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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1884
Page
3
The Bermuda island is a coral limestone mass with fertile soil in pockets. Garden making uses crowbars to break rock and mix soil, enabling year round crops. houses are carved from rock, water tanks rise from rock, and rainwater is favored for drinking.
The pansy, called the Cinderella of the sisterhood, rises from humble violet roots to royal favor in floriculture. The piece links its legend You may occupy my thoughts to love and friendship, and recalls Professor Silliman's Europe visit where Madame Agassiz sent pansies to bid farewell to him and Mr. Silliman.
Professor Mantogazza of Pavia reports that many plants and flowers emit ozone in sunlight. Hyacinth mignonette heliotrope lemon mint lavender narcissus cherry laurel and similar greenery may cleanse air, suggesting citywide benefits from aromatic vegetation and flower pots to improve urban health.
Parson Bledse of the Austin Blue Lights Tabernacle visits the Webster family to rebuke Jim Webster for eating peanuts during church. Jim hides behind a curtain but his feet protrude, prompting the Parson to joke that he should take his feet when he goes hunting.
The article explains a method to split a single sheet of paper into two or three layers by soaking a sheet on glass and pulling apart after pasting edges with cloth or strong paper. It notes the technique can separate printed sides for scrapbook use and that the process dulls the ink slightly while preserving a view of the original when reassembled. The method was once advertised for sale, now shared gratis.
In London underground tunnels a repair crew used a rat and ferret to pull a missing leading line through a main and branch sewer pipe system. They tied steel wire to the rat, followed by the ferret, and the moving pair drew the telegraph wire to complete the circuit, saving the company thousands.
The kola nut or cum is widely chewed and eaten in interior Africa especially near Sierra Leone. It is described as sweet astringent and bitter with devotees among Europeans and Africans. It is said to sustain the system under fatigue and may prevent dysentery and illness. The powder is claimed to render foul water drinkable and harmless.
A reminiscence notes that France and other nations were once led by rulers whose names began with G. It lists Grevy and Gambetta in France, Guillaume in Germany, Gladstone in Britain, Gortschakoff in Russia, Garfield in the United States, and mentions Ciers succeeding Gortschakoff.
An affluent New Yorker purchases a painting from a Broadway dealer and asks if it is by an old master. The dealer hints it may become so with time, noting the work is by the seller’s young nephew who shows extraordinary talent. Texas Siflings. A German professor finds that plant colors change with acids or salts in alcohol extracts, using peony as example to produce violet, red, blue or green liquids.
A Greely expedition tale recalls Sergt George B Rice and a single match that saved a sledge party at Hall's Rest Greenland. A buried love letter, worn as an amulet, sustained the flame and the survivors. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters extolled for digestion malaria rheumatism and kidney and bladder relief.
A crowd in a village store hears of a Chicago son who bought for July delivery and got left. They joke about delivery woes and offer help, while an owner notes the warning to William and a January melon plan. The Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano improvements cited for tone purity and stable tuning.
A humorous excerpt discusses a dead fly in soup with a waiter offering speculative causes. It cites a Boston Courier joke about the insect and includes ad lines for Dr Prence's Compound Extract of Smart-Weed and a Moliere quote on beauty of the mind, plus Lowell Courter on tax receipts of match sellers.
An excerpt cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as delaying death by nature's debts, claiming it helps sore throat bronchitis asthma and consumption. It links scrofula ulcers and tumors to blood disease and names its alterative action, while a separate line asks about the Valley of Babyland in a Marford Post style.
A World’s Dis Penalty Medical Association statement from Bulalo N describes a new method that reportedly permanently cures the worst rupture cases without a knife. It asks readers to send two letter stamps for references and pamphlet.
The nuts ripen in November and yield about three kernels each, with pure white tallow. The process uses a wooden cylinder, hot sieves, straw cylinder presses, and results in 40 to 50 pounds of tallow from 133 pounds of seed. The tallow lights Buddhist candles in China and is also pressed for oil.
A persuasive pitch for Kidney-Wort a vegetable compound claiming to cleanse kidneys liver and bowels and cure chronic ailments including nervous disorders and blood issues. It urges immediate purchase and cites testimonials and miscellaneous health claims.
A brief ad describes To Guiesaco Lepore as the top story paper in the West priced at one dollar per year with eight stories per issue and free sample copies. It provides mailing address in Chicago and notes hotel accommodations at the Gault House.
The Grand Union Hotel offers 600 elegant rooms costing one million dollars to fit out, with daily rates starting at one dollar. It features the European plan, elevator, dining, and horse cabs with elevated railroad access to all depots. Families are urged to choose Grand Union for better value than other first class hotels in the city.
An advertisement touts Starvelous Restorations with cures claimed for consumption citirrh rheumatism bronchitis and other chronic diseases using Compound Oxygen. It cites physicians Starkey and Palen in Philadelphia and invites reader inquiry. Also promotes MpNSMAN'S PEIPTONIZ ED BEEF Tonic from Caswell Hazard Co New York and includes testimonial for Bly's Cream Balm and various health products.
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