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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1883
Page
2
The Register notes rising alarm as Curcaco physicians warn of cholera spreading next year. It cites census figures for Southern farm values and reports friction between Dr Tanner and medical societies over irregular practice. A Boston letter from President Angell warns against tainted mountain resort water.
Prof Venes warns Italians face serious danger from substituting wine with alcohol in beverages. He cites a distiller who died insane from alcoholism after exposure to impure alcohol fumes while strengthening wines. A private Von Moltke report criticizes French military organization as inept and would cause a war collapse, triggering panic in Paris.
Paris Figaro uses a calculation of 557 deputies who served 452 hours last year amounting to 3,342,000 francs. It projects 130 francs per day for 300 days, yielding 217,681,000 francs per year. The piece also lists various commodities priced in carloads and barrels. A Raleigh inquiry reports a jail fire with 72 guards on duty and little escape, plus watch on 400 inmates.
The proposal argues that few men with $400 would reenlist, and withholding half the pay while privates receive only 6.44 dollars per month would curb recruitment.
Mr. Stanley Jevons argues that cutting telegraph rates does not mirror the postal rate effect. In five years after postal cuts net revenue rose from 2.5 to 3.5 million dollars, while five years after telegraphy adoption net income fell from 1.5 to 0.18 million. He explains that mail can be moved in bulk, but telegraph messages require individual handling, so traffic growth raises costs nearly in step with revenue.
The piece reports Utah Government Commission plans to curb polygamy by a state marriage law, with polygamists disenfranchised and monogamists seeking office. It also previews Irish social flair, then details a Kentucky school fight over teaching Miss Lily Isaacs, including vandalism, a land dispute, and a rushed court action.
A Brooklyn Eagle humorous exchange features a prudish dame denying a celebrity descent while a gentleman retorts with Cain's wife as a rebuttal. Separately, Tur King of Siam outbids New York brokers in trade dollar speculation, buying at 90 in Singapore and turning each dollar into two Siamese trials at 60 cents each.
The piece profiles Grove Kennedy, a Kentucky outlaw famed for violence and defiance. It recounts his early lineage, clashes with Grove Kennedy’s uncle, and a long pursuit led by Marshal Hunter. Kennedy was captured, tried, sentenced, and later pardoned after years in prison. The narrative notes Kennedy’s claim of quitting drinking and intent to reform.
A humorous meditation contrasts kings with ordinary people noting that royalty is imagined as distant and formal. It imagines a king in humble, comic scenes like a dentist chair or a circus, arguing that real rulers share human traits and flaws.
A humorous Teras Siftings item compares the cost of hats to the long lasting Russian crown. It notes editors do not wear crowns though they tempt, and observes the czar's crown has lasted 600 years with no repairs, implying hats bought over centuries would cost more than jeweled diadems. The tone is wry and observational.
Harper's Magazine describes Tombstone Arizona’s rough beginnings in 1878. Ed Schieffelin’s discovery and the contrasting profits at Tough Nut and Contention mines built a bustling frontier town with 2000 residents, $1,050,980 in property, and active ore extraction above and below ground despite disputes over title and crowded mining districts.
A coroner in West Kent uncovers a copy of Tristram Shandy used for swearing jurors at an inquest prompting questions about oath validity. The incident follows debates on what Bible or text jurors and witnesses should swear upon, including recent moves toward Douai Bible usage.
A York State wholesaler arrives in a town with an empty store. He sold 3000 dollars of goods for 1500 dollars in advertising and printing costs. Prices fell to 50 cents on four dollars, leaving him 98 cents behind after paying the printer. He owes 3000 dollars to the supplier, but the printer will delay payment. The piece ends with a joke about a new book titled Short Sayings of Great Men and a pun on Great Sayings of Short Men.
A vintage guide describes a drab felt mat with sharp edge points and tassels, lace chair-backs, and silk embroidery. It outlines a black satin wall panel with pinks, blue satin panels with a painted bird, cretonne Tania covers forming corner landscapes, and a blue satin toilet set with lace trimmed mats and a monogrammed cushion.
Madame Gambetta helps her son Leon escape an uncongenial shop life to study law in Paris by secretly funding his journey and arranging a staged route, while her husband insists he stay in the family business. The anecdote, recounted by M Menier during a 1856 business visit to Cahors, centers on moral resolve and entrepreneurial mercy.
The Moonshiners of the South use a copper whistle about an inch and a half wide and three inches long with a scroll at the end to emit shrill whistles heard a mile away. An old frame house in Winthrop, Maine, built 114 years ago, was moved half a mile last week without cracking the plaster.
A miscellaneous 19th century digest touches on home remedies for headaches and snake repellent using juniper seeds and carbolic acid. It notes a Langang China bridge with 300 arches and a 70 foot roadway, and discusses bristle sources from Kamtschatka, Russia, and Germany. It also reports on insect head longevity experiments and a carp-raising air hole method for winter fish, plus a Paris seaport canal proposal rejected as visionary with a 3 billion franc cost.
Enoch Arden returns home from a terrible voyage to find his wife Annie and Philip Ray by the hearth. Annie, believing him dead, wed Philip for a home and child, while the sight of Philip wearing Enoch’s clothes sparks a deadly glare. Enoch flees, narrowly escaping a confrontation with Annie’s mother now living with her daughter.
A New York wine firm circulates among Newport clergymen soliciting orders and marks each case "Canned Peaches" to avoid suspicion. In Pere Hyacinthe's church the passing of the plate prompts a "Thank you" from the contributors.
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