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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1888
Page
2
Report from Monterey shows fishermen captured a massive sunfish after surrounding it with about one hundred fathoms of net. The 4000 pound creature was preserved for shipment to San Francisco but efforts failed. The item appears amid a column of varied notes on science, travel, and local curios.
A novel spectacle at a Brooklyn swimming school exhibition featured two papier mache chariots pulled by four year old riders. Two older boys swam while tethered to the chariots, racing along for a prize fishing pole as the enthusiastic crowd watched. the event delighted both chariot children and their helpers.
A birthday tribute to Emperor Francis Joseph features a 15000 beetle double eagle and beetle names of the imperial family. A Shanghai magistrate punishes a lawyer after exposing a family dispute and harmony talk. Other items recount smoke dispute photos, wolves and deer in Maine, a Harlem picnic for Mr Piker Downs, and a tougher tale of street violence ending in an unusual “picnic.”
The Detroit Free Press quotes a spiky exchange about a poem titled In a Dream. McPelter questions the verse author Poeta Nascitur Non Tit about the title. The poet suggests renaming it In a Nightmare to better fit the piece.
Carter H. Harrison reports Vienna taxes fall unevenly on residents and landlords. Octroi duties, house and income taxes, and business taxes in flats burden average families, forcing many to share rooms while palaces and parks escape taxation. social life shifts to cafes and beer halls.
The text discusses candle coal as a hard substitute for candles, and the idea that polishing substances create smooth surfaces by reflecting light. It describes leather polishing with bone-black paste, oil, treacle, and gum, and explains whip cracking as air concussion with varying effects depending on whip material.
A traveler notes that modern ground over Jerusalem rests on a thirty to fifty foot thick coating of accumulated rubble from seventeen city captures. Rebuilt houses repeatedly destroyed by sieges filled valleys and the Tyropheon brook, once a noted landmark, now gone as its former bed lies buried beneath layered debris.
The article notes the course has been traced through the arch and by extensive digs that reveal the bed beneath layers of ruins, as described in Palestine Illustrated.
A New York Star commentary argues ministers err when pairing unknown couples. It warns quick weddings breed hidden mismatches, deceit, and later regret. The piece likens rushed nuptials to a granny knot easily tied but hard to undo, urging readers to beware.
A humorous Argonaut anecdote recounts a young French journal gaining a skeptical dry goods buyer. The man samples the paper, tests its color, and subscribes only after nine free issues, finally purchasing if the color holds. The editor wields scissors to illustrate a sample of cloth and the buyer reacts.
A country youth seeks a police post in a city hall, shown a strong letter. The official, eager to oblige, asks him to return in a week. On calling again, the official concedes the man’s past crimes, including robbery and murder charges, making the favor impossible. The youth labels the excuses as hypocritical.
A Worcester Spy item recalls a barber who lost his right index finger to dodge military service. He explains the trickiness of training with a second finger and notes he fled to America, finding work satisfying. A French physician later reports gout in a 15 year old boy.
A Philadelphia meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science featured a paper on Interviews with a Corean. It describes rigid father son relations, inheritance, and servant status. It covers education, meals, customs with spoons, lucky numbers, dreams, and superstitions. It notes private schools, five mile drills for obedience, and prosperity rites at moving in.
The Mailroad Engineering Journal analysis shows fastest trains on the Baltimore and Ohio cover forty miles from Baltimore to Washington in forty five minutes at 53.3 mph with no stops while the quickest Philadelphia to Baltimore run averages 41.6 mph. A North Carolina express to Raleigh at nine hours for 100 miles may be the slowest regular passenger run.
The American dairy sector, employing about 4 million farmers, uses 100 million acres of pasture worth 25 million dollars to support 21 million cows yielding roughly 7.35 billion gallons of milk annually. Dairy products last year topped 500 million dollars in value, surpassing wheat and nearing corn revenues.
A Atlanta Journal reader laughs at a trend of wives shaving husbands in barber shops. Men claim wives act as barbers with careful precision, while some barbers fear a short-term dip in clients. One man recalls his wife’s meticulous shave and the joke that he now prefers home grooming.
The author details Jamaica's climate with heat tempered by sea breeze and malaria problems. Homes lack chimneys and are damp, with jalousies rarely closing. Cooking is often outdoors, bread is scarce, and substitutes like yam, plantains, cassava, and bammee fill bread’s role in meals.
A writer argues that true novelty in public amusements is rare and that the concept of a new diversion is elusive. He cites the roller coaster as an example of an old idea revived, noting its origins in early 19th century Paris as “The Russian Mountains.” The piece reflects on attempts to revive amusement ideas in Paris and the market’s circular search for novelty.
A weary boarder asks about a change in the dinner hour. Another boarder explains the fluctuation: dinners are now an hour earlier, though previously two hours late. The remark highlights a shift in hotel dining times observed by patrons.
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