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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1871
Page
1
Hoofland's German Bitters Hoofland's German Tonic Hoofland's Pedophyllin Pill Hoofland's Greek Oil appear in an advertisement style listing likely promoting patent medicines with various tonics oils and remedies for general health. The text centers on product names and suggests a broad line of Hoofland medicinal offerings.
An advertisement touts Helmbold's Compound Fluid Extract Catawba Grape Pills as a pure vegetable remedy for liver complaints jaundice bilious affections and related ailments. It claims no minerals or deleterious drugs and notes the pills are non sugar coated yet pleasant to taste, dissolving in the stomach.
The Register notes subscription prices of 2.00 yearly, 2.60 for six months, and 3.00 for a year, with terms on arrears. Advertising rates list one square to twenty four columns, local double charges, and advance payment required for transient ads.
A detailed advertisement extols Dr Hoofland's Podophyllin and its Bitters as a pure extract tonic free of stimulants. It claims Germany sourced roots, no intoxicants, and a high price justified by quality. The tonic blends Bitters with Santa Cruz Rum, promises liver and digestion benefits, and touts widespread availability via the German Medicine Store in Philadelphia and distributors nationwide.
An old advertises a blood purifier claiming to eradicate scrofula syphilis fever sores ulcers sore eyes and many other ailments. It touts purification of blood as remedy for chronic constitutional diseases and skin conditions plus improving complexion and health. The text presents sweeping claims for healing through the preparation’s purifying properties and bodily cleansing effects.
Advertises H. T. Wellmbold's Extract Buchu as a universal remedy for diabetes and a wide range of urinary and reproductive issues. Claims cure of diabetes, kidney and bladder problems, prostate issues, urinary stones, and Milky discharges. Says it strengthens, relieves urinary obstruction, prevents strictures, and suits both sexes and all ages.
An advertisement asserts IL T Helmbold's Improved Rosewash as the sole remedy for cutaneous ailments. It claims rapid removal of pimples, redness, dryness, rashes, and skin irritation, promising purified, soft skin and ongoing tissue vitality. It lists multiple depots in New York and Philadelphia and warns against counterfeits.
A man kept a terrier and the dog fought a Thomas cat owned by a woman. The dog attacked the cat, ripped flesh from its back, and was peppered with birdshot by the woman with a shotgun. The man fled, vowed to kill the cat, and never fought again. The tale highlights the danger of fighting dogs and the cat’s counterattack.
An Eastern town story recounts a deaf mother at baptism who, in alarm, spills milk when a bottle nozzle comes off. The minister questions the child's name and she blurts Nozzle came off, leading the clergyman to baptize as Henry or similar euphonious names. A second segment jokes about art critics and Wash Washington Allston on tone in Boston portraits.
William Carleton of Charlestown Massachusetts donated fifty thousand dollars to the Minnesota college, and it will be named Carleton College henceforth.
A humorous mass of health tips ridicules medical fads and diet rules. It lampoons self help advice urging readers to monitor pulse and tongue, diet quirks, sprawling exercise, and fear of illness. The piece closes with a wry quip on marriage, wealth, and a calm old age.
Stanton argues girls are marriageable at sixteen but mature only by twenty five, urging education and bodily and moral growth to empower women and improve motherhood and society. She links healthy womanhood to temperance, calls for sacred girlhood focus on education and independence. Hoosac Tunnel length noted with remaining distance and total length between portals 4741 feet.
A Michigan Farmer housekeeper offers ammonia tips for cleaning wood, fabrics, lace, silver, hair brushes, and windows. Use nearly pure ammonia for grease, 12 drops in warm suds for laces, two teaspoons in a quart of hot soap for silver, and a teaspoon in a pint for brushing brushes. Rinse with water and dry. Buy aqua ammonia by the pound or half pound to avoid high per ounce prices.
A professor recounts a German visitor who mistakes him for English and, after a discussion of architectural beauty, quotes a toast about the Great White Throne. The German declares Americans ask on resurrection day how much the throne cost.
An African elephant named Levi Bodine is in Ulster County New York after murdering his employer Daniel Wasbrouck a year ago. The deaf and dumb animal cannot communicate with counsel, making trial and defense difficult. A proposed solution by a Theban is to educate Bodine at a deaf and dumb school so he can advise his counsel and then be hanged.
The year’s pauper figures reveal 998 010 paupers in England including indoor and outdoor recipients excluding lunatics and beggars. Add in city beggars thieves and others reliant on alms, and the social condition appears alarmingly bleak.
An Overland Monthly passage argues a disturbing experiment to magnify a baby, producing a monstrous, rubbery figure and the claim that a baby’s acceptability rests on its minuteness. The narrator likens the grown woman to marble Venia de Medici and condemns the grotesque outcome.
English historian Froude declines to lecture in America next fall. The poten tial connection involves horava and men who died after boarding at a lager beer distillery amid a reported discovery of strychnine in some stomachs.
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