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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1882
Page
3
Practical health notes from Century Magazine advise teeth cleansing with soap chalk and water, cheerful visits to the sick, careful handling of sleepwalkers, and simple home remedies for cuts burns and minor ailments. Warnings include avoiding wakefulness during sleepwalking and keeping medicines organized for night use.
A fragmenting medley of campus witticisms and classroom misreadings. A Boston New Yorker exchange and a string of freshman mishaps reveal humorous misinterpretations of Latin terms and Horace. The piece recasts college banter on language, horses, books, and translation in a playful light.
A reader objects to the claim that harsh critics are women, arguing through a long satirical piece that Eve and women bear the blame for man’s sins. It contends Adam’s faults shaped women’s fate, condemning societal double standards while foretelling a future where women gain equality and respect.
A new hollow mast design for roving yachts aims to reduce weight by hollowing the interior after halving the mast, replacing the traditional bored heart. The method seeks to preserve strength while removing material, signaling an innovative approach in mast construction.
A San Jose case from 1879 shows two cattle thieves sentenced to five years in San Quentin. A juror misspelled defendants, and the California Supreme Court ruled in the thiefs favor on that quibble. The piece argues courts seek technicalities over actual guilt, turning juries into spelling panels and letting criminals evade punishment.
A St Louis Post Dispatch account of Hermann the magician whose cabinet trick fails when a boy hidden inside vanishes and is later mistaken for a thief by a police officer. The boy slips from Memphis to the theater back exit and is led away, spoiling the illusion for the audience.
A Texas humor anecdote about Mose overcharging a customer and bluffing through arithmetic. A German cavalry tale ends with the guard house for lying. Brief notes on Campanini Garibaldi's era, Ina Lewis saving two brass band members, Ida’s fading popularity, and a promotion yarn. Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup offered as best remedy at 25 cents a bottle by druggists.
Mas W D Ryckman of St Concrire Ontario praises R V Pierce products from Buffalo New York for a dramatic recovery. He describes being reduced to a skeleton unable to walk or hold food yet after three months on Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets he now feels renewed and able to work.
An analysis of popular street soaps finds adulterants like ground glass, plaster, and pumice, with harsh colorings and perfuming agents that can become poisonous when mixed. The piece warns mothers and nurses that adulterated soaps may cause skin diseases in children and urges caution.
Letter writer Jupira Burnett of Hillsdate Michigan swears the Golden Medical Discovery cured her lung illness after failing remedies. Miss Alice McGerrier’s Iowa talk laments overemphasis on literary finish and cites cynical views from the New York Sun about journalism.
A cluttered 1881 column features a recipe plug for Safe Kidney and Liver Cure signed by Mrs. Ann Kibby, a cautionary exchange about a lazy wife and a haying couple, Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, a quip about the Prince of Gerolstein, and notices on kidney sediment and press responsibility amid a Connecticut fire report.
The Voltaic Belt Company of Marshall Michigan offers a thirty day trial of Electro-Voltaic Belts and other electric appliances for nervous debility lost vitality and related troubles with guaranteed restoration of vigor. No risk is incurred at thirty days trial. Also ads for teething syrup magnesia insoles liver pills and a hair regrowth preparation populate the page along with medical tonics and liniments.
A Toronto World observation notes listeners amused by singers attitudes. It describes a tenor’s high note climb with lifted chin and surprised gaze, a bass’s low attempt with a glum expression, and dancers who snap their mouths or glare at the score. The piece highlights vivid stage personae.
The table lists mean distances from the solar system center to Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune with figures attributed to Professor Kirkwood. It notes Alpha Centauri is about 7 000 units farther than Neptune and hints at future increases with practice and experience.
A Somerville man recalls severe lung illness starting 1876 with bleeding ribs cough and weight loss. After hospital care and a hole in the lung doctors doubted recovery a friend’s tip led to William Hall’s Balm aiding recovery and prompting a claim that consumption can be cured.
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