Scrofula cures and rail telegraph innovation headline mix
Scrofula signs include glands neck eruptions and wasting diseases. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as permanent cures. A New York Central railroad telegraph system allows Morse code telegraph and telephone on one wire without interference. Thorndike reports women superior in impressibility and verbal memory. girls reach median marks earlier than boys. variability lower in girls. A writer urges choosing husbands by eye color, noting nose color too.
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New York Central
Utica
Albany
E. L. Thorndike
White race adapts best to climate changes, surgeon general argues
The surgeon general of the army asserts white people in temperate zones adapt better to climate shifts than any other race. Eskimos cannot live in warmth and tropical negroes can’t endure extreme cold, proving as a race whites have shown broad habitation capability.
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Army
Tropics
Sorghum Time Returns at Our House
A child recalls sorghum time when Uncle Silas brings a jug for all, the pitcher is kept cool behind the cellar, and the family enjoys pouring a thin stream. The father writes names on plates, draws animals from the syrup, and the family jokes about writing with sorghum.
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Silas Allus
Secretary Wilson the Bill Nye of the Cabinet
Roosevelt era official James Wilson earns praise for humor and public service while instituting reforms in the Agriculture Department. A staffer warns changes could hurt efficiency, prompting Wilson to recount a farmer’s tale of three cats and one lean replacement to illustrate policy trade offs.
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James Wilson
Roosevelt
Treasury
Shaw
David Harum
Wilson
Bill Nye
Differences Between European and American Oysters
European oysters are smaller with a copper taste. American oysters vary by region with Southern stocks larger than Northern. They are dredged along coasts and fattened in creek beds near shore. London sellers age oysters in water with oatmeal to improve flavor. Oysters are best avoided during spawning when soft and milky.
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America
Europe
London
Irrigation Debate Heads to Looming Outcomes and Remedies
The article weighs irrigation risks in arid regions, noting alkali surfacing may ruin soils over time. It cites experiments by Agricultural Department experts and state groups seeking chemical treatments to neutralize alkali, while warning many districts may face desertification if methods fail.
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Mesopotamia
Agricultural Department
Cures for Deafness and Coughs Promoted By Patent Remedies
An advertisement explains deafness as inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh and touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a money back offer. It also promotes Piso’s Cure for coughs and colds and Allen’s Foot Ease as a free sample with claims to cure chilblains corns and bunions and to ease shoe fit.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hell's ‘Awils
Pilla
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Age Confusion Sparks Question In Philadelphia Ledger
Riddling note prompts readers to deduce Ann's true age from a claim by Mary denying being twenty four and accusing Ann of lying. The exchange reopens the puzzle of who is older, with no explicit answer given.
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Mary
Ann
Admiral Schley Endorses Peruna Remedy
Admiral Schley, a famed 19th century hero, endorses Peruna the national catarrh remedy after a friend’s inquiry. The article notes his family’s use and asserts Peruna’s wide public endorsements reflect its claimed cures. Address The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. Columbus Ohio for free literature on catarrh.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dmiral Schley
Admiral Schley
Peruna
Annals of Medicine
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co
Peruna Almanac Recipe Notes and Tomato Sauce Instructions
Ad shows requests for a 1904 Peruna Almanac and provides two cooking tips. The first explains making a Hollandaise style sauce by beating egg yolk with drawn butter salad oil and lemon juice seasoning then serving. The second details tomato sauce with onion butter parsley bay leaf tomatoes cayenne salt and sugar, simmering and straining.
Cure Catarrh With Blood Purifier S S S
An advertisement extols S S S as a permanent cure for catarrh by cleansing the blood. It claims winter triggers the disease and praises the tonic for abolishing nasal discharge throat mucous and related symptoms. Testimonial letters from users in Watsontown and Krebs praise improved hearing and relief after taking S S S.
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S.S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
GAS
Watsontown
Sirs
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