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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1886
Page
2
The piece recounts a young Apache warrior born during a raid on Geronimo’s band and a small tale of Primuz Narotron’s brief Vatican visit. It also notes a French mayor banning noisy night instruments in Malaucene and vivid accounts of priests Bechet and Chatelet facing execution with fearless resolve.
A. L. Jannerr of Baltimore, aged 78 and serving as Clerk of the Court since 1840, is re elected for six years. The report recalls a Jackson era anecdote about a presidential choice, noting the President’s remark on preferring honesty over a favored candidate.
A hunter’s prize from East Africa travels home as a ten foot three inch skin with a two foot eight inch head and four inch teeth. The lion, captured last August near the Sand River, is mounted with twenty one bearskins forming a rug twenty one by thirteen feet. The tale notes a native Zamala killed and the skull taken as a souvenir, with preservation efforts during transport to New York City.
The liver functions as a physiological constable at the entry to blood circulation. Digestive matter is processed in the liver. when its function falters toxins enter the bloodstream, causing body poisoning. Bile, though a waste product, aids digestion by emulsifying fats and aiding intestinal contractions.
A Rochester bar member explains the legal status of passengers without seats on trains. If no seat is provided, a contract breach may occur but procedures vary. Passengers may stay aboard briefly, seek a drawing room car, or exit when possible, with rights and duties outlined amid citations to several state and court opinions. The piece also touches on spiritualism developments and the Gloucester Union.
The article recounts the origin of modern spiritualism in Hydeville Wayne County New York in March 1855 in the Fox family. Raps nightly described by Margaretta and Kate 12 and 9 years old, with corroborating phenomena including cold touches and moving bedclothes. A murdered man’s body was later reportedly found in the cellar with names and dates tied to the case.
The piece recounts twins born in 1860 Boston who spoke a private language, ignoring English until schooling. A girl and her younger brother later formed another full language with nouns and verbs, showing rapid, fluent speech. Dr Hun notes such child language cases are common and linked to broader ideas of pre existence.
A young Yale graduate in Western journalism learns to leave society pages behind after clashing with a city editor. He is reassigned to cover the national convention where his future as a straight reporter may begin. The editor jokes about hiring a woman for millinery notes.
A London letter reports the poet laureate meeting a romantic young woman who sat beside him at dinner. The hostess arranged the seating and the poet spoke only one remark to the admirer: I like my mutton in wedges. The note also mentions a cheerful face helping an invalid as a contrast.
Gen Custer era scout Tom Reynolds known as The Snake endures a week in Indian country after a mule bite and a rattlesnake stall. He slips from a grove, flees past a pursuing band of twelve to six bullets clipping his clothing, and returns with dispatches to Port Laramie apologizing for the delay.
The simplest economical method to preserve eggs without flavor transfer is using patent stopper glass jars with India-rubber joints. Heat jars in hot water, warm thoroughly, insert eggs with pointed ends up, pack to prevent breakage, then seal while still hot. Well-sealed jars stay fresh for many months and remain fit for breakfast.
A collection of practical advice and curiosities including hot water for sprains and burns, tips for curing lace curtains by air drying, a chimney top design to prevent down draughts, and a strong iron cement made from iron oxide. The notes mix domestic remedies with engineering ideas from various sources.
The article explains rainbow formation by sun or moonlight refracting and reflecting inside raindrops. It details how colors separate, the geometry with the observer between rainbow and sun, semicircular or full-circle shapes, and variations like double rainbows or colorless bows from fine fog or spray.
A San Francisco Report critiques the idea of women as capricious and discusses longing for independence. It cites Balzac’s remark on changing hearts and uses a reader’s quip about priced shoulder-reachers to illustrate male attitudes toward women.
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