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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1893
Page
3
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Sennos for torpid liver and impure blood, promising to purify and strengthen the body and offering a guaranteed cure or money back. It also promotes Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy with a $500 reward for an incurable case.
Kickapoo Indian Sacwa advertised as the Incomparable Liver Stomach and Blood Medicine. Sold by druggists and dealers only at one dollar per bottle or six bottles for five dollars.
An illustrated survey traces strange bicycle designs from the eighteenth century vevers to an American dog cart idea and a Scottish rear drive, then shifts to Columbus three caravels. It notes Palos mishaps with the Pinta and the Santa Maria, and ends with Bismarck saved by Napoleon’s equerry after a cliff-side clash over a dog.
A New York Herald quote recalls a man jailed on Blackwell's Island who sought a dollar from a former victim while claiming to be a refined gentleman. The piece then notes European pawnshop familiarity compared with Chinese wife pawning, citing a Wencow case where a wife was pawned, pawned again, and fraudulently re pawning by her mother.
A Plymouth area horse owner faced naming a new mate for his prized horse Ajax. After days of searching for a fitting name the stable groom solved it by chalking Ajax over the old horse and Bjax over the newcomer, in bold letters.
A quoted philosophical snippet contrasts a mother's dread of widowhood with a husband’s solemn pledge not to remarry. The piece frames the tension between religious hope and personal vows, set in a dialogue about life, regret, and future loss.
The maker of second class baking powders uses profit to push them on Royal consumers claiming lower cost. You are charged the same price as for the pure Royal, though the alternatives are cheaper and weaker. If buying the other powders, demand a price reduction.
A collection of animal anecdotes from Sports Afield. Parrots in New Zealand lose flight and voice while some pigeons, like the parlor tumbler, nearly stop walking. Foxes once feared in Kamchatka are deemed stupid by locals, and a crab on South Sea islands climbs trees. The piece also condemns unjust taxation on the stomach and promotes Hob aster’s Stomach Bitters as a tonic for digestion, insomnia, and general wellness.
A curious tale shows a man mistaking postal cards for envelopes and posting notes without addressing the card itself. Also an advertisement-style notice offers a $100 reward for catarrh cure claims from Hall's Catarrh Cure, with testimonials and wholesale druggists in Toledo, Ohio.
A sensational Wyoming report claims legislator Kabis poisoned colleague Kime amid Senate race intrigue. The Indianapolis Sentinel mocks the claim while urging an official inquiry into the matter and the names involved.
A Spanish gentleman, unable to find a priest amid repairs, places his visiting card on the altar as a sign of respect. The ad then shifts to employment guidance, inviting readers to write B. F. Johnson & Co. of Richmond, Virginia, to transform misfortune into Madame-fortune by finding work or better pay.
A French movement advocates replacing copper with aluminium in small coins. Proponents cite aluminium’s lightness and cleanliness as clear advantages, arguing for a change in currency manufacture.
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