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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1885
Page
3
An extended excerpt recounts the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo with ghastly imagery of drying corpses, coffins, and mummified remains arranged in grotesque permutations. It notes family payments for preservation, the children's gallery, and ever-present mice, concluding with a tangential remark on training women for marching as potential competitors.
Sergeant major Dunn of the Marine Corps explains his experiment training young women and cadets in military drill briefed by a reporter. He says the result is strong interest, that women learn quickly and zealously, and that it serves as the best exercise for ladies while noting the transformation of “amazonian manipulators.”
An Evansville wife accuses her husband of using a bad dime for milk. He denies it and refuses to take it back. She later serves pie, and he swallows something hard and round she implies is the dime. He keeps the coin amid the quarrel, with the tale ending as Jones stays in possession.
The text traces coal from Roman awareness to widespread English use. It notes early smoke complaints in 1305, gradual adoption by smiths and brewers, and the shift from wood to coal as forests vanished. By Elizabethan times coal moved from forge to kitchen and hall as houses grew and chimneys became common.
The text traces tobacco from colonial Virginia beginning in 1617 with a 3 shillings per pound price to its export rise, duties in England, and vast 19th century shipments. It notes 55,000 pounds exported to Holland in 1621, 1676 duties of £135,000, 300 vessels to England in 1729, and long-term totals of over 14 billion pounds shipped by 1879, with a dramatic rise to 540 million pounds in the past 25 years.
The Boston Traveller argues that the phrase in society is overused and misapplied. It calls for cultivated readers to redefine society and restore its meaningful standards.
Paris letter notes that condemned criminals in France are not informed of their execution date and are awakened on the morning of the event, typically around 4 o'clock or at dawn in winter. The piece also mentions Grove darkies and a superstition about honey bees and poultry.
A Western State campaign featured two popular governors with equal appeal and oratory skill. The Republican candidate faltered due to a troubled liver, while the Democrat persevered and won. The secret, claimed by ex governor Jacob of Kentucky, was Warner's safe care, aiding voice and stamina during heavy speech days.
Henry Forbes describes a Lampong girl’s ceremonial attire with gold coronets and silver bracelets. Her coiffure is tied with a high backed comb. she wears a silk sarong with gold thread, coins, and a half concealed torso, while arms wrists and nails bear lavish ornaments.
Professor Peter D. Austen of Rutgers College outlines practical home filtration methods using cotton batting as the main filter material. A drain pipe or long necked bottle can serve as the filtration vessel with cotton layered two to three inches thick. An alum solution is prepared by dissolving one ounce of alum in boiling water, then diluting to a quart and adding about fifty four drops per gallon of water to be filtered, with careful handling and cleanliness of the filtration vessel.
A brief humor piece recalls a grandfatherly death blamed on youth thoughtlessness and a Hungarian church hierarchy debate on clergy misery. It notes Treport’s circular to improve poorer clergy and quotes Rev Geonce Crawton on youth fashion excess and vanity with a sharp metaphor about a collar and a poodle.
A public card from the Sisters of Notre Dame at Govanstown near Baltimore proclaims Red Star Cough Care effective for coughs chest oppression and throat irritation. Health boards in Brooklyn and Baltimore endorse it as a safe remedy free from opiates or poisons. Also quoted is Daniel Webster’s Peroration urging patriotism and duty.
Fail of Peril describes minor kidney or bladder inactivity as precursors to Brights disease diabetes and cystitis. It praises Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a diuretic that stimulates kidneys without overstimulation and removes impurities from blood. The tonic is urged as a restorative for vigor digestion malaria liver issues and constipation.
A discussion connects women and flowers with fashion while urging men to adopt a subtle boutonniere. The author warns against oversized bouquets or sunflower hats, suggesting a small rose bud or pansy to blend beauty with duty. The piece includes Dr Avice B Stockton’s health note on loose clothing and breathing, criticizing excessive waist constriction and quoting a Chinese woman on suffocating fashion.
A fragmented ad filled with quack cures and medical patter touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for liver and related ailments, promotes Grand Union Hotel, and inserts quips about health and fortune. It includes testimonials like Rev. H. A. Smith praising Ely's Dream Balm for hay fever relief.
An advertisement urges self improvement by using Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy to heal a foul breath and avoid offense. It targets nervous debility, promising a large medical treatise for ten cents from the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
The notice advertises Fly's Cream Balm as a remedy for catarrh amid nasal throat inflammation with sneezing headaches and eye irritation. It also promotes Menaman's Perttonized Beer Tonic by Caswell Hazard & Co as a beef based tonic for indigestion debility and pulmonary exhaustion, available through Druggists.
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