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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1892
Page
3
Averstus CaSAR is reported to have died from overwork and exhaustion, reflecting a harsh toll on labor conditions and sustaining the impression of relentless workload pressures.
A health note argues a plump, sickly baby signals better health. It claims careful living and Cod Liver Oil based Scott's Emulsion aid both health and fullness. A free book offer accompanies the promotion.
In a haunted home a wary reader tries to prove the house’s self not haunted but noises and moving lights reveal otherwise. The unseen door locks, stairs, table, bookcase, and lamp behave oddly until daylight restores calm and the narrator learns the house acts with its own company.
A small Louis ville division agent faced discharge amid union tensions prompting a challenge that led to a wider move as brotherhood members were reportedly discharged and a major strike threat loomed after the Indianapolis visit. A Michigan correspondent recounts a deer rescue gone wrong on Tahquamenaw River with a buck attack and the fawn’s rescue.
The New York Sun praises giving servants real names beyond titles. A housekeeper jokes she calls cooks Berks and Mary, while the cook wants to be recognized as Mrs Brown. The exchange highlights the dignity of workers and their steady status.
Major Wright reports in Glimpses of the Nations Struggle that the Adjutant of the One Hundred and sixty-sixth New York was shot through the left arm and crawled into a ditch as Confederate lines charged. Amid heavy fire both sides treated him. a Confederate officer offered blankets and help, and the two soldiers then separated toward opposite lines. The Adjutant reached Union lines, had his arm amputated, and was sent home.
Public notices advertise last Harvest Excursion to Oklahoma Indian Reservations and Texas via Great Rock Island Route with date October 25 for Chicago and Mississippi River points. Also scattered items on liver and bowel health remedies, bread making advances, and miscellaneous equipment ads with brief anecdotes and product pitches.
A stout lady visits a shoe-store in New York City seeking bath slippers with urgency. She provides the address 246 5th Avenue, causing mild confusion as the salesman confirms the size and number, reflecting a humorous miscommunication.
Notice suggests a Boston Globe page on weight loss at low cost. Readers can send two cents for a copy to Betina Circulating Library in Chicago. It cites sea travel safety, claiming only sixty five lives lost last year out of 500 million passengers on American waters and ports.
An advertisement offers a pack of Rock Island Playing Cards for 10 cents in stamps from John Sebastian, Gen's Ticket and Pass Agent, G. R. I. & P. Ry, Chicago. It claims the cards are the best and worth five times the cost. Orders of five packs prepaid by express. Also notes water being composed of oxygen and hydrogen in a 1 to 2 volume ratio.
A promotional note declares August Flower a specialized remedy for dyspepsia affecting the stomach and liver. It claims universal use, wide distribution, and a large manufacturing plant, arguing the product’s single effective function is to cure dyspepsia.
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