Drugs and Plants at Philly College Roof Garden
Dr Henry Kraemer of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy leads experiments on 2000 plant varieties and animals to test stimulant strength. The botanical roof garden yields insights into drugs and their effects, with plants like licorice, foxglove, camphor, sundews, pitcher plants, and Venus flytraps, while Digitalis studies compare stimulant actions to alcohol and other compounds. Results will be released as completed over years.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Henry Kraemer
Hahnemann
Kraemer
Bill Posaum
Bill Possum
Jersey
Spain
Henry R. Rittenhouses
Mr. Rittenhouse
Socrates
Florida
Morty
London
Metchelkoff
Pasteur Institute
Guy's Hospital
A. Diktuso
Matchnikoff
Metchnikoff
Widows Reunion in Wilkes Barre Pa Brings Forty Six Women
Forty six widows aged 23 to 77 held their fifth annual reunion at Fairchilds park in Wilkes Barre. The event promotes mutual sympathy with the oldest member, Mrs. Florence Harman, age 83, absent due to illness.
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Wilkesbarre
Fairchild's Park
Florence Harman
Milking Cows Respond to Phonograph Music
Jersey farmer Steever Smith near Great Notch uses a phonograph in the barnyard to stimulate milk production. He tried various tunes including The Old Cabin Bucket The Arkansas Traveler and The Irish Washerwoman. Cows produced enough milk to add two extra cars to the milk train.
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Montclair
N. J
Mualo
Steever Smith
Great Notch
Smith
Rory O'Moore
Woman Escapes Tie to Wire in Delaware Incident
From Rehoboth Beach Delaware Lydia Smith of Clayton narrowly avoids danger after getting hair caught in a wire while escaping a spake, leaving her distressed by the ordeal.
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Gnake
Moray
Rehoboth
Lydia Smith
Abe
Mies Smith
Clayton
Dela
Wes Ten
Honors Were With Farmer
A rural mail carrier stops at a farm and asks if the resident is related to Sherlock Holmes. The farmer Beverly G. Holmes replies he is detective enough to read people and chides the carrier for misjudgment based on appearance.
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Holmes
Beverly G
Sherlock Holmes
Twelve-Year Eczema Patient Healed by Cuticura Remedies
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania suffered twelve years with eczema on hands arms and feet. After trying many salves doctors and failing he used Cuticura Remedies and saw vast improvement with hands and feet healed. Since then no trouble. Advertisement appears from Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston.
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Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Prope
Bosten
Physician's Mean Trick
A doctor known for intolerance to imaginary illnesses pretends to treat a patient in public by ordering her to shut her eyes and stick out her tongue then vanishes, leaving her alone in a busy street with tongue exposed. The tale centers on the patient's realization of being duped by the physician.
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Ogen
Quotes and quips from old papers on housekeepers and health
A collage of vintage quips: an old-fashioned woman judges a woman’s housekeeping by clothes on the line, a cartoonish doctor jokes about a cold feet prescription for five dollars, and a moral note urging self-improvement and consideration of others.
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Atchison Globe
Undertone of Admiration Inspires Community Interest
A fragmented notice hints at people who admire something and the community response. The brief reads as a glimpse of sentiment and collective appreciation without clear dates or places.
Across Panama Isthmus By Rail And River Hunt
A vivid travelogue recounts a Panama Railroad crossing from Colon to La Boquilla aboard a locomotive. The party notes red hot tracks crowded with trains, jungle scenery, and a morning police visit before taking a launch and small boats up the Chowera river. They spot at least sixteen alligators along the banks and describe a hunting mishap with an elephant gun and a dramatic river rapids passage.
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Colon
Atlantic
Pacific
Sea Tr Ces
Panama
West Virginia
Culebra
Paraiso
Gold Hill
Anacon Hill
la Boos
Jamaica
Chowera
Panama Constabulary
Rapida
Ghanton
Marlin Éé's
Shantom
Pecan
Couveaire
Tale of a Mock Election in a Small Town
An unclear reader note hints at a local event involving names, lanes, and a street scene. The fragment suggests a civic or social setup with everyday participants. Details remain unreadable, but the scene evokes ordinary town life and small actions.
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Wew
Clinscinst
Washington, D. & W
RF. Hart
Department of Justice
Taft
Washington
Anacostia
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Distase
Lane
Cuthura
Shamee Ae
Detvereau
Acruss
MTV Opal Oe
Wheat Palace
Cty OF
Paa
Bee
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