This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1882
Page
3
The text explains bronchitis as airway mucous membrane inflammation and pneumonia as alveolar and bronchial inflammation. It describes pneumonia location in the lungs, stages from engorgement to solidification to recovery or death, typical onset with chill and chest pain, rusty sputum, and prognosis. Exposure and south prevalence are noted, with May peak and better recovery if uncomplicated and patient sound.
A Kingston Freeman item notes Jersey women shielded by a whip hat and net protecting face and neck while stockings end in low slippers. The observer reports legs from instep to knee bound in newspaper, joking mosquitos cannot bite through papers, reflecting New Jersey humor and satire.
A London correspondent surveys Cetewayo the Zulu king. He notes the king’s playful vanity when pleased, grave seriousness when pondering, snuff-taking habit, and fondness for Bishop Colenso, who he praises for aiding his nation. Cetewayo’s savage stereotype is tempered by moments of courtesy and a disdain for a rose.
The Star Chewing Tobacco agent Mr W H McAllister at 206 Front Street told a reporter he suffered acute rheumatism and saw no hope until two applications of St Jacobs Oil cured him, a San Francisco Call note.
A lively New York Herald fragment shows a young couple on a crowded Coney Island pier seeking relief from the heat. The woman jokes she wishes to get left to escape the heat, while the man mocks the prospect, tossing his coat and cuffless attire in clear discomfort.
An old advertisement promotes a medicine with Yellow Dock Sarsaparilla Juniper Iron Buchu Celery and Calisaya, sold as Dr Guysott’s remedies. It hints at varied spellings and brandings like Guysott’s Celery and Calisaya or Buchu and Iron, urging customers to ask their druggist to obtain it. It targets the weak nervous debility and bodily impurity complaints with a claim of surprising strength after use.
A survey notes The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci as the most known picture and a model of supreme execution. It likens its impact to Hamlet in drama and mentions widespread engravings and public familiarity. A London Times excerpt and a Cleveland reader praise Dr Guysrott's Yellow Dock and Sursaparilla as cures for various ailments.
A Rio de Janeiro letter notes scarce bathing and water, high costs, and that only the rich can bathe with rooms in hotels and fazendas left unclean. The piece contrasts cleanliness with poverty and describes a cave wedding in Mammoth cave. It also mentions a hanging rope turned into bookmarks and an electro voltaic belt trial from Valfaro Bell Co. plus a humorous exchange with a doctor about a patient’s condition.
A promotional notice claims Dr C D Warner of Reading Michigan will send a free bottle of White Wine of Tar Seven to any minister who recommends it after testing. The story compiles assorted advertisements and jokes about patent medicines, perpetual motion schemes, and odd claims from the era, noting many health products and quips about editors and vanity.
A collage of old patent medicine and product pitches claims Putnam’s PainLess Corn Extractor cures corns without pain or marks, with other cures like Burdock Blisters and Dr William Hale’s Balsam for the Lungs, plus jokes and ads for hosiery and axle grease, all from a 19th century newspaper page.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.