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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1871
Page
1
An advertisement extols Fluid Extracts and Catawba Grape Pills for liver complaints jaundice bilious affections and headaches. It touts the pills as pleasant purgatives superior to castor oil salts and magnesia claiming rapid invigorating effects without nausea or griping and notes they are not sugar coated and prepared by pharmacy rules.
An advertisement touts Hoofland’s German Bitters as a pure alcohol free extract from German roots with potent Liver and Digestive benefits. It pairs with Hoofland’s German Tonic, claims heavy medicinal virtues, and emphasizes quality ingredients, price, and nationwide availability via Chas. M. Evans at 631 Arch Street Philadelphia.
Advertisement proclaims a blood purifying preparation with sweeping cures for scrofula fever sores skin diseases and chronic ailments. It asserts effectiveness for diabetes kidney and bladder issues and female disorders claiming universal health restoration and beauty through the mysterious remedy touted by physicians and midwives.
Illustrious claims present Helmbold Extract for urinary obstructions and urethral strictures with minimal diet change and no exposure. also Helmbold Improved Soap Wash said to cure cutaneous affections, pimples, dryness, rashes, and skin clarity, restoring softness and vitality to tissues and complexion.
Full directions accompany the medicines delivered to any address and kept secret. Helmbold’s claim twenty years in business. Sold by druggists nationwide with depots in New York and Philadelphia. Beware counterfeits and demand Henry T. Helmbold’s products only.
The piece lists old time pricing for The Register readers with rates for subscriptions and various advertisement sizes. It includes a humorous tale of a deaf aunt, mischievous prank by John N, and a town meeting reminiscence tracing parliamentary origins to colonial field meetings and fence line voting.
The Troy Lanes recalls Colonel James IT Hoonur a famed eccentric who died in the city twenty years ago A clash with a clerk led to the Colonel battering his own face then demoting the clerk and promoting him to confidential clerk with a salary raise The clerk held the position many years and never again used force to secure pay
The passage argues that air remains hotter than any earthly substance and that iron can exist as vapor in the atmosphere. It discusses the universe's origin from nebulous matter forming solids, energy from attraction, and a hypothetical sun heated to 28,000,000 degrees if its heat equaled water's specific heat. It reflects on extreme cosmic temperatures and the limits of human imagination.
The technologist condemns boiling ink recipes and urges cold water for production. A traditional mix including fake gall nuts, iron sulfate, gum arabic, and sugar is started, then stirred daily for two to three weeks to yield a superior ink free of ropy, moldy residue.
A quirky report notes a clam kept by Bangorian will emerge on command, stand on its hinge legs, beg, sling, whistle, and count to thirteen, showcasing unusual animal behavior in a curious item.
An Indiana farmer held a wheat crop for nine years chasing higher prices. He refused $3 per bushel then $250, then $225, $200, and $150. He finally sold 400 bushels at $1.20, missing about $2,000 in potential gains. The story warns to sell at remunerative harvest prices.
The piece urges keeping social charm for home, arguing a silent father dulls the household and harms children. It notes Ireland’s famine-era mood, advises parents to be mentally active for their families, and warns youths flee a quiet home to seek chatter elsewhere.
The piece notes ancient dentistry in Egypt with mummies showing wooden and ivory teeth on gold plates, and ancient Greece and Rome known for artificial teeth. It cites 18th century ads showing goldsmiths making artificial teeth, and recent finds in Spain at Mueia revealing a jaw with a silver tooth, illustrating enduring ingenuity.
Part Philadelphia hosts a colossal engine with a 110 inch cylinder, 10 foot stroke, two 30 foot flywheels weighing 90 tons each, a four-piece main beam 36 feet long, central depth 9 feet, wrought iron centers 27 inches. Total weight about 1,500,000 pounds, capacity 15,000 gallons, capable of pumping 60 tons per minute to 300 feet high. Beams and piping weigh around 210,000 pounds with the rest in proportion.
A bank of Albany in the early century issued its first circulating note. A loan request from a renowned Albany drover sparked internal debate over paying with new currency or gold. A director warned that sending the new bills west and north could lead to their loss, but the motion failed and gold was paid.
The article notes enormous capital in the liquor trade, estimating in Britain 85 0,000,000 invested with employment for 10 846,000 people or 1,500,000 including dependents. Beer capital reaches 120,000,000 with 25,000,000 barrels brewed yearly, while the U.S. also maintains large investments amid vast malt liquor, whisky, brandy, and wine consumption. Temperance reformers are urged to consider these figures as they pursue abstinence.
In North Stonington, widow Hannah York recalls the first stove set up on April 20, 1871 with embers from her fireplace still burning after 65 years. She notes she’d rather have the fireplace and candles than modern replacements.
The text notes that grass should be cut in bloom because saccharine content diminishes afterward while woody fibre increases and becomes insoluble in water. If not cut during flowering, much nourishment in stems and seeds is wasted as the plant decays post maturation.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Mr Colina Hartford purchasing a ferocious item and a dog skin for sale, with mentions of his wife and ill fitting trousers. The text drifts into promises of sitting down in eight weeks and a late return, with several garbled names and phrases.
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