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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1871
Page
3
Notice calls New Harmony area residents to gather at the Club-room over the Institute Library on Tuesday evening October 31 1871 at 74 o clock to discuss permanent care and protection of the Labyrinth Burial Ground. Local items reference fires in the Midwest and political opinions, plus assorted notices and ads.
The losses from the Chicago fire are reduced from 300 million to 163.75 million with belief final estimates may drop to 100 million. City pride hinges on having the greatest blaze on record, a distinction Chicago has long sought.
The Evansville Courier carries a letter from Posey Farmer urging Judge Parrett for Congress in the First District. The writer argues Nipiacx should stay in office, asserts Posey Farmer misreads district strength, and predicts Nipiacx will win renomination and be reelected by a large margin.
The President spoke in Portland Maine last week, praising the reception and recalling a prior visit. He warned of martial law in South Carolina amid Reconstruction clashes framed by critics as federal overreach. The piece mocks high taxes in New Orleans and hints at Judge Niblack's political future amid disputed local support.
An ethical meditation on why men slander women, listing three chief motives jealousy vendetta and exploitation plus a passive listener role. The piece argues such falsehood harms a woman’s social standing and urges restraint and reflection to curb gratuitous slander and protect honor.
Evory from Alaska is carried by two Tate vessels from the icy domain with fossil ivory. Banks of Alaskan streams yield abundant fossil ivory and bones. A fur company member claims the Youkon river region could supply global commerce for a century, though the full extent across the continent remains uncertain.
Literary notices review two periodicals. Teters Musical Monthly offers 80 cents for 15 pieces per issue, with six back numbers containing 80 to 90 pieces for $1. Tus Purexo Locica Journal highlights November content including essays by McCosh and Stephens, with 1871 free issues for 1872, subscription 23 a year.
The New York Herald rails at Boutwilln and the Administration for pursuing debt liquidation for political gain. It calls for lower taxes, reduced spending, and strengthened ships policy to restore specie payments and lower prices. The piece criticizes current leaders as war-minded and extravagant, urging capable administration and Congress. Also notes Terre Haute offering shell-bark hickory nuts at fifty cents a bushel.
A testimonial from Waron Morris of Vestimonial Minespura Penn dated March 15, 1870 praises Cloud's Lnegorating Cordial for two daughters who suffered general debility and scrofula. He notes high express charges but reports notable improvement after using the medicine, with a brother-in-law W. L. Watson also using it. The letter, carried by Thrall & Mumford New Harmony, includes a corrected 18717 weekly price list and shipment details.
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