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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1875
Page
3
An eclectic ad page features L. Pelham Insurance Agent and Notary Public references, a jewelry department selling 18 karat gold pieces, chains and buttons, and a variety of Thrall & Mumford's goods. Also notes on political snippets, local visitors, and amusing quips surrounding fairs and events.
A letter urges adoption of a written excuse rule to compel attendance while parents judge necessity. The writer defends universal applicability and questions truancy, noting truants may be sick and calling for fair testing before abandoning the rule. Additional items touch on political maneuvering, newspaper corrections, subscription payments, and a stage debut plan.
The monthly superintendent’s report notes political musings on honest money the South and free schools, mentions Senator Conkling and Democratic outlook, and adds local items about a Shoals Indiana resident defending herself against assailants, a Charleston historian, and various small notices about elections and regional figures.
Indianapolis dated October 16 1875 announces that space applications for the International Exhibition of 1876 must be filed by October 30 1875. Excludes space for Live Stock and Fruits. Indiana manufacturers urged to apply and obtain instructions from Cates B Denny Secretary and Leonidas Sexton President.
A Washington woman warns her countrywomen about the decline of kissing between women and notes it persists only in rural areas with limited rail and telegraph access. A wife questions a husband’s late returns, recalling a past playful custom now deemed improper.
A wagon attached to two horses ran off last Thursday with two or three small children aboard. The horses were stopped without further damage beyond frightening the children, a scare deemed potentially wholesome. Also notes Fanny Kemble's Covent Garden debut 46 years ago, Robert Owen's return home, Badeau declines Belgium post, and Colonel Baker’s London relatives paid a photographer to block sale of the disgraced soldier’s images.
An Olney resident travels Cambridge City and plans a lake fish feast while gossip notes Mrs Bloomer’s ill husband. The New York Sun reprints a party critique of wartime centralization, contrasting Republican central authority with Democratic local self government and states rights.
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