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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1882
Page
2
The poem written by Gen Garfield in 1854 during his Williams College years laments autumn and death while forecasting renewal. It contrasts decay and winter with a promised spring and hope rising over graves. The verse reflects seasonal imagery and mortality.
A vivid scene unfolds at a festive conservatory where Lee Baston's romance with Maggie Lovell collapses into sorrow. Baston, ruined by gambling and drink, sinks into disillusionment and dies drowning in Jersey City after a drunken delirium aboard a steamer. Maggie laments the tragedy while others reflect on his once promising life.
The article surveys origins and spread of tobacco from ancient China and the Americas to Europe, noting a namesake debate among Tabaco Tobago Tabasco and Carib pipe terms. It cites Columbus and King James I’s warnings, papal and sultanic condemnations, Amurath IV’s penalties, and Nicot’s 1560 introduction to France, alongside transportation observations and unrelated Scientific American data on road power.
A New York journal notes the patent medicine trade now runs vast sums in advertising and sales. A city showroom displays over 5000 preparations and pills worth millions, with 25,000 druggists and 30,000 physicians linked to the business. The salesman bragged of 432 dollars per box and 9072 dollars for a stack of pills as indicative of the high wealth invested.
A Berlin financier pondered corners in various markets and proposed monopolizing a bold patterned cloth. The tailor calculated eighty three trousers could be cut from the bundle and the man boasts more pairs than any other in the city.
An impassioned appeal envisions a future where labor and science advance toward a brighter horizon. It portrays a harmony of philosophy and religion, a world where all peoples are brothers, borders fade, and wars grow rarer as civilization proceeds.
Harper's Magazine surveys the Northwest from Winnipeg to the Arctic, detailing vast tracts of land with two thirds suitable for settlement, climate contrasts, rich grasses, rivers, timber, and minerals. It notes Manitoba as the rail-accessible tip of a larger region once held by Hudson Bay Company, which sold its rights in 1879 as Canada eyed transcontinental rail links.
A Philadelphia Record item sketches George W. Childs the Public Ledger publisher as the wealthiest church sexton near Garfield's death site at Elberon New Jersey. It recounts his seat-saving charity and a fussy parishioner episode, then shifts to a string of humorous clippings from PITH AND POINT, Burdette, Twain and others.
Authorities post notices across the building for visitors not to touch items without watchmen permission and to report any damage. A mysterious antique canoe bears a claim it was dug from land belonging to Sakura, dating to 1878 near Numba mura, suggesting it could be ancient Utsubo-Fune.
The article lists ten health conditions deemed essential. It emphasizes pure air, pure nutritious food, varied exercise, undisturbed sleep, regularity, temperance, pleasant and active mental and bodily states, correct bodily positions, and light exposure. The tone mirrors a health guidance missive from the period.
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