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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1871
Page
1
Medical advert describes Helmbold's Compound Fluid Extract Catawba Grape Pills as a pure vegetable purgative for liver complaints jaundice bilious affections and nervous headache. Claims no mercury minerals or deleterious drugs and notes pleasant taste and rapid energizing effects without nausea or griping.
Henry T. Helmbold advertises a blood purifier that purportedly treats scrofula, syphilis, fever sores, ulcers, sore eyes, bronchitis, skin diseases, salt rheum, cankers, running ears, tumors, cancerous affections, and numerous chronic conditions. It promises to purify the blood, restore health and complexion, and cure pains and swellings of bones and skin eruptions.
An 19th century advertisement touts Helmbold's Extract Buchu as a universal cure for diabetes urinary and kidney ailments and female disorders. It also promotes Helmbold's Rosewash as a facial cleanser and skin therapy with claims of rapid improvement, with depot addresses in New York and Philadelphia and cautions against counterfeits.
Promotes Hoofland's German Bitters as a pure root and herb extract with no alcohol, paired with German Tonic for a palatable mix. Claims powerful liver and digestive benefits, criticizes cheap preparations, and notes price and availability from Charles M. Evans at 631 Arch Street Philadelphia and distributors nationwide.
The Register lists advance subscription at 200 per year with 250 after six months and 300 after year end. It states no paper-discontinuance until arrears are paid and failure to notify is a new engagement. Advertising rates shown by column width and duration.
A compact satire listing notable Irish figures and quips, noting an Irishman seeking a deathless refuge, an editor lamenting Ireland’s woes, a coroner joking on mortality, a Rotunda handbill offering welcome to all ladies, and Boyle Roche on misfortune, finishing with a Dublin spirit merchant advertising George IV’s discarded whisky.
A column argues that big noses indicate genius, citing figures such as Bret Harte Joaquin Miller Colonel Fisk Gen Butler Henry Clay Daniel Webster and John Cochrane among others. It notes Horace Greeley’s small nose as a counterexample and asserts noses as notable identifiers of intellect.
A Waterbury American note recalls a Yale story of Professor Hadley and a conceited Freshman named Ferguson who boasts a pedigree to impress him. The professor, testing the claim, identifies a chain of relations and quips that the student forms an ascending series.
The Cincinnati Commercial laments the New York Times lost prestige amid ongoing defense of the Custom House scandal. Strong language accuses national press of wavering in coverage and integrity as the public weighs competing claims in the controversy.
A historical recounting of how Wyoming adopted woman suffrage in 1869. The Secretary of the Territory urged the President of the Council to draft a bill, which passed the council and then the house, ending with the Governor’s signature to seal the law. It notes political theater and the Governor’s signature as the final act.
A letter recalls two boys on the Erie line and two sober English men who set timber on the Great Eastern Railway for “a lark.” Authorities warn that such acts endanger lives and demand severe punishment to deter these death traps on tracks.
A Russian war steamer arrived at Callao and saluted the Peruvian fleet with cannonading. Peruvian officers dipped flags but did not fire. The Russian commander sought an explanation and learned the Peruvian navy had been disarmed by presidential order, leaving no gun aboard the fleet. The incident caused great mortification among Peruvian officers.
Reported abdication rumors aside, Victoria has long suffered mental infirmity. She insists Prince Albert guides her and converses with him for hours. Her private rooms mimic his era with his chair opposite, meals served to the empty seat, and daily routines simplified. She believes in living spirits, drawing consolation from Albert’s influence. She withdraws from public life, neglecting harp and easel except for rare memories.
A new system using endless tapes in the London Central Telegraph Station feeds and delivers telegrams between floors to replace hand collection. The rotary motion allows continuous, single-message handling in both directions. Cost is nominal, powered by existing engines and the pneumatic setup. The reader is told of the efficiency and sight of the tapes at work. California wheat land figures and a Democratic defeat remark conclude the piece.
ex Senator Allen addresses a Democratic meeting in Chillicothe on the power of the public press. He argues the press informs, shapes opinion, and often supersedes public speakers by delivering daily discourse to readers and listeners, stressing that press responsibility equals national liberties. He urges the press to defend rights and liberties for the people.
A foreign correspondent details the trouble of spelling words abroad and at home. The writer recalls the scramble with sarcasm and other spellings, noting how a dictionary or friend can complicate or clarify the correct form. The piece ends noting occasional annoyance and the impracticality of always carrying a lexicon.
In Charles Mayne Young’s Memoirs a vivid tale shows vanity shaping human motive. During the early French Revolution Lafayette deploys artillery to disperse Paris mobs. A young officer pleads to use a milder method stating he aims at vanity, not reason, and the crowd scatters, eager to prove they are respectable.
The largest workforce in England is 56 000 at John Taylor and Sons where workers mine. In Louisiana reactions run high as Agassiz is criticized for denying predictions of a tidal wave. Scientists are accused of dampening public enjoyment.
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