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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1891
Page
3
An advertisement touts a money back guarantee for Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims to cure female ailments including jejudice, periodical pains, weak back, prolapse, bearing down, and other disorders, presenting it as a restorative tonic and safe during the transition from girlhood to womanhood.
In a Sixth Avenue restaurant a black head waiter recalls antebellum ties as two Southern student women, one the daughter of a Kentucky kin, comfort each other. The waiter reveals a lifetime of service and restraint while offering quiet dignity amid memory and loss.
Ilo is a small port in Ilawan where a hundred year old blind turtle lives in a large pen. It feeds on grass by day and rests in a ground hollow at night. Patient and gentle, it allows Hilo boys to ride its back, sometimes with three boys at once. The creature is believed to come from the Galapagos Islands off South America.
A drummer at the Cadillac recalls a Cincinnati diamond firm courier named Kranig who left a sample case worth $15,000 in a car seat while lunching. A second man seized the chance, unlike Kranig, prompting reflection on trust and human nature in Isree Press’s account.
Gutta percha, once abundant for insulation and submarine cables, has become scarce with prices rising to 1.30 per pound. The supply dwindles as importations fall, and cultivation may be needed to prevent extinction. Notes on its origin, usage shifts, and the impact on cable construction follow, plus brief items on Hostetter's Almanac and various medical and commercial notices.
A Maine preacher recalls a farmer’s funeral where a long widow’s gentle mock grief ends with a blunt remark. After the service the widow stands before the coffin and sighs before saying with blunt simplicity that she rather liked him, revealing complex feelings in a quiet moment.
Two Lebanon Connecticut youths, angered by a quarrel, arranged a duel with whalebone chips and seconds to witness the bout. The fighting escalated until seconds intervened, halting the display as the men protested they had not suffered enough. A dispatch notes no prior whipping post practice in the state.
A 38 inch weekly display ad from Dr Carter Medicine Co features unique wording with no repeated two word pairs except one. Each new ad uses a Crescent mark on all products and publications. Readers are invited to name the unique word to receive BOOK, BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS, or SAMPLES FREE.
A fragment from Melbourne era notices describing funeral invitations by undertakers with addresses and telephones, plus a mix of ads and literary quips. It mentions a son of Joseph Jefferson visiting London, and promotes Dr White's Dandelion and Dr Jayne's Expectorant as remedies for dyspepsia and throat ailments.
Harman licks of Racheter New York reports long deafness from catarrh improved after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. He describes hearing returning after three bottles and full recovery of hearing, with lingering minor catarrh. The testimonial notes personal gain and gratitude for the remedy.
A Roxbury reader cites the Bishop of Liverpool warning of jelly fish Christianity as a danger. The item praises Berro German Cough and Kidney Cure for pneumonia and severe lung trouble, claiming it brings relief and can be repeated until cure, urging readers to obtain it from their druggist via Sylvan Remedy Co. Peoria.
A promotional pitch asserts August Flower solely treats dyspepsia and liver issues. It traces the remedy from a small town origin twenty years ago to broad distribution and large manufacture, claiming honesty and effectiveness in curing indigestion.
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