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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1893
Page
3
An Albany Express report warns that nutmeg can be a deadly poison when misused, noting cases where both children and adults suffer harm. It cites a fatal instance of a boy who consumed two morsels and died within twelve hours, highlighting overlooked dangers of this common kitchen item.
Come to the Aeteus. Prompt remedy for inactive kidneys and bladder. Bitters act as a diuretic and tonic, restoring function and removing impurities linked to rheumatism dropsy and other malaises. Also relieves stomach liver bowels and nervous system disorders and aids malarial complaints.
A writer argues for gender equality by contrasting expected duties of women and men. The piece critiques women waiting for partners and enduring dance rituals while men can avoid dull partners. It questions a daughter’s subservient role and the idea of a male master in daily life.
An 1880 note records Tanner's forty day fast, dropping weight from 175 to 121 pounds. It mentions N K Brown's Jamaica Ginger as a pain killer, advertised at 25 cents.
The advertisement promises $500 cash for two cakes of catarrh in the head that cannot be cured by Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It presents a bold challenge to prove the remedy's effectiveness and seeks testimonies from customers.
In 1889 Apia Samoa raging hurricane wrecked ships and men. The American flagship Prenton endured while Calliope navigated a perilous pass between reef and Trenton. Cheers rose for Calliope as Vandalia and others struggled. Prenton finally saved Vandalia, and all aboard the flagship survived by dawn. Separately, Hiram Powers recalled Vermont sculptor visitors to his Washington studio and a bold compliment from a rustic observer.
A Kazi in Sary Hissar, near Constantinople, sleeps drunk in a vineyard. The Khojah and companion pass by, steal the Kazi's gown, and the Khojah dons it. The Kazi questions the Khojah in public. the Khojah admits finding it on the show of the drunken magistrate and offers to return it, but the Kazi denies ownership.
In Vienna Frau Gelby of Dr. Schnitzler's Throat Hospital offers a bizarre training aid for medical students. She can widen her throat to reveal the vocal cords for practice and even swallow a glass head for extraction by forceps. Students travel from across Europe to observe this unusual procedure.
The St Louis Republic cites leading authorities and an eminent scientist to imagine a head on collision of worlds at extreme speed. Heat would vaporize mass, boiling ice planet material many times the combined bulk, potentially forming an enormous vapor sphere 150000 miles in diameter.
The Chicago Herald describes a subterranean lake in Colorado with a soil crust covering a corn field yielding about thirty bushels per acre. The ground, a black marl, may have been a former water body with decayed vegetation. Harvesters pull long fish by tunneling through earth and releasing crusts reveals shifting corn.
A dialogue contrasts two Western cities Mineville and Gulch City about growth. A Mineville resident confidently predicts leaving Gulch City behind in five years as Gulch City appears flourishing. An aside jokes that angels are painted white and their bare feet board.
A collection of curious wills and probate quirks from history. Examples include a Bath Maine woman who wrote her own will causing twenty six lawyers to quarrel over provisions, a Paris hospital bequest condition, and a London pub endowed with a yearly drunken sermon.
A contrarian view argues that belief shapes health outcomes and fear can induce or amplify illness. It cites cases of illness imagined or anticipated affecting real health, urges cheerful health focus and faith as vital to life and recovery, and notes new plant introduc tion through agriculture. Also quotes on temper, a soap ad, a remedy for headaches, and a remark on diamonds.
A quirky practical guide listing household tips from Apples to Zinc lined sinks. It advises storage methods for foods like cranberries and parsnips, cleaning hints for glass and stoves, and quick cautions. The piece ends with admonitions about a historical figure Xantippe and promotes cleanliness and frugality.
The London Chemical Review classifies colors into three health risk groups. It lists fifteen substances under the most dangerous heading, adds a second group of colors less dangerous, and notes colors not dangerous including several earth pigments and organic reds and yellows. The quoted items include Orpiment, realgar, and Scheele's green among others, with various chromates and sulfides appearing in the intermediate category.
The sleeping car porter on long journeys endures little sleep and strict accountability for every scratch or tear. Berths must be made up regardless of hour, until passengers rise and the car is clean. He faces constant demands from women for pillows, ice water, and meals, often with no tips. He only rests when the train reaches town.
A patient and physician exchange in which the doctor concedes medicine is not exact while the patient fixates on a precise bill. The exchange highlights the tension between medical effort and measurable outcomes in care.
The fragment markets Hall's Catarah Cure as an internal liquid acting on blood and mucous surfaces and BeSCNHams Pills claimed to refresh complexion and restore appetite. It cites Toledo Ohio manufacturing by CHENEHY & CO and notesMexican emerald carving with silica powder and copper tin alloying.
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