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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1887
Page
3
A compilation of questions about avian migration and hibernation, noting the long history of debate from the seventeenth century to 1877. It questions where birds winter, routes and speeds, day or night travel, species order, guidance, and the influence of vegetation and weather on migration.
Captain Gray recounts brutal seal slaughter practices, noting pups starved of mothers and carcasses left to rot as ships press seal hunting from dawn to dusk. Blubbered flesh is removed, skins salted, and blubber stored for oil, with steam allowing faster pursuit. Twenty years ago harpoon crews could kill a thousand seals daily, yet now a thousand in a season is still feasible.
A medical critique of girls education highlights neglect of physical training and proposes practical reforms. Dr Rynor W. Batten recommends two half holidays weekly for open air games, compulsory participation, suitable attire, and varied activities to improve overall development.
A teacher tests mental arithmetic by offering a choice between ten or one hundred piece squash pies. A shy girl chooses the larger share of the smaller pieces, saying she dislikes squash pie. A boy jokes whisky fuels will power, recalling a locked side door and a drunken remark. A classifieds note invites readers to start a local newspaper, offering cost and operation details.
An agent for a patent day-loader approaches a Dakota man posing as a local leader. The man exposes his Legislator membership and negotiates over a questionable endorsement and payment, with the agent offering 2 to 2.50 dollars for signing.
A Springfield Republican writer argues mosquitos keep swamps from becoming disease sources. A veteran from Ashburnham Mass praises St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism. Reference notes on 18th century Massachusetts libraries and US great seal origins follow, ending with a penny pamphlet offer from the World’s Diapennary Medical Association.
The advertisement argues that intestinal blockage due to constipation can be chronic and stubborn and warns against violent laxatives. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an effective, non-drenching remedy that promotes lasting regularity of bowels liver and stomach and helps prevent kidney bladder fever and ague, backed by medical experience.
The article surveys giant extinct birds such as Madagascar’s epiornis twelve foot tall and five to six times ostrich weight, New Zealand’s moa ten to twelve feet high with a thirty two inch drumstick, and Mauritius’ dodo noted by Dutch sailors. It cites eggs nearly thirteen and a half inches in diameter and eight quarts capacity, and mentions the solitaire, great auk, emu, and New Zealand apteryx as other diminishing species. It ends with Duchess of Orleans Elizabeth Duar Lorre’s 1710s diary remark on royal feasting habits.
A collage of health claims and ad lines discusses liver disorder cures, catarrh remedies, Rye's Pills for bowels, Buckingham's Dye for whiskers, and Dr Harter's Iron Tonic. It also cites St Jacobs Oil for sprains from the Captain of the Oriole Yacht Club and promotes various tonics and tonics.
A novel application by the Century Company preserves valuable copy by photography. Over 25,000 sheets of a work in press are photographed at 1.1% inch scale with interlineations and corrections, offering an easily legible magnified view and secure handling.
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