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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1891
Page
4
A rural hymn of plenty and care describes a farm rich in harvest and livestock, with laughter and a large family gathering. The speaker pledges generosity toward neighbors and creatures, hoping to share abundance as a form of thanksgiving and service.
A humorous tale follows Mr Spinner who forgets eggs, drags a live turkey home by cotton string, and battles a stump-filled field. After a comical chase the turkey is captured by his wife Mirandy, who proves the old adage that a wife can handle Thanksgiving chaos.
A scene in Texas Siftings shows Abe Spinner and his wife arguing over a possum mistaken for a turkey. A hidden opossum tricks them as the minister Bijah Bones jokes about Providence. Spinner collapses after the animal slips away, and his wife vows to quit drinking and cooking stove-wood as a Thanksgiving warning.
A collage of brief notes mentions culinary taxidermy and stuffing a turkey, over-cultivation of the turkey crop in New Hampshire, jokes about Thanksgiving, Mormon settlers flourishing near the Sierra Madre, and a Boston warning that fast elevators in tall buildings are linked to heart disease.
A visitor from the Sandwich Islands extols Honolulu's telephone system as the best in the world noting instant access to any number and clear long distance hearing. He cites Hilo's strong lines to planters’ homes and says Hawaiians use phones more than anywhere else in the United States. Calls for dock time, ship arrivals, and planter notices are swiftly shared.
A 19th century advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a solution for nervous invalids. It claims bright noises disturb, digestion improves with the tonic, and strength returns as nerves calm. It also promises prevention and cure of biliousness malaria rheumatism and kidney issues, urging immediate use.
The poet Swinburne is described as a shy, unimpressive man who remained under his mother's influence into college days. He eagerly drinks tea in large quantities and lives quietly near Putney with his friend Watts, editor of the Atheneum, seeing little society and keeping his Bohemian past restricted to a few intimates.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway runs solid ves tibuled electric lighted and steam heated trains between Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Minneapolis along with Chicago Omaha and Sioux City. It operates over sixty one hundred miles across Illinois Wisconsin Northern Michigan Minnesota Iowa Missouri and the Dakotas with sleep parlor dining and coach cars on all through lines. Through trains are steam heated and the railway promises the best accommodations for the least money with courteous service.
A collage of ad copy and short health notes cites Syrup of Figs for cleansing the system, discussions on ocean voyages aiding debility, a word puzzle offer from The Dr Harter Medicine Co, jelly lid tips, Dr White's Dandelion Alterative for dyspepsia and liver, a California wealth tale, Brown’s Bronchial Troches, and Romer’s Protestant churches.
The passage extols Bishop Walker of North Dakota as possessing the greatest girth and stature among bishops beside Phillipps. It notes he stands three inches above six feet tall, is stout in proportion, and has a strikingly handsome face.
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