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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1892
Page
3
A health ad urges women to seek beauty through perfect health. It claims Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription regulates womanly functions, improves digestion, enriches the blood, eases pains, and promotes sleep. It guarantees benefit or money back, asserting unlikely substitutes won’t be as good.
London it Bits offers prizes for the best explanations of words. This time the subject is A Friend. The winning definition is printed in stars, with the best entries previously reprinted in the Tribune.
The passage surveys myriad definitions of true friendship from devotion and mutual esteem to loyalty and support. It contrasts ideal bonds with the practical tests of trust, honesty, and steadfast presence, framing friendship as a protectively shared shelter amid hardship and prosperity alike.
A beam of sunlight through a prism and rotating disc creates color flashes on a vessel containing silk or worsted. Hearing accompanies the spectrum colors. red and green produce strong sounds while red and blue parts yield little. Also references Freeman Carlyle and a humor about doctorate titles.
The third and final Harvest Excursion will run to Oklahoma, Indian Reservations, and Texas aboard Great Rock Island Route. Tickets depart Chicago and points to Mississippi River on Oct 25, with Missouri River points leaving one day later. John Sebastian G T and P A Chicago.
The piece advocates small co owned living arrangements for young women in self supporting roles. It suggests two to four women form a shared home in pleasant Boston neighborhoods renting three to four rooms for 300 to 600 dollars yearly, furnishing simply. A gas stove and modest housekeeping make dwelling affordable and pleasant, offering privacy, proprietorship, social gatherings, and a healthier alternative to boarding houses or institutions.
A health column extols Hostetters Stomach Bitters as the sure defense against malaria and other ailments, urging fortification of the system with defensive medicine. It claims the remedy erodes obstinate malaria and relieves constipation, liver issues, dyspepsia, and kidney troubles. Also included is a humorous tale of Deacon Sharp courting Jenny Price, who rejects him for his alleged sins and warns of matrimony. The item closes with a note that the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad plans excursion tickets in 1892 and a brief note from a British army officer proposing ducks as naval dispatch carriers.
An assortment of small ads includes 10 cents for a pack of Back Island Playing Cards via G RL & P RY Chicago, with five prepaid packs by express. Also quoted are quotes on intellect and affection from Samuel Smiles and J G Holland, Beecham's Pills for digestion, headaches, and liver issues, and a reminder to promptly pay bills to avoid frictions.
A collage of older advertisements and public notices promotes remedies such as Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co and Ely s Cream Balm for catarrh, with testimonials. It notes Western Australia magistrates may sentence natives for certain crimes using a cat o nine tails but restricts instrument use. Also mentions Ely s Dream Balm and instructions for nasal application. Addresses and prices included.
A lawsuit over ownership of coins believed to be five dollar gold pieces found in a Methuen store Mass was quashed for an odd reason after a visit to the Boston sub-treasury. Tests showed the coins are copper plated with gold.
Jesse Barker of Humboldt Kansas reports fifteen years of biliary trouble and constipation. After trying multiple remedies a friend advised August Flower. He credits it with restoring energy and urges others with dyspepsia and biliousness to try it.
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