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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1892
Page
3
A nineteenth century advert extols Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as small sugar coated pills that avoid gripping the system. They claim vegetable purity, gentle laxative and cathartic effects, regulate liver stomach and bowels quickly and thoroughly, with a money back guarantee.
An 1890s style advertisement urges women approaching middle age to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a wide range of female health issues. It promotes cures for bearing down, back pain, leucorrhea, uterine displacement, inflammation, ovarian trouble, bloating, faintness and nervous exhaustion and offers mail order from Lynn, Massachusetts.
The text explains that lime and soda hypophosphites plus cod liver oil in Scott s Emulsion improve appetite and digestion and may increase weight. It calls cod liver oil mainly a food and tonic, notes the blend aims to maximize benefits, and offers a free book on careful living from Scott & Bowne in New York.
The excerpt describes lizards in Singapore disrupting a hotel night with falling creatures and mosquito nets. It shifts to brief witty quotes about Lydia Maria Child, Rachel the actress, Harriet Martineau, and other women, reflecting humorous or pointed lines on wealth, duty, and life.
The article notes humorists and actors often carry melancholy offstage and describes the social costs of constant comedy. It cites Yoricks writers and English comedian types as examples and recounts a Paris anecdote where a patient discovers his own identity as Dominique. Forced humor is a sad venture with a natural mood rebound.
In Haworth's study The Mammoth and the Flood he argues frozen Siberian plains preserve mammoth remains across a vast belt from the east to the Obi River. He links these finds to a recent rapid uplift of the plateau that altered climate and kept bodies intact. Falconer had previously noted bones found far higher than possible for their life.
A collection of short items notes a clergyman's embarrassing slip during a church notice, a stormy sea voyage and seasickness, a curious Magellan Strait post office, voice types, and brief ads for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Dobbins' Soap, and Beecham's Pills. It captures period tone and miscellany of travel, religion, and commerce.
Editor A. Rowell of the Lancaster Gazette endorses Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring cleanse for the system and liver. He claims two to three bottles raise his condition a hundred percent and even cites five hundred percent better, noting clearer thinking, better sleep, and smoother daily life.
Barnum & Bailey athletes insist performers keep a unique tune for hard acts. Music aids muscle memory and timing, preventing accidents when the tempo shifts mid performance. A waltz may calm and steady a mid air sketch, while a march would disrupt balance and risk injury. Also promoting Syrup of Figs as a gentle spring remedy.
The article notes that the modern flute differs from ancient ones due to continual improvements. It mentions the flageolet and credits Juvigny with its origin around 1581, highlighting how older readers would scarcely recognize today’s instrument.
A traveler from Bologna to Florence lost part of her artificial hair after a spark from a locomotive set it alight. Medics reported the damage was not as serious as feared.
A 3 inch display ad from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co features a unique word puzzle where every new weekly advertisement shares only one common word. The house places a Crescent mark on all offerings and promises a free sample if you name the word. There is also a note about vast railroad rolling stock, with millions of freight cars and tens of thousands of passenger cars in use in the United States.
A blind eel found in a Maine pond is sent to the United States Fish Commission as a curiosity. The text also promotes Bradycrozine and other patent medicines including Bradycrotine for headaches, Halls Catarah Cure, and Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer with testimonials and free trials.
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