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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1890
Page
3
A reminiscence from T De Witt Salmage about a boyhood attempt at smoking a three-cent cigar. The narrative follows the elation and misadventure of first tobacco, the wobbling street journey, and the aftereffects felt by both the boy and his cautious family at home.
A Deming New Mexico man John T Shy famed for his wartime heroism saving his wife and child during an Apache attack on his ranch his daring action including escaping through brush carrying his son while firing on pursuers and returning to Deming wounded to ensure his family's safety The tale links to his enduring legacy as a western hero while a stray later snippet shows a humorous street exchange about a thief and feathers with a city patrolman
The Buffalo Courier cites a physician denouncing medicine as humbug and poisons, praising herbal remedies like Warner's Sale Cre. Reports claim cures and miraculous recoveries from paralysis, including a machinist who regained movement after using the remedy. The piece recounts patient anecdotes and criticizes professional prescriptions and the scientific basis of medicine.
In Holyoke a female lecturer challenged the audience asking if any man had lightened his wife's burden by doing housework. A timid man in the rear rose, revealing he was the speaker's husband, marking his first time to assert himself.
Article promotes Wood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for catarrh tied to colds and impure blood. It claims to remove impurities from the blood to curb disease tissues and restore health. A Detroit crime anecdote follows about a patrol arrest on Michigan Avenue with a prisoner quipping about a roller.
A noisy blend of advertising blurbs and brief notices: a call for subscription to a boys and girls guidance paper with apprenticeship and wage notes, a Louisiana tale of a man with a rattlesnake, Kemp's Balsam praise for coughs and colds, a Salt Well Valley borax dig finds petrified bones from an extinct animal, and a quip on forgetfulness as a path to pleasing others.
Dyspepsia sufferers are urged to use Hostetters Stomach Bitters to restore digestion and vitality. The text touts improvements in color, appetite, sleep, and mood, claiming benefits for malaria and rheumatic conditions, while warning of fatigue and despondency from indigestion.
Warns against mercury based catarrh nostrums and urges using Hall's Catarrh Core by F W Cheney Co Toledo Ohio sold by druggists. Claims the remedy contains no mercury and works through the blood and mucous surfaces. Advises ensuring product authenticity and prescription only use.
A fragmented misread dialogue mentions imported goods and a steerage butter claim from New York Weekly. It recalls Dr White's Dandelion Alterative for dyspepsia and boasts a Broadway Square Theater tragedy with a strong cast. A new violin piano hybrid is described as six violins, two violas and two violoncellos set in a pianoforte frame.
An assortment of quick cures and household remedies dominates the page. Advertisements tout Dob bins Electric Soap, Dr Bull's Worm Destroyers, LorGreat Ham's Pimis, Piso's Cure, and Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Notices mock cross-examination, a locust proverb, and literary snippets about arms and insects accompany health claims and consumer tips.
A rich New Yorker, told he had only months to live from a incurable consumption, tries Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. He reportedly improves dramatically, with claims the remedy cures consumption by addressing the blood and treating scrofula and related ailments.
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