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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1890
Page
2
The Shilohs Consumption Cure promises unmatched success and offers a free sample bottle to every home in the United States and Canada. Doctors are urged to recommend Shilohs Cure for coughs bronchitis and throat ailments with relief claimed for croup whooping cough and consumption. Porous plaster also sold.
A boarding house scandal erupts as a young man demands a daughter’s hand and hints at a price for silence. The banker misreads the claim, then a mistaken encounter reveals a different debtor. George calls for help as truth surfaces in a New York Weekly vignette.
Entitled to the Best asserts every family should have Syrup of Figs to cleanse the system when costive or bilious, sold in 50c and 1 bottles by leading druggists. Also notes a method to make paper tracing transparent using benzine and a blank sheet.
There is more catarrh in this region than other diseases and it was long deemed incurable. The remedy Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo is advertised as a constitutional treatment that works through the blood and mucous surfaces. They offer a hundred dollar reward for any unsolved case and invite circulars and testimonials.
An Indiana inventor has secured a patent for a voting booth that folds into the smallest possible space for easy transport. The design emphasizes compactness and portability for election use.
A seaside hotel anecdote shows a mother guiding a daughter to admire literature, ending in a misidentification and quiet amusement as the poet gently critiques vanity. The piece then notes Lord Hartington lampooning Gladstone’s famously long sentences and 600 word House remarks.
Mr Tiddles, long friend of Jane Smithson’s family, asks for her hand after a morning visit. Jane’s siblings clap their approval, the father declares her engaged by not objecting, and the couple wed without a formal proposal. The scene ends with a festive family wish for happiness.
The article traces month names to Roman origins from January to December. It notes Janus as door god, Februa purification, Mars for March, April from aperire, Maia and Juno for May and June, Caesar and Augustus for July and August, explains February’s length shift, and explains September through December as seventh to tenth months, labeling the names misnomers for present use.
The article notes that general doctors in New York City charge modest per visit fees and that specialist consultations vary by reputation and patient means. It contrasts regular medical charges with high end rates for expert care and night calls, then shifts to Roman tunnels and ancient aqueducts with vast labor forces and long completion times.
Thousands head toward the setting sun as vast virgin forests await settlement. Malaria thwarts pioneers clearing land, making Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters a suggested aid for settlers facing rheumatism dyspepsia biliousness and kidney trouble while promoting agricultural and mining ventures.
A mother buying cloth for Tommy’s pants jokes that she orders extra fabric for reserved seats. The anecdote relies on a play on words about seating needs and the mother’s practical prudence.
A Detroit ward politician claimed foreknowledge of a forthcoming major change, saying he knew it for a month. A bystander asked why he did not bet, and he replied he could not borrow money to place wagers.
A testimonial from Lucy V. Babbitt of Columbus Ohio claims high earnings from sending $5 to H I Delno & Co for a plating kit. She reports $4.50 on day one and $27.90 in a week with $1628 monthly profit, urging others to request circulars.
A French physician studying patients with nervous complaints concludes that reading on trains is the prime cause of their ailments. He gathered statistics from his cases and finds a strong correlation between rail travel and nervous distress among readers.
An assortment of vintage ads tout Kemp's Balsam for coughs and colds with sample bottles offered, a labor saving machine for shoes, Dobbins' Electric Soap praised for purity, and claims about railway earnings and a Mount Morgan gold mine. Also mentions Dr Bull's Worm Destroyers, Brown's Bronchial Troches, Beecham's Pills, Sapolio, Piso's Cure, and various quips.
Advertisement touts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo claiming it cures chronic catarrh in the head and offers $500 to anyone they cannot cure. The copy argues the makers’ confidence and urges readers to try the treatment rather than endure catarrh.
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