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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1878
Page
1
Advertising rates are listed for columns, squares, and columns in the local Register. Charges vary by duration from one square to twelve months, with half and full column options and requirements that all transient ads be prepaid.
The Indiana delegate platform demands retirement of national bank notes, issue of treasury notes with full legal tender, and expansion of greenbacks. It endorses government control of money, taxation of US notes by states, six percent interest cap, silver dollar coinage, repeal of the resumption act, and pension parity for Mexican War veterans. It condemns political corruption and seeks coal mine safety, school funding protection, and restrained federal jurisdiction.
Arlington St Clair, a cautious lawyer, encounters Maude Clinton after a chance glimpse of a portrait in a city home. He later discovers Maude is the rosebud mystery woman, and their romance deepens after a seaside meeting. He confesses love, Maude reciprocates, and a betrothal follows, sealed by shared memories and a private, artful sitting room scene.
The fragment presents a dated note from May to Charles expressing doomed love and a secret ending with farewell. It mentions a tomb visit, a doctor’s comment on a nose blemish, and dismisses visit tonight while promising a possible meeting in a happier day. The text reads as a melodramatic diary fragment.
An Indiana stump speaker declares the Democratic party is moribund talk, but argues it endures beyond slavery and partisan shifts. He likens the party to a plant thriving in northern winters, saying it is founded on justice and humanity and will persist while popular liberty remains central, while opposing parties will fade. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The article notes steady growth in London's coal use from 1681 to 1877, with 200000 tons in 1681, 3500000 tons in 1851, 5073275 tons in 1861, and 9000700 tons in 1877. For manufacturing alone about 1500000 tons are used annually.
English steel pens were largely produced by women. The first gross of three-slit pens sold wholesale for £748 in 1820-21. By 1830 the gross declined to 84, then to 6s in 1832. A better article is now sold at 6s per gross.
The nearly ninety year old John Payne Collier is preparing a new edition of his Annals of the Stage, reflecting a lifetime in literary and theatrical scholarship.
London possesses nine cemeteries with a combined area of 2225 acres. The fact emphasizes the city's large burial ground system and land use.
A monthly contemporary recounts a witty tale of Brillat Savarin and a country inn. The elder discovers four turkeys are spoken for by a lone diner, his son, who explains he chose a favorite slice to indulge while alone, prompting humorous family dynamics from the famed gourmand.
A London World recounts a fairy tale style adventure where an Indian prince befriends an English lady and gives a ring that pledges faith. During the Indian mutiny the ring's vow becomes crucial as a Cabinet minister travels from Downing Street to secure allegiance and English troops act at a pivotal moment.
An excited Israelite asks a U S officer about pursuing hostile groups near Siatka last week. A trader laments redskin bandits stealing a dozen pairs of new pants from his store as troops press on. The general urges rapid action and promises to shoot high if they encounter the demons with the pants.
In a legal exchange a cautious witness finally admits to finding a spoon in the glass. The dialogue highlights persistence and wit in pursuit of evidence as counsel presses for specifics. The case unfolds with a mix of humor and procedure.
In Atchison Kansas a garter snake was killed and opened revealing a female quail inside. The quail was cut open and three eggs removed and placed under a hen. Two of the eggs hatched as lively young quails but with defective heads, featherless and snake shaped.
A Brooklyn church deacon disliked Fort music during a Sunday school concert. While leading a children’s procession the crowd sang Satan leading on and he stepped back, realizing his discomfort with the hymn.
An artesian well reaching 3250 feet in Pesth Hungary is reported as the world’s deepest. It nearly doubles the Paris depth and emits a jet of nearly boiling water about forty two feet high.
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