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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1891
Page
3
Promotes the potion as a cure for consumption and lung taints, claiming to heal diseased lungs and blood taints. It markets itself as a strength restorer and flesh builder for weak lungs bronchitis asthma catarrh and lingering coughs. The ad promises money back if it does not benefit or cure and highlights cures for skin and glandular issues including eczema goitre ulcers and boils.
An eyewitness recalls the brutal siege of Tarragona on June 28 1811. Manuel and Clara hide beneath a cistern with Clara’s family as French soldiers loiter and search the house. A brave escape seems near but the danger proves fatal for the narrator’s party.
In a translated excerpt by Mary J. Serrano from Pedro de Alarcón's Spanish, baby Miguel is described as having died rather than crying or resisting. The passage portrays a somber, fatal moment with no further action or aftermath detailed.
The Washington Post recounts odd envelopes and cards sent to the Post Office Department showing clever misspellings and mistaken addresses. Examples include envelopes addressed to Benja min Harrison, a clerk’s guess on Pennsylvan ia seeds and a line reading Uncle Sam s Seed Barn while others reach Barbour & Hamilton grocers or Soule & Co attorneys.
Anecdotal notes cover Moravian horse owners fitting blue and green goggles to horses during heavy snow, a humorous market scene with many spectacles. Also recounted is Herzen’s Russian bonds crisis, Rothschild intervention, and a copper antimony alloy for imitation gold, plus the origin and manufacture of the thimble tracing to Herculaneum and 17th century England.
The piece recounts Lincoln testing his writing by reading aloud to an audience, asserting the need for public feedback. It highlights the web-footed gunboat line as a near fault and notes Lincoln’s laughter at critics, then shifts to a Health Ad praising Hotneter’s Stomach Bitters and a tale of Russell Sage posing as a railroad claims assessor after a farmer’s cow is killed by a train.
A student describes earning about twenty dollars daily by plating and selling jewelry and tableware during odd hours and vacations. He paid five dollars for a plater and invites others to write Hl. K. Delno & Co. in Columbus, Ohio for circulars. Also notes Webster’s early expenditures record includes soap, comb, quills, and a ring.
A weekly three inch display presents a word puzzle with one unique word shared with Dr Harter s Iron Tonic Little Liver Pills and Wild Cherry Bitters ads Crescent trade mark. Readers who find the word mail it for a free book lithographs and samples. Then notes a French paper linen that mimics damask in appearance and touch.
Three Harvest Execurions of the Burlington Route advertise lower rate Harvest Excursion Tickets to main cities in farming regions of the West Southwest and Northwest. Excursion dates are August 25 September 15 and 29 with ticket agents at CB&Q. The message also notes the Emperor of China orders beheading for those involved in recent riots and massacres. A church building in New x is described as having ivy covering its entire front.
A celebrated Irish barrister pleads a desperate case and appeals to jurors. He notices the judge wagging his head and proclaims that when the judge wags his head there is nothing in it. The crowd and counsel watch as his Celtic temper flares and the point remains unproven.
The California quid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs is praised for pleasing appearance and taste. It gently acts on kidneys liver and bowels cleansing the system to promote health and comfort. A science writer notes contagion in air spreads when bacteria dry and compares cleaner sewer air to poorly ventilated rooms.
Harvest excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates will be sold by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad on Aug 25 Sep 15 and Sep 29 to points in the South Southeast West and Northwest. Inquiries to ticket agents.
Cranky constant dieting strange notions changed meals hours and eating. Gnawing insatiable appetite at times unaccountable and unhealthy. Prefers not to eat and becomes fault finding over what is served. After appetite returns he abhors food and feels irregular bowels and peculiar stools.
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