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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1885
Page
3
A derailment leads to a fatal fireman death and a confession of blame by an engineer. The narrative links time mismanagement and a child's death to color blindness as a recurring, questioned cause.
At the market Farmer Diggins extolled his horse as a fine animal. Bids ranged from forty dollars to ten dollars with insults exchanged. Diggins traded the horse for a side of bacon by day’s end amid heated exchanges.
At twenty, Lafayette left his young wife to assist Washington. He loaded a ship with vital supplies and used his name to aid the American cause. With little military experience he drilled troops, supplied clothing and food, and sought funds from others when his resources ran dry.
Ladies planned a ball for a brave Frenchman in Baltimore but he declined saying his soldiers had no shirts. The event was postponed and the belles of Baltimore organized shirt donations for the troops.
A Tennessee editor at the Franklin Patriot, Captain F M Duffy, stays up all night correcting proofs after mistaking a syndicated story for local copy. He discovers a single error but notes his compositors handle fiction better than local matter. The foreman learns from a sharp note left on the desk.
The account describes Charles conquering Lorraine and Besancon then Granson where a 500 Swiss garrison was betrayed and killed. Federation forces soon defeated him, yielding vast booty including diamonds in the Pope's tiara, a duke's throne valued at 11000 gulden, 1,000,000 gulden, 10,000 horses, and other riches.
A Cleveland Herald note recalls Judge Jackson visiting a Far West boomtown where two real estate speculators pitched a hillside lot and its cut dirt as a paired bargain. He declined to buy, recognizing the circular profit scheme in grading slopes.
A courtroom exchange features a medical expert disputing the idea that the accused could secretly plan a murder while walking on Broadway. The expert argues against such a notion, calling it paradoxical. The exchange provokes consternation among counsel and heavy note taking by jurors.
The Oil City Blizzard reports a barber asking if the shining blade is a razor or a saw in a humorous exchange. Professor G Donaldson of New Orleans claims St Jacobs Oil cured eighteen years of rheumatic pain after other methods failed, and he has discarded his crutches. London Times marks a century old in January, noting aged jokes preserved for posterity.
A letter from Julian B. Carr of Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co. extols Athlophoros after multiple personal testimonials. Carr details relief for rheumatism and neuralgia in relatives and a neighbor, noting rapid improvement and urging readers to obtain the remedy through Athlophoros Co. or a druggist.
A witness recounts spotting a thief near the depot and lights on the irony of arrest. The tale shifts to health and the case for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic for digestion, liver function, and fever defense, promoting vitality and well being.
A man gleefully shows a ten pound turkey won in a raffle to a pedestrian. He claims the bird cost him 17 dollars after three months of play, contrasting with others who spent more for nothing.
An old advertisement touts the Grand Union Hotel in New York City opposite Grand Central Depot. It claims 400 elegant rooms, a million dollar fit, special baggage express and carriage hire, with elevator service and a restaurant, promising family travelers a cheaper stay than first class hotels.
An old advertorial blurb quotes Lord Byron on revenge and claims Dr. R. V. Pierce's Favorite Prescription helps women suffering organic weakness or loss of power. It touts relief for household distress and promises a book of particulars for three stamps to World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
Dr. Fred Horner Jr of Salem Virginia touts a remedy for indigestion and sick headache linked to rheumatism. Local boarding house ad promotes Gault House Chicago rates at two dollars daily. Ely’s Cream Balm praised for catarrh and eye pain relief. Terra-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya sold as best tonic. Ely Brothers endorse Dream Balm for hay fever and cold relief.
Advertises hop bitters as safe for the weakest person and healthiest family. Endorsed by clergyman and readers claiming relief from malarial fever ague biliousness paralysis neuralgia kidney troubles indigestion and insomnia. Urges daily use for kidneys health sleep and child care with claims of broad universal benefit.
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