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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1884
Page
2
A tiger escaped a Lombardy village menagerie during a hailstorm and took refuge in a church. Peasants barricaded the door. the animal crouched at the altar and was killed by bullets fired from a roof opening, staining the floor with blood.
The Saturday Review criticizes Miss Mary Anderson’s American accent, and laments the decline of English pronunciation while linking spelling reform to further errors. An Ohio astronomer reports a decade of extreme weather patterns, including cyclones and rising deaths from lightning, tied to a shift in Earth’s axis observed in 1877. Englishman Mr Graway and Swiss guides describe a challenging ascent near Nynee Tal into the Himalayas, detailing peak heights and routes through high valleys.
After five days of marching they camped at 18400 feet and on day six reached 22500 feet before a snow storm forced retreat. Graham notes Himalaya peaks are steeper than the Alps and breathing is not harder than 10000 feet lower. A roundup covers monarch ages from William to Grevy, then a curious head ownership legal dispute and Renan’s Brittany visit controversy followed by a dramatic California divorce tale ending with a shaken Miller Montgomery agreeing to wed under duress while San Francisco awaits amusement.
In a Paris Beacon item a passerby jokes about mingling politics with gas, as Mr Smith enters a room where Jones and Brown discuss politics. Jones calls it gas escaping and Brown explains the gag, noting they have mixed breaths with politics.
A Cassell's Family Magazine piece mocks runaway fantasies for youths, urging practical plans and warning of harsh realities. It blends satire about grand dreams with a somber ending where a boy’s death follows his attempt to flee home.
A narrator recalls a dog named Nelson who rode with two carriage horses Peer and Andrew and grew inseparable from the coachman. When the family left for a city trip, Nelson stayed behind and wandered in distress. He mourned, refused food, and lay beside the coachman’s shoes, sinking into melancholy as days passed.
Interview with General Sheridan recounts experiences with female soldiers and spies during the Civil War. He notes women often attempted disguise and that some served for money or sympathy for the Union, while others were loyal to the Confederacy or provided critical intelligence through trusted networks.
Jones warns Smith as a married man about staying late with the boys at night. Smith reassures, but the eldest daughter’s beau is present. The dialogue hints at household clocks and propriety as a French joke ends with a note on a bangs demand.
A Philadelphia Press item notes a growing craze for foot surgery to enable pointed shoes, with Prof. William H. Pancoast recounting patients seeking toe amputations. He condemns the practice, calls it unnatural, and asserts the big toe has a functional role. The piece compares cosmetic trimming to broader debates on employer-employee justice and profit sharing.
Texas still has some pioneer preachers. The San Angelo Standard reports a sermon by Andrew Jackson Potter, the fighting parson, recalling frontier life. He tells of preaching near Uvalde and Brackett, collecting for missions, and a humorous tale of a five dollar offering from a poor old lady.
Century Rev. Dr. Gladden argues in a published essay that industry should be organized so workers regularly consider employers and vice versa. He proposes Christian employers grant laborers a fixed share in profits proportional to earnings through an industrial partnership.
The Baltimore Sun recounts lively scenes on the steamer Avalon as it travels the Wicomico and Piankatank rivers. Crowds greet departures with adieus while passengers and spectators trade casual greetings and farewells amid music and chatter.
A family of wolves travel many miles to consult an Owl on who is most to blame for their quarrels. The Owl warns that approaching him this way reveals their own fault. Moral: resolve family differences within the home.
A brief, humorous exchange from a New York Mall and Express item shows a child Eddie mispronouncing “going” and asking if it is wrong to say it will thunder. The mother reassures him, while noting a quip about his father’s earnings tied to weather words.
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