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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1890
Page
7
A speaker pleas to preserve the old church not tear it down for a modern rebuild. He recalls fifty years of worship, memories, and gospel truths, urging that the structure remain as a life-long friend, even as pride in a new facility tempts change. The poem blends nostalgia with faith and a plea for continuity.
John Kelly, a former Chicago druggist now in Metropolisville, crafts questionable remedies at the Eagle store. A mix up blends Gillhooly’s liquor substitute with a grip remedy, causing a seminary illness and a prophetic sermon. Miss Winnie Wolfort pursues a Merriweather marriage, exposing forgery. she marries John Merriweather, a plain farmer, after legal aid reveals the scam.
A gentleman donates two hundred dollars to the American Museum of Natural History to be paid in three prizes for the best essays on the destruction of mosquitoes, flies, and other insects. The suggestion is made that universal compulsory vaccination could lead to mosquitoes dying off from blood poisoning.
The passage describes how water can appear stationary while rocks move, and how observing a passing train in closed carriages makes it hard to tell whether either train is moving. Only looking out the other window resolves which object is in motion or at rest.
An article describes a new iron cementing process using equal parts sulphur and white lead with borax, applied between joined iron pieces and set with sulphuric acid. after five days the joint appears dry and welded. It also notes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a long trusted preventive for fevers in malarial West and praises the ladybug as a natural enemy of the aphid pest on the Pacific coast.
Daily evening Pullman service from Chicago to St Paul Minneapolis and beyond lists Farzo Forkelena Butte Yellowstone Spokane Tacoma Portland routes with tickets at 207 Clark Street and Union Station. Also notices a Swedish gun test in Finspong, Dr Bull's Worm Destroyers, locust plagues in South Australia, Cragin & Co. free novels offer for soap wrappers, and an unrelated legal dialogue snippet.
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