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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1870
Page
1
The Register outlines annual in advance payments and delays for Ramen subscriptions, notices that nonpayment may renew engagement, and discontinuation rules. It lists rates for various ad columns and lengths including square, half, and full columns with duration options, plus front-column discounts and advance payment requirements.
A reflective poem contrasts present times with a remembered era of better manners morals and worth. It laments modern youths and sketches a imagined chorus of model husbands and wives, brave boys and modest girls. The poem anticipates future generations praising their sires.
Fall care focuses on cutting yellow stalks and burning them to prevent seed spread. After removal, apply fine manure and fork to crown depth, then cover with several inches of coarse stable litter for frost protection and soil enrichment. Tie in spring with light stirring, rake coarse straw away, and fork in fine manure for early, succulent stalks.
A vintage medical guidance piece promotes an erect gait as a sign of vigor for both women and men. It condemns ca led supports and postures that bend the body, and prescribes chin height and forward gaze to habitually maintain an upright carriage. The article notes a simple method to gain posture with minimal effort, using garden walking and hands clasped behind the back.
The wife of Congressman Brooks shows propriety at a public gathering by dressing in black and wearing her own gray hair in modest puffs, presenting a restrained, traditional appearance.
In a squalid garret Paul Parker lends a boy fifty cents, hoping to reclaim it later. Years pass as hardship tightens on Parker, his daughter Lucy, and niece, until Nino Berlani, now a lawyer in Boston, reveals he is Parker’s benefactor and forgives the old debt. The family learns of a shared bond bridged by mercy and fate.
A political column argues Indiana’s win strengthens Democratic control and weakens Radicalism. It links campaign dynamics to national aims, predicting further breaks against the Radicals in Missouri and elsewhere, and notes gains for Democrats in Maine Vermont and Massachusetts as a rallying point for unity and liberty. A brief note from Baston Post adds Florida’s boats leaking due to worn holes.
The article reports Democratic gains in Pennsylvania with multiple districts flipping seats. It notes misgivings about Republican machinery, cites specific district results like Cessna Morrell and Armstrong losses, and highlights a wider trend of a party realignment aided by new Black voter participation. It mentions anticipated contests and calls for vigilance in Congress.
An essay praises heiresses who have never married, arguing they are bright and generous with wide sympathies. It contrasts old maids and heiresses, noting culture and leisure, and questions why an heiress might marry an heiress hunter. The piece ends suggesting immortal spirit keeps youth and that such heiresses seldom marry heiress hunters.
Gallup argues bees help fruit and crop yields by fertilizing blossoms and increasing seed production. He notes apiaries correlate with abundant blossom. Without bees, sun and rain would waste honey and seeds, harming farmers and fruit growers.
A French patent outlines starching by briefly dipping linen, cotton, and similar fabrics in dilute sulfuric acid or in a zinc chloride solution, followed by washing. ammonia can remove residual acid. The process reportedly hardens the fiber and enhances dye uptake, yielding brighter prints with less dye. Theodore Slack noted in a fragmentary railway ferry incident report.
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