Quick Cure Claim for Peruna Across Minnesotan Letter
Mrs Minnie E McAllister of 1217 West 33d Street Minneapolis writes that after years of pelvic and abdominal discomfort she cured herself with a seven week course of Peruna. She attributes the relief to the remedy and notes improved health, praising its effects on back and side pain linked to pelvic catarrh.
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West 33d Street
Minner
McAllister
Apolis
Minn
Peruna
Lariman
Minnie E. McAllister
Fragmentary Note on Peruna Use and Health
A clipped line notes Peruna aided a woman by improving health after a botched illness. The fragment references Howeveer and a twelve bot detail, but lacks complete context or clear events.
Sleep Conditions of English Royals in 13th Century
An excerpt from an old English chronicle notes that in 1234 royalty slept on a sack of straw, while Elizabethan Londoners mostly slept on boards with wood pillows. The Queen’s chamber was strewn with rushes daily, carpets were unknown, and Henry VI drank wine on arising. Sugar and hot beverages were unavailable, and tea coffee and chocolate were unheard of.
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Elizabeth
London
Henry VI
Orice
London Flats Claim Insanity Driven by Steamless City Life
A London doctor warns that dwelling in flats may induce insanity. The Boston Transcript notes the city’s steamless, lightless and nearly phone-free conditions as contributing factors to mental strain.
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London
Boston Transcript
President Roosevelts Rapid Reading Pace
A newspaper excerpt notes President Roosevelt’s swift reading habits. It cites his rapid comprehension of Morley, Macauley, Rhode, and Dickens, plus recent current-interest works. The piece praises his ability to read and critique books quickly.
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Morley
Gladstone
White House
Roosevel
Is a Man a Chemical Product
A Baltimore Sun excerpt notes a Chicago University professor of physiological chemistry claims life arose solely from physico chemical reactions. He asserts that certain substances under conditions inevitably produce life, denying divine or vital forces. The essay questions the origins of chemical constituents and mocks the professor’s confidence, suggesting practical proof remains elusive.
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University of Chicago
Chicago University
Darwin
Spencer
Tyndall
Gladstone
Sems
Baltimore Sun
Judge Rules Ear Hold Stops Horse Kick In Court
In a London court Judge Addison dismissed sitting on a horse’s head as foolish and advised gripping the horse by the ear with its nose held high. He claimed a horse cannot kick when its nose is in the air and cited a lady who quieted a horse without soiling gloves.
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London
Addison
Journal of Zoophily
Quid Pro Quo and War Medals Remelted
A child complains of promised dessert amid dinner rules, uttering All that for wars. An auditor general reports during the South Africa war 100000 bronze medals were struck for non-enlisted men and 59000 were returned to the mint to be remelted due to racial objections.
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Lippincott
South Africa
Oyster dinner yields a pearl discovery
At a dinner in Or Alderman James A s household Mr Gatiney asked for oysters without bones and a bone found in an oyster was later identified by jeweler Henry Jansen as a pearl valued at 560 dollars. The host allowed August Glass to keep the pearl and the party continued eating oysters, hoping for more pearls, but none appeared.
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James A
Gatiney
August Glass
Walter
Henry Jansen
IT SAVED MY LIFE Mrs Willadsen Praises Lydia Pinkham
A Manning Iowa woman writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life after two years of ineffective medicines. She describes relief from irregular painful periods, headaches, backache, bearing down, and weakness, and urges other women to seek Pinkham's aid at Lynn.
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T. C. Willadsen
Manning, Town
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Rand
Lydia BR
Pinkham
Lynn
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