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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1886
Page
3
The piece advises moderation in tea coffee and cocoa noting cocoa is best for the voice when not oily and warm. It warns against strong tea or coffee and excessive water or milk and condemns sugared syrups and artificial drinks while praising pure water and moderate milk. It ends with a note on hair fashion linked to distressing conditions.
The diary of Capt Pausch commander of Burgoyne s Haynand artillery details three major battles including the naval action against Arnold on Lake Champlain and the September and October engagements ending Burgoyne s surrender. It reveals private lives of Hessian troops, their homesickness, and treatment by English officers, with reflections on loyalty and courage.
A medical note argues that frequent neuralgic headaches in women arise from scalp nerves irritated by hairpins. Tension from tightly pulled hair concentrates strain on small hair bundles, especially around the occiput, causing lasting pain. relief from removing pins is only temporary.
Two newspaper men discuss a growing installment plan for overcoats and other furnishing goods. Prospective buyers answer references and employment questions, then select items at partner stores with payments tied to continued employment. Prices compare with cash shops. risk comes from occasional dishonesty. The system aims for large future growth.
A Chicago grocer anecdotes about women shoppers on State street, noting they spend freely on dresses yet haggle over staples like codfish. He recalls a wealthy customer who used a pass-book and a math problem to claim a two dollar case price rebate on canned goods. The account highlights perceived contradictions in shopping behavior.
A beaver with the badge Beaver hung at a Peachtree meat shop drew the eye of buyer Bob Pause who paid 3.50. He planned to barbecue the animal and serve beeflike beaver meat cold with celery salad. The beaver, trapped in Murray County, is the season’s sole specimen reaching Atlanta.
A church deacon at Squedunk attempts to sing from a hymn about a harp of ten thousand strings. A new preacher corrects the line after a misunderstood word. The gaffe amuses and the service continues. The President's message is discussed as unusually long and unclear in intent.
A Greenwood Cemetery burial plot bought for the family’s dead could not be sold to a stranger after it held the bodies of the owner’s son brother and wife's parents. The court held the sale invalid to protect final rest and public decency, affirming the lower judgment.
A Good Remedy tale features Hostetter McGinnis praising a tonic from Dr Perkins Soonover after a brief meeting on Austin avenue. He jokes he did not take it himself but gave it to a rich uncle who died after one bottle. The dubious remedy is satirized as a deadly misused cure. A laconic legal note references a doctor advertising Red Star Cough Cure as a safe pain reliever.
The Lynchburg Virginian savors the surname Smith as a pervasive thread through American and English history. It notes founders, governors, a Declaration signer, U S senators, a Supreme Court appointee, early cabinet figures, Confederate generals, and Adam Smith, highlighting the name’s widespread prominence without devaluing its legacy.
Dyspepsia is widespread with many so called remedies. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is praised as a proven eradicant and reliable healer of dyspepsia, offering quick relief and acting as a general tonic. It is claimed to regulate digestion and stimulate urinary function, supported by numerous testimonials.
In a Metropolitan saloon Frank Brower a famed negro minstrel enters for brandy. The bartender demands payment before drinking prompting Brower to ask if it is immediately fatal. The scene captures streetwise New York humor and social bustle.
A Chicago Herald quote notes hard times in New York between small brokers on the Transit Dispatch and Open Board of Trade. A deaf mute man enters an office and writes Tam hungry, prompting the broker to scrawl So am I, illustrating shared hardship.
A dated advertisement claims relief for nervous debility impaired memory anxiety despondency weak back and related ailments. It asks readers to send 10 cents for a large illustrated treatise from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association at 683 Main Street Buffalo. The note ends with a Philadelphia Call remark about bowel and stomach health through specific pills.
A fragmented ad style notice cites Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr. Walker's Vegetable Vinegar Bits as remedies for female ailments and general weakness. It mocks medical superstition with quips and urges prompt treatment to avoid bed confinement. The item blends jokes with medical patent medicine promotion from the St Paul Herald.
A rural and stockman journal from Chico is highlighted as essential for farmers. The piece extols its clear farming science coverage, urges subscriptions, and notes price 16.90 yearly or 1.50 per dozen with an extra copy to the club organizer. Sample copies are offered, address given to Steamain in Chicago.
A noisy collage of medical ads touts Peter W. Sehlmid as Gr. Petey je and promotes Golden Bar Litters Danis & and other tonics for consumption and relief. Also advertises C. H. Howard purchases and weekly publishing moves, with testimonials for Athlophoros and Dr. WM Hall balsam. Mentions Gault House hotel rates and railroad-style travel notes.
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