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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1882
Page
3
The Leavenworth Times recounts a bull-fighting display in El Paso with horsemen, foot fighters, cloth lances, and swords. It notes staged danger, repeated near-kills, and a Texas cattleman calling the act a fraud while criticizing the cruelty to the animals and urging its prohibition.
A Chicago Inter Ocean York Letter describes a cosmetician in a New York style beauty shop who promises to transform a customer's appearance with makeup and creams. The woman leaves paying ten dollars for makeup while the result looks impressive on stage but reveals harsh lines and aged features up close.
A Buffalo Advertiser excerpt portrays a distressed mother of five and seven others lamenting endless toil after death. She rejects eternal housekeeping, while a friend suggests relief in the afterlife. another overworked woman imagines no rest and no settling in the grave before judgment.
The text portrays gorillas as Africa’s terror that kill humans for sport, hanging victims from trees and bending rifle barrels. It notes a lone live specimen died in England after capture, with several shot scenes and implied merchant danger from apes.
In a jungle scene the gorilla is described as the sworn foe of the elephant. The elephant tears at tree branches for sustenance, and the gorilla steals in to strike the elephant with a club, driving off the giant as it trumpets in pain.
A collage of light verse and gibes contrasts wit and wisdom. Jokes on love aging and vanity mingle with social quips about thieves smallpox and the law. A humorous sketch on shoes as life mirrors asks if one would choose to be a man or his shoes.
The new army list reveals the Crown Prince has sixty five stars and crosses, his uncle Prince Charles fifty five, cousin Prince Frederick Charles fifty five, chamberlain Count Puckler forty nine, Bismarck forty four, Moltke forty three, Prince Albrecht thirty five, Manteuffel thirty three, and Blu Menthal thirty two.
A fragmented quotation discusses a lady wishing to be a man and notes men rarely express wishes to become women. It contrasts aspirational desires with social norms, ending abruptly with a note that the line is incomplete. The text reflects dated views on gender and self-image.
A long analysis links a wave of personal illnesses to Bright's disease of the kidneys. It cites Bishop Haven, Hon. Clarkson Potter, and Edward Rook, detailing symptoms, misdiagnoses, and eventual kidney failure. It promotes Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as a preventive measure and treatment, noting wide domestic use.
The article cites cases of Brights disease misnamed in medical history and notes that many prominent individuals recovered health using the remedy. Names include Col. John D. Whitner, B. F. Larrabee, Gen. C. A. Heckman, Rev. D. D. Buck, Dr. F. A. McManus, Edwin Fay, Chancellor C. N. Sims, and others. It emphasizes prompt treatment at first symptoms and contrasts with sad cases. A moral about kindness follows a vignette of a young boy thawing a wasp for a frozen person, illustrating humane conduct.
A physician favors vegetable remedies over mineral poisons, praising Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla for strengthening urinary and digestive organs. The column includes anecdotes from an Edinburgh solicitor and a nervous young man, plus a tiger encounter joke and a brief North American verse.
A jumble of 1881 notices and anecdotes includes a testimonial for Safe Kidney and Liver Cure by El Oh. Warren & Co, quips about a lunatic lawyer, catarrh cure requests to Dr C St Sykes, kitchen maid banter, and free cook book offer. Miscellany covers Kipney-Wort for piles, ancient wooden wheels found in Portugal and San Domingo, copper and iron impregnation preserving wood, and a remark on Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup as a universal cough remedy.
Emporia Kansas resident W E Hussits reports his wife, bedridden for four months after seven years of illness and treated by many doctors, improved to sit up in a week and walk in three weeks after using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. A playful aside about a boy and his mother is included.
A Buffalo physician letter from N E Hannon endorses Pierce Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets for liver complaint and general debility. Mentions salebacks of other medical ads and urges sufferers to address Wonto's Dispensary for a large treatise. Also notes a sensational canard and Voltaic Belt Co thirty day trial offer for nervous debility and vitality.
A fragmented ad bundle touts Rachupaiba as a complete cure for kidney bladder and urinary diseases praising its effectiveness. It includes testimonials from W M Jones and promotes Eilerts Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry as a life saving cold and bronchial remedy. Also endorsed are Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya and Uncase Law's Condition Powder for animals. The Improved Howe Scales are noted with Borden Belleck Co as agents.
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