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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1878
Page
1
The Register outlines advertising rates and payment terms. It lists prices for one square to full columns, with options for monthly, quarterly, and yearly placements and notes that all ads must be prepaid for transient work and that arrears trigger discontinuance.
A devotional verse by George Edgar Montgomery celebrates enduring love and marriage. It bids sweet stars to bless the couple and faith to shield them through good times and dark, praising timeless devotion, shared hopes, and the life they build together.
James Montgomery reflects on a homeland praised by heaven and nature. He contrasts tyrant rulers with a place where woman guides home life and virtue prevails. The poem invites readers to recognize their country as that cherished land.
English girls have devised a glove code to signal feelings to American women. The code includes gestures such as dropping a glove to mean yes and turning gloves inside out to say I hate you. Other signals cover affection, vigilance, and anger, reflecting a playful social trend in communication.
Sara Prescott is torn between Ralph Curtis and Walter Crosbie as a moonlit contest forces them to reveal their love. A reckless pact leads to a pistol shot and death, ending with Curtis fatally wounding Crosbie before himself. The tale closes with Sara wracked by shock at the bloodied scene on the hotel lawn.
A young lady receives a admirer’s framed portrait with a taunting note about debts and weariness. The tailor’s client owes for clothes, and a freckled delivery boy carries packets with explicit destinations. The girl reads a cutting reply inside the letter. The suitor is taunted, then shunned by the father and threatened with legal action to settle the debts.
The Boston Traveller argues Americans should drop titles like Mr Esquire and Sir Peter Snooks. It condemns Esquire as a foreign habit, says only official roles warrant titles, and that even governors deserve plain forms without honorifics in contrast to the President.
A man in Liverpool was arrested at 3 A M in his bed for nonpayment of school board fees. Officials routinely arrest at night when a man is believed to be at home. He died of heart disease upon reaching the jail. The Coroner's Jury condemned the officers’ procedure.
Fragmentary note comments on hog cholera cave men and the prevalence of lightning rod men, suggesting a shared role or appearance in a rural setting. The speaker notes a similarity in approach, likely casual slang from a historical paper page.
Whitelock recalls Cromwell suppressing liberty to nobles and zealots. A preacher sought an audience about a secret expedition and Cromwell ordered him aboard the fleet. He later tested a visiting noble by checking his loyalty, snatching his hat and exposing letters to Charles II and Charles Stuart.
A Bre men correspondent describes a two week old boy from a young immigrant couple with Anglaize county roots. The infant shows three eyes two on the right and left head areas, one ear missing where the left ear would be, yet all eyes function in sync using shared nerves. The child is reportedly healthy and bright.
A man dying from a swollen ulcerated throat is bid farewell by family and a pet ape. As the ape grasps his hand and weeps, the scene of apparent animal grief provokes the patient to laughter, breaking the throat ulcer and saving his life.
A writer condemns cloaking sin in piety, arguing that church membership does not excuse dishonesty. He warns that dishonesty has become a respectable sin and that a dishonest person, regardless of faith, is a thief who should be branded as such.
The twelve new bells in the north western tower of St Pauls Cathedral London cost about 100000 dollars including mounting. The largest weighs 6500 pounds and the smallest 500 while total weight is near 40000 pounds. Londoners have waited over two centuries for a chime from the cathedral belfry.
A quirky incident from Norwich Connecticut describes a man referred to as Professor James Barbour attempting a fifty hour walk at the end of a barrel. After one day of wobbling and perambulating, the ordeal ended when the head fell in and all bets were declared off.
A Chicago federal court under Judge Blodgett held a landlord's power of attorney clause in a lease to confess judgment valid for nonpayment of rent. This ruling would ease rapid eviction of delinquent tenants, pending possible Supreme Court review.
Edward Abbott's Revolutionary Times notes 1776 funerals mingled with weddings and feasting. Dutch New York kept savings for a “respectable” funeral, reserving wine for death and marriage services. Clergy pallbearers physicians wore scarfs gloves mourning rings. feasts followed interments with cold roasts wines pipes and excesses. Costs ranged from about $1000 to over $20,000 for notable funerals.
A New York Sun report excerpt notes Germany maintains a vast peacetime military, with hundreds of thousands in the standing army and reserves. It describes 1,283,791 men in reserve, 425 artillery batteries, 2,548 cannons, and 301,536 horses ready for war. The piece, quoted as Pulitzer, portrays Germany as a nation under a perpetual militia system.
Mrs Siddons described her Edinburgh probation before the Scottish audience as a test of wit and passion. She noted the audience's grave, cautious praise, their canny restraint until sure of merit, and the moment the room finally broke with one cheer saying, That’s no bad.
A 22 year old man entered Milwith Kee County Court private office seeking an injunction to stop a girl he loves from marrying a simple farmer to whom she is devoted. The girl’s father accompanied them and they were very upset when they learned no sanction could be laid to prevent the wedding.
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