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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1885
Page
3
A condemning portrait of Solano Francisco Lopez portraying him as cruel and cowardly. It laments Paraguayan suffering during a devastating war his vanity provoked and argues the nation’s people endured ruin yet remained loyal and devoted despite oppression. The piece notes Lopez’s absence from battle and his brutal rule.
The article discusses remedies for sorrow based on mental diversion and constructive activity. It cites Huguet’s solitary confinement experiments in Austria, the role of daily purposeful efforts in language or art, and a French physician’s approach of matching patients with cherished pastimes to shift focus from distress. It emphasizes that grief affects the brain, requires submission to God, and advocates practical coping to prevent despair among youth facing setbacks.
A young painter, self confident and enamored of his own genius, boasts at a dinner about not marrying to spare women pain. He tells a charming woman he would make many unhappy, provoking her quip that he would only make one woman unhappy. He now avoids her, a Whitehall view.
An essay contends the silk hat promotes good conduct by acting as a moral frontispiece. It argues high hats deter deliberate villainy and serve as a telltale clue when a man hides out all night, revealing misdeeds come morning.
A physician in Philadelphia reports successful surgery removing accessory tendons linking the little and middle fingers to the ring finger. Dr William S Forbes of Jefferson College demonstrated that severing these tendons frees the ring finger, enabling pianists to lift and flex more easily for sustained notes. The operation, applied to a prominent patient, granted greater facility and gratification in piano play.
A cornered miser refuses a widow’s plea for help, insisting on a sixty day note with a strong indorser to ensure a monument. The tale ends with the bitter moral that wealth outlives kindness, as the cemetery reveals true memory.
The colonies and dependencies of Great Britain cover vast areas and a large share of the world population. They total about ten million square miles, with roughly 3,000,000 in America, 1,000,000 in Asia, and 2,500,000 in Australia, and are organized into forty administrative divisions under Ocean.
An old humor piece contrasts rhymes for winder with a comic reading scene featuring Pindar Odes and a student. It hawks Hos tetter’s Stomach Bitters as vital traveling medicine, claiming it cures cramps, heartburn, wind, and cures maladies of travel while protecting feeble travelers from danger.
A collage of brief quips and notes from newspapers, including jokes about Indians and poets, a remark on dying, a comment on returning home in crowded streets, and vintage ads for cod liver oil and patent medicines. Mentions Harmful yet humorous lines and product pitches from CASWELL Hazard & Co. and Lyon's Heel Stiffeners.
The Buffalo New York institution boasts eighteen physicians and surgeons offering treatment for chronic diseases with claims of curing nasal throat lung liver kidney digestive bladder women’s diseases blood and skin issues rheumatism neuralgia nervous debility paralysis epilepsy sterilizes through residence and correspondence. It offers an Invalids Guide Book for 10 cents and cites cures including ruptures and varicocele. A Philadelphia note adds humor about a 22 year old marrying a 73 year old widow.
A collage of period advertisements and tips cites Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for women’s ailments, promotes Wanker's California Blood Purifier, and features cosmetic soap claims. Also notes a book review and a skincare soap from Caswell, Hazard & Co.
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