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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1890
Page
6
A scatter of items covers street life in Buenos Ayres where whistle bans curb noise, emigration hopes from Mississippi to Oklahoma, military reforms in St Peters burg, a divorce suit over a husband’s teeth grinding, and speculative railway power concerns. Odd anecdotes include funny elevated car ads, home remedies for heart palpitation, and violent enforcement of cholera rules in Spain.
A New York Sun observer notes a six to eight foot stray tree on Park Row near North Williams Street that draws attention as a remarkable rooftop oasis. He also describes bold amateur photographers risking danger to capture a dynamite blast and reflects on the stubborn zeal of artists versus practical limits. A German printing novelty allows two colors per impression using porous material rollers and inked surfaces. A Columbus business leader discusses gender dynamics in employment, noting women often lack long term career ambitions due to marriage prospects and economic expectations.
A wife recalls her husband's long effort constructing wheels and gears while surrounded by scattered parts and half finished drawings. A mother and daughter discuss how Africa's map has changed since childhood, blaming the famed explorer for its greater detail.
Fragmented clipping cites a governor in Turkestan resigning his post to attend to family matters. The text also includes a child’s quip about traps on front steps and a remark about California peaches causing a “wolf at the door,” reflecting miscellaneous reader notes or gossip in the Burlington Free Press.
A United States Deputy Marshal recalls a raid in Clay County where he pretended to be a land agent and stumbled on moonshiner Newt Bledsoe living as Deacon Bledsoe. His wife supports the capture, and after a standoff she quietly disarms him, highlighting mountain hospitality and danger. The piece ends with reflections on civilian life and wartime titles fading.
A Times Star reporter recalls a somber scene at a soldier’s grave and debates if taps suit civilians, noting Gen Noyes’s wish for a quiet ceremony. The piece contrasts military tribute with civilian life, reflecting changing attitudes as veterans’ funerals blend with peacetime memory.
A South era debate recounted by a venerable lawyer highlights how dueling once shaped opinions in the South. Anecdotes describe a Georgia congressman and a Charleston visit involving a 16 year old duel, with a local leader defending the practice as brutal yet defended by some as honor bound.
A San Francisco miner recounts a dramatic scene as a python coiled around a rabbit in a box. The snake, feeding despite small size, dislocated jaws to swallow the prey whole and stretch its head to many times normal. A Cleveland professor cites snakes eat only white animals except when blind or shedding.
George Holland, old school actor, is praised for generosity and humor. An incident in Union Square shows his prankish nature as he fakes fishing with a fishbasket and rod, gets escorted by a polite cop, and exits with a touching, comic finale as the crowd laughs.
A New York World correspondent profiles a lifelong mariner who began at sixteen and roamed from whaling to gold seeking across Australia, China, and the Behring Straits. He fortuneed, wrecked, and rose again to command ships and own a New York farm, then, at sixty three, longs for the sea he never left.
The piece satirizes Emperor William appointing women relatives to military ranks and forcing female postal workers to wear blue uniforms with yellow facings. It notes mutinous mood among postmistresses and jokes about female relatives heading regiments while ridiculing the prince’s vanity and predictability.
A collage of peculiar notes from around the world lists porcelain coins in Siam and iron money in Japan, a Napa calf story, a Portmouth grafting feat growing apples on grapevines, a sturgeon with an iron chain, and a thief in St. Joseph stealing animals for his own menagerie. It also mentions Tacoma's population surge, a delirious Birmingham tramp, a Kansas alimony suit, Russian ash wound dressings, women’s higher education in Melbourne, a remarkable currant bush, historical language shifts, lamp cleaner tips, a frog anesthetic in flour, Bavarian beer purity, and Munich drinkers’ legs.
A Detroit physician demonstrated a cooling method by taking two friends’ pulses near a saloon on a hot day. One drank beer while the other remained seated, revealing a 14 beat per minute difference. Henry cooled quickly, Tom stayed warm, illustrating that beer did not truly cool the body.
A fragmented exchange shows a rich daughter confronting George about wealth and her father’s supposed failure. She claims her father placed property in her mother’s name, making her a rich woman’s daughter, while George dismisses the bluff and continues his walk home under a full moon.
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