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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1887
Page
3
A report on new paper materials and products argues paper can replace wood in many forms from stoves and tubs to doors and floors. It notes moss fiber paper, linen fiber paper, and pasteboard strong enough for frames, furniture, and even entire rooms, with a Parisian paper piano as a highlight.
A veteran traveler notes widespread deception in champagne and other goods. He recalls buying bulk cheap Champagne Nilage in Calcutta, selling portions to a regiment at Fort William, and a Major rejecting the wine as rot while unwittingly paying for the same bargain, illustrating profiteering and mislabeling.
In Avignon a crowd gathered at the Rhone bank to see Montgolfier brothers launch a silk balloon. The airship rose several hundred feet above the town, proving the feasibility of balloon navigation and marking a strain of national humor about scientific daring.
A San Francisco Chronicle note cites a father waking to discipline his son. The boy, accused by his mother of trampling flower-beds, refuses interference and asserts maternal control. The moment highlights evolving child autonomy and parental limits within the family.
In June 1852 Daniel Webster, learning the Whig Convention had nominated Scott and Graham, quipped Tar and feathers. He praised Graham and Gen. Scott's humane Mexican campaign, contrasting with his playful sarcasm about the ticket.
A fragmentary clipping reports a repaired raven bill case where the bone regrew and formed a useful stump. It notes an iron glass pressure device shown in France to study high pressure on animal life. It also mentions Uranus appearing elliptical and walking advertisements for Dr Bage's remedies.
An explainer notes that lakes become salty where evaporation exceeds water input, using Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea as examples. It cites continental uplift, basin isolation, and land-derived salts from rainfall washing salts into lakes, with the Utah basin as a preserved case. A second portion advertises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for bile, indigestion, and related symptoms.
A reflective meditation on American politics and the role of public offices. It laments ambition, oversight, and the machinery of governance, ending with a note on the coming wedding of the Emperor of China and its multimillion expense.
A collage of 19th century items includes a jury verdict praising Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets and warnings about consumption. It cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure in early stages, interwoven with dramatic poetic lines and a scene of an old gentleman entering a parlor.
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