Health claims and patent medicine ads sprout in block
A collage of old advertisements touts Peruna cures for catarrh, various tonics, and dental and ear remedies. It includes testimonials, price points, and appeals to readers about health, vitamins, and quack treatments. Spurious medical claims mingle with consumer product pitches and unrelated notes on Japanese diet and street accident stats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Keller
13Th Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Hartman
Life Saved by Kidney Pills Testimonial
Mrs G W Fooks of Salisbury Maryland wife of the sheriff recounts eight years of kidney trouble with fatigue breathlessness bloating and swollen limbs. After three days of Dean's Kidney Pills the backache eased and she was cured. Sold by all dealers price 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Fooks
Salisbury
Wicomico County
Bright
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chester Curry
Saratoga Street
Boston
Mass
Writers and Their Wives and a Roosevelt Greeting
A feature on how writers wives often disapprove of their spouses work with examples from Zola Carlyle Dickens and Byron. Also a brief anecdote from Presidents birthday events where Roosevelt greeted Prof Samuel Lindsay backstage causing mild discomfort before the ceremony continued.
Freshman med students donate skin to save boy
Sixty one Kansas City University Medical College freshmen donate skin to save Clarence Crawford, three, who burned his arm after falling into boiling soap. Sixteen students have already surrendered eighty six pieces of skin, with grafting one third complete as each new student offers two to three pieces.
Systematic battalions for scientific research proposed
Prof Pearson supports Prof Newcomb idea to systematize research by forming investigator battalions and scrap half of data. Pearson argues at least 50 percent of observations and data are worthless and cannot yield results, urging elimination of excess to focus on interpretable science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
Simon Newcomb
Prof
Justice to Theater Owners in New York City
Dr Darlington the New York board of health commissioner suggests that if theater owners in the city who Croker said should be rebuilt are forced to cover 15000 to 20000 dollars each for improvements and alterations ordered by the board of health, the city may have to reimburse them. No quasi public buildings have seen as much expenditure as theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
New York Board of Health
Croker
Board of Health
New York
He cheered me off and thoughts of father’s life
An obituary fragment recalls a man named Alfred J. Waterhouse, noting his gentle departure and comforting words. The passage reflects on faith, passage to peace, and the solace found in a father’s remembered support as he lies in his final sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Waterhouse
Would Have Divorce Cases Private
A member of parliament announced plans to introduce a bill to radically alter divorce procedures, calling for proceedings to be private. He argues public access to case details brings little public benefit while undermining public morality.
Railroads and Progress Remade the Nation
Professor Hugo R. Meyer testifies before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee in Washington on May 4. He argues that rail expansion and market development across the West enabled eastern manufacturing booms while warning against limiting rates to narrow farm and mill snapshots. He says the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot grasp large-scale national impacts and could create greater evils by overregulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Washington
Hugo R. Meyer
Chicago University
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Europe
New England
West
East
Syth
Hair Loss Follows Runaway Horse Fright
Ten year old Paul Bowles of Bolivar New York was thrown by a runaway horse and went into convulsions causing his hair to fan out in fright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bowles
Bolivar, N. Y
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Spencer’s Business College
New Orleans
South
American Telegraph and Shorthand College
Bastrop
Louisiana
Braughon’s
Practical Business College
Montgomery
Shreveport
Nashville
Knoxville
St. Louis
Waco
Little Rock
Ft. Worth
W. L. Douglas
Seaman
Primate
W. L. Glas
Wm. H. Anderson
Deen
Kansas City
Corona Colt
Tee
Brockton
Jerman Kali Works
Atlanta
Nassau St
Corone
Remor
Lewis & CO
New Zealand
Peruna
Kline
Dr. i. Af. Kurs, Ltd
Areh St
Paila
Japan
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Loch Tay
British Isles
N. W. Samven
Ocean Grove
N.J
Siam
Woolford
E. Detchon
Crawfordsville
Ind
Jon Jacob
Shanghai
Derfasa
F.J. Ungney & Vo
Akedall
France
Italy
Africa
Miss. Mildred¢ Keller
Mme. Zola
Rougon-Macquart
Zola
Carlyle
Dickens
Byron
Cain
Philadelphia Academy of Music
Roosevelt
Harrison
Samuel McCune Lindsay
Lydia B. Pinkham
Chester
Helm
Dear
Barvees-MaeDowrit Co
Louisville
Reece Blelock
Locus
Grab Orchard Water CO
Louisville, KY
Pratt,Eagle
Smith Winship
Munger
Tfe Long
Continental Gin Co
Lotte, N. C
Atlanta, Ga
Birmingham, Ala
Memphis, Tenn
Dallas, Tex
MAC
Obinzom
Lion Coffee
Piett
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Sthern
THE
Southern Mfg. Co
Richmond, Va
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