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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1892
Page
3
Barbers theorize that money earned from shaving dead men brings luck and should be gambled. The claim reflects local superstitions shaping small trades and risk taking. Community members debate the morality and feasibility of such gambling practices amid urban lore and daily commerce.
A wary lover writes to Louise proposing honest steadfast love over idle romances. He pledges loyalty, vows enduring devotion, and offers a sincere heart free of fickle gossip, promising a lasting happiness and earthly paradise if she accepts.
A shop window overflows with valentines as five girls select many cards while the stationer Mr Popham relishes a busier day. In class, Miss Wade endures a disruptive term until a gift of Longfellow poems and valentine notes prompts a moving, shared moment of gratitude from teacher and pupils. Sammy Porter explains the prank that led to the gift and the students’ united gesture.
A collage of medical remedies and curiosities appears, promoting Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a weather defense, Hall's Catarrh Cure with sworn testimonials, Ely Cream Balm for catarrh, Dobbins' soap offers, and various quips. Includes notes on tonic use, tobacco effects, advertisements, and a joke about the glove hole.
The poem of Whittier inspires a young man to join a noble cause and spread the healing power of REID'S GERMAN COUGH AND KRONEY CUR. The remedy claims instant relief for long cold or dry coughs and pneumonia and vows to cure constitutionally by stimulating kidneys and digestion. Obtainable from any dealer.
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