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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1885
Page
3
A collection of vivid anecdotes about boastful and theatrical prayers. It contrasts Maine and Wyoming gentry with a weeping man and a thoughtful patient, all shared by Bill Nye and a Cleveland Leader cor. The pieces lampoon swaggering piety and highlight the human foibles in church rituals.
John Randolph of Roanoke dies in a Philadelphia hotel amid drama and dictatorial glare. On his deathbed he demands a dictionary for the word remorse and orders his slave to guard the door while he insists on freeing his slaves. The scene ends with a written reminder of his final demand.
In a Popular Science Monthly excerpt the author argues for engaging teaching methods to spark child interest. Using exciting African history stories from Stanley to Livingstone, Nile conjectures, and the Suez Canal, the piece outlines a narrative approach to connect geography, exploration, and origins, transforming dull topics into compelling lessons.
An elderly friend of a dead engineer explains the bond will be small due to the smashed watch and ruined valuables. He recalls the brave husband and pretty wife, their pink-faced baby, and the modest life now left to settle the estate. The bond is set at three hundred dollars.
A new two part horseshoe is described with a permanent upper that lasts indefinitely and a detachable cork-containing lower half. The lower half can switch to sharp corks for ice or dull ones for heavy draft, or be removed at night to protect the horse in the stall. The article mentions the Afiel stone.
A Boston boy asks his mother the relation of his aunt's sister. The mother explains she is his aunt's sister, thus his aunt's sister is his mother. The boy concludes wrongly that his aunt is his mother, revealing the mother forgot she has two sisters.
The excerpt shows Edith asking for dates from Mamma and Bridget, with Edith aiming for two dates for herself and one for Mamie. A mountain of soft soap is noted as discovered, while a satire on politics is implied. Telegraph poles are described as closely spaced in cities, reducing excuses for drunken falls.
The piece extols Northern Nebraska along the Dakota line as a fertile, expanding region ripe for East Coast settlers. It notes abundant soil, mild climate, improving markets, and a railroad reach from Valentine onward, with towns and schools rising as westward immigration peaks. It urges printers to move west to grow with the country.
Sponges emerge from water resembling raw liver and smelling bad. They are an animal, though the animal part vanishes before market. Deployed as domestic sponges, they are harvested in the Bahamas where eight varieties exist, including lambswool and bouquet sponges. Curing spans deck drying, crawling, sun bleaching, then trimming in Nassau before export.
A Boston Home Journal excerpt extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal tonic aiding digestion and immunity while praising the resilience and gentleness of old mothers. It reflects on gender roles, parental devotion, and marital contrasts with wry humor about a man and wife differing.
A pamphlet from World's Dispensary Medical Association at 663 Main Street Buffalo promotes nonoperative treatment for rupture, breach or hernia claiming no need for trusses. It invites readers to send two jeller strings for pamphlet and references. The text ends with a quip on honesty comparing sugar with sand priced at market.
This brief reads as a health notice warning consumptives to heed exposure avoidance and regular habits. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a recovery aid and mentions Sage's Catarrh Remedy for halitosis. The tone is promotional and cautionary, with a quirky closing line about harmony and lovers.
An advertisement urges travelers to stay at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot offering 600 rooms renovated at a million dollar cost, daily rates from $1, European plan, elevator and restaurant, with rapid access to depots by cab, stage, and elevated rail. It claims families can live better for less than at any first class hotel in the city. Also notes Mauyp S&S weighs 946 pounds and a non observable wait time for horses on the track.
The Chicago and Alton is praised as one of the best railroads with well managed service. Its equipment ranks high for comfort safety and convenience. Courteous employees are highlighted as a travel priority. Two daily through trains run Chicago to St Louis and Kansas City with no car changes. If traveling south or west choose the Chicago and Alton for a pleasant ride.
The Gault House at Clinton and Madison streets, Chicago, invites travelers and visitors to first class accommodations from 2 to 2 50 dollars per day. Proximity to Union Depot, elevator with full appointments. Proprietors Hoyt and Gates. Also promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches and Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya from Caswell Hazard Co. Reeson's Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap advertised for skin issues and beauty. Marketed by druggists or mail order.
A Bath of letters extols Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for female disorders. A Strother South Carolina responder credits the medicine with great relief and vows to continue use until full recovery. A Findlay Ohio dressmaker touts strong benefits and recommends it over other preparations for female complaints.
Common sense advice on money handling gives way to a promotion for Allen's Lung Balm. The ad touts twenty five years of favorable use as a pure remedy for throat and lung diseases, asserts no opium is used, and urges keeping a bottle on hand for immediate use.
A collection of testimonials from A J Awileman of Abotson Pa April 1883 editor A J Colbom of Somersed Herald and H C Mooney Druggist Fayette Ill 1883 1884 praising Allen's Lung Balsam as a remedy for colds coughs bronchitis and related ailments with claims of repairs and satisfaction from medical professionals and patients.
An article extols human endurance and notes some pedestrians walk one hundred miles daily for six days. It cautions about health risks from weak urinary and digestive systems and promotes Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a remedy to restore health, cleanse impurities, relieve pains and support bodily functions.
Call for Hop Bitters beware of fake Hop Bitters and C. D. Warners German Hop Bitters. If a druggist sells such an item refuse it and avoid the druggist as a viper. If money is taken sue for damages and indict for fraud. rewards offered for conviction.
A testimonial from J. Anderson states after three years of various diseases he used two bottles of Hop Bitters and was fully cured. He also recommends Hop Bitters to others. The note is signed J. D. Walker Buckner Missouri.
A historical note warns that counterfeiting harms nations and health, claiming counterfeited Hop Bitters prove the superiority of the original. The piece cites widespread counterfeits across Australia, England, France, Germany, India, Belgium, Canada, and the United States and urges buyers to trust products with the green hops cluster on the white label.
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