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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1882
Page
3
A long editorial sketch reviews home remedies for fever and rheumatism, praising lemon juice as a treatment, and extolling a bicarbonate of soda saline lotion for burns. It describes preparation, application methods, and cautions, noting ease, cleanliness, and rapid relief, with anecdotes and physician commentary.
A Londoner buys a coat in Petticoat Lane exchanging his own, pays extra shillings, and finds the “new” coat is his old one with a pawnbroker ticket. Similar ruse cited with a peddler selling almanacs to a German inn keeper and his wife, the porter delivering a third almanac for a quarter.
The Supreme Judicial Court for a neighboring county sat with one or two Androscoggin bar members present. A clergyman opened with prayer and concluded with a plea for a land without lawyers judges or courts. The court restrained laughter as business did not proceed.
A Lewiston Maine Journal remark suggests the elect will cross to the other shore without legal proceedings, but the bar misreads this as excluding lawyers among the elect. The note reflects religious rhetoric about law and eternity in a 19th or early 20th century local paper.
A claim outlines Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarparilla as a superior vegetable tonic for bowel and liver regulation. It is praised for curing dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach heartburn belching and headaches while cleansing impurities and strengthening weak vital functions. Promoters say many owe their lives to its healing and strengthening powers.
A Providence Journal science note describes perihelion as Earth’s nearest point to the Sun on January 1 and aphelion as the farthest on July 1, detailing orbital motion, speed changes, and why heat varies by hemisphere. It explains measuring the Sun’s diameter to infer Earth’s distance, and notes the southern hemisphere warms most at perihelion while the northern winter remains cold. The piece includes an unrelated reader testimonial about Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla improving health.
A note in the 1817 edition of Leslie’s Elements of Geometry credits Thomas Carlyle as the source of a key solution for a classical geometry problem. The article highlights Carlyle’s early mathematical promise as a pupil of Leslie at Edinburgh and notes the compliment of using his method in the text. Also mentioned are contemporary anecdotes from London about drinking and an ad for Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup in the Richmond Enquirer.
A Buffalo reader testifies to recovery after using Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery for abscesses and exposure from a shipwreck. The letter claims healing within months and cites renewed ability to place the heel on the ground. The piece also notes Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a sovereign remedy for backache debility and female derangements.
In a rustic exchange Rufus questions his brother while a mother references a hunt and measles in the clan. A Sentinel note mentions Dr Pierce’s Little Liver Pills and a private government stamp. Brown and Fogg discuss energy, with Fogg congratulating Brown on hope for remedy and vigor.
A letter from Apnian Michigan dated June 30 1881 praises Warner Co safe kidney and liver cure claiming dramatic results for years long illness. The page also features quack cures for catarrh and a bizarre bread remedy by a woman with a married name. It notes U S and French silver content differences and cites Ro np ey Wonrt biliousness cure. A court decision by Judge Blatchford in Lorillard v McAlpin addresses the famous shield plug tobacco patent and potential infringement, naming attorneys Gifford Duncan and Thurston.
Marshall Michigan firm offers a thirty day trial of Electro-Voltaic Belts and other electric appliances for nervous debility lost vitality and related issues with a full restoration guarantee. No risk, trial period allowed, address as given. Also marketing various tonics remedies and animal feeds in this periodical advertisement listing Kilort Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry and other patent products.
A note explains how to obtain government publications. Find the full book title author date and department, then write a brief request to a congressman or senator. Use separate letters per department, include full address, and return the receipt. Avoid duplicates to prevent trouble and ensure service. The text also includes humorous exchanges between Jones Brown and another man.
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