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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1890
Page
3
A lively young couple strolls Fifth Street as they admire shop windows. The woman declares the next window will display her own items and the display features corsets stockings and laced underwear. The pair’s peppy banter fades as the outing ends.
A story about a gifted boy once sick with consumption who recovers after a medical tonic and graduates with honors. The piece also notes overcrowded public schools and a plan to bar foreign children from attendance amid a French-education debate. It recalls a duel in Budapest that ended without a hit.
London observer James Wilson-Hyde recalls Shah treasures in Teheran with 200 talismans including an amber cube and a cadet emerald stud that grants invisibility. The Shah’s safe holds immense wealth, while the No-Rooz festival features the Peacock Throne and a diamond embroidered carpet.
Jim Walker of Lovell Maine challenged Ansel Harmon of Bridge ton to a street wrestling price dispute over carpet and paper goods. The drummer won twice out of three, Harmon conceded and agreed to the two cent discount before sending him away with the order.
Excerpted notes discuss a New York Forum quip on city life versus Western dugouts, then pivot to olive tree height age and oil yield. It also mentions Great Salt Lake life in water samples and storm frequency in Java England France. A Maine incident notes a man forgetting his accident policy after an injury.
Advertises Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Strengthening Piasters as curative for Bright's disease inflammatory rheumatism and kidney liver troubles. Quoted testimonials from E. Larzelere of Albion Michigan and Mrs M E Jones Prairie City Iowa praise cures. Offers bottles at 50c each or six for $3 with mail order.
In a Maine village on the Upper Penobscot, the funeral of a one year old child was delayed when the coffin was forgotten on a hall table after guests arrived. The deacon apologized for the delay as the body was eventually retrieved and services continued.
State or O10 City of Toledo Lava s County sa rans J. Cheney senior partner of FLJ Camxry & Co doing business in Toledo Ohio firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Maui's Carabay Cure. Cheney sworn Dec 6 1886 Notary A W Gleason. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally acts upon blood and mucus. Send for testimonials. Sold by druggists 75 cents.
A humorous anecdote unfolds with Rev Aminadab Shouter asking for Dr D William Pillsbury in church, then a travel health ad extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for seasickness digestion and travel comfort, followed by a claim that Canadians steal vast lumber from Minnesota with tariff figures and exports.
The Rock Island Route unveils new dining cars and vestibule express trains running Chicago to Denver with enhanced amenities including Pullman sleepers reclining chair cars and elegant day coaches. Bisected by regional notes and an advertising digression, the item highlights speed and comfort on March 8 1800.
A traveler describes Persian flower worship in Bombay with a true Persian in blue robes and a black Kar Kal hat meditating before a flower. He returns nightly with friends to pray sing and sip sherbet until the flower fades, ending with a serenade and departure, per Cassell's Saturday Journal.
Town report highlights Kemp's Balsam as offering relief for coughs sore throats asthma bronchitis and consumption with free trial bottles from druggists. Large bottles priced at 40 cents and one dollar.
Advertisement touts Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and safe for adults and children. It claims relief from Sick Headache Constipation Dyspaspia biliousness and offer of a commemorative penny postage anniversary note. It also dismisses cheap snuff without takers.
Advertised claim Hood's Sarsaparilla leads sales among similar remedies in the country. Endorsers include A Reevers of Chicago who calls it spring medicine and essential to health, and William H. Cloved of Milton New Hampshire who says it restored life and strength.
An advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures bilious dyspepsia, torpid liver, and assorted blood disorders by purifying the blood and cleansing kidneys and other organs. It lists numerous conditions from dull appetite to ulcers and skin diseases and promises guaranteed benefits or a refund. The World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N.Y., sells the remedy.
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