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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1891
Page
3
The agreeable liquid Syrup of Figs made by the California Fig Syrup Company has earned high praise since its first appearance a few years ago. The text notes broad approval from users and success for the proprietors, while a moral line about wickedness and encouragement appears as a peculiar closing reflection.
A compact roundup of health ads cites Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for constipation and regulation, Lydia E Pinkham's remedy for new mothers, Dr White's Dandelion Alterative for liver and kidney issues, and Piso's Cure for Consumption. Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer with testimonial flavor and a note on a new political party milk demand.
The article laments the decline of the gumdrop calling it tasteless and cheap. It contrasts traditional gumdrops made from gum arabic water and sugar with modern glucose and starch versions, criticizing cost-cutting confectioners and urging better everyday cooking over lavish banquets. The piece references Youth's Companion and reflects on American eating habits and industry practices.
A historical note on cooks exhibitions in New York and Paris showing edible structures like steamships yachts and windmills. French orator Jules Simon praised cuisine that pleases the palate without burdening digestion, saying to know how to eat aids digestion sleep mood and strength. Harvard students dine daily under this idea.
An emigrant family from Denmark waits for a midnight train in Jersey City when the youngest child, sleeping on a makeshift bed, is pronounced dead by an official after hours of silent grief. The event leaves the family heartbroken, heading toward an unknown future with only memory and sorrow.
At the Produce Exchange on April 10 the new meat inspection law was announced with figures showing 130 to 150 men with microscopes needed in Armour’s packing houses. Trade figures joked about microscope makers profiting and the law’s slow start due to Congress funding limits, while some predicted new avenues for bacteriological science and microbes.
A late 19th century scene shows ex President Rutherford B Hayes and successor Grover Cleveland walking in Indian file up Broadway near the Fifth Avenue and Victoria hotels. The observers note the contrast between former leaders and ordinary citizens, illustrating how swiftly a great ruler becomes a private man.
A Victorian essay blends a playful treatise on ivory billiard balls from tusk to worn use with travel notes. It recounts ivory preparation, drying, cracking fears, and a grim decline into secondhand shops and smoke houses. It also reports John T. Morgan of Anchor Line detailing Italian emigration trends and ballast for Italian travelers seeking meals, plus a humorous aboard deck anecdote about language lessons and a boisterous Irish greeting.
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