are cleared and nonpayment triggers a new engagement. Advertising rates cover squares, columns, and whole column spaces with advance payment required.
A compact poetic fragment set in spring. Prothalamion shows the maiden’s awakening to a divine Spring Spirit and a new inner unrest as the sky glows westward. Psyche follows a doomed, loveless fate while Marriage Bells shifts to bridal rapture shadowed by doubt and vow.
A compact list of old unit values and rates including speeds for a man, horse, steamers, sailing vessels, and river currents. It also lists weights per barrel for flour, pork, powder, butter, and various grains, plus measures for teaspoons, tablespoons, acres, and square miles. It notes a death rate of one person per second and an average life of 31 years.
John McCullough narrates a Syracuse man staying overnight in Utica to see Ned Adams perform. He remained quiet until Adams delivered the line about public virtue in Syracuse, then loudly declared that there is none in Utica either if it comes to that.
A false health warning claims thirty minutes of daily piano practice leads to fatal paralysis in eight months. The text requests wide circulation and thanks the press for spreading the misinformation, masking as a humane motive.
Peter Simpson sought to shoot a showman in Shady Grove Kentucky and asked George Sigler for a pistol. Sigler refused, Simpson fatally stabbed him and the showman escaped detection.
Ermina Hall, penniless and aiming for a respectable livelihood as a governess, endures rejection and hunger. She accepts work as a restaurant waitress, earns independence, and, after facing judgment from her social circle, marries Rudolph Penfield with Major Miles’ support. A tale of resilience, social class, and love concluding in a secure home on Madison Avenue.
A charming woman asks why the graffitied name appears on Jacob's Inde der as a couple climbs the steepest M4 section near a Washington railway. He replies with a coy remark about occasional people ascending and descending, squeezing her hand as they move forward.
A quatrain on a horse provoked by a horse’s tail, noting that when the tail is free from flies it roams far and wide, while a bound tail keeps the beast still and troubled by the persistent flies. The piece uses rustic humor to reflect on scent and movement.
Public figures attract endless advice from many who presume to know better. Mature guidance comes from those who manage their own affairs, leaving others alone unless invited to interfere. Focus on fixing one’s own life rather than meddling in others’ business.
A kind elephant tramples a partridge nest and nestlings in a jungle near Ceylon. The mammoth laments and vows to atone, sitting on the orphans. Moral emphasizes the value of a mother’s home and warns against entrusting orphans to careless care.
The Gibraltar port handles two to three thousand ocean steamers annually with no customs or inspection controls. Ships pay only harbor dues, attracting vessels from all nations. The main revenue for Gibraltar comes from port charges totaling about 600000 dollars yearly.
Twenty girls in Utica were arrested for blowing horns outside the door of a newly married couple. The judge called the act the shockingest kind of depravity, denouncing the behavior as dangerous and indecent.
In the wake of Senator Morton’s death, critics clash over Daniel W. Voorhees’s fitness to fill the vacancy. The Indianapolis Sentinel defends Voorhees, praising his statesmanship and rights protections, while urging the Journal to refrain from harsh commentary on Morton’s legacy.
The United States Treasury received word from its Tucson depository acknowledging a May letter with $100,000 in exchange on New York. The dispatches were found after a mail rider was murdered by Indians. the letter survived six months in dry desert air before being forwarded.
A neuro preacher at a revival in Calhoun County Kentucky told a sister to quiet down. She shouted louder and he boxed her ears with a Bible. She responded with vigorous strikes and fights, forcing him to flee the church.
A brother and a distressed man discuss a calling to preach with the man expressing doubt. A sympathizing peer mollifies him, joking he may not hear the call for forty years. A boy tries to burn a wasp with a match. the wasp bites back by stinging his hand and flying off with a quip about not beating a man at his own game.
A young woman wandered through her father's Cottonwood California apartment when awakened by his hand on her shoulder and she collapsed and died, authorities investigating unclear circumstances surrounding the fatal incident.
Thieves pried a contribution box from the door of an orphan asylum in Baltimore and gained nineteen cents for their effort.
A Beijing era rumor claims the Grand Dukes of Russia are afflicted by the imperial disease, attributed to the Czar's displeasure as the predisposing cause.
A famed political prognosticator who predicted a calm year now confronts restless nerves and restless policy battles as events unfold. He wrestles with doubt, seeking relief from a chilling sense that the nightmare remains unresolved.
Readable scraps note that affection-filled fans now nickname the Pennsylvania leaders as Son Don and Paps Simon. The line flips traditional order as the first becomes last and the last becomes first.
John Mantle, employed to investigate mail robbers in Arizona, was caught leading a gang that halted a stagecoach, rifling its contents, and creating a disruption during the heist.
Donn Pratt describes Clara Morris audience moments with Blaine Dawes and Hamlin shedding tears and urging self improvement. Senator Davis appears deeply moved while Southern men display dramatic emotion, Lamar invokes the chariot of Gabriel, Hill reveals a tear, and Joe Blackburn vows harsh punishment for anyone who doubts her greatness.
A printer’s helper faces ridicule for frugality until he explains he saves to send his blind sister to Paris for treatment. The moral urges readers to withhold harsh judgment, as unseen circumstances shape conduct. Judge not, lest ye be judged.
Texas rapidly emerges as a major grain state with wheat and oats leading. In 1875 Texas produced about 2,500,000 bushels worth $3,185,000 at an average of 18 bushels per acre, while Illinois yielded 37,300,000 bushels. Texas claims unrivaled acreage and top yields among American states, rivaling California and others.
A color sergeant was shot down and overrun while gripping a corner of his regiment's flag with his teeth. The enemy cut away the banner, leaving the fragment in his mouth. The standard was later retaken and a piece from that moment is sewn into the flag as a memorial.
Miss Parker of Hamblin Tennessee struck her stepfather with an iron poker when he boxed her ears and caused his death in a domestic dispute.
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