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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1884
Page
3
A personal reminiscence of leaving home at fifteen, facing uprooting from farm life, enduring long loneliness at a boarding house, and yearning for the familiar fireside. After a long journey home, the speaker finds that the home they return to has changed, leaving the sense of home as something irretrievably altered.
A testy pond incident exposed how memory can fail selectively after shock. An elder brother could recall being in bed at eight but had no memory of diving, recovering the body, or the parents' house, yet truthfully stated he was present. The bench noted the brain disruption as the cause.
The article extols natural health assets across the United States including coastlines forests and lakes and urges using Saratoga intelligently. It highlights Colorado and Southern California as premier health resorts with Davenport praising Santa Barbara climate as sunshine warm and mild year round suitable for consumption chronic bronchitis and neuralgic ailments. It notes the broad diversity of regions offers mental and physical refreshment for invalids and the restless business class alike.
A historical note describes Palouzean graveyards in Borsod and Heves with pyramidal stone monuments bearing Baal eyes. It cites beliefs in posthumous seven year releases for unbaptized stillbirths, red mourning cloths for widowed mothers, and cremation of worn clothes. A funeral feast includes a plate of salt and bread for the departed.
The Inter Ocean notes that cane sap boils away faster under lower atmospheric pressure found on cloudy days or at higher elevations. Even with uniform heat, evaporation changes with barometer fluctuations, suggesting we could track sap evaporation by watching pressure shifts and barometer readings.
Mrs. Seeley of Sardinia on Creek Road has had fifty two needles pins and wire pieces removed from her flesh over months. Doctors Pitcher and Kingman report removing ten and forty two respectively, mostly from arms and back. She remains well and able to work, baffling physicians about how metal entered her body. Local News Springville N.
The Boston Traveller notes how women who love flowers show gentleness and gentler tastes, while those who seek fashion tear petals and show cold, haughty traits. It suggests flowers reveal personality, with loving women selecting favorites over trends.
A compact warning against wrong health habits and excessive medication. It urges abandoning harmful diets and embracing Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to restore digestion, vigor, biliary activity, and regular bowels. It warns that minor ailments grow into serious issues and promotes prompt use of the Bitters for fever age rheumatism dyspepsia constipation and kidney troubles.
A husband reveals pork shortages threaten ruin and a wild plan to issue wedding invitations to 600 friends for gifts then sell the business to grocers. The dialogue blends domestic farce with a staged scheme as Effie urges action and a quirky remedy unfolds, echoed by piano advertisement praise.
A condensed collage notes dahlia origins and fame in Germany then England with doubles selling at high prices. It lists medical ads and a Chicago surgeon, then Kidney-Wort claims and a Boston Post item about a Chicago detective turned bank robber.
An array of early 20th century health claims appears with Dr J J Ryan praising Horsford’s Acid Phosphate for fevers convalescence and genital debility. The piece also notes electric light workers, a Diamond Dyer ink kit ad, a soap bar on cellar steps, Lydia Pinkham guides, a Reno jail sign reading standing room only and a dramatic consumption cure story tied to Dr William Halls Balsam for the Lungs.
A printer boasts the lure of advertising as sweet in adversity while readers recount cures from Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for lung disease and other ills. The piece also notes a New York man living with a bullet in his brain and a Newman man with brain injury from a bullet.
An old advertisement fragment praises Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as effective and widely trusted. It also promotes the Grand Union Hotel in New York City, touting 600 rooms, one million dollar refurbishments, and affordable rates for families at a central location opposite Grand Central Depot.
Pneumonia treatment using Compound Oxygen touted to reduce deaths by calming bronchial irritation, relieving congestion, and restoring healthy mucous secretions. Advertises contact for information at Drs. Starkey and Palen, 1109 Girard St. Philadelphia.
Advertisements describe the Gault House at Clinton and Madison in Chicago offering first class accommodations for two to two fifty per day. Proximity to Union Depot, elevator, and modern ell amenities are noted. Also referenced are tonic and remedy claims for bronchial issues and various ailments from several brands and testimonials.
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