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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1878
Page
1
A fragmented 19th century column sketches Jane Lovett and her husband William facing constant domestic friction over chores, noise, and neglect. Jane resolves to endure with gentleness, reforming their home life as she shifts from complaint to patient effort, leading to calmer days and repairs. The Texan note adds brief items on a profanity law and a mule incident with a heavy bill.
A lyrical meditation contrasts winter skies with distant visions of summer roses. The speaker longs for debonair dreams of love and fame, only to find them elusive as affectionate ideals fade into paper roses.
A field piece from the St. Louis Journal urges merchants to advertise boldly during hard times. It argues that enterprise thrives on ads, that those who decry advertising miss growth, and that any goods or supplies should be promoted to build a business.
A poetic meditation on life as a burdensome debt and a treacherous path. The speaker notes toil that never ends and sorrowful skies yet民 human nature clings to life with tenacity amid tumult and striving.
A Detroit Free Press snippet shows an elderly man resisting a studio photo session while his wife urges him on. He fears laughing gas, jokes about pockets, and endures a two minute shoot. Also noted are a 107 year old Baltimore Ndi descendant death, Richard H. Dana Jr. set to reside in Paris, and Gladstone’s daughter studying at Garton College, Cambridge.
The text notes Tar Batter known to Scythians and referenced by Hippocrates as pikerion eaten by Thracians at weddings and owned by Lusitanians instead of oil. Pliny credits Germans with its invention. A battering ram is described as the sole batter prior to those days apart from the billy-goat.
A letter to the Evansville Tribune from W. Reavis urges passage of a bounty bill for Civil War soldiers. He notes a 1877 House bill by B. Fuller failed in the Senate, argues for eight and one third dollar monthly bounties, opposes substitutions and nonwounded discharges, and cites support from Senator Morton and Senator Voorhees. He plans petitions and asks newspapers to advocate the measure.
The Lumberman’s Gazette shows vast timber demand for rails ties and sleepers, fence building, wire, matches, bricks, and farm tools. It notes annual wood needs, rising timber exports to France England China and Japan, and hints at shifting to live fences to reduce consumption as the nation ages.
A young sculptor who loved Adele writes heart cries on walls. The faithless nurse flees to a soldier and frequents the rhinoceros iron bench where she and the soldier sit. She reads carved words seeking Adele and the nurse leads her companions to the duck pond to watch the ducks.
A New Zealand Times report praises a nail gun invented by local young man Po Faulkner. The device speeds flooring work, keeps a cleaner site than hand nailing, and could replace several workers. Faulkner plans a self feeding improvement and expects broad adoption.
A York Times excerpt extols orderly farming: drained land, select stock, fences, gardens, lawns, orchards, and shade trees add far more value than cash hoarded or lent. Proper farm improvements yield 80 to 100 percent yearly, with gates and fences protecting wealth and boosting pride.
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