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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1886
Page
2
The piece notes photographers capturing a projectile in flight showing the air head that deflects bullets from an egg shell. It recalls a Nova Scotia magistrate arguing that five days must pass after summons though rain delays may last a week. It also lists islanders with many John names and discusses river lengths, placing the Nile and Yangtse above the Amazon in length.
It is claimed that a new method makes white wood so hard that a cold chisel cannot split it. Timber is steamed and then subjected to end pressure, or upsetting, compressing cells and fibers into a compact mass. Experiments suggest wood could be compressed by 75 percent and even timber once deemed unsuitable for carriage building could become valuable.
Frogs are increasingly shipped alive from Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana in zinc-bottomed wire cages to large Eastern cities. They must be kept alive until dressing as the white flesh spoils quickly. Frogs are captured in shallow lakes and ponds. skinning is the only preparation. Fulton Market in New York reports a three-acre frog pond can yield about 100,000 frogs annually, more profitable than Alderney cattle.
An 18th century epitaph recalls a Glastonbury Connecticut death from a lightning strike in June 1719. A brick struck from the chimney killed the woman on the spot, the brick later laid on her grave, and it remains there 165 years later. The piece also notes a Sanitarian tale of a floor trap revealing a pest cause and Saxony pond culture yielding carp and ice for sale.
Ponds serve as cattle watering places and can feed hand-engines during fires when near villages. Land taken for pond construction is often unsuited for other uses, underscoring their practical value in rural areas.
Robert Grant writes with a type writer and rivets pages. Prof Boyesen writes on Columbia College rosters. Prof Sophocles used ribbon paper for the Byzantine Dictionary. Joaquin Miller is said to spell unclearly and leave punctuation to proof reader. Julian Hawthorne marks word counts on the outside page. Edgar Fawcett writes with a lead pencil and eraser. George McDonald uses thin French paper and wine colored handwriting. Sidney Lanier wrote on glossy paper in blue ink with brown corrections.
De Wogan has wandered seas and rivers for two years in his paper canoe named the Qui-Vive. The craft weighs fifty pounds, is sixteen by two and a half feet, and has carried him over six thousand miles. He faced a night attack near Cologne when Germans battered the boat with their feet. He recently left Brussels after a reception from the King of the Belgians. A separate report recounts a brutal bullfight where bullfighter Etienne Robert, nicknamed Le Sabre, was gravely injured and died after being attacked in the arena, prompting criticism of such spectacles and their dangers.
A prairie fire fiendishly sweeps toward a settlement as cowboys ride the foaming mustang, rallying others to form a fire-break plowed across the windward path. Back fires, kerosene soaked ropes, and water-drenched grass halt the blaze, saving ranches though fires sometimes flare aside and race on toward rivers or deserts, as described by Frank Leslie's Illustrated.
An Omaha woman laments a family shame as her son marries the daughter of a tradesman while her husband, now in Canada for business, remains away enjoying the bracing air. The dialogue reflects social tensions over class and marriage.
The essay argues hats reveal character across nations and classes. It links hat style to social standing, temperament, and civility, noting variations from savage to Quaker, soldier to Chinaman. It claims the hat's color, shape, and angle express personality and can ruin or complete an outfit.
An article notes Holyoke Chicopee and Springfield hearings on a Connecticut River bridge with mill critics arguing use of funds. It cites labor patterns showing far more women and children in cotton mills than men, warns of a future of “she towns” as male employment declines and families migrate for work.
From the Calais to Dover journey a vivid scene of English travelers with tall silk hats dominates luggage stacks. The author notes Americans call it a stovepipe while English insist on the high hat as society symbol. Upon arriving in Liverpool and London, travelers discard caps for the stovepipe in Britain and hat stores sell silk hats from six shillings to twenty-four, with quality proving on the head.
In Wheelville Tire editorials oppose Sheriff candidate Millick as uneducated and dishonest, urging delegates to nominate Aimes. Millick meets editor privately. a later issue blames a printer for a derogatory insertion, praising Millick’s public service record and integrity.
A young couple confronts a group of Indians on Jackson street and the man questions the chief about buffalo bears and tigers. The buck nods to indicate he has seen them in Barnum's circus. The piece ends with a blunt comparison about beauty and saltpeter.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt argues politeness enriches social and business life, costs nothing to use, and boosts success. Civility combats unconscious egotism, enhances interactions, and yields practical financial and moral benefits in crowded cities.
A Detroit Globe ironic survey traces evolving women’s dress styles over twenty years, from crinoline to eel-skin outfits, praising the Grecian bend while noting evolving silhouettes and practical failures, and ends with a remark on the enduring notion that “Staves wear the collars of their masters.”
A London correspondent reports doctors and lawyers earning roughly equal incomes around sixty thousand dollars yearly, with Sir Astley Cooper once earning a hundred thousand. Notable figures include Sir William Jenner, Sir William Gull, and Sir Andrew Clark. Stories recount Gull’s high payments, a patient paying seven thousand dollars in fees, a 1000 pound note found, and Clark’s professional ties to Gladstone and royal appointments.
Estelline Ball narrates a humorous wartime method against houseflies using sticky fly paper. The narrator tests thrice sweeping the room, smashing a vase, a painted plaque, and other decor as flies meet a grim demise. The piece closes with bleak urban irony and a final quip about past temps.
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