The Rise of Patent Medicines From Home Remedies
The article traces how home made remedies in early America evolved into the patent medicine business. It notes families kept home cures like aloes, quassia, and tonics, passed by word or written, and that enterprising doctors expanded these into large scale products. Peruna, tied to Mennonite origins, grew from a local remedy to a national product under Dr Hartman, with uses for coughs sore throat bronchitis and catarrhal diseases, shaping trust in the remedy and its maker. Seventeen in a hundred New York state residents live past seventy years.
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Pennsylvania
Hartman
California Fig Syrup Co
Elixir of
Senna
Missouri Woman Recovers After Kidney Trouble Story
Mrs J D Johnson of Columbia Missouri recounts severe suffering after an operation two years ago with swelling pain and heart gurgling. She credits two boxes of Deans Kidney Pills for relief and reports no recurrence. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Koster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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J. D. Johnson
West Hickman St
Columbia
Dean
Koster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Meek actor joins Sunday school class tale from Philadelphia
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt recounts a timid new boy from Ohio who admits he just moved there when asked who led Israel into Canaan. The piece also notes a Staten Island landmark, the Billopp house, telling of its age, visitors, and role in historic events and peace talks.
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Philadelphia
Israel
Cavaan
Ohio
Philadelphia Ledger
Legend of Queretaro Baptism Tale in Mexican History
A historic Queretaro legend tells of Otomite chief Fernando de Tapia challenging a stand up fight to convert the city to Christianity. A dark cloud and the sighting of St. James with a fiery cross led the people to surrender and be baptized, with a cross set up at the site of Santa Cruz. The tale reflects many Mexican church legends attached to local churches.
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Queretaro
Fernando de Tapia
Tula
Saniago
Santa Cruz
Mexico
Portugal Aims Massive Land Reclamation Drive
View and Deputy Consul in Lisbon reports Portugal's land reclamation push aims to restore 4.3 million hectares to cultivation. In Serpa district 100,000 acres are being divided into 15 acre allotments with rents from 40 cents to 3.20 dollars, attracting carpenters, masons, doctors, and even beggars. Beekeepers’ rights are settled as beekeeping trade declines due to land clearing for wheat and cereals. Similar schemes are planned in northern Portugal to reclaim about half a million acres.
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Acrea
Portugal
Lisbon
Europa
Portu- Bal
Bocne
Serpa
Embergo
Physical Inheritance and Human Health
An article from Youth's Companion argues inherited disease is a tendency, not a fate. It notes environment and effort can mitigate risk, urging careful living to avoid poor health outcomes and stressing nature rewards well directed action.
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Pecs
Sunday School Sense Sparks Family Debate
A fragmented Philadelphia Press excerpt shows Tommy Tuff defending his sun day school teacher as smarter than his mother. Aunt Jones questions belief, while Tommy asserts Sunday school offers no benefit to him, echoing a broader theme of skepticism and mischief.
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Tommy Tuff
Aunt Jones
Philadelphia Press
Argentine cattle count hits twenty five million
Japan reports ninety eight percent of fifty thousand blind citizens support themselves through massage practice, reflecting a sizable self employment trend among disabled workers in the nation.
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Japan
Compensation of Health by Golf Champion in Boston
Miss Harriet Curtis lauds golf for health in Boston, warning that lack of exercise makes nerves weak and many illnesses common among women. She cites a doctor who mocked a robust patient listing rheumatic, throat, and digestive woes, noting health can be harmed by overreaction to symptoms.
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Harriet Curtis
Strdimmer
Boston
The
Washington Star
Expert Witness Quip On Mental Disturbances Cited
A Washington Star quote notes the expert answering a witness stand question with personal experience, reflecting on how mental disturbances are discussed in court. The line captures a testing moment in legal testimony and commentary.
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Washington Star
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