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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1875
Page
4
A Detroit Free Press tale features Mr Sackcloth, an undertaker, seeking a local puff for his new hearse and coffins. An editor, wary and witty, explains why solemn business can’t be marketed with glossy lines, noting the undertaker’s grave demeanor and the limits of praise.
A young man seeking a midnight interview with his sweetheart was tossed by a cow after his head appeared at the window. The cow swung him to the ceiling when clothes snagged on a hook. The father freed him with a ladder, but the prank left him cowed and unlikely to trespass again at night.
Two painters frescoing a cathedral wall on a tall scaffold. One, enraptured by the view, backs toward the edge and would have fallen if not spared by his companion who, by grabbing a wet brush, splashed the wall and jolted him to safety. The tale ends with a moral about divine mercy.
An old advertisement extols Ayer s Sarsaparilla as a safe, potent remedy for cleansing the system and purifying blood. It claims cures for scrofula, skin eruptions, ulcers, dropsy, dyspepsia, neuralgia, heart disease, and female debility, noting renewed vigor and appetite in springtime and even broad safety for children.
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