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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1885
Page
3
Two wealthy men chat near the post office about a daughter’s upcoming wedding and the groom's pedigree. The conversation recalls the Chicago fire and the father who started from poverty yet stayed resilient, earning respect for grit and perseverance.
In 1787 a planned revival of The Sailors a Tragedy for Warm Weather provoked a mass tailors protest led by an indignation meeting. threats announced 17000 tailors, 10000 more if needed, with seats secured and violence outside. A shears-throwing mob faced magistrates, Life Guards jailed sixteen rioters and dispersed the rest.
The American Register notes the Wealth of the Church of England is largely private, listing archbishop salaries at Canterbury and York and tithes for several bishops. It cites Lambeth Palace and two residences, with figures such as 75000 dollars for Canterbury and 51000 pounds for York, plus various bishops’ tithes.
Col S D Betton of Cuthbert Georgia now 79 recalls 1812 Washington siege and Allied service with Lafayette. He sailed Brandywine Sept 11 1825 from the Potomac with 42 officers, naming them and their fates. He claims vigour, studies in Milledgeville 1817, and dancing at a big wedding. He remains hearty and spry.
A sly cockroach in a Pittsburgh office riffs on paste and jokes. He recalls a clever preacher who left town for the West after a joke sparked widespread laughs in religious papers and at a graveside service, then married a plumber's widow. The tale ends with the cockroach planning to buy paste.
The Inter Ocean reports membership figures for various denominations in the United States. Roman Catholics claim 6,370,858 adherents though actual church membership is not reported. Baptists total across seven sects. Presbyterians and Methodists each near two to three million in combined bodies. several smaller groups like Mormons, Episcopalians, Friends, and Lutherans add diverse totals.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note praises artificial cheese made from oleomargarine and skimmed milk as a German contribution anticipated to win praise for taste and aroma, while the Macon Telegraph laments a man deprived of boyhood joys like crackers and firework play, warning of civic sentiment.
A railway magnate debates gifts for his children as his wife suggests stock in his road. The exchange hints at greed and discontent as the man laments and confronts a sharper in a horse trade, revealing restless ambition and fleeting contentment.
Washington Daily Post notes a new vegetable remedy for throat and lung issues as safe and free of narcotics or poisons. Dr Grothe and Dr Cox certify its purity, with endorsements from Senator Blackburn, Senator Gorman, and several congressmen and officials who report relief from coughs and throat irritation.
Fragments from a pocket diary suggest a medical owner with entries about patients and dubious remedies. It includes notes on Mary An Perkins, Tummes Krink, Old Misses Boggs, and a promotion for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The text invokes a Grimm anecdote about telling tales and a child offering a groschen.
A poem extols Dr. Pierce and a new Peliet pill as a small pleasant purgative designed to ease earthly ills and provide true relief, claiming it fits the bill and will be effective when needed.
Dr D F Penington of 536 West Fayette Street Baltimore states he has used Red Star Cough Cure personally and in his family. He finds it a prompt and sure remedy for coughs and colds with no bad results from other remedies and no trace of opium or morphia.
Ben Perley Poore notes Noah Brashears, a Washington schoolmaster under John Quincy Adams, produced sport a winter by sending spoof letters from Jo Splitlog to Bill Bumpkin in Goose Tavern style at Seventh and E streets. He also issued poems lampooning notable figures, a claim tied to Boston Budget commentary. There is a remark about Japan and John Robinson’s circus in relation to prevailing profanity.
The column parcels short remarks on social dress at breakfast, women’s health claims for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, local ads for Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central, and various product notes including Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. It mentions barbers at the polls, a roller-skate quip, and a brief drink statistics gag.
Appeals to settlers to explore free government land along the Elkhorn Valley line in North Nebraska with round trip tickets to Valentine. Includes contact details for R. S. Hair and J. R. Buchanan and mentions of the Elkhorn Valley R R Missouri Valley Iowa. Also advertises medical treatments by Drs. Starkey and Palen and several patent remedies with pricing and distributors.
A health notice extols Allen's Lung Balm Sam as a responsible choice for throat and lung diseases. It emphasizes the product's twenty five year track record, pure ingredients, and absence of quinine, urging readers to keep a bottle for immediate use.
A letter from General Barringer of Winston, North Carolina endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. He recounts his wife’s long struggle with leucorrhea and uterine issues, efforts in Richmond, and eventual improvement and return to business. The General notes his wife's full relief and cites the medicine's value.
A Detroit testimonial from March 4 1885 claims long neuralgia and nervous debility relieved by Hops and Malt Bitters after starting January 20 1885. Mrs C. E. McRae credits the remedy with restored health and urges others to try it. The piece promotes Dr Guysett s Yellow Ceek and Sars pawilia as health restoratives.
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