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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1891
Page
3
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a restorative tonic for feeble women. It claims to renew the system, improve digestion, enrich the blood, ease aches, promote sleep, calm nervous symptoms, and restore flesh, with a money-back guarantee and no alcohol.
A wandering narrator recalls a Kentucky picnic near Manchester with a rough hewn log house scene and a rumor of a lynching amid election chatter. The piece shifts to a description of England’s pyx coin trial and Ignatieff’s Prague post, then notes Italian fiscal crisis and dreibund tensions with Britain, Germany, and Austria, urging Italy to cut armed forces to avoid bankruptcy and preserve influence. May include fashion, a medical joke, and Italy’s weak stance in European affairs.
Lord Rayleigh at the Royal Institution describes photographing a soap bubble as it bursts in under a third of a second. The feat, achieved after trials, contrasts with capturing lightning and nebulae, showing photography advancing to reveal fleeting natural phenomena.
A four year old girl named Charlotte has overcome difficulties with English by recognizing how language works. She explains that hens set and lay, and that people sit and lie, revealing a playful early grasp of verbs and grammar in a moment of insight shared with her mother.
A collage of early 20th century prose extols baby fat as essential wealth and comfort, urges parental care and medical guidance, and promotes Scott’s Emulsion for nourishment. It references Chinese cigar imports in Cuba, a Lord’s Prayer parchment in Washington, and ads for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, with addresses in New York and Philadelphia.
An 8 inch weekly ad from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co promises readers a Crescent marked item. Readers are asked to name the word to receive BOOK lithographs or free samples. The page also touts Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water and Piso’s Cure for Consumption as remedies.
A broad public endorsement declares Dr White’s Pulmonaria the best cough remedy. Advertisers claim rapid cures for cough, croup, and whooping cough, with consumption promised to be cured. Sold at 25, 50, and 1 dollar per bottle, each warranted and safe.
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