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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1892
Page
3
In a rainy street, a newsboy’s clean paper pledge earns a customer’s trust while another bystander jokes about dirty papers. The story notes newsboys’ integrity and hints that readers grasp value and fairness in simple acts. An array of ads and miscellany follows, from patent medicines to curiosities and public notices.
A Fort Wayne grocer preserves a 1728 James Lyne plan of New York City dedicated to Governor John Montgomerie. The map shows six wards, irregular lots, a modest Wall Street, Broadway, and a riverfront with ships, windmills, and a curiously sparse early harbor.
A broad discussion on obesity cites diet and exercise as crucial. Noting that alcohol and sweets fatten, it mentions Elizabeth of Austria and Margaret of Italy adopting long walks and mountain scaling to curb fat. It contrasts female indulgence with the easier path of exercise, ending with a social jab about a homelier man speaking on women’s pursuits.
A full iron watch in perfect running order was shown at a Worcestershire fair to prove iron's malleability and usefulness. Other notes mention molecular counts in gases and brisk oil effects on metals, with olive oil safest for lead and linseed oil corroding bronze.
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