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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1892
Page
3
A vintage newspaper blurb touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for overworked and irritable women. It claims it builds up a run-down system and guarantees refund if not satisfactory, urging teachers milliners seamstresses shop girls and nursing mothers to use it.
In an item from the Rehoboth Herald a boy resists a poultice for a sliver. His mother and grandmother enforce discipline with a switch and threats. At bedtime the boy is quiet, then reveals the misapplied remedy as he notes it’s on the wrong foot.
The passage recalls how John Gilpin and Gray and Bryant crafted famous poems in low moods or tranquil moments. Elia Wheeler Wilcox, Gen Lytle, Brainard, Nora Perry, Poe, and Moore are linked to creation under pressure, inspiration, or study, revealing the writers behind enduring lines.
The article discusses insect speed noting that dragonflies can reach around 100 miles per hour. It details how straight-line measurements are impractical and compares dragonflies to hawks swallows and cuckoos to justify the high estimate observed while moving alongside them at highway speeds.
A summary of Gaube Grube's research on sudoriferous glands notes that human sweat is acidic unlike that of cow, horse, cat, dog, and hog. It reports digestive ferments including a pepsin amylase and an emulsion in both human and animal sweat, calling them hidrozyma ses, with man showing higher concentrations.
The issue publishes full particulars of a striking medical cure rivaling the famous John Marshall case from Hamilton. Sourced from the Albany Evening Journal, a leading New York state paper, the report claims accuracy and care, and it warrants careful perusal by readers nationwide.
The article envisions wide use of treated paper as a fire resistant floor material, potentially replacing wood. It suggests paper could be made nearly fireproof, reducing fire hazards in interiors, walls, and furnishings, with capabilities only beginning to unfold.
A Plain Precaution advises adopting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to prevent malaria and related illnesses. The tonic claims prompt, thorough action against malarial taint and useful protection against constipation biliousness rheumatism and kidney and bladder troubles. It targets emigrants and Western regions with miasmatic conditions as a safeguard against exposure fatigue and ill health.
A Galveston News report notes a wharf company hydraulic dredge used a sand pump to discharge a 12 inch stream of mud and water over 300 feet, pulling hundreds of fish into the line and nets of boys on the flats south of the levee, with over three hundred pounds captured.
The article notes that richly gem encrusted watches were common among wealthy women from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. It highlights a late Elizabethan example with a gold case bearing 200 turquoise stones in eight concentric rings and a central stone, plus Tudor rose motifs and enamel leaves.
An advertisement explains that many perceive illness due to a cleansing need, urging comfort at home and positive cure via Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Co. It notes barometric pressure affects a man’s weight, comparing 29 to 30 inches and a roughly extra ton of air load.
A 3 inch display ad claims every week’s word is unique except for one shared term from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. A Crescent trademark appears on all products offered, with an invite to send the word’s name to receive BOOK or BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS or SAMPLES. Also notes drug adverts and headlines about haunted houses and medicines.
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