08 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1879
Page
1
The New Harmony Register lists subscription terms: annual or six month options with discounts, advance payment required for ads, notices priced per line and column, and job work to be prepaid. It enforces nonpayment and discontinuation rules and outlines local advertising charges.
In a 19th century tale a man hides £20 from Hardinge Brothers’ collapse in a piano while his wife Marian guards it secretly. Suspicion, a missing box, and a letter to Frank ignite jealousy. A detective uncovers nothing until a later piano repair reveals the money was the man’s own hidden stash. The couple reunite after confessing fault and saving their child.
The New York Sun criticizes Civil Service appropriations as bloated and inefficient. It cites post office staff, long travels funded by Treasury, and privileged officials with excessive leave and pay. The piece urges a 25 percent reduction and highlights perceived inequities between workers and officeholders.
A lump of soft coal once seen only as fuel is revealed to yield combustible gas and diverse byproducts. Chemical analysis shows hydrogen content and later distillation produces lamp oil, Naptha, solvents, lubricants, asphaltium, and paraffine. These substances now derive from coal.
A Southern traveler relays a remedy used in New Orleans by a nurse aiding yellow fever patients during the epidemic. It prescribes lemon juice with sweet oil as a cathartic, jolts with belladonna and aconite, injections, foot drasts, cooling sponge baths, mint tea, bed rest, and careful diet, aiming to keep patients quiet and well aired as they recover, with cautions about drafts.
A simple nourishing drink for the ill. A strong cup of coffee with boiling milk, sweetened lightly, is poured over a beaten egg mixture. Beat yolk and white, boil coffee milk and sugar, then mix and serve in a cup. Used frequently in hospital settings.
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