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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1890
Page
3
A German court report details Emperor Wilhelm II's preferred bread varieties. He starts with a salt bun, followed by a half penny bun called the Luces eye. For sandwiches he uses a Vienna flour bread baked to a black crust. Dinner features broth sticks from an Italian recipe.
Mrs Ford of Corunna Michigan wife of General Ford testifies to relief after two years of bedridden rheumatism with Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup She improved after one bottle and was completely cured after two more bottles Now a well woman she notes druggists may stock or orders can be sent for one dollar per bottle or six for twenty five cents from The Thematic Syrup Co Jackson Michigan
A collage of edited clippings discussing strict campus rules about student conduct and violence, quick dives into advertisements for patent medicines like Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy, plus a note about a prize won by Dr Hovnanian A Hane and prizes from a Belgian academy.
Edith Sessions Tupper critiques the rising “society tough” in New York society, detailing her drinking, smoking, and affairs. The piece contrasts the wealthy socialite with prudent women, noting how wealth and status shield scandal. It cites a prominent “400” figure and a celebrated revival hymn as cultural touchstones.
In a domestic farce from the Lawrence American, Mr Newlywed and Mrs Newlywed clash over a plan for a cottage or a brick uptown home. He laments her demands while she accuses him of selfishness. The quarrel escalates to a slam of the door and a dramatic twist about Uncle Tom’s will leaving nothing.
The article notes how popular tunes often echo older melodies from Parsian, Arabian, or traditional airs. It cites transformations of works like America versus God Save the Queen and Yankee Doodle, and compares recent items such as When the Robins Nest Again and Wait Till the Clouds Roll By to older songs. It concludes with reflections on themes in famous pieces and the shared musical ideas behind popular and classical lines.
A Missouri station tale explains that trains on the Hannibal and St. Joseph line avoided James gang ambushes due to an annual pass issued to Mrs. Samuels of Kearney. The one armed stepmother of Jesse and Frank James reportedly secured safe passage, a gesture the brothers said kept their pursuers away.
A Fulton sheet sugar baker defends candy as wholesome when pure sugar and safe colorings are used. He advises dissolving rather than chewing, favors brown candy, warns of impurities by taste, and notes the unhealthy life of sugar makers due to airborne saccharine particles, while admitting he rarely eats his own product.
A varied clippings page notes a charming travel book for youth by Tabby and Tom the cats in a New York Advocate anecdote, a beggar in St Peter’s who died of apoplexy and wore the Pope’s old dressing gown, Baltimore’s Pratt Library’s expansion and reach, Oriental fashions inspiring the German Empress in Constantinople, sausage sales drop after horse meat scare, autographs at London auction, a laborer unearthing money in a ditch in California, and a regional note on Wyoming’s potential admission to statehood.
Frequent car load shipments to major commercial centers illustrate the unprecedented demand for Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. The ad touts a money back guarantee, world wide fame for skin and blood cures, and the maker World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo.
Thomas Banks a notorious Alabama character died in Montgomery after arriving from North Carolina in 1851. He built a private mausoleum in the city cemetery fifteen years earlier and arranged for his brother to share it. The reclusive miser left a $200,000 estate and tended the tomb daily, preferring above ground comfort over burial.
A Sunday National survey of Carl Pretze’s ideas notes der feller dot stood beer saloons seeking purpose, praising the creator’s goodness and memory, comparing angels to men with broad knowledge, and critiquing rash ladies’ bills in a curiously archaic dialect.
The advertisement touts Hibbard's pills as scientifically compounded and safe for adults and children. They claim to ease sick headache constipation dyspepsia and biliousness and outpace rivals in appetite stimulation. A French proposal for a state sponsored annual contest for young authors sparks mixed opinion among critics and writers.
A fragment warns that Kemp's Balsam, advertised as a universal cough remedy, may ruin the product by overpromising. It touts a trial bottle, notes prices, and urges purchasing a bottle for home use. Mentions other products and general consumer tips amidst promotional clutter.
The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a premier blood purifier ideal for spring renewal. It pledges to purify and enrich the blood, restore appetite, and banish fatigue, citing multiple testimonials from users across various locations. It claims superiority over other tonics and lists ailments it purportedly helps, from skin issues to rheumatism and digestive troubles.
Advert shows Hood’s Sarsaparilla sold by druggists with a single dollar for one hundred doses. Prepared only by Hood & Co Apothecaries Lowell Mass. Six for 25 cents then.
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