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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1887
Page
3
A narrator recalls a feud with a boarding-house boy, waged through pranks and harassment. The struggle escalates to a dramatic capture of the boy’s hair, provoking screams and an alarming scene that ends with suspicion and threats of revenge against the unseen foe.
Moresnet, a four square mile enclave between Belgium and Germany, remains independent after disputes over zinc mines following Waterloo. It has about 2000 residents, a burgomaster chosen by Belgium and Germany, ten councilors, no parties, and a unique tiny army of one soldier who also polices. The district funds include a school and a local casino lakefront, with the mining company paying church stipends.
An official programme from Paris documents the Universal Congress of Babies. Held under government and medical patronage, it admitted children aged one to five regardless of nationality, awarding prizes for beauty and robustness while exposing congenital defects. Judges and artists assessed each child, like a dog show, inspiring parental education on infant care and hygiene.
Austrian student life at Vienna University faces reform as a small circle of colleagues publishes an open letter on the university blackboard. They seek united student life and propose practical reforms at meetings organized by reformers, noting divisions by nationality and religion among students at the prominent institution.
A morning paper in St. Paul advertises for a copy holder. An ill at ease applicant claims he can hold "copy" though he has no idea what it is, boasting he can hold a keg o nails at arm's length. The foreman questions experience and the man admits ignorance. The piece closes with a pun about authorship.
A Longmans Magazine excerpt ponders how long a single powerful individual could live and still be in full possession of faculties for good or evil. It cites legends and ancient figures, from Ninon de l Enclos to Attila, Apophus, and Tacitus, envisioning centuries of vigor and reflection on historical change.
Henry Eckford in St. Nicholas traces how Greeks and Romans used letters and strokes for numbers, notes Romans simplified numerals, explains Arabic numerals likely from India, and credits Indians with early algebra as a cornerstone of higher mathematics.
A foundling raised in Parma finds a guardian, who secures court proof of his identity. Hercules Li Celli is declared the legitimate son of Marquis Clio Calcagnini Entense and Marquis Christine Waldman, after years of pursuit and scandal. The Marquis allegedly caused the infant’s disappearance and the mother died seeking access.
When visiting or departing New York City guests encounter rave baggage expressage and $3 carriage hire, stopping at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. The 615-room hotel, fitted for one million dollars, offers a European plan with elevator and restaurant, and access to Horde cars stages and elevated rail to all depots. Families are urged that they can live better for reasonable money at this first-class hotel than elsewhere in the city.
A vivid anecdote from a Fitchburg rail journey contrasts rail car reticence with stage gossip. Two bulky passengers discuss Emerson in Concord, noting his odd notions yet probity. The piece also reports Dr Ridgely of Howard County Maryland claiming Red Star Cough Cure cured his four ill children in a week.
A jumble of quotations discusses umbrella manufacturing in Philadelphia, the U S market size, and imported French wares. It cites Old Hurricane and Star light arguing over oyster opening methods, then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia, urging readers to seek The World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo for remedies.
The advertisement cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a sovereign remedy for consumption and respiratory diseases as well as digestive troubles. It contrasts fashionable beauty with health, urging readers to consider the medicine for pale faces and dyspepsia, and notes it is sold everywhere. A quip about a man eating dinner with a fork of a river appears, suggesting tall tales.
An old proverb is echoed as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are described as tiny sugar wrapped pills of 13 cathartic power. The ad pitches them as mild and pleasant with no griping or laxative aftereffects, alongside Brown's Bronchian Troches for sore throat relief. The piece also mocks a dog bite myth and promotes Hallett & Co's home work scheme promising large profits with no capital, urging immediate action.
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