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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1871
Page
1
Medical notice notes Henry T. Helmbold’s Compound Fluid Extract Catawba brought to public medical practice. Provides claim of restorative properties and uses in health improvement. Mentions availability and supplier details for consumers seeking tonic relief.
An advertisement extols I. I. Helmbold's Compound Fluid Extract Catawba Grape Pills as a pleasant purgative superior to castor oil and salts. The pills claim to strengthen the system without nausea or griping, use fine ingredients, and avoid sugar coating unlike other pills, asserting they are not patent medicines and dissolve in the stomach.
A historic advertisement proclaims Menry T Dwembold's will to exterminate scrofula syphilis fever sores ulcers sore eyes and many other chronic diseases through a blood purifying preparation. It touts health restoration, clear complexion, and relief from bone pains ulcerations and skin eruptions.
Advertising copy for Henry T. Helmbold promoting Extract Buchu as a cure for diabetes and urinary issues, claiming wide efficacy and minimal side effects. Also touts Helmbold’s Rosewash as a face wash for skin ailments and promises safe delivery from depots in New York and Philadelphia. Mentions counterfeits and instructions to send inquiry letters.
An 19th century drug advertisement lists Hoofland’s German Bitters Hoofland’s German Tonic Hoofland’s Podophyllin Pill and Hoofland’s Greek Oil as claimed remedies. The notice markets tonic formulas for internal use and bodily ailments, reflecting era patent medicine practice.
An 19th century notice promotes Dr Hoofland’s German Bitters and Tonic as pure plant based remedies for liver and digestive ailments. It touts no alcohol in Bitters, claims superior potency, and warns against cheaper imitations. It lists symptoms of liver and digestion disorders and asserts cure with two pills per dose and tonic combination.
The piece details subscription prices and ad rates for The Register, including local column doubles and full page options. It then satirically recounts a Californian wedding tale about a husband’s culinary mania spurred by mining days, ending with the wife enduring the chaos before normal life resumes.
In 1872 M Costa and M Louis Bellow observed a light burning nightly in a fifth story apartment. They learned the occupant, a poor Midi journalist trainee, was Adolphe Thiers. Coste offered him work at their journal, launching his career.
G N Palmer, traveling agent for a New York firm, recovered three thousand dollars from the Charlotte Columbia and Augusta Railroad for ejectment from the cars. He held a through ticket and the conductor took the coupon, giving a check. Palmer was later ejected when a new conductor refused to honor the check. The Augusta Georgia Court of Common Pleas decided the case.
A passerby entered a country store in Putnam County New York and stole money from the cash drawer. He woke the sleeping merchant, returned the loot, and was arrested on criminal charges. The odd episode amid a string of disparate clippings follows.
A Georgia man bitten by a rattlesnake last week drank turpentine then whiskey and is rapidly recovering. The Detroit item notes flannel receptions are fashionable in Boston with a local rule of government granting one hour’s sewing for the poor and three hours’ dancing.
Reports from Europe claim France may grant a charter to dig a tunnel under the Straits of Dover to link Great Britain and France by railway. Geologists now say the bed is chalk and easily bored through, potentially enabling two tunnels in four years at about 20 million dollars.
A United Brethren elder in Minnesota recounted a tale of rebuking a disruptive congregant who turned out to be an idiot. The anecdote ends with the preacher admitting fear of misjudging and condemning someone again. The sermon later proceeded with better order.
An advocate for saving urges workers to open a savings bank account. Begin with five dollars, then deposit regularly to build frugality, economy, and self control. A bank account fosters thrift and guards against intemperance and vice.
A Ohio man reports a Jacksonville friend’s discovery that concussion from passing trains harms orchard pests. Two pounds of powder in a hollow oak stump, lit at night, allegedly eliminates insects like curculios and caterpillars, and revives trees, while the method is claimed to purify the atmosphere and ward off diseases.
A posted notice from a native landlord in Lahore Hindostan warns guests not to discuss meals or departures, and to inform the manager about any notes or requests. It states charges for meals and items like wall lamps, and outlines fixed monthly rates with no deductions for days absent.
An old account recounts a historic tunnel through Mont Viso in the Alps, long before Mont Cenis. It opened on the Po’s source side, stretched mostly through solid rock, and served as a turnpike route from Embrun to Saluces before later being damaged and later repaired, now largely forgotten.
The piece criticizes the Treasury for saving 220,484 from destroying fractional currency while urging reforms. It calls for redeeming mutilated coins, endorses metal tokens, and argues for full withdrawal of fractional paper currency to curb debased money. It ends with a jab at English governesses and cooks.
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