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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1871
Page
1
Medical advertisement promotes H. T. Hembold's Compound Fluid Extract Catawba Grape Pills as a pure vegetable remedy for liver complaints jaundice bilious affections and nervous headaches. It claims no mercury or deleterious drugs and asserts the pills are pleasant to take and do not cause nausea or griping.
Henry T Helmbold proclaims his blood purifying remedy will exterminate scrofula syphilis fever sores ulcers sore eyes and numerous other chronic diseases. The ad claims it cleanses the blood removes constitutional diseases and heals bone pains throat ulcers and skin eruptions while beautifying the complexion.
Advertises TELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU for a wide range of urinary and prostate conditions with claims of curing many ailments. Also promotes HELMBOLD'S IMPROVED ROSEWASH as a facial wash for skin issues including pimples, redness, rash, and dryness, claiming it purifies and softens skin and maintains healthy tissue.
Directions for Henry T. Helmbold's Genuine Preparations state they are delivered to any address and secured from observation. The notice emphasizes twenty years of establishment and urges inquiries to Helmbold, druggist and chemist, with depots in New York and Philadelphia. Beware of counterfeits and ask for Henry.
An 19th century advertisement extols Hopfland's German Bitters as a non alcoholic tonic crafted from plant extracts. It markets a companion Tonic with Santa Cruz rum notes, priced at $1.59, claiming superior medicinal virtue and safety vis a vis stimulants. Also promoted are Dr Hoofland's Greek Oil, Podophyllia pills, and a toxic array of liver, digestion, and nerve remedies, with broad claims and nationwide availability through 631 Arch Street Philadelphia.
The Registext outlines annual and delayed payment rates for subscriptions and lists advertising rates by column width and duration. It specifies advance payment for transient ads and payment on delivery for job-work, with multiple pricing tiers across quarter, half, and full columns and yearly terms.
A comic rant praising the distrikt schoolmaster seen as a martyr with no friends on the flat world. He endures mischief from boys and mockery from girls while earning scant pay and poor meals, yet remains dedicated to shaping diverse pupils. The speaker laments his lot and imagines rewards for ten years of service.
The Chicago disaster is praised for revealing heroism and national unity. Britain and Canada donate blankets as London contributes 1000 guineas. Bricks, stone, and carpenters flood the ruins with anticipated high winter wages, yet living costs rise, testing workers who stay.
A farmer asked Earl Fitzwilliam to assess crop damage from field trampling by hounds near a wood. The Earl advanced fifty pounds as advance, later learned no loss occurred, and returned the sum. He then gave a hundred pound check for the farmer to pass to his eldest son, teaching integrity and generosity.
A storyteller contrasts a boy chosen for core virtues over letters of recommendation with a scene of careful conduct and politeness. The text recalls a recent historical study listing Paris Commune losses totaling about 173 million dollars, plus 43 million in siege costs, highlighting the cost of misguided political actions and the value of human behavior.
Theodore Thomas halted the Pittsburgh concert during a Trau merel performance to scold a talkative listener. He rapped his stand, told the audience to stop talking, and the orchestra resumed once silence returned, drawing applause.
A Louisville poodle ownership dispute rivals the West Virginia goat case in interest. The plaintiff bought the dog in New Orleans for ten dollars as a puppy, grew it to a three pound full dog, and claims it was kicked by the defendant, who now holds the dog and its relations. Lawyers for both sides present in New Orleans depositions as witnesses prepare, promising a substantial bill of costs regardless of the outcome.
Russia strengthens empire fortifications to resist heavy artillery used by Prussia. Cronstadt escarpments gain thicker iron plates and will be replaced with eighteen inch thick upgrades. One million pounds of gunpowder to be kept in store. Field batteries to grow by sixty peices of eight guns each, boosting Russian artillery by six hundred guns versus Germany.
A collection of traditional cautions and omens from everyday life. It lists signs drawn from the Gridiron, a broken mirror, funeral processions, lost pocket-books, nails, nails bits, roosters, and a peculiar superstition about an itching ear.
The San Francisco Bulletin reviews California wine production for 1871 noting an abundant harvest despite minor issues from saw burning. Los Angeles and Sonoma counties each yield about 1,250,000 gallons, Napa 200,000, with total state vintage around 8,000,000 gallons and 180,000 to 300,000 gallons of brandy. Vine growers distill less brandy this year due to heavy federal taxation.
The famous French tricolor still waves from Metz Cathedral spire. A lone, skilled climber is credited with placing and maintaining the banner, having refused a 5 000 franc offer to remove it. The piece notes changing engagement customs and a printer’s misprint apology.
A miscellany of observations and reports on nature, travel, and science. Notes on bean vine directions, gray squirrels moving west from Mississippi islands, a preservation method using alum and saltpetre, estimates of global species counts across animals plants and fungi, daylight auroras debated, Prof. Agassiz leading a deep sea survey, and a diatom collecting method using a linen cloth over a hydrant to yield minute aquatic forms.
A quirky note on insect sounds explains katydids mimic a tambourine by wing rubbing to call mates. The piece shifts to a Chicago Letter scene of a man staring at five story Water Street stores ablaze, hinting at despair. Hannah Roberts dies in Philadelphia after long life though she outlived many plagues.
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