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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1883
Page
1
A historical note discusses Corean medical lore and remedies, citing serpent wine from a drowned snake, blood from a pig’s tail, and various herbal mixtures. It highlights ginseng as a premier tonic, valued up to $10,000 per pound, and links its reputation to health beliefs and cultural perceptions.
Readable excerpts urge California Legislature to let the state publish its own school books at cost to relieve families. Critics say publishers inflate prices and push unnecessary titles. supporters argue progress and relief for students. Includes miscellaneous remarks on remedies and other worldly notes.
An incomplete clipping mixes health claims for Ely’s Cream Balm with a miswritten death certificate and a string of humorous anecdotes. It mentions a two week old illness, a German father, and a French mother, then shifts to jokes about liver or kidney troubles, masquerade balls, and newspaper satire.
In Oakfield Missouri a girl near age twelve astonishes by spelling difficult words backward without hesitation. She can read words in her mind and reverse them, spelling a list including galaxy syzygy cibronomy rob in phonography and more. Her talent emerged about two years ago during a school spelling match.
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