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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1887
Page
3
The Boston Herald discusses the coon’s behavior, noting the male’s solitary, combative nature and seasonal foraging. It also covers preferred foods, fatness risk, and winter stores, then shifts to woolen clothing guidance and nightwear habits for cold weather.
A quiet sedate young woman with glasses and books haunts up town hotels. She is a shrewd Jewess who buys foreign coin from travelers at the hotels, then sells it in Wall Street for a small advance. Her eye for valuable pieces yields premiums to numismatists.
An Austin justice questions who struck the first blow in an assault and battery case as Jim Webster names Uncle Ike as the initial hitter. Webster confirms Ike landed the first hit, though details of subsequent licks remain uncertain.
A discussion questions retaining Norman French spellings in English words like theatre and centre versus modern forms meter and theater. It cites Chaucer examples, notes Latin origins, and asks if reform is advisable now. Additional notes cover steam boiler brittleness over years and an electric low water alarm using mercury, gauge cocks, and Leclanché cells. A quip on catching talent versus genius ends the piece.
A letter recounts relief from headaches and weakness after taking Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription. The writer formerly felt miserable while performing household tasks but now reports renewed strength and well being following treatment.
Harvested from a 19th century tonic advertisement, the note claims many men suffer fatigue and poor appetite. It touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier, system toning remedy, and anti bilious agent, promising quick relief from malaise and weakness.
Twelve Baptist clergymen at a St Louis convention swam on a river bank leaving clothing on a track. An express train at forty miles an hour swept away undershirts socks and gear, leaving only a sun umbrella a coat and a pair of eyeglasses. The tale ends with a humorous image of their moonlit return and embarrassment.
Article blends medical advice on digestion with advertisements for tonics and patent medicines. Discusses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior carminative, then shifts to a feature on Brown's bronchial roches, a serials promotion for Chicago Ledger stories, Northern Michigan iron region travel by Milwaukee and Northern Railroad, and various home remedy products including Rough on Pain and RoVEN on Dirt. Contains promotional copy urging readers to subscribe, travel, or buy patent medicines.
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