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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1892
Page
3
Richard Grant White argues against using limb for leg and defends calling body parts by proper names. He condemns euphemistic misnaming as immodest and notes the term rooster for a male chicken mislabels birds. He mocks the notion that strict language improves speech.
The Great Northern Railway begins daily passenger service from St Paul and Minneapolis to Spokane on August 15. It offers the shortest east to west route through Montana Idaho and Washington with low mountain grades. The line opens agricultural lumber and mining frontiers including Flathead Valley Kootenai region with forests rivers and scenic sights. Also notes proper gun barrel maintenance by washing with hot water drying with linen and oiling after use.
A 1759 deed placing a 100 acre farm on record in Norristown Pennsylvania is noted. Beechams Pills claimed to cure scurvy scorbutic pimples and blotches from impure blood in the accompanying health note.
An essay discusses kitchen grease as a health hazard from disposal in drains and proposes a soap and kerosene oil emulsion to remove grease more effectively. It suggests washing with cold water and kerosene mix, possible use of earthenware for cooking, and notes public health concerns and school lunch issues. A Danish and Greek king tale closes the piece with a humorous anecdote about a peasant taxi ride and carrots.
William B. Gage of Saratoga recounts how Commodore Vanderbilt asked for a blank check and dictated twelve hundred fifty thousand dollars in 1869. Gage misread the figure, Vanderbilt confirmed it, signed, and pocketed the check, which soon sparked broker chatter before news spread that it funded railroad land purchase.
An old West showdown near Medora North Dakota is recounted by Roosevelt. He recalls two men, Welshy the saloon keeper and Hay, quarreling then shooting in a riverbank saloon. Hay returned fire with a remark about the bullet ending up in his sleeve after grazing his breastbone.
A young woman with blonde hair visited Richfield Springs last week and bought a sulphur bath ticket. After a cosmetic mishap she turned ebony black overnight and fled on the first train with her belongings, the dye allegedly wearing off in time.
A London Tit-Bits remark describes choke off as a mixture of harsh drugs used to punish prisoners for malingering, causing strong tastes and odors. Paris is noted for over 400 000 shade trees along quays and boulevards, highlighting urban greenery in the city.
A lengthy discussion on breakfast habits notes that busy workers and students often skip a hearty morning meal, suggesting small snacks before late-morning hunger to improve digestion. It cites New York schools, public concerns, and playful quips on daily routines, air quality, and routine wisdom from Daniel Webster era reflections.
The late Lord Sherbrooke, an albino with eyesight trouble, faced a painful House of Commons scene as he began a expected attack on the Ministry but found his notes unclear and lost his composure. Colleagues and peers were moved by the display of his collapse. The passage notes that only five ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer remained, listing Childers, Hicks-Beach, Harcourt, Churchill, and Gladstone.
A vignette recalls an early morning garden encounter with Patrick who is discovered digging vegetables. A citizen questions his motives and Patrick replies with a pun about breakfast. The piece then shifts to an advertisement praising Hop Tetters Stomach Bitters as a tonic for nervous debility, digestion, malaria and age related ailments.
Department of Agriculture prepares to introduce a novel vegetable resembling a long Irish potato. The root of the calla lily thrives in swampy land with little care and yields large crops. It is used in Egypt and Japan, and Florida farmers are starting to grow it for market. Also notes a pest beetle clearing potato bugs in Berks County. Includes a testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure and various advertisements.
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