Serious Hits and Remedies in A Turbulent Era
A collage of medical patent claims and popular remedies. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised for uterine and ovarian issues while Allen's Foot Ease promises relief for painful feet and ingrown nails. Other items tout toothy ads and health quackery alongside notes on Jamaica's finances and calls for regulation of youth smoking.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Allen
Allen 3
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Boy's Life in China Told by Moy Kee
Moy Kee Tes, a Chinese immigrant, recalls boyhood days in Shin Ning near Pekin. He describes school, punishments, long hours, seasonal vacations, kite flying, stilts, beetle fighting, and strict behavior that kept neighborhoods free of trouble. He contrasts Chinese and American youth, noting safety and nonviolence in China.
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Moy Kee
Indianapolis
Shin-Ning
Pekin
China
America
Fate and fortune shine and fade in Alaska tales
A discussion of luck and risk from Ainslee's Magazine contrasts the quick witted with the reckless in the Alaska gold rush. It recounts how wealth often ends in tragedy as riders of chance die or fall ill just as fortunes are made, including James Meade dying at the Dawson outlook. A Bangkok Times note on a drifting Mekong island and a royal age quip follow. Germany's crown prince nears university study after abitur, with military service to come. The piece ends with a reflection on gambling and success.
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Ainslee
James Meade
Dawson
Meade
Bangkok Times
Mekong
Cambodia
Siam
Great Salt Lake Route Reopens Fast Trains to Chicago
The Rio Grande Western Railway resumes its fast service from Portland to Chicago in three and a half days with three daily expresses. Through sleepers, dining cars, and a daylight stopover at Salt Lake City or Denver are available. Also notes rail routes via Denver, and agent contact J D Mansfield in Portland. A new rock blasting method uses water and electricity. A clever kitchen table design adds a hinged top for baking surface. A St Louis theater bans mother-in-law jokes. The 1899 peanut crop surpasses 1898 by nearly one million bushels.
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Rio Grande Western Railway
Great Salt Lake
Mast
Portland
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Denver
Ogden
Utah
Burlington
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Boston
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
J.D. Mansfield
Washington St
Oregon
Catarrh Cure Promises to End Disease Across States
The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known positive cure for catarrh, claiming it cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The firm offers one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure and urges sending for testimonials. Also noted are Hall's Pills and a report on soil damage from tidal flooding in Essex with lasting salt impact and earthworm loss.
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Hall
J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drnamiat
Trusts debated by Carnegie and editorials in Century
Anfiulrew Carnegie in the Independent argues trusts aid workers if monopolies form and self-correcting markets prevail, with Andrew Carnegie set to contribute a contrary essay in Century. The magazine will also feature an editorial deriding trusts as threats to individual and state independence.
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Anfiulrew
Carnegie
Standard Oil Company
Independent
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Company
Standard Oil
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Digestive Health Gain
Advertising copy asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla restores stomach digestion and appetite, aids absorption for muscles and nerve tissue, and claims weight gain after treatment. Personal testimonials from Mrs. McCoy and an Indiana resident are cited as proof.
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Hood
Otin McCoy
Lafayette Ave
Lebanon
Ind
Restoring Venice Palaces Tracery After Fire
The favorite project is to restore traceries to the windows of the Doges Palace in Venice. The palace begun in the 13th century took a century to finish before a 1577 fire left only walls. The article notes past beauty and renewed interest in artistic Italy.
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