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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1890
Page
3
A correspondent argues in the New York Sun that Earth’s population totals about 1.77 billion, with 1770 million souls, of which 1590 million are in hell and 1800 million saved if all Christians are saved. He estimates centuries of mortality and questions the number saved among professed Christians.
Corunna Michigan resident Mrs H B Ford long bedridden with rheumatism improves after using Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup. After two years of suffering her feet and limbs swollen she is cured with three bottles. The Rheumatic Syrup Co Jackson Michigan offers to ship if not stocked by local druggists.
George Siathour of New Philadelphia Ohio rose from poverty to wealth over about fifteen years becoming a fare gambler. He won a fortune of a million at a late night spree but quickly lost it all, ending in ruin and eventual confinement in the County Infirmary insane ward.
The article warns that hateful kin are blood-born illnesses like chills fever and ague tied to miasma in air and water. It cites Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy and preventive against these infections and related digestive and kidney issues.
A well dressed lady on a Consolidated Railroad up train suddenly removed a garter and, crossing the aisle, placed it on a man's wrist before declaring him a Knight of the Golden Garter. She stood calm while passengers recovered, and the incident reflects her mental imbalance, per the Hartford Courant.
A historical ad asserts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures blood and skin diseases with a money back guarantee. It promises $500 reward for an incurable catarrh case and notes the $0.50 price from druggists. A separate Bloomsbury incident reports a stranger who fell through a store window and passed a counterfeit $20 bill.
A Congregational minister recalls a remarkable 1878-79 Kansas courtship sparked by a Christmas snow and a railroad snow plow. A sleigh ride down the French Ridge ravine ends in a crash but brings a proposal and a lasting marriage in Kansas City. He notes the couple later claimed no regrets about the perilous ride or the unorthodox engagement.
A London News item recounts a tour party's misadventure in Paris. One man separated from companions, failed to note his hotel, wandered until two a.m., found no English speaker, slept in a translator's office, and finally boarded a train to Luton. After hours of searching, he rejoined his party with his wife unaware of the tale. The party had given each traveler hotel envelopes to prevent such a lapse, and authorities checked hospitals, morgue, and Prefecture of Police without result. The group was amused once the misunderstanding was explained.
Sir James Paget describes the complex biomechanics of piano performance in a narration on Mile and Janatha playing a Mendelssohn presto. He explains three distinct movements per note, seventy-two motions per second, and four qualities per movement, with conscious control of hand and finger positions, touch force, memory, and comparison to prior notes, suggesting at least two hundred nerve transmissions per second.
A fragment describes alternating attention to music performance and internal judgment on improvement versus past playing. The narrator notes the mind tracking motions the music aims to evoke as it listens and acts.
London Wit and Wisdom surveys social norms from Sweden to Persia, noting strict manners such as removing hats, arm proximity to ladies, and greetings. it contrasts Dutch, Spanish, and Turk customs, including visits, footwear, and cleanliness, offering a compact tour of regional courtesies.
A Washington liquor dealer notes frequent female customers who buy whisky by the pint or quart to aid sick relatives or for “the sauce.” He says most explain their purpose, with few declining samples, while many men cite medicinal use. The piece cites the Washington Post.
A self styled physician visits a young man with apoplexy and declares there is no hope. He cites absurd diagnoses like nihil fit in his lost frontis and deranged planetary system while noting the patient has no money. The scene is recounted by the Christian Observer.
A mixing of short items from a 19th century paper covers a tramp seeking work as a builder of monuments to great men in New York and a postal holiday debris haul of cards and silverware. Also notes on a society woman gaining weekly literature briefings, a grandchild’s arithmetic joke, a rail road pass injury ruling, St Petersburg winter’s harsh mildness and January rubber imports.
Annals of Hygiene warns against delaying window opening after building use in churches schools and other public spaces. Exhalations from occupants rise briefly then settle near the floor if not aired, later becoming airborne again when reoccupied.
A 1886 Toledo notice states F J Cheney & Co offer one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured or not by Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. The document, sworn by Frank J Cheney in Lucas County, Ohio, notes notary A W Gleason and lists the product price as 75 cents.
In a punchy domestic scene Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Jones discuss forgiveness and petty feuds. Mrs. Brown mocks Mrs. Stebbins while Mrs. Jones claims she has forgiven her. The dialogue pivots on a new bonnet seen at Stebbins’s window and a claim of absolution.
The remedy for influenza is Kemp's Balsam a cough and cold specific suited to throat and lung diseases. Don’t wait for symptoms secure a bottle now to have on hand as neglect can lead to pneumonia. ARTHUR Mack notes China population over 450 million yet crime proportion is lower than San Francisco’s Chinese quarter.
Claims pills are scientifically compounded for adults and children with no griping pain. Promotes relief from sick headache, constipation, dyspepsia, and biliousness, while noting 1889 railroad expansion and foreign spending. Mentions Brown'sronchial Troches for hoarseness and a sensational anecdote about a nun eloping.
A Texan Sittings note claims Wun Dobbing’ Electric Soap debuted in 1864 priced at 20 cents per bar. It remains same ingredients and quality today and is sold by grocers. A Texas paper reportedly hires female typesetters only and a bachelor editor is treated with admiration by printers.
In Oregon a confident pitch touts the state as a paradise for farmers with mild climate and bountiful crops including fruit and grain. Listed as a call to action, readers are urged to contact the Oregon Immigration Board in Portland for full information while an unrelated medical ad notes Piso's Cure for Consumption.
A 19th century advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo New York. It claims to cure torpid liver biliousness impure blood and many ailments, offering a money back guarantee if it fails. It touts anti scrofula effects and lung consumption prevention, plus broad toning and blood cleansing properties.
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