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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1888
Page
3
A travel writer recalls near encounters with leopards in an Indian dwelling. A night in a small bath room leads to a close view of a crouching leopard drinking from a ghurra. The animal escapes as the outer door remains open, prompting caution about early afternoon closures.
A tale recalls a young man in Mobile who tried to beat a roulette saloon. After selling property to fund bets, he won repeatedly and amassed large sums until the bank halted play. He kept a brass button as luck, discovering it after his windfall. A comic exchange then follows about a lawyer’s office as a source of money.
The piece notes J A Ewing on earthquakes as wobbling motions not shocks with Japan recording up to an inch and three quarters. It highlights M Oscar Lehmidt’s sponge cultivation method in Styria yielding large sponges from small cuttings at low cost. It mentions a glass conduit idea for underground wires, rapid photography feats including a Cuban beetle light portrait and aurora borealis, and world population estimates by Die Bevolkerung editor and M L avasseur.
The piece extols natural remedies from Warner's Log Cabin line, praising ancestral herbal cures over modern drugs. It lists products like Log Cabin sarsaparilla, hops and barley tonic, cough and consumption remedy, hair tonic, rose cream, liver pills, and plasters, claiming old recipes passed down from grandmothers.
A dialog between sisters Fanny and Emeline mocks a paper’s claim that chewing gum could cause blindness. The scene shifts to a medical promo for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, touting cures for fever, stomach ailments, constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatism, debility, and kidney issues with confident marketing language.
The St. Pavel Pioneer Press notes a humorous English will in which a testator leaves his wife one farthing and directs the executrix to mail it unpaid, remarking she called him Old Pig. The writer suggests the wife anticipated her fate with keen humor across 3000 miles.
A collage of quotes on faith and humanity from Harper's Magazine editors, including a prayer about congregations and a witty remark by an old bachelor. The note mentions the ship HOSGO KON G taken from China by the English under Capt. Elliott on August 23, 1889 and ceded to Britain on January 20, 1841.
A Great Surprise is in store for all who use Kemp's Thalsam for the Throat and Lungs, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that it is sold on its merits and that any druggist is authorized by the proprietor of this wonderful remedy to give you a sample bottle free. It never fails to cure acute or chronic coughs. All druggists sell hemp's Balsam. Large Bottles Co and SL.
Capt Bassett, longtime Senate doorkeeper, performs a formal opening ritual at five minutes to the hour. He bows, announces the meeting time, escorts the presiding officer into the chamber, hands over the gavel, then returns to his post beside the President.
A letter from W H Dean of 278 Seventh Street New York describes severe lumbago pain in the back. He says two Alucock’s Porous Plasters, warmed and applied, reduced the pain within half an hour and allowed him to resume his business within two hours with full recovery by the next day.
Professional Squillsby, a photo graphic studio worker, proposed successfully in a studio setup. He then asked for a kiss and guided his partner to turn her head, fix her eyes on a picture knob, and smile, describing the “operation” to commence amid the exchange.
The article urged parental care for infants and advised Scapis Emvasion of Cod Liver Qib with Hypophesptites of Lime and Soda as a core remedy. It claimed benefits for lung and throat diseases, marasmus, rickets, and general weakness, touting a pleasant taste and easy digestion for delicate infants.
A clergyman after years of catarrh suffering found a recipe that cured him. He credits the remedy and offers the recipe free to anyone sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof J A Lawrences at 88 Warren Street New York City.
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