Notable Atlanta Doctors Pioneers in Woman’s Health
An Atlanta feature highlights Dr W A Moenish and Dr Rosa F Moenish as leading medical pioneers. It notes Dr Moenish's German training and return to Atlanta practice, and claims Mrs Rosa F Moenish as the first female physician to practice in the South, establishing a private sanitarium for women in 1884 with private, discreet treatment. The piece mentions a branch clinic in the Chamberlin Johnson Building and cites contact details for appointments. Also ends with a humorous college anecdote about perspective from Detroit Free Press.
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Atlanta
W. A
Rosa F. Moenish
W. A. Moenish
Germany
Court
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Monnish
Atlanta Medical
South
Berlin
New York
W. A. Monnish
Chamberlin—Johnson
Whitehall and
Hunter Sts
Church St
Swamp Root Promises Kidney and Liver Remedy
An advertisement for Swamp Root by Kilmer & Co. claims it helps kidney liver and bladder troubles. Available in fifty cent and one dollar bottles with mail order samples and pamphlet, from Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghampton, N. Y
Liquid Air as an Appetizer
The Bulletin of Pharmacy notes a Russian physician cooled a dog to 100 degrees below zero with liquid air. After ten hours the animal emerged alive and voraciously hungry. The physician repeated the test on himself and reported intense stimulation, then both the man and dog gained fat and vigor, likened to a bracing northern climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin of Pharmacy
Not Suffer So Again for Fifty Times Its Price
A Burgettstown liveryman recounts severe stomach pains and weakness after a night, finding relief after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Miller & McCurdy and recommending it as the finest stomach trouble remedy. sold by J. H. Blackburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller & McCurdy
Chamberlain
G. H. Wilson
Liveryman
Burgettstown
Washington Co
J. H. Blackburn
Summer Mosquito Solution and Cherry Salad Guide
A guide suggests placing gum camphor in the trunk to repel mosquitoes for the night by burning a small piece over a candle to produce smoke without flame. It also describes a cherry salad mixing fruit with nuts in a one third to two thirds ratio, arranged on lettuce with chilled mayonnaise dressing.
Cold asparagus served on ice at luncheon noted
A luncheon featured very cold asparagus from Philadelphia and Baltimore markets presented on a hollowed ice block with a glass dish. A French dressing accompanied the dish highlighting the vegetable's deep green color and fine flavor. Also given is a summer breakfast sausage recipe using round steak bacon bread crumbs parsley thyme and a boiled roll tied and simmered two and a half hours.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Household Gods and Dr King’s New Discovery
The text touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a household god for family welfare. It claims the remedy cures consumption coughs colds and chest and throat ailments, with a quarter century of use and money back guarantee. Free trial bottles at W A Wright’s Drug Store, regular sizes 50 cents and 1.00.
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Dr. King
W. A. Wright’s
Still Tongue And Whiskey Still Produce Wise Heads
A clever proverb contrasts quiet wit with the reckless brag of bootleggers. The saying highlights the contrast between restraint and the boom of illicit liquor operations.
Velvet Beans Fertilizer Seed Offer From Ocala Fla
An advertisement promotes Velvet Beans as a prime fertilizing and stock feed. It lists price options in Ocala Florida from J. B. Surron Seedsman, with quantities and post paid details. The text then shifts to a staged joke about a sensational actress and a divorce lawyer offering to secure a divorce without publicity.
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South
Washington Star
The Count Proposes To The Girl In Playful Conflict
A witty exchange in Yonkers Statesman shows a Count declaring love and proposing marriage while the girl retorts that a bargain requires two. He plans to visit her father the next day to press the matter.
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Yonkers
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by Deputies in Troy
Thomas Thurman deputy sheriff of Troy Missouri says if everyone in the United States should discover the virtue of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for piles rectal troubles and skin diseases the demand could not be supplied. Dr W A Wincut L H Holmes Barnesville Milner.
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Thomas Thurman
Troy
United States
DeWitt
W. A. Wincut
L. H. Holmes
Barnesville
Milner
The Man Who Thinks Funny Thoughts Unvoiced
A pithy aphorism on temperament notes that one who conceives humorous ideas without voicing them is the worst sort of pessimist. The remark highlights the tension between inner humor and outward expressiveness.
Nervous Troubles Promised Relief From Dr Miles Nervine
The advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine and Restorative Nervine as cures for nervous prostration headaches neuralgia and stomach and liver disturbances caused by weak nerves. Testimonials from Mrs H L Redman Mrs Annie Brannon and Mrs Dow Heagle claim rapid sleep restoration improved health and renewed strength after using Nervine and Anti Pain Pills.
