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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1873
Page
1
Tur ReersteR sets annual advance rate at 8150 with 2 dollars for six month delay. Papers stay active until all arrears are settled. Discontinuance notice at expiry of paid period triggers new engagement. Also lists quarter column rates and hale column rates for various terms.
A compact, somewhat satirical column notes discontent with Wall Street, religious spaces, and experts. It laments debt, class distinctions, and puppetry of dramatic and pedagogic trends, concluding with a wary view of fashionable preachers and the era’s shifting values. The piece blends social critique with sharp wits, and references Punch magazine.
A survey of postage stamp usage notes 103 classes and 26 000 sheets printed daily, with annual use about 650 million and average value 18 million. Continental Bank Note Co. holds July stock of 75 million stamps. Other items mention Pinkerton & Briggs sinking a well in Algona Iowa, the Little Church Around the Corner in New York, Riel fleeing Manitoba, Northern Pacific ads, Captain Hall and the Polaris, and Anna Dickinson on Pike's Peak horses.
A veteran railroad conductor recalls a perilous bluff with a drunken engineer and a runaway express. After Mack sabotages lanterns and speeds past stations, the conductor takes risky actions to avert disaster, ultimately saving lives and earning a company watch as thanks.
The text notes land for wheat in Great Britain being about half again as large as the same in Illinois and cites populations of Illinois at 2,500,000 and Great Britain at 33,000,000, presenting a rough comparison of agriculture and demographics.
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