Cure Story Promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Black Duck Minnesota reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing retroflexion and enabling recovery. The letter lauds the tonic as a safe alternative to surgical operation and urges ill women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Pinkham
Anna Anderson
Black Duck
Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Our Eccentric Phrases in Language Usage
A concise reflection on how English phrases misalign with literal items. The piece notes quirks like donning a coat before a vest and shoes before stockings, examines signs about wiping feet, and cites a father’s warning to warm his jacket as a metaphor for warming his pantaloons, highlighting linguistic oddities.
Morgan and the 1893 Panic Shape U S Finance
John Moody and George Kibbe Turner in McClure's Magazine recount how J P Morgan, strained by ill health after overwork, heeded a physician's blunt advice to stop exercise. He then refocused on brains over brawn, leading to a pivotal shift in American finance during the 1890s and the Panic of 1893.
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America
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George Kibbe Turner
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New York
Financial World
Nightingale's relief corps and college drives for Scutari
Florence Nightingale led the first organized relief effort by women in 1855 Crimea. Cambridge undergraduates gathered warm clothes for Scutari invalids after a war office letter called for hospital stores. Boxes filled with flannel jackets trousers blazers rugs and greatcoats were packed for shipment by town upholsterer officials noted for a gentlemanly remark about the consignment for a lady.
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Cause of Twilight Phenomenon Explained
The article explains twilight as atmospheric refraction bending sunlight after sunset, keeping brief illumination until rays bend too far below the horizon. It notes less twilight near the tropics due to perpendicular sun rays and longer twilight in temperate and frigid zones.
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New York American
With a Grain of Salt and the Great Eastern Tale
A brief note traces the origin of the saying with a grain of salt to Pompey and Mithridates and the antidote recipe. It then lists the Great Eastern’s dimensions, passenger capacity, speed, and its end in 1889, followed by a light New Zealand Free Lance quip about weather and a wife.
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Pompey
Mithridates
Molokai Leper Settlement Described as Small Forty Mile Island Outpost
A Harpers Weekly writer challenges the idea that Molokai is wholly a leper colony, noting the settlement covers eight square miles of the island's 261. It sits on a northern tongue of land with Pacific on three sides and steep cliffs to the south heights of 1800 to 4000 feet. A guarded trail along the landward side makes escape nearly impossible.
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Molokai
Harpers Weekly
No Ear For Music Quip At School Event
A light exchange at a school event features Miss Parsons asking Mr Judkins how he likes the music. He replies he has no ear for music, and Mr Jasper quips that he uses his ear for a pen rack.
Even Score in Family Confrontation Reveals Strain
A domestic scene shows a tense exchange where a father questions an objection to his son in law. The dialogue centers on financial strain and mutual inability to provide, highlighting a clash over money and responsibility within the family.
Stupid Husband of a Noted Singer Catalani's Piano Mishap
The article recounts a noted singer Catalani and her French husband in a humorous scene. He is described as unintelligent and did not adjust the piano for a concert. After she complained the pitch was too high the carpenter cut two inches from each leg, yet she still faced an unsuitable setup for the performance.
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Catalant
Catalani
Through the Cracks in a Scottish Preaching Tour
An odd exchange from a preaching tour in Scotland shows a listener calling the orator cracked while another remarks a light may peep through a crack. A separate club-borne quip about a late return and a failing musician colors the page with light social chatter.
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Edoward Irving
Scotland
Dumfries
No Use For Theory in Wigwag It Declares Twins Questioned
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record mocks a theory about two living as cheaply as one. It quips that the speaker was never the father of twins, hinting at a satirical debate without clear context or names.
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Philadelphia Record
VINOL touted as elderly health booster in old age ad
An HOPE DRUG CO advertisement praises VINOL as the greatest health builder for seniors, claiming it rebuilds wasting tissue and strengthens energy. It cites a woman who felt weakened by age, says VINOL made her feel ten years younger, and offers a money back guarantee if not beneficial.
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Vinol
Bai EE
Melbourne Government Defeats and Notable UK Votes
A London Chronicle summary notes that governments were toppled by slim majorities in 1839 and 1866. It recalls Gladstone's resignation in 1873 over votes, and highlights the 1870s public education act as a landmark placed on the statute book by a clear majority.
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Melbourne
John Russell
Gladstone
London Chronicle
Wild Dogs of Asia and Their Courageous Stature
The Wild Dogs of Asia span from the Himalayas to Ceylon and from China to Asia Minor, with roving packs of about nine to ten and an average length near three feet. They are bold, capable jungle predators though they avoid adult elephants and perhaps rhinoceroses, as described by the London Spectator.
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Asia
Himalayas
Ceylon
China
Asia Minor
London Spectator
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