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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1892
Page
3
A poet angrily threatened a newspaper office over misprinted verses and was met with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as apology, subscription, and recompense. The ad proclaims pellets cure headaches and digestive issues, claim mild liver and bowel cleansing, and offer money-back satisfaction guarantees through druggists.
Milo Hoadley an 1878 Milton stage passenger faced a lone Italian highwayman who demanded the stage box and cash. Hoadley leapt, tackled the robber, and preserved his own $100 while the others stood idle. The thief escaped with the box and fled into the brush, later arrested but never identified. the express box remained missing.
The first permanent white settler in Onondaga County New York, Jiph riam Webster, endured repeated threats and torture by the Onondaga. Tied to a tree with tomahawks hurled near him he remained unmoved. A near fatal execution was halted when chief Oun di aga ordered water be given, prompting the tribe to relent and free him. Webster’s calm bravery won respect and peace with the Onondaga.
The Washington Post notes a quirky incident at the Capitol where groups of steps mislead walkers. Architect Frederick Olmstead, who studied stair design, discovered the problem lay in his own legs being uneven, making the steps suit only a few people like him.
In St Marie de Beauce Quebec the Rheaume and Morin families each had eight children four boys and four girls. Every Rheaume boy married a Morin girl and every Morin boy a Rheaume girl resulting in seventy four children two generations later thirty nine Rheaume and thirty five Morin. The village hosts a rare cluster of double cousins due to intermarriage across both families.
Sunday morning in a New Hampshire town at a meeting house, farmers discuss crops while political talk heats as the presidential year stirs zeal. One man stays quiet, then confesses he doesn’t care who is president and plans to move out of town.
A famed memory lapse by Lord Lytton is recalled in a humorous anecdote. While leaving in a carriage with Lady Lytton, she asks if he knows what he did. He professes ignorance, and she reveals he kissed all the maid servants. He ultimately hopes some were pretty.
The Bank of England’s nickname The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street comes from old names Thryd danen and Thryddenal Street meaning third street from Chepesyde to London Bridge. Other theories cite Thring-needle for three needles in the Needlemakers' Company arms. A playful exchange about rulers follows.
The League Bulletin argues there is no single right way to enjoy cycling. Racers, scorcher, tourist, club rider, and slow rider each claim their method suits them, but none holds universal truth. Let everyone choose their path, as the sport is broad, fair, and united by the shared identity of cyclists contributing to cycling’s growth.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat item notes a rising Eastern trend of middle hair parts, seen as more practical by nine-tenths of people. The piece contrasts Eastern openness with Western dismissiveness and mentions double crowns requiring shorter central parts.
An ad for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claims quick relief from stomach disturbances, nausea from sea sickness or liver complaints, and biliousness. It touts benefits for delicate stomachs, indigestion, malaria, rheumatism, kidney troubles, and nervousness, promising improved sleep and appetite.
The bill imposes death for spying soldiers officials or trusted agents, life imprisonment for topographical scouts and wartime demoralization schemes, and 2 to 5 year terms plus fines for editors publishing secret military plans. It also notes G and Merriam Co pressing further suits against publishers using misleading announcements. The widow of General Custer is described as a striking speaker whose Springfield talk on Buffalo hunting drew five hours of vivid detail.
A 3 inch display ad from The Dr. Warter Medicine Co promotes a word puzzle with a single unique word among many. The Crescent mark appears on products and publications, offering free lithographs if the reader identifiers the word. The note also mentions Syrup sap from Exeter Maine and a teething claim for Mrs. F. C. Robertson, Stokes County NC, plus medical cures and remedies from Dr. Kline at Arch Street Philadelphia.
The California Fig Syrup Co. touts skill and knowledge behind Syrup of Figs as the premier universal laxative. A submarine-style underwater lens claims to restore sharp vision twenty to thirty feet below water, using spectacles with two watch crystals arranged back to back to adjust focus.
A Pavilion Centre New York post master declares August Flower a splendid medicine for stomach health. He asserts the stomach is the reservoir and that if it fails, all organs suffer. The ad urges readers to restore digestion and appetite by using August Flower.
An advertisement claims seasonable weather causes pneumonia pleurisy and rheumatism starting from a cold. Aero’s German Cough and Kipwey Cure is promoted as a nonpoisonous remedy that energizes kidneys stimulates circulation eases lungs and cures severe pneumonia or pleurisy and relieves rheumatism quickly. Available by mail or druggist orders. Small bottles 25 cents large 50 cents. Sylvan Remedy Co Peoria IL.
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