Notable Atlanta Doctors Wed Female Physician Pioneers
The South Illustrated features Dr. W. A. Monnish and Mrs. Rosa F. Monnish, highlighting her as the first female physician to graduate in the South and her private sanitarium for women in Atlanta begun in 1884. The piece details their training in Germany and the United States, their practice locations, and assurances of privacy and confidence for patients seeking women’s medical care.
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Atlanta
W. A
Rosa F. Monnish
W. A. Monnish
Germany
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Monnish
Atlanta Medical College
South
Berlin
New York
Chamberlin—Johnson
Whitehall and
Hunter St
Church St
Romance of the Hope Diamond History and Heirlooms
The article recounts the Hope diamond saga from Tavernier’s 1642 Indian origin to its 18th century Paris disappearance and later rediscoveries. It traces ownership by Louis XIV, the French Revolution era deposit, and 19th century reconstructions via Henry Thomas Hope and subsequent sales and splits of the gem.
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Francis Hope
May Yoke
Hope
Deepdene
Europe
India
Tavernier
Louis XIV
France
Garde Meubel
Paris
Daniel Elingon
Henry Thomas Hope
Browns' Iron Bitters Promises Blood and Nerve Cure
Claims to rapidly and permanently cure neuralgia and all diseases of the blood nerves and stomach. Sold by all dealers and touted as a nearly quarter century trusted remedy.
Vacation Heat and Satan’s Endurance
A church talk turns to the minister taking a vacation while noting Satan never rests. The exchange lands as a puckish quip about endurance and temptation, reflecting a satirical tone. The remark contrasts human limits with the supposed tireless nature of evil in a lighthearted newspaper snippet.
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Satan
Puck
Velvet Beans for Fertilizer and Stock Food
Promotes velvet beans as the best fertilizing and stock feed plant for the South with full description. Offers packages 1 ounce to quarts for 30 cents postpaid, peck 60 cents, bush or bag at $2.00 FOB Ocala. Sold by J. B. Surro& Seedsman, Ocala Fla.
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South
F. O. B. Ocala
J. B. Surro& Seedsman
Ocala
Fla
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promises Quick Aid
Deputy sheriff Thomas Thurman touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a universal remedy for piles rectal troubles and skin diseases. The ad cites doctors W A Wright L H Holmes Barnesville Milner as endorsers and notes strong demand if everyone in the U S should learn its virtue.
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Thomas Thurman
Troy
United States
DeWitt
W. A. Wright
L. H. Holmes
Barnesville
Milner
DeWitt’s
W. A. Wincut
Finesse in aged husband scheme ends with fatal effort
A Detroit Journal item claims a young wife did not poison her 73 year old husband. She kissed his brow and urged him to live to 100 for her sake, knowing the effort would be fatal at his age. In the end she gained access to his property.
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Fotal
Detroit Journal
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets Candy
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a candy shaped cure for constipation with a refund offer if the product fails to work. It promises lasting relief and urges readers to try the remedy.
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C.C.C
The Horseless Age Seemed Foreseen in Anxious Ponderings
A 19th century reflection on the rise of mechanical transport. The author contrasts the horse’s reliability with the unpredictable motorman led car, noting the horse’s steadiness versus new dangers, and foresees the era of horseless carriage beginning while praising the animal’s long service.
Dr Miles Nervine Promises Relief for Nervous Ailments
Advertising testimony touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure for weak nervous systems headaches neuralgia heart disease and digestive distress. Letters from Mrs H N tedman Mrs Anni Brannon and Mrs Dow H TraGier claim improved sleep appetite strength and recovery from nervous prostration after using Nervine and Anti Pain Pills.
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Mae
Secretary Hay Shines At Washington Morning Wedding
Secretary of State Hay attends a fashionable Washington wedding in a white flannel suit, unaffected by heat as guests including the President observe in formal attire, casting envious glances. The event draws social attention and headlines in the capital.
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Hay
Washington
The
Mercury
Mr. Hay
Presiden
Secretary of State
Fashion, debt, and cures in a bustling city column
A lively slice from a 19th century page notes that fashion costs and erodes neighbors' good will, cites J A Schear of Sedalia saving a child from croup with One Minute Cough Cure, and recalls quips about cigars, piles cures with DeWitts Salve, and a streetcar passenger apologizing to a warm lady aboard a hot car.
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J. A. Schear
Sedalia
W. A. Wincart
L. H. Homes
Barnesville
Milner
Wood and Music From Storms Shape the Soul
Christian reflection on wood’s quality in pianos and how upland storms refine timber. The piece links musical vibrancy to spiritual renewal, saying God tunes souls through hardship and nature, creating a many-voiced instrument of love.
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Presbyterian
Pin Money Advice for Women Farmers from a Woman Farmer
A Woman Farmer shares practical tips to earn pin money by farming. She recounts profitable turkey raising with careful vermin control and feeding, notes butter sales, a boarding school customer earning hundreds yearly, and growing Irish potatoes and strawberries. She urges timely cabbage sales and credits Home and Farm for learning.
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Paris
Dr King’s New Discovery Promoted for Coughs Colds
Local advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. W. A. Wright’s Drug Store offers trial bottles and guarantees a cure with a proven record.
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W. M. Repine
Tiskilwa, II
Dr. King
W. A. Wright
Free trial package of Dr Miles remedies offered
A sample treatment offer promises a free trial package including Restorative Nervine Anti Pain Pills and Nerve and Liver Pills. To receive samples readers must mail name and address on a postal card and mention the paper to Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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Botanic
Blood Co
Atlanta
Geo
Dr. Miles
Mites Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
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Buffalo
South Illustrated
Draughon
Savannah
Texarkana
Tex
Nashville
Tenn
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Ailamta, Ga
Johnny
Merves Unstrung
Miles’ Nervine
H. N. Tedman
E. Main St
Meriden,ann
Miles
Mars
Anni Brannon
Rosine
Tutt
Spurgeon
Harlem
Piso
Sampe
Sige
London
John Hetherton Haberdasher
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