Strange Cures Across the World Dangers of Traditional Treatments
A survey of unusual medical practices from China India Russia and the South Seas describes cures using tiger bone pills spear insertions bone baths and gemstone pastes. It contrasts these with Western science and notes the relief of modern medicine available in the United States. The piece highlights the risks and cruelty of some remedies while praising contemporary medical care.
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Ain
United States
England
China
Ultraviolet rays and other science notes from 1900s survey
Ultraviolet chemical rays may inflame skin and penetrate it, with potential medical uses. Experiments by Finsen concentrate and cool rays to treat lupus, while others study odors carried by wind, fruit preservation, cork permeability, and milk condensation. Historical blasts and light protection through colored glass are noted along with early copying methods.
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Pinata
Finsen
John M. Bacon
Atlantic
France
Trouble in the clock works in New York
A playful complaint from the New York Press laments overwork as civic workers demand shorter hours. The cartoonish verse uses clock hands to personify fatigue and calls for relief through reduced work time. The piece underlines labor tensions in a lighthearted, period-voice tone.
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New York
Nell Maude Hits Russian at Tache with Grace
Nell Maude wowed a Russian at Tache with a great hit and praised his name as beautiful. She fears a cold could spoil her performance or plans.
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Philadelphia
Nell—Maude
Belle
Copying Ink Impression Claims Mass Production
The prose describes a paper dampened from the back to transfer writing, creating a superficial impression that remains legible through the sheet. It is claimed that fifty copies of the original can be produced using this method.
Elastic currency idea sparks humorous exchange
Mr Geezer proposes an elastic currency while explaining the money question to his wife. She quips that government should print bank notes on thin sheets of rubber, framing the debate with wit.
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Mr. Geezer
Mrs. Geezer
Harper's Bazar
Man misreads wedding vow tale at Oshkosh lounge
A man from Oshkosh regales loungers with a macabre tale of a heart failing at dawn and a dreamed wedding, later revealing he has never been married. the crowd reacts with astonishment at the implausible story and the peculiar claim.
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Oshkosh
The Prevailing Thought in a Christmas Exchange
A Philadelphia North American fragment shows two men debating charity and dignity during Christmas. One speaker resists pauperizing themselves for gifts, while the other, registered from Oshkosh, contemplates turning fifty five.
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Philadelphia
Prodigious Strength Reported By The World
A New York World item notes Browne or Towne debate a doctor’s son’s strength. The story hints at remarkable power by lifting his father’s bill, illustrating a sensational claim about physical prowess.
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New York World
Browne
Towne
Death on the outpost at Fort Thomas remembered
An Indiana infantry officer recalls Private Sims who died during a July night at Santiago. Sims slept through an alert firing, then collapsed. doctors found no wound, only heart disease. The tale, told beside the Sixth Infantry tablet on a water tower, links a quiet death to a brutal campaign.
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William 8. Sims
Sixth Infantry
Ft. Thomas
Santiago
Sims
Sima
Explanation from Africa About The Missing Lancers
Mrs Stubb reports in a dialogue about the 9th Lancers being missing as John asks for clarification and Mr Stubb identifies the lancers as surgeons wielding lances in a fictional exchange.
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Stubb
Africa
9Th Lancers
John
Lancers
Mr. Stubb
Maria
Lost locket and money mix in a postwar tale
A distraught man laments a missing locket once kept by his late wife Mabel and suspects betrayal as a caller on the line and a coins scam complicate his grief. Friends try to calm him while a costly mystery unfolds around a single dollar and a suspicious phone exchange.
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Bina Deluk
Mabel
Umea
Mveo
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Sea Islands
India
Finland
Lapland
Ssister No
la Grippe
Russia
Science
New South Wales
Peterswald
Austria
Daniel Schmidt
Vienna
B. F. McIntyre
H. C. Marey
Boston
Germany
Herr F. H. Wundrum
D. P. Hoyer
Leutenant
Bengal
H. J. Moeller
St. Helens
Eng
Charles Davison
Hell Gate
New York Harbor
Toulon
Jules Eryamane
Gabriel
Thomas
Mr. Smediey
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