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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1892
Page
3
The Pittsburgh Leader explains a century rule to find the weekday for any date 1801 to 2000. It uses year division by four, adds the day of month, and a month complement table. Examples show Saturday results for two dates, with notes on leap years and century adjustments.
A description outlines Paris ragpickers in three classes led by the maistre chiffonnier. From ramasseur de nuit to coureur and placier, each group differs in work pattern, beat, and earnings. Placiers operate daily under police license, often with family, carts, and heavy profits from sorted refuse.
Samuel McDonald keeps Hector a saloon cat at Frankfort road and Vienna street. The cat drank beer at the bar, grew disreputable, then after a rival cat arrived and a bitter feud, wandered away for days. He returned clean and temperate, refused beer, and began earning the family’s renewed respect.
A well dressed man on a city suburb train declares working people are too independent and should be their servants. His autocratic stance shocks fellow passengers while a pale girl reveals he is a floor walker at a local store, per Chicago Times.
The notice questions hat prices from forty and twenty five dollars and whether greens look vivid. It asks about the social effects if dressmakers disclose patrons figures and why slender and fat women choose or reject corsets. It critiques fashion ideals and calls for sensible attire.
A historic home remedy describes making a long lasting paste from alum flour resin and boiling water stored in an earthen vessel for up to a year with optional wintergreen or clove scent. The piece also notes an Eastern editor calling for more subscribers and inviting immediate support at the office.
A Youth's Companion excerpt notes ants resembling humans in vanity and self importance. It compares tiny battles on a leaf to Broadway crowds and formal vanity. The piece recalls Theodore Hook and a Prince Bismarck levee anecdote, contrasting real work with self-absorption.
An authority explains making oatmeal soap bags for bathing. Mix five pounds oats a half pound Castile soap and a pound of orms root in cloth bags four inches square. Fill loosely sew shut use dipped in warm water to produce velvety lather and soft skin. Nurses wash patients with soap then hot water to remove residue. Boiling water noted as a mild disinfectant.
A cor respondent notes the blind faith of Italian fishermen in relics and amulets. They equip boats and themselves with charms, casting these objects into waves during danger. Wives on shore also surrender precious relics to the sea to ensure their husbands' safe return.
The text argues that facial complexion and eye brightness signal active liver function and digestion. It warns of a taffron tint and lack of animation indicating liver trouble and biliousness, then promotes Stomach Bitters as a rapid, thorough cure addressing bile issues and associated headaches, constipation, nausea, and right-side pains. It also claims malaria and kidney issues, nervousness, rheumatism respond to the remedy.
The piece surveys potential war mobilizations with Russia at 1,800,000, France 2,800,000, and Germany 2,301,000, then pivots to light verse and quips about headaches and alcohol. It offers asides on Bradycrotine and a jest about a man named Boozer, finishing with a moral on education through self-made mistakes.
A 3 inch display ad invites readers to identify a unique word shared by all weekly Dr Harter Medicine Co displays Crescent mark on products. Also mentions scattering balsam seeds by explosion, Dobbins Electric Soap claim, Berew HaAm PrELs for bilious disorders, and general druggist availability.
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