France to end reign of horror on Devil's Isle
Paris dispatch reports Gov Georges Lamy plans reforms at Devil's Island in French Guiana to improve life for liberated convicts serving long isolation after hard labor. about 2,000 liberated convicts, aided by Salvation Army efforts, will gain jobs and self respect while main penal camp sits at Cayenne.
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Paris
Devil's Island
France
Georges Lamy
Lamy
Guiana
Salvation Army
Cayenne
French Guiana
Iles du Salut
St. Joseph
Ie Royale OS
Devil’s Island
St.Joseph's Island
Ile
Royale
Hemroid internal remedy offered for piles relief
An ad promotes Hemroid as an internal treatment for piles caused by internal blood circulation issues. It claims external salves fail, endorses Dr J S Leonhardt's prescription, and guarantees money back if not satisfied. May Drug Co invites sufferers to try one bottle.
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J. S. Leonhardt
May Drug Co
Kruschen Salts Promises Relief From Dizzy Spells
An advertisement promoting Kruschen Salts as a daily health aid claims daily doses keep liver and kidneys running, intestines free of acid and waste, and prevent dizziness and headaches. It credits the product with renewed energy and physical charm, pricing at 40 cents per jar and listing May Drug Store, Inc. as a seller.
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May Drug Store, Inc
Canada waits US on trade pact talks in Ottawa
Ottawa hears Washington must take the initiative to conclude a reciprocity trade pact with Canada. Bennett’s government stays silent on progress but indicates scope exists beyond Empire agreements. U S offers and counteroffers are under review in Ottawa and Washington amid reported US bloc efforts on fish potatoes cattle and other products.
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Ottawa
Canada
David Copperfield
Barkis
Dominion
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Mystery Papers Drive Egypt Trip Echoing a Lab Secret
Dr Alexander Dane entrusts a cryptic paper to his stepdaughter Fessy Trave on his deathbed. They sail from New York to Egypt seeking Payler, only to discover he is back home in hospital and near death. A gang and a mysterious Dr Canders Hately appear, while Peggy and Terry chase clues in Dane’s lab and papers.
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Alexander Dane
Fessy Trave
John Payler
Egypt
Terry Brown
New York
Payler
James Towland
Norma H Hillins
Towland
Dr. Cander
Dr. Dane
Warren Hately
Terry
Dr. Canders
Peggy
Mrs. Pohnson
Mrs. Pohn
Canders
Hately
Dane
Rock Acres
Green Water
Paylor
Horace
Diary Clues Push Terry Toward Paylor Conflict
Terry and Peggy debate Dr Dane’s diary as a clue to Paylor. They question what remains, who can be trusted, and whether Towland’s fake officer hid evidence. Peggy mocks Terry’s urgency while he hunts a hidden stash in the house, ending with a silent plan for tomorrow.
Modern medical methods and professional tradition clash
Personal Health Service columnist William Brady argues that modern medical methods such as chemical veins treatment diathermy and ambulant procedures should be openly discussed rather than dismissed as new. He laments conservative medicine delaying progress and calls for frank criticism and debate within organized medicine.
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Deer
Censored Medical Debate Over New Hernia Treatments
The text discusses long time suppression and censorship of new ambulant hernia methods by physicians and the American Medical Association. It accuses authorities of anonymity and silencing honest, scientific contributions in favor of controlling who learns the new techniques.
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Nals
Medical’ Association
Reader letters discuss health ethics and dental advice
A collage of letters touches on health experiments with dynamite skin absorption myths, nitroglycerin volatility, and the impact of harsh treatment on neurotics. It includes exchanges on frank discussions, patient guidance, orthodontia, and requests for stamped envelopes, all dated 1935 and showing editorial service notes.
Dinner Menu and Recipe Fragments from Recife Dining
A collection of fragmented cookbook style lines describes baked white fish with escalloped potatoes, buttered spinach, biscuits, and currant jelly cabbage salad. Sauce includes sour cream, vinegar, onions, sugar, mustard, and spices. Tomato relish, pickled elements, and a yeast raised doughnut recipe are partially listed with boiling and canning steps.
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Recife
Chicago
Doughnut Recipe Instructions From Old Menu Test Kitchen
A vintage baking passage describes cooling milk then mixing salt cinnamon sugar eggs fat and 2 cups flour with remaining milk. After kneading and rising to double, roll to 1 3 inch, cut rounds, let rise again, fry in hot fat about 4 minutes, drain and serve plain or sugared.
Early railroads used wooden rails with iron straps
A historical note describes wooden rails topped by thin iron straps that sometimes loosened and pierced through coach floors, injuring passengers. The passage highlights early railway design flaws and passenger safety issues during the era.
Lowly Russian Serf Built Early Bicycle
Moscow dispatch recalls Artamonov of Verkhoturye a 19th century serf who designed and built an early bicycle about 1800. He reportedly rode 5000 kilometers from Verkhoturye to Moscow to attend Alexander I's coronation, gaining limited credit in history.
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Moscow
Artamonov
Verkhoturie
Sverdlovsk
Verkhoturiev
Alexander I
Advertisement promising free test of method for rupture cure
A fragment describes an offer to mail a name and address to receive free, obligation-free details of a new rupture cure method. The notice claims it brings freedom to thousands and urges immediate writing to obtain full particulars and the genuine method.
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Briardale Crocer
Rice
Adams
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Tory
Elsie
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Albert .B. “Happy” Chandler
Thomas_ .S. Rhea
Personal Health Service
William Brady
Brady
Chervice
Madison Street
Chicase
Alexander George
Veass
Sumer
Briardale
Jell-o's
Michigan
Edgemont
Wershey’s. Cocos
I.-Hei'can
Strongheart
Satina
Oakite
Jack Sprat
Jong
Charmeuse Brand
Rite-Way Food Store
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