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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1880
Page
3
A compact notice page lists a U S claim agent service in New Harmony Indiana and notary duties, with fire company meetings and church services. Local ads promote Bucklen's Arnica Salve Henry Brown clothing goods and ENGLER store wares, plus various items like wagons, hats, weatherstrips, and jewelry.
Reports of yellow fever in Brazil and flu like illness in San Francisco cited amid severe Atlantic wind and snow storms. New Jersey and New York GOP delegates set for late February to May. Maine orderly. Confederate armed groups disbanded. A Russian transport lost with 2,000 drowned in Caspian Sea. Milwaukee county pauper asylum burned killing two. Indianapolis figures amid political scandal and a death in a theater. Indiana debate on large African American voter recruitment and male female voter ratios.
An advertisement touts Dr Kina's New Discovery as a universal cure for coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, hay fever, and throat or lung ailments. It claims over one million bottles used in a year, offering a free trial and a regular bottle for $1, with Thrall and Mumford of New Harmony distributing.
A 19th century testimonial note lauds Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe effective remedy for women's diseases and weaknesses. Included are letters from Grace Choate in Baltimore and R T McCay praising health restoration and cure after long invalidism. The ad promotes avoidance of surgical procedures and mechanical contrivances.
Universal accord proclaims Ayrrs Cathartic Pills as the best vegetable purgative for families and physicians. Claiming mild, safe action for children and weak constitutions, the ad praises their efficacy and health benefits. The copy ends with a sensational note about Congressman Cannon of Utah, described as husband to six wives and father to twenty seven boys, each of whom is a son of a gun.
A playful scene quotes Colonel Forney claiming a kiss dries tears and mocks women visiting at all hours. The Texas governor gestures to a pair of home made suspenders as he introduces newly elected sheriffs in a lighthearted moment.
The Crisp Dramatic Troupe departed last Tuesday for Cynthiana after a week at Union Hall where they presented all new pieces with one possible exception. Audiences were thin on most evenings though the Saturday and Monday shows drew good houses. The Banker’s Daughter on Saturday and The Lass o’ Lowrie on Monday pleased audiences despite flaws. R H Strone emerged as the troupe’s favorite, with Stuart also delivering creditable performances. The manager vows to return to New Harmony someday hoping for greater patronage.
An 1880 New Orleans notice promotes General G T Beauregard's Advance and Retreat memoirs for the Hood Orphan Memorial Fund with maps and engravings, priced at $3 by mail. The piece also reports Viets House changing proprietors to Mr Robur Clarke and guestroom quality, plus plans for a large February 22 masquerade and a note on winter weather and a light snow last Tuesday.
A month after a store drawing Mesars, Enisya Herring arrives with the ticket 3989 for a prize, while old resident Joan Puluy Bianick is noted in Albion area. Divorce seeker Mrs Williams, 16, sues in Kansas City and plans remarriage on release. St Louis papers raise white paper prices to 30 cents weekly. Baldwin of Grayville visits town. Steamers Parole and Vigo depart loaded with corn, Parole to return. Thanks to Wa Herman for public documents.
Our Washington letter from January 29 1880 surveys the Senate debate over rules and Bayard greenback resolution. It notes Bayard and Chandler speak, Blaine and Ferry address. predicts no final action on refunding and limited bribery findings from the Ingalls probe. The writer criticizes Speaker Randall for delaying action and urges final rule decisions to aid the public and party interests.
The advertisement promotes Thrall and Mumford in Bethel Township and nearby, highlighting groceries coffee teas spices and jewelry. It lists inventories including clock and silverware, canned goods, dried beef, drugs, paints, and building materials with dates and sale details for the Lane estate auction.
Dan Rice spoke at Union Hall last Wednesday night on From the Ring to the Rostrum, delivering a mix of sense and nonsense to a sparse audience. He and Mr. Strong have parted ways with Crisp Combination, leaving the troupe diminished much like Hamlet without the melancholy Dane.
The article notes European reliance on Southern Russia as a grain source while pondering potential American imports next spring. It mentions a Cleveland Presbyterian union voting against Sunday papers but silent on Monday editions, and remarks on an ice famine scare, the Sweetzer steamer's arrival with freight, gales of gift distributions, river recession, and bottom lands reshaping.
Gen Chamberlain urges printing Maine Supreme Court opinions as part of constitutional law text and proposes adding electoral commission proceedings for the Radical generation. A Sandy Hill girl kisses a lawyer in marriage offer incident. a newspaper ad contrasts with a shed side ad. sleigh bells and skates arrive for F Owen & Co.
A reflective Parisian note recalls the year 1780 with Marie Antoinette joyful at Trianon Necker pursuing fiscal reforms Brienne scholar Bonaparte a student Talleyrand clergy treasurer and others plotting futures while Robespierre Mirabeau fearlessly shaping the era.
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