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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1893
Page
3
A 19th century notice touts Salvation 61 Percent as a universal remedy for rheumatism neuralgia gout and kindred affections including sciatica and tridouloureux. The advertisement asserts growing popularity and a price of 25 cents with a Shakespeare quote about deeds matching flighty purpose.
The piece questions the notion of success, arguing it rests on pursuing a chosen goal with resolve and achieving it regardless of fate. It cites Seneca Demosthenes Cicero Hunnibal and cautions against judging a life solely by its end rather than its sustained effort and purpose.
Dr. Robert Walter explains that cold water baths dull skin sensibility and curb chills, while warming baths aid nervous activity and health. He advocates baths two to four times weekly, with rest after exertion and not on a full stomach or before meals to avoid overtaxing the body.
A historical portrait recalls Frances Willard, raised in Western roots, defying limits as a girl then a woman, who inspired temperance moves across England with Lady Henry Somerset. An editor labels her Queen of America for her pen, oratory, and philanthropic work as president of the Temperance Union of the World.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch note recalls an ancient Jewish legend about Lilith as Adam’s first wife who bore only demons and fled, Eve was created afterward. It adds that Adam, quarrelsome, spent 200 years apart from Eve, living penitence near Mecca under guidance of the angel Gabriel.
An old critique of workhouses claims husbands and wives were often separated, even in later life, but new reports say the longstanding wish to stay together has faded. An elderly woman recalls looking after her partner for forty years, yet he says he is done with the arrangement. A few couples still value each other’s company.
A clergyman predicts a Brown baby may one day make noise in the world. The event proves swift when the infant touches water. The text also notes a woman who wishes to vote faces men’s doubts about her sweetness.
The ad asserts Royal Baking Powder yields perfect cakes and biscuits when used with soda and sour milk or cream of tartar and claims leading hotels, restaurants, and homes rely on it for quick rising foods. It promises no failures, no sour or soggy results, no alkali lumps, and to avoid spoiling ingredients compared with old-fashioned methods or other powders.
A 13 year old girl in Vesinet near Paris had slept for five months in a private hospital. Dr Reffegeau cauterized a swollen tonsil with a red hot iron to aid recovery and wake the patient. She regained consciousness, recalled nothing of the slumber, and is described as healthy and lively now.
A French merchant battered by multiple defaulting cashiers now asks for a cashier as honest as possible and paralyzed in both legs, advertising a highly unusual job requirement while seeking dependable staff.
Claims that Brown's Broncatial Trocugs quickly relieve coughs hoarseness and sore throat and surpass all other preparations as the best cough remedy.
The story narrates a wedding joke where a father reveals a 5000 pound check was sent as a prop. Henry replies the bank cashed it that morning without question. The text meanwhile touts Beecham's Pills and claims about Princess Clementina and Isaac Thompson's Eye-Water in a satirical ad style.
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