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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1872
Page
1
The antidote cures chills and fever ague and fever and relieves neuralgia sick headache cholera morbus diarrhea colic sore throat and toothache. Prepared by Dr AMcKenney the vegetable ague tonic promises a radical cure without quinine or arsenic and claims to restore strength to a weakened constitution through safe reliable treatment.
The administrator of the estate of James N. Calvin deceased offers undivided two thirds in two tracts for sale at public auction on April 20 1872 at the decedent homestead in Posey County Indiana. Tract one eighty acres more or less East Half of North West Quarter Section 11 Township 4 South Range 14 West. Tract two forty acres more or less South West Quarter of South East Quarter Section 34 Township 3 South Range 14 West. One year credit on purchase money with note and security. sale at Location.
The register lists rates for YOR MALE COLUMN and WHOLE COLUMN ads by month with amounts for one to twelve months. Payment terms require advance payment for all transient ads and delivery payment for job-work.
A reflective verse piece recalls Marion Lee and a boyhood by inland seas, woods, and prairies. The speaker recalls golden days with Marion Lee, their joys, a fading youth, and lingering visions by rivers and lakes as time passes.
A Missouri farmer on his frontier plantation resists relocation as the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway advances southward. He describes a four thousand acre farm with a leaky rock well, forty barrels of water daily, and a plan to haul water by rail rather than dig a new well, while northern progress reshapes the countryside. The piece closes with a editorial quip on terminology for a son’s murder.
A host recalls a perilous ice near drowning tale told by Mr Brandon. Grace falls through thin ice while fleeing a prince and is saved by his steadfast support. After a night of fear and visions, Grace recovers, and they marry, his gray hair a symbol of time and love renewed.
Illustrious guidance on forming clear legible handwriting. Encourages daily copies, upside down review, dotting i s and crossing t s, avoid angular strokes and flourishes, and cultivate compact free writing. Emphasizes speed not sacrificing legibility and developing a personal, legible hand.
An old farmer recalls teaching his son James to clean a stable for a silver dollar. The boy, hesitant yet curious, accepts the task and triumphs, earning praise. A second short anecdote follows with a playful fisherman and a slippery eel remark.
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