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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1878
Page
1
The Register outlines subscription terms and strict payment rules. It lists advertisement rates per square and column, with discounts for longer commitments and strict prepayment for transient and job work.
A wife recalls marrying for compliance not love and how her coldness drove her husband to an ailing mother. After months apart she discovers her true jealousy and longing, travels to Melton to confront him, faces his devoted mother, and contemplates confessing her changed heart.
In the Brevities, poems rail at fate and money’s power, while The Swehecer and The Privateer honor domestic toil and a departing lover. The Privateer imagines a brave death at sea, urging stoic support and memory rather than despair.
A narrator recalls a dramatic reconciliation with Andrew after a separation driven by pride. He surprises her with a loving embrace, she confesses she cannot live without him, and they share a tearful, joyful reunion. Mrs Cartwright declines to join them, insisting they are best alone.
A jokey tale recalls a misprint that mixed up accounts of Rev. Dr. Mudge and a hog killing machine. The mistaken text described hogs being slaughtered and sausages made, provoking the clergyman to stop the paper after an apology and public uproar.
A Albany Argus excerpt contrasts a woman trying on new shoes with a man’s impatience. It details her careful fitting ritual, mirror scrutiny, and final decision to purchase, noting her prolonged attention to fit, appearance, and emotion before agreeing to pay.
The article traces early tramway use in England from 1676 with timber sleepers and wrought iron rails, evolving to cast iron rails by 1767. It notes horse and early locomotive traffic, the rise of steam, and the global shift to street tramways led by the United States and France, with New York and Harlem’s 1852 line as a key early example.
The article discusses smoking at work, arguing it reduces energy, causes stoppages, and can ignite hazards, urging off duty use. A humorous dentist tale follows about an old farmer seeking to replace his wife’s dead mother’s teeth, with a volatile mother-in-law and eleven husbands cited in a tale of fury and family misfortune.
A quip notes that a speaker who warns of lengthy remarks is often about to deliver a long, tiresome discourse. The saying uses colorful slang to imply talkativeness and self-importance.
A man in Vienna was arrested for attempting to throw a harmless handile at the imperial carriage, reflecting tense security around the court.
The British Consul to Pekin cites a famine death toll of seven million in China with Shansi Province accounting for five million losses. The figures reflect devastating famine impact across multiple regions.
A Philadelphia Times correspondent recounts a Civil War incident where Meade punished a newspaperman for publishing advance plans. The man bore a placard of punishment and was paraded within the lines before Washington. Newspaper Row later resolved Meade's name would only appear in dispatches after defeat, credit for successes going to Grant.
The article notes Narva in Russia on the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg hosts the world's largest cotton mills with 400,000 spindles owned by one company. It also cites the Harmony Mill Cohoes N Y with 275 000 spindles as the largest in the United States.
A local clothier drew public interest with a large apple painted on his sign. Asked for explanation, he said without the apple, ready-made clothing shops would have no place today.
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