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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1871
Page
1
An old advert promotes Henry T Helmbold Grape Pills with components including Fluid Extract Rhubarb and Fluid Extract Catawba Grape Juice. The claim targets liver complaints jaundice bilious affections and sick nervous headaches, touting a pure non mercury vegetable formulation free of minerals or deleterious drugs.
A vintage health claim extols It. IT. Weimbold's Compound Fluid Extract Catawba Grape Pills as superior to sugar coated pills. They are praised for pleasant taste and odor, avoiding stomach passage issues, and are prepared by pharmacy rules rather than as patent medicines.
An 19th century advertisement extols Hoofland's German Bitters and Pedophyllin Pill as pure plant extracts free of alcohol, claiming concentrated medicinal virtue in one bottle. It touts tonic components, asserts safety from drunkenness, lists wide liver and digestive cures, and presents the products as substitutes for mercury pills.
A historical notice proclaims Tenry T Weembold’s will aims to eradicate scrofula syphilis fever sores ulcers sore legs sore mouth sore head bronchitis skin diseases salt rheum cankers limp joints white swellings tumors cancerous affections nodes rickets and war swellings night sweats tetter tumors and chronic rheumatism from the body.
The text extols Blood-purifying preparations and Sarsaparilla as superior for cleansing the blood, restoring health, and beautifying the complexion. It lists chronic diseases allegedly due to impure blood and claims cures for pains, bone swellings, throat ulcers, skin eruptions, pimples, and erysipelas.
An 19th century patent medicine advertisement promotes NE Concentrated Fluid Extract and WELMBOLD products as cures for diabetes kidney and bladder diseases and female complaints. It claims rapid relief, minimal diet changes, and universal use for all ages with delivery from two New York and Philadelphia warehouses. It warns against counterfeit remedies and urges readers to request authentic preparations.
Andrew and Ellie Thurston face a morning quarrel that leaves them distant and unhappy. A newspaper note urges reconciliation, and Andrew returns with resolve to mend the breach. Ellie, heartbroken, waits for confession. He speaks, they embrace, and joy returns as the cloud clears.
Washington City Patriot accuses Indiana Senator Oliver P Morton of conspiratorial plots and dangerous demagoguery. It portrays Morton as a treacherous, self serving figure using spies and falsehoods to advance power, warning Grant against elevating him and linking him to Lincoln’s dethronement schemes.
A wife with an infant in Philadelphia drew laughter when the father Barney Williams quipped there is a nurse wanted. The woman retorted No Irish need apply, prompting applause as the couple left. The page also includes brief quips on Agassiz fish diets, champagne troubles, and a plan to teach manners to senators.
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