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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1883
Page
3
George W. Peck recounts a Colorado visit filled with tall tales and tall tales told by locals in the Teller House. He depicts gold dust in yards and a dog pan scam, noting shifting loyalties and claims as he reflects on regional exaggeration.
A traveler praises Canton as a model of cleanliness and order comparing its busy narrow streets to London bridges. He notes continuous chair traffic, collisions, and the sight of mandarin officials amid baskets of greens and pigs. Colorful sign boards lanterns and the festive streetscapes are described along names like Street of Benevolence and Love.
Children on Commonwealth avenue planned a secret performance for their parents. The play depicted a wedding and a westward journey, followed by a ten year jump showing the husband returning rich from mining and cattle raising. The scene captivated the audience before an abrupt pause.
A wife praises her husband for work done while she was busy, summons a bell, and a white-capped servant presents a year-old infant among nine others, each year of married life. The actors hear laughter and applause from parents as the play is interrupted. parents call it a success though a touch French in tone.
In a rambling, mock serious aside, Mr. Swiller argues that temperance applies to eating as well as drinking and mocks abstinence zealots. He insists beer, enjoyed modestly, can be refreshing and beneficial, while warning against overindulgence and claiming moderation in all things as his motto. The dialogue weaves in a casual audience with Johnson and Blotter, ending with a nonsensical flourish.
President Buckbee discusses silk culture in the United States tracing its roots to Cortez and early colonial days. He notes revival in 1825, a 1839 downturn, and a modern resurgence led by women, with Philadelphia and San Francisco as key hubs. Also covers anti malaria links to sulphur in marsh fever and mining regions.
The piece emphasizes constant training across muscles senses and intellect as essential to excel. It quotes pianist von Bulow on daily practice and warns that neglect harms performance. It adds a judgment on charity and hypocrisy as a steward condemns deceitful food given to the poor, stating all things are pure for them in mockery.
In Chicago Mr J H McVicker and Mrs Simpson staged a slate writing experiment with prestidigitator Hermann. Under careful setup the wrapped slates captured an answer reading Only a week in Pittsburgh. Hermann claimed no trick involved, and a second test with his own slates yielded agreement.
A Prairie Farner letter writer outlines improvements for rural living. He calls for neat hitching posts and well kept graveyards, better gates, more roadside trees, and regular painting. He urges cleaner feet indoors, more musical instruments, more singing, less quarrel, kinder words to sisters, family reading aloud, and shared farm household discussion.
An observing writer links prosperity to marriage while urging men to marry. Ads tout Tostetter's Stomach Hitters as a tonic improving appetite and digestion, preventing fevers and rheumatic issues. Adrian College introduces Character Building, while notices promote Great German Hop Bitters and Hoop’s Sarsaparilla as health tonics.
A portrait of actress Maud Granger linking her health comeback to starring in Her Second Love. She discusses emotional strain, the need to retain health, and her use of Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy for women’s health issues. Granger outlines career highlights and upcoming tour from Chicago starting July 7.
Rev W J Johnson and Drea Newton Blair tout Brown's Iron Bitters as health boosters in Woopstrey and Buchanan. Catarrh in the head claimed to be relieved or cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla in multiple testimonials from Chicago Lowell Worcester and other cities. Hood's Sarsaparilla sold by druggists at 1, ix for 3, by C J Hood & Co.
A promotional notice touts Scovill's Sursuparilla and Blood and Liver Syrup as cures for blood diseases, claiming superior efficacy over physician prescriptions. It asserts the remedies are prepared with care and endorsed by professionals and eminent doctors, urging readers to try them for disorders from impure blood.
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