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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1871
Page
1
Medical advertisement for Henry T. Helmbold’s Grape Pills claiming to treat liver complaints jaundice bilious affections headaches and constipation with pure plant-based ingredients no mercury or minerals and no sugar coating designed to provoke tonic energizing effects and marketed as non patent medicine.
An advertisement promotes Dr Hoofland's German Bitters and Pedophyllia as alcohol free plant extracts claiming superior potency. It touts rapid liver cleansing, digestion aid, and blood purification with a tonic, and notes two pills per dose for Pedophyllia plus Santa Cruz Rum in the tonic. The fillers emphasize safety and quality with high prices and nationwide distribution via the German Medicine Store in Philadelphia.
An advertisement touts a blood purifying preparation as capable of radically eradicating scrofula syphilis fever sores ulcers sore eyes and many long standing ailments. It promises improved complexion restored health and purity and claims to purify blood removing chronic constitutional diseases and bone pains throat ulcers skin eruptions and pimples.
An advertising notice proclaims The Great Diabetic cure as effective for diabetes and a wide range of urinary, kidney, and prostate issues. It touts universal strength benefits for both sexes and claims extensive medical endorsement and use by physicians and midwives.
Advertises H. T. Helmbold's Extract Buchu for urinary and sexual ailments plus Helmbold's Rosewash for skin care. Claims cure of urethral strictures, pains, inflammations, and poisonous matter removal. Rosewash touted as a universal face wash eradicating pimples, rashes, dryness, and skin flaws. Notes delivery, discreet shipping, and 20 years in business with depots in New York and Philadelphia.
A CanterburyQuaker tailor uses a moral ad to trigger a debtor’s return of a long owed payment. He posts a notice in Kent Herald promising news for Mr Henry Webber, lures the swindler to a hotel, and with a bailiff, collects the old bill in full. The tale ends with a moral on paying creditors.
Poem contemplates the phrase to morrow and how people borrow from today to build bright futures. It contrasts hopeful sentiment with doubt about a truly happy tomorrow as days pass and todays become yesterdays. The narrator warns that bright To-morrow may be illusory despite sighs and efforts to borrow from the next day.
A printed message discusses a theoretical tally of a fifty year old man’s days and consumptions, imagining a bread and meat intake as a lake. It then shifts to practical tips on tanning skins with fur on, washing clothes, extinguishing chimney fires with salt, and cautions about toxins in cracked dishes.
A humorous aside on horse terms and misunderstandings. It riffs on horse talk versus human quirks in dating, riding, and dealing with stables. The piece uses playful metaphors about horse dealers, harbor masters, and sporadic mishaps. It ends with a joke about a horse and lemonade.
The United States uses over five times per capita what Great Britain does and twice that of France. Holland Norway and Belgium lead only after these in per capita intake. Coffee use has doubled in most nations in twenty years and world output averages 713 million pounds yearly, with Java supplying about 140 million pounds. The piece notes much of “Old Government” Java sold here is a humbug.
Advice urges planting shade trees now rather than fruit trees. Even if long growth is required, the immediate pleasure of watching branches grow is noted. The idea that trees will outlive us and bless future generations is emphasized. Also instructions on cleaning paint with chalk and hot water plus a soap wash with saleratus are provided.
A letter combines romantic hurt with legal theory as Mark Twain debunks a supposed bigamy claim. He argues intention governs crime and marriage, explores self contradictory reasoning, and ends by resigning to the confusion of the case while lampooning the lovers Edwitha Howard and Jones.
The article argues swine require constant access to salt like other livestock. It notes fresh feed and lack of salt contribute to diseases such as trichina. A trough of salt kept accessible may reveal hogs’ salt needs and could improve meat quality.
A chemical note describes using new vine prunings to produce liquor with vinous quality. After chopping and bruising, they are mashed with boiling water, fermented to a beverage, then distilled to a brandy like spirit. A Boston Journal of Chemists report mentions Edwina, a defaulting treasurer, pardoned after six months’ imprisonment.
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