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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1882
Page
3
The article traces the history of Jenner’s smallpox vaccine and Britain’s tribute to him, contrasts early confidence with later doubts, and notes opposition movements and concerns about virus quality. It questions repeated vaccinations and cites a tested case, suggesting uncertainty about modern efficacy.
The text argues that a husband who sees home as a place of rest brings happiness to a marriage. It contrasts the pleasure seeking man who needs constant excitement with the domestic man who works outside, noting that a husband who enjoys home when present is the best life partner for a wife.
A London paper notes digestion times for various foods based on Alexis St Martin’s stomach observations via Dr. Beaumont. Rice and tripe digest in one hour, a light boiled egg two hours, hard boiled egg three and a half. roast beef three hours, boiled beef four and a half. mutton boiled three hours, roast three hours fifteen. veal four and a half, lamb two and a half, salmon four. pork five hours fifteen. The results suggest suitable foods vary by body condition.
A stem ent confronts a fashion tailor over secret interviews with Charles Montserrat de Montmorenci. The daughter pleads ignorance as the tailor recalls Bruno delivering a cloth pattern and recognizing the code in a dramatic exchange.
A fragment from the Brooklyn Eagle includes a poetic line about a woman collapsing like a faded flower at a man’s feet, signaling a literary or dramatic aside rather than a full event. The terse OCR snippet captures mood without clear context or identity.
A Chicago home for the friendless hosts an emotional reunion as a woman from California, long separated from her mother for fifteen years, reveals she is Louise. Though the grandmother doubts at first, the voice and changes convince her, and the mother and daughter depart together under protection of a loving daughter.
A Lipinski's Magazine excerpt argues ugliness is now controllable by dress and styling. It notes beauty wields social worship, while plain women push boundaries, creating bold fashion statements that shape perception. Dress becomes an art and a language of self.
A Boston Journal column urges genuine respect for parents and care in old age. It cites General Garfield as a model of filial duty and calls for widespread approval and emulation of such behavior, contrasting it with neglected parental care.
Florence Nightingale was born in May 1820 in Florence Italy. She rose from affluent origins to lead reform in British military hospitals in the Crimea organizing a band of nurses and superintendents saving lives and earning public tributes and a £50000 testimonial fund used to train and employ nurses. Her writings furthered her cause and her name became a household symbol of compassionate hospital work worldwide.
Eminent scholar Prof. A. C. Kendrick of the University of Rochester, a reviser of the New Testament, in casual talk praised Warner's Safe Kidney and Inver Cure for marked benefits and recommended it to others.
A humorous, period voice explains how a wife can win and keep a husband through gentleness and care. It recalls a tale of a reforming wife who leads a bluffing road agent by charm, making him feel boss while she directs the home front. The piece hints at hidden motives and social norms of domestic power.
A newspaper table outlines the typical expense of a large city wedding with 1000 guests including ushers and bridesmaids but excluding the bridal gown and trousseau. The figures reflect fashionable season costs and anonymity of the source remains.
The notice lists numerous American beverages now sold in London including liveners, coolers, nervers, eye-openers, brandy slings, gin cocktails, John Collinses, and bourbon skins among others, a delegate in Virginia is heard in debate, and a chairman is urged to take a dose of Cougheed 7.
A collage of items including a dramatic warning against venomous snakes and tubercular consumption, an ad touting Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for scrofulous diseases, a quip about women lawyers in Massachusetts, a social vignette about Mrs. Goodington’s views, and a humorous exchange with Hayseed about meals and corned beef.
Amandha K Ennis of Fulton Michigan thanks Duhk V Prence of Buffalo for the great relief from a seven year sickness. After one bottle she could be about the house. The note closes with a humorous quote about a pig and nine words.
An assortment of 19th century medical notices claim cures for ague biliousness and kidney complaints with testimonials from Rochester. The World’s Dispensary Medical Association offers pamphlet stamps and enclosures for postal replies. The Voltaic Belt Co promises 30 day trials of belts and electric appliances for nervous debility and vitality restoration with no risk.
An assortment of late 19th century patent medicines is advertised. Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Teething Syrup by Dr. Winchell claim high efficacy with customer testimonials from L A Gardner and A Hopwood. Deodorised Cansonine hair treatment and Lilert’s Daylight Liver Pills promise relief from baldness headaches and liver issues. Caswell, Hazard & Co. advertise Pine Cop Liver Oil as pure and superior, while Uncle Sam’s Nerve and Bone Liniment targets rheumatism sprains and bruises.
Beatty offers square grand pianofortes with rosewood cases and iron frames at 62:2:2.75 to 209.50, upright models from 125 to 255 and catalogues up to 800. Beatty's cabinet organs priced from 30 upward. Free illustrated catalogue and carriage. contact Daniel F. Beatty in Washington, New Jersey.
Public notice-style health ad extols SCOVILL'S SARSA PARILLA AND STILLINGIA and Blood and Liver Syrup as universal health restorers. Claims cure for scrofula, syphilitic disorders, kidney weakness, malaria, nervous debility, and skin diseases. Also promotes Baker's Pain Panacea for pain, and Dr Roger's Worm Syrup for worm infestation.
The Corwin, en route to Alaska, investigated mass starvation among island natives. Across several villages, dead bodies were counted including 54 at one site and 150 at another, with totals surpassing 600. Survivors blame white whisky traders from Honolulu who supplied liquor during the famine period two winters earlier, an issue the expedition linked to the demise and depopulation of the north side.
A deacon explains how Hop Bitters kept his family healthy while others sick and paying doctors. He notes three dollars bought health and work kept, contrasting neighbors spending up to two hundred dollars. A teacher quizzes meaning of a biblical scene about King Hezekiah rent his clothes, a child asking for explanation and a humorous guess about hiring them out.
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