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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1888
Page
3
A humorous sketch follows Mr Bowser who plans to deliver public speeches. Despite hours of practice and lofty talk, his elocution attempts collapse on stage as hecklers shout and the audience laughs, ending with the Bowser couple in a tense, exhausted scene.
A Chicago Times example describes the general purpose farmer as a multi skilled manager who can plan and execute operations, prune, graft, and raise trees, manage manure and drainage, build and repair equipment, butcher and preserve meat, and run a profitable farm business. He should know animal feeds, meat production, and market values.
The writer argues for well built airy stables that stay warm without excessive dampness. Many farmers boast warm stables but rely on narrow lean-tos crowded with livestock. Overpacked spaces produce heavy steam and depleted oxygen, endangering animal life and comfort.
A Boston Transcript account describes a strange breed of wild cattle in the Umpqua Valley Oregon near Riddles and Rosebud. They roam high hills avoid the valley floor water from springs, form bands sleep together, and act as vigilant sentinels. They smell well and are nearly black eyed and horned.
In a San Francisco Chronicle piece a couple strolls arm in arm until a vaccination injury becomes the obstacle. He cannot take her right arm due to the procedure, and she offers her waist as a workaround. The humorous dialogue explores affectionate constraint and playful blame in a light domestic scene.
A reader describes a simple method to remove angleworms from potting soil. Submerge the pot in lukewarm water just enough to cover the soil, worms crawl out for collection, then remove promptly to prevent plant harm. The tactic, cited from Farm and Home, reportedly causes no noticeable damage when timed carefully.
Dan Rice the veteran showman tricks a man and boy in the crowd by wagering to reveal a lion. As he directs them toward a corner the man claims blindness, pockets the dollars, and leaves with the bystander, ending the caper.
A Philadelphia Record note cites The London Times findings that 1875 to 1886 England’s foreign trade increased 16.5 million tons while the United States rose only 6 million tons, despite England’s population decline and America's 30 percent growth. The record says cold facts beat comment.
A fragment from old humor and gossip pages quoting rhymes and quips about fools and pockets. It includes a line about a wife rifling her husband’s pockets for cash and a mother addressing a girl with a grandmother’s remark. The text shows clipped anecdotes and banter typical of the era’s humor column.
An advertisement touts Dr. Greene’s Nervura Nerve Tonic as the greatest spring medicine. It claims to strengthen nerves, cure nervous debility, insomnia, low appetite, and various ailments, urging purchase at $1 per bottle from 35 West Fourteenth Street New York.
Practical wedding etiquette outlines sending cards on reception day, riding through crowds, and bowing etiquette. It contrasts with modern rules on RSVPs and visiting cards. The piece then shifts to a health advisory praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestion nerves and bilious symptoms, and as a tonic during malaria.
A brief snappy exchange shows a contributor seeking publication and an editor replying that the desk is full. The contributor jokes about returning when staff are sober, highlighting a light, behind the scenes moment in a newsroom.
A collage of domestic dialogues about social plans and two nights out, interwoven with 19th century patent medicine ads. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets promote gentle laxative relief. Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites touts palatability and uses for consumption and debility. Also advertised are “Rough on Rats” and related household products including “RovacHon” and “Rouen on Corns” with prices and instant relief claims.
A historical reflection notes how Europeans resisted Columbus's discovery, then many persisted in doubt even after success. The item cites Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as curing consumption and mentions a Washington crank pushing tariff education. It also references Dr Sage's Remedy curing cronte nasal catarrh and an actor removed for being caught in the act.
Mrs Morgan informs Dr Lynch in Manchester that Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup cured her rheumatism and partial paralysis, improved dizziness appetite sleep and blood health, urging the doctor to recommend it as a family medicine. Also mentions Brown's Bronchial Troches and Rough on Itch ointment as popular remedies of the era.
Travel agents advertise cheap round trips from Chicago to Kansas Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and Dakota with departures March through June. Tickets read via Chicago Rock Island and Pacific to major destinations. One fare for 30 days return. Contact E A Holbrook for rates and details. Also ads for remedies Rough on Piles Bucha Pairs Wells Health Renewal and Hair Balsam.
A reader claims a positive remedy cures consumption with timely use and offers two free bottles to readers who mail Express and P O addresses. Also promotes LeaureLiE skin product claiming youth preservation and a Jersey City ad for overprices. Ends noting a Life magazine quote about resisting old loves and a Percy gun ad in another column.
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