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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1880
Page
1
A satirical essay on corns describing them as a fungus and symbol of luxury, linking them to civilization, fashion, and weakness. The piece mocks beliefs about origin and causes, notes their supposed weather prognostication, and ends by urging readers not to take offense at the playful critique. It toys with diction and social pretensions in brisk, ironic prose.
The notice states that the purchaser with the most tickets who does not win a top three prize will receive an elegant BE'S50 premium. Clear terms describe a special award for the leading non-winning entrant among ticket holders.
A 1880s advertisement promises a $30000 prize draw for customers who buy goods at East Main Street family grocery. Prizes include watches, buggy, shotgun, silverware, cigars, coffee, sugar, flour, brandy, wine, beer, canned goods, and more. Purchases at usual low prices enter. drawing set for Monday July 5, 1880. Owens & Co. tout full stock and low prices to entice shoppers.
EF Owen and Co announces a drawing for customers where every dollar spent buys a ticket for a chance to win prizes. Prizes include buggies, farming implements, silverware, and other goods totaling 100 awards valued at $500 each. Draw date listed as July 1 1880.
The Register lists subscription prices and ad rates with strict payment terms. It details yearly and six month subscriptions, various column widths, and deadlines for discontinuance, plus advance payment for transient ads and payment on delivery for job work.
Poem fragment in a reflective voice questions isolation after death and separation from loved ones. The speaker wonders if they are forever detached from the life they shared, and whether mourners will keep keepsakes and memories, while others continue in the world.
A speaker returns to a grave to tend flowers and recall a loved one. They describe leaving flowers by the cap and taking geranium leaves, while contrasting a garden of peace with a world full of weeds and deceit. The narrator vows to cultivate a soil less foul, returning to the only spot where a weed cannot grow.
The Nashville Banner recounts Andrew Jackson’s regard for laborers. Mason John Cryer who built chimneys at Hermitage wore mortar on his clothes and declined the first table. Jackson urged him to dine at the first table, saying a working man deserves honor as the world depends on labor. Cryer recalled Jackson waiting on him and bringing bricks when his aide was away.
Historic ad copy touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a universal remedy for throat and lung diseases. It claims rapid relief from ordinary colds, lifesaving protection for children, wide physician and clergyman endorsement, and universal trust across climates, with assurances of cures where possible.
A satirical guide to table manners urging ostentatious skill with cutlery, loud opinions about soup, and theatrical dining. It mocks self important guests who lecture others, snack on themselves, and abuse social norms while highlighting etiquette foibles and the narrator’s pompous stance.
The humorist in The New York Times quotes the President noting the fifteen puzzle seems easy. He recalls the goal of placing numbers so that eight line up in one row and seven in another, mentioning a past memory of attempting such a puzzle.
Dr Kasman reports zinc prevents incrustation in selentic waters but fails with carbonate waters of lime magnesia and iron. Zinc first becomes brittle and porous and then rapidly reduces to powder. oe Back yards The trains of the Jadiea drévaea.
A Zurich correspondence describes Ablandcbenen as Europe’s smallest primitive Protestant commune high in a Swiss valley. It lacks pubs, doctors, and shops, with no local trades except biweekly peddlers. A tiny church rings a single bell for boys, none for girls, and residents boast happiness without city life. Logan jokes in Senate about a hypothetical Army of Virginia action, implying a sharp bite, not a lengthy speech, in a misread postwar quip.
The London Dock alone cost 20 million dollars, with total costs possibly reaching 100 million. The docks cover about 900 acres. The port averages 1,000 vessels and 9,000 sailors.
All the Year Round describes a journey up the Exsequibo where cartabao and pacu fish are shot with cane arrows and poisoned flesh remains edible. Iguanas are glimpsed along overhanging riverbanks, with tales of their bold bite and tail dropping antics as they flee to their burrows.
Philips Brooks argues character forms through training, not spontaneity. He notes people misbelieve in fixed traits or easy reform, urging continuous effort and economy in habit, shaping who we are from present actions rather than waiting for fate or age.
The London Times reports vast Russian oil basins along the Caucasus from the Caspian to the Black Sea. Two main districts yield oil today Kuban valley with a French company driven wells and Taman refinery, and Baku near the Caspian with many wells producing 28,000 barrels daily though sand comes with oil.
A Brooklyn man tours the city with a country acquaintance to inspect churches and famed divines. They view Plymouth Church City Hall and Talmage's Tabernacle with interest, then the countryman blurts out a puzzled remark about a crime the divine might have committed.
A critical reflection on sparrows as early birds and worm catchers. The piece questions their usefulness, argues the sparrow’s dawn activity disrupts quiet, and humorously likens chatter to an impermissible nuisance warranting police intervention.
A reflective meditation on parental love, arguing that the child’s needs awaken conscience and unfolding emotion. It contrasts undying parental devotion with adult self centeredness, noting smiles, recognition, and the formation of maturity as love deepens. The strongest bond, it says, lies in the parent child relationship.
An Italian investigator attributes coughs to parasite fungus in the passages and notes that severe infections multiply in lung cells. Quinine is claimed to stop the fungi. a powder made from quinine chlorhydrate bicarbonate gum arabic is suggested. The method involves deep inspiration to deliver the powder to the bronchial passages.
The piece notes curious support for Grant among minority voters and questions whether money can elect a minority candidate for president. It suspects Grant backers hold substantial funds and doubts money can crown a nominee. It closes with a local Ohio note: lawsuits over a 10 cent iron bolt have cost litigants $500 at Plain City.
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