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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1882
Page
3
Agricultural note teaches acre dimensions and area conversions. It explains 160 square rods per acre and 303 square yards per rod, yielding 43560 square feet per acre. Includes examples like 110 by 369 feet, 220 by 363 feet, and 40 by 90 feet as acre-sized plots.
Every farm can build a museum in a loft or building. Include rock specimens from the farm as foundation, then wild plants and wood from trees, and insects. If on a wheat farm, gather samples of all past twenty years wheat varieties with yields per acre, to make the collection grow in size and interest.
The Germantown Telegraph extols violets as the most popular, low effort bloom. They can be enjoyed nearly year round, tolerate cold with minimal protection, and thrive in boxes indoors or in sheltered outdoor beds with simple winter coverings.
In Rural New Yorker Prof. W. Riley repeat s condensed advice for combating army worms. Annual meadow burning, judicious ditching, and litter barriers with ker osene or coal tar deter invasions. Thin plow furrows, edge boards, and occasional kerosene dosing help when numbers rise. Spraying London purple or Paris green on outer rows may be warranted. Ends with J W Sparks of Murfreesboro Tenn sharing a note on the worms advancing.
A reader from Middle Tennessee describes a rope dragging technique to shake worm pests from wheat. Two men walk through fields pulling a sixty foot rope to dislodge larvae, with larger worms removed first and smaller ones repeatedly shaken off. The writer claims the plan saves wheat and aims for a large yield, promising full reports later.
Practical tips and recipes for household uses and dress items from a vintage column. Includes a wet glove preparation, an antidote for poison, pudding and fish dishes, potato salads, stuffed eggs, and decorative toilet sets with matching nightdress case and scent sachets for wedding season.
An anecdote recalls Hon. J. P. of Maine as a promising but wild young lawyer. After befriending Judge K, he is seen at a room full of aspiring lawyers, taking in stakes in a poker game. The stern judge reacts with astonishment as J. P. claims miscalled cards and concealed hands, prompting a witty reply about four aces and a king in his sleeve.
A 68 year old man, described as a strict vegetarian for around forty years, died in New York. Attending doctors noted general debility and peculiar notions, yet observers argued the long life despite those views suggests some merit to the lifestyle.
A piece discusses chronic ailments stemming from bad habits and suggests gradual recovery through proper bodily care and Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. It also recounts a rural gentleman dining at a hotel who drank lemon from a finger bowl and quipped that it was the weakest lemonade he had seen, then pocketed toothpicks and left.
A color preacher at a boy’s grave laments mortal yield lines about providence and cucumbers, praising God for late-season crops. Mrs. JaNE Morryrton of Paris Kentucky claims relief from lung and kidney troubles after using Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. An orator notes a small audience, saying he stirred it up with eloquence.
A long read of medical cures and patent medicines clutter a 19th century column. Dyspepsia indige stion and general debility are pitched remedies for fever and ague with Ferro Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya from Caswell Hazard & Co. Also sold by druggists. Various notices tout Kidney-Wort Perry Davis remedies and other tonics. Brief jokes and notes on tea party era habits punctuate the page alongside statistics on U S population growth and area.
An article argues quinine cannot reliably counter malaria while Ostetter's Stomach Bitters offers superior preventive and restorative effects for malarial fevers and bilious remittents. A country teacher uses a counting gag to illustrate prudence, noting students mutter the final joke about a coat-tails fire.
A chronicle recalls a woman who endured illness and misery until using Hop Bitters. Her improvement surprised her husband and family, who celebrated her recovery and newfound happiness, praising the remedy as a long lasting support for their household.
A witty moment captures Mrs Mon tague Smart breaking an awkward silence by directing a bashful youth to speak up after being introduced, signaling a shift to lighter conversation. The scene centers on social poise and momentary embarrassment in a formal setting.
A patient from Breesport New York reports severe lung congestion joint pain fever and liver soreness ending in a full cure after using Golden Medical Discovery. The letter commends the medicine and urges families to try it. A New Haven Register note comments on graduates choosing baseball over the ministry with batmen gaining on pitchers.
A letter from Mrs. Cornelia Allison of Peosta Iowa praises R Y Prexce M D Buffalo for curing her debility and nervous condition through the Favorite Prescription. The missive notes dramatic improvement and gratitude for doctorly guidance amid a saloon of anecdotal medical claims. Also included is a quip about an attorney billing a baker with light costs and the foreman’s remark about making bread.
Prof G B Rice touted as a leading music educator with a system claimed to be thirty times faster than rival methods. Readers could mail for details at 45 State St Chicago and subscribe to Rice's Musical Reform Journal for 50 cents with a free sample offered.
The Cincinnati Enquirer cites estimates naming four top stock operators Vanderbilt heirs Sage Gould and Keene with fortunes totaling 150000000 to 200000000. It argues they control 450000000 to 500000000 in market influence, leveraging government loans tied to their holdings amid a tumbling stock market.
The Globe informs a correspondent to work for vitality and purpose, urging action over idleness. The London World quips that suburban residents are the most aggressively wise of all beings, framing their character with humor.
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