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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1875
Page
1
The Register publishes tariff details for subscriptions and ads. Annual prepaid Tariff 150 dollars. delayed six months 82 dollars. Advertisements priced by square inch and column length with various rates. Local column ads 10 cents a line. Payment required in advance for transient ads and on delivery for job work.
A reflective poem on how the living preserve tokens of the dead. Lavender scents linger on books, hair, flowers, and mementos, deepening sorrow while fading memories. It contrasts present grief with time’s passage as relics remain to evoke past happiness.
So Wags the World blends verse on love and fate with reflections on joy and sorrow. Nelly M Hutchinson opens with lines about memory dying and Joy fading, then rails at hope and love as a consuming force. The piece, labeled Harper's Magazine for October, presents poetic musings on human passion and the world’s passing pace.
A historical note says I M Singer the sewing machine inventor amassed a fortune of about 19 million in the United States and 4 million in Europe after years of hardship. He once acted in the West and even in destitution bought a sixpence dinner of pork and beans, then rose to wealth. Also mentions a sea message found on a New Bedford whaler from Noah, 39 days at sea.
The article notes August mint output in San Francisco with nearly 4 million in double eagles, over 300 thousand in trade dollars and half dollars, plus about 30 thousand in dimes. It also mentions the arrest of ba Sam Music for murder in Illinois and a Maine woman dreaming of her sister being run over by a railway train followed by the birth of twins.
In a sunlit Senate chamber Leslie Thorne falls for clerk Amber West as a lobbied vote and a mesmeric charm spark a forbidden romance. Dallas Graves, once Amber’s love, contends with a now-married life and a jealous wife who denounces Amber amid a web of social intrigue.
A Melbourne widower advertises for a wife with a fictitious signature. A correspondence leads to a meeting at a hotel parlor where he recognizes his daughter in the veiled woman, causing a dramatic turn. The daughter becomes housekeeper, and the father vows not to advertise again until she is married.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item recalls a brutal incident where a Black man amused himself by lighting his cigar against a goat’s tail. The prank ends with the man knocked unconscious, his hat and cigar scattered, and onlookers mocked bystanders. Authorities might regard it as a disturbing example of violence and racism in daily life.
Sue Max Adeler recounts a tale from Pencader where Bill Slocum’s remark I’ve got t’win led Mrs. Martin to claim Mrs. Slocum bore twins. A raucous serenade with band, ward clubs, and banners followed. Bill clarified the mistake, the crowd mocked, and he lost the mayoral race by a wide margin.
The brief exchange features Johnnie inviting Kate to sit by the surf and enjoy the roar, while Kate jokes she cannot sit as her pin-back has come loose from sun exposure, adding light humor to a seaside moment.
The piece traces the eagle as a symbol of power from the Truscans and Roman legions to the Byzantine, German, Polish, Prussian, and American contexts. It notes silver and gold eagle standards, the double headed form in Byzantium, and Napoleon’s imperial emblem revived in 1852 by Louis Napoleon.
The Dread Catacombs lie in tufa rock and form a vast network of galleries and cabicala. Excavated in the first four centuries for Christian burials, the subterranean passages span about six hundred miles in total, with shafts providing ventilation and light.
On the wedding day the couple are brought from opposite village ends and seated on iron bars. Blessings are invoked by a priest as the pair exchange betel, areca, and cigar. Fowls are waved, and the union is sealed with mutual mouth offerings. A Brooklyn landlady’s daughter teases a guest with a prose rhyme.
The line echoes Joaquin Miller as a cold critic ridicules orthography and Miller defends spelling. The quip questions the role of a printer when errors persist and mocks the critic’s lack of sympathy for accurate language.
The article recalls the ancient bond between surgeons and barbers, the Barber Surgeons Company, and related symbols. It traces their union under Edward IV and Henry VIII, the later split, reuniting, and eventual formation of the Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1800.
A Dublin correspondent recalls O Connell defending a prisoner in a Cork murder case. The hat, supposedly bearing the name James, fails to prove identity, as O Connell reveals no name is inscribed. The jury acquits the prisoner, illustrating O Connell s keen acumen.
Instructions describing a traditional cabbage pickle method from Sour-Krant. The process uses half to a full barrel, scalded vessels, outer leaves removed, hearts halved, cabbage salted in layers, stamped to release juice, and pressed with a stone. Ready in four to six weeks in a cool place, Savoy cabbage favored.
Sax Chateaubriand quotes a compromise on dinner time between seven and five revealing their attempt at mutual concessions. The anecdote frames their shared habit and humor about appetite and timing. It reflects social delicacy and a playful approach to partnership.
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