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Miles
Dr. Miles
Vienna firm wins city concession for telephonic news service
A Vienna based firm obtained a 25 year municipal concession to operate a citywide telephonic news agency with daytime news and evening recitations and entertainment. The city receives 500 dollars annually plus per subscriber fees and 5 percent tax. after 25 years wires revert to the city while the firm gains 5 year protection from competition.
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Vienna
Austria
Buapest
Park Ridge
N. J
Character and health claims amid immigration figures
The text contrasts views on character with claims about kidney health and medicine and notes mass emigration from Italy via Genoa to South America, citing 1.5 million Italians leaving over twenty years and about 500,000 returning to Italy. It mentions Dr. Sawyer's Ukatine as a cure.
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Dr. Sawyer
W. C. Jordan & Bro
Genoa
South America
Italy
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Promises Lasting Pile Cure
A brief notice from IL H Holmes in Barnesville promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a permanent cure for piles. The message emphasizes enduring relief and urges readers to seek the product for lasting results.
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DeWitt
W. A. Wright
H. Holmes
Barnesville
Milner
Arbitration and Russia are Mentioned in Odd Aphorisms
A collection of quirky lines notes that the only man fully satisfied with arbitration is the arbitrator and asserts Russia in Europe holds a vast forest area. It cheekily asks if you shave and suggests keeping Dr Tichenors Antiseptic to stop bleeding and heal cuts, marketed as pleasant and cooling.
Private dinner tale of Civil War humor in Richmond
James Tanner recounts an anecdote about a Northern friend urging Tierney to wear a dark suit to the Confederate reunion. Tierney jokes that meeting Bob and Jubal Early in the afterlife would deny him entry from both sides, leaving him shut out in gray and blues.
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Corps
James Tanner
Richmond
New York Tribune
Robert E. Lee
Jubal Early
Tierney
Bill
Railsoad
Heavenly Gate
Gen
Bob
Jubal
Successful Physicians in Atlanta Offer Free Expert Opinion
We heartily recommend Dr Hath away and Co of Atlanta Ga as perfectly reliable and remarkably successful in treating chronic diseases of men and women They care where others fail Readers in need of medical help should write for a free expert opinion by return mail They guarantee their cures Write them today
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Dr. Hathaway & Co
Atlanta
Letting the Contract Go Rather Than Do It
A reflective line of advice urges not to bank on future work and to consider delegating contracts. It argues self made success may require entrusting tasks to others instead of pursuing every project personally.
One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Bryan Man
W M Gallagher of Bryan Pa says after forty years of trying medicines One Minute Cough Cure is best of all It relieves instantly and cures throat and lung troubles Dr W A Wincut L H Hotmngs Barnesville endorse the remedy.
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J. A. Schear
Sedalia
W. A. Wright
L. H. Homes
Barnesville
Milner
W.M. Gallagher
Bryan, Pa
W. A. Wincut
L. H. Hotmngs
Free Dr Miles sample treatment offer from paper
A trial package of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine Anti Pain Pills and Nerve and Liver Pills will be sent free to anyone who sends name and address on a postal card and mentions the paper. Address Dr Miles Medical Co.
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Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Nicknames of the States list with origins
The text enumerates U S state nicknames such as Arkansas Bear State California Golden State and Colorado Centennial State. It links Senator Benton to Old Bullion and notes states with multiple epithets including North Carolina Old North State Virginia Old Dominion and Mother of States and New York Vampire State.
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Arkansas
Bear State
California
Golden State
Colorado
Centennial State
Connecticut
Bluelaw State
Land of
Florida
Peninsular
Georgia
Illinois
Prairie
Indiana
Hoosier
Iowa
Hawkeye
Kansas
Garden
Kentucky
Bluegrass
Louisiana—Pelican
Maine
Pine Tree
Massachusetts
Bay State
Michigan
Wolverine
Minnesota
Copper
North Star
Missippi—Bayou
Missouri
Benton
North Carolina
Turpentine State
Fur State
Nevada
New Hampshire
Granite State
New York
Fampire
Ohio
Buckeye
Oregon
Webfoot
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Palmetto
Tennessee
Big Bend
Texas
Lone Star
Utah
Mormon
Vermont
Green Mountain State
Virginia
Old Dominion
Old Dominion and Mother of States
West Virginia
Panhandle
Wisconsin
Badger State
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Surrey
Alliiace
Buffalo Spring and Gear Co
Buffato
W. Y
The
South Illustrated
Detroit Free Press
Draughon
Nashville, Tenn
Galveston, Tex
Anh
Savannah
Texarkana
Tex
B.m.woolley
M.D
Praor
Household Gods
Tutt
Miles’ Nervine
H. L. Redman
E. Main &J
Meriden, Conn
Annie Brannon
Rosine
Russia
Europe
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