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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1893
Page
3
A well dressed couple argued about music on a steamer deck. The man claimed victory, but the woman’s umbrella strike proved otherwise. He later explained the quarrel was about a song, and they left the boat together. Also mentions Hostetters Stomach Bitters versus local bitters and notes banana cultivation in Andaman Islands.
An old advertisement proclaims Wasps as the first paper-makers and promotes N. K. Brown's Essence Jamaica Ginger as a cure for dyspepsia. The ginger tonic is pitched as superior and priced at 25 cents with a call to try it.
An advertisement attacks competing tonics and touts Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal blood cleanser flesh builder and strength restorer. It claims guaranteed money back if not beneficial and declares the product superior to sarsaparillas and spring medicines for all blood taints and disorders from minor eruptions to severe scrofula.
A compendium of noted figures from ancient myth and history who killed or attempted suicide, including Aristarchus, Chatterton, Lucretius, Cassius, Homer, Lau, Mithridates, Hannibal, Sardanapalus, Castlereagh, Bavarian king, Jacques du Cuastel, Pontius Pilate, Sappho, Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Hannibal again, and a later note on a furnace burning process with controlled carbon fire.
A German inventor showcases a new coal combustion method that eliminates smoke by a novel principle. Tests reportedly satisfactory and contracts with several large manufacturers are in place. The coal is first finely powdered by special means.
A humorous Atlanta Chronicle piece recounts mishaps when people mail strawberries a horned frog and fragile flowers. Strawberries were crushed and damaged mail in a pouch on the Mobile and Selma Railroad, a frog survived only by luck, and flowers were scattered, making delivery impossible. The moral: do not send perishable or fragile items by mail.
The Registrar General reports that marriage age in Great Britain keeps rising. It notes youths marry later due to prudence and the fear of financial strain from expectations of comfort and luxuries. The piece argues many could wed sooner if willing to sacrifice luxuries.
The ad from a small Western paper highlights Megers Brown Jenkins Waterbury as Mississippi town's pioneer business. They deal in sewing and knitting machines stoves scales smut machines cotton gins pumps church bells gongs gravestones oil and offer life and fire insurance. They seek live agents to sell popular books and maps with payment in rags beeswax brass old iron copper and dried fruit.
A Blue Lick Hills farmer, Jonathan Stanhope, orders 3800 dollars of Columbian stamps to wallpaper his parlor and brag about his record. A Washington News joke notes Christopher Columbus doubters should visit his parlor. A widower newly remarried adds a cheeky line to wedding invitations, warning guests this is no amateur entertainment.
An advertisement extols the Royal Baking Powder as the purest and strongest option for baking, claiming it yields the finest taste and lightest texture. It warns against substitutes tied to gifts or lower prices, alleging they contain alum or harmful acids, and urges choosing Royal for wholesome, digestible food.
The Berlin Maryland site marks the birthplace of Stephen Decatur, with the old one story frame house now a ruined stable. The structure measures 25 by 17 feet, built of white oak with cypress shingles and wrought iron nails, and shows centuries of wear and alteration. Nearby Paris cab fares and a mix of unrelated notes appear as brief asides in the page’s OCR.
A survey of earth’s population argues 1.4 billion alive now means 180 generations would pass by 6000 years, fitting in a space several tens of thousands of square miles. The piece also covers deafness treatments, tin cloth coating, map sales, watermelon's brandy-like juice, and various small notices on soap, pills, books, and Daniel Webster’s humble birth.
An 19th century testimonial extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for indigestion impure blood humors loss of appetite and general malaise. The writer claims great benefit for malaria chills and fever rheumatism kidney issues and catarrh and recommends Hood's as the remedy.
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