Whither Are We Drifting The Oyster’s Future Scaled For
Bill Nye contemplates a future shaped by scientific food manipulation, using oysters as a cautionary example. He argues that artificial fattening and processed diets foreshadow changes in society and human nature, urging readers to weigh the moral impact on home life and the human race. He warns against unchecked scientific progress in everyday sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Nye
New York
Neptune
Adam
St. Louis
A Japanese Genesis and Electric Employment Estimate
A narrative from Overland Monthly recounts a Japanese creation myth describing the birth of gods and humans from a cosmic chaos and a jeweled spear forming an island, followed by a quarrel over who first spoke. It notes an estimate of five million people supported by employment tied to electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Earth
Japan
Overland Monthly
New York World's Remarkable Nervure Nerve Tonic Claims
A 1888 World advertisement touts Dr. Greene's Nervura Nerve Tonic as a near miraculous cure for nervous disorders. It lists numerous personal testimonials from Boston, Hartford, Philadelphia, and New York, praising relief from nervousness, weakness, insomnia, and debility. The piece notes wide drugstore availability at $1 per bottle and urges readers to obtain it if unavailable locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dr. Greene
Lucie Weener
Annie Donovan
Attawaugan
Conn
W. ©. Miles
Bue Hill Avenue
Boston
Mass
Alexander Horn
Marine Asylum
Philadelphia
James Bown
Market Street
New York City
W. F. Abbe
Affleck Street
Hartford
Greene
Quite at His Ease and a Notre Dame Note
The excerpt recalls a moonlit promenade with a cigarette talk between Mr. Rusher and LT. It transitions to a historical note about Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris founded in 1163, its near destruction by Communists in May 1871, and its subsequent restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusher
Detroit Free Press
Notre Dame
Paris
The Purgative Pellet Epitaph in Maine Editor’s Tomb
An epitaph on a Maine editor’s tombstone extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellet amid a list of modern inventions from steamboats to telegraphs. The text claims the pellet renews suffering, increases human comfort, and lets the renewed sufferer enjoy contemporary luxuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Maine
Rheumatic Cure Claim From White Cloud Advertisement
A 19th century testimonial from White Cloud describes dramatic weight loss from rheumatism and claimed recovery after using Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup. The letter cites lengthy doctor bills and a recovery note by Virturam A. Baker dated April 22 1887, with endorsements from local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
A. Baker
White Cloud
William A. Baker
A. G. Clark
St. R
Trask
Positive remedy for consumption offered by T A Slocum
A letter to the editor touts a cure for consumption claiming thousands of hopeless cases were permanently cured. The author T A Slocum M C lists 181 Pearl St New York and offers to send two free bottles to readers who provide an express and post office address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
N. Y
Caroline Monteith
Deer Creek
Ind
H. A. Carr
P. M
Escambia
Ala
E. Hurgmel
Boonville
Alice E. Chavez
Mt. Storm
W. Va
DR. Radway &Co
Warren St
New York
Express and Post Office
G. Root
Prose on Love and Female Health Ends With Patent Remedy
The excerpt laments changing beauty and aging in a woman and suggests Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness and disorders. It notes that youth cannot be preserved and parries the idea that drinking water cures troubles. The Boston Courier is cited.
Popular Work Reprints Revised 1583 Edition for Prompt Delivery
Orders will be promptly filled as a large edition of the revised 1583 issue is ready for delivery. Copies mailed postpaid at ten cents in stamps or coin. Also available the Christmas Annuals in a Scientific series at ten cents each. Rough On Itch Ointment offered for skin ailments at fifty cents, mailed from Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Hox- Brook
Chicago
Boys and Girls of America
Watt Stephens
Voltagal
Kensington
Zoo
Alli
America
Sunshine
Bsearf
S&plenda
Humorous Remedies and Advertised Cures From The Era
A clergyman cured of a long illness by a new prescription is offered free samples from Prof. J A Lawrence in New York. Ads tout look young skin products by Leaurelle and Wells, along with Lyon's Heel Stuffeners and Rough on Rats and Corn remedies. Various patent medicine pitches promise instant relief and cosmetic benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lawrence
East Ninth Street
New York
Leaurelle Otl
Wells
Jersey City
N.J
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Newaygo County
Little Willie Sanford
Detroitt Free Press
J. 8. Comss
Owensville
Ohio
Scott
Pywoy
Bath
ELY Bros
Greenwich St
Jayfever
Boston Courier
Great Rock Island
E.S Wells
Lyon’s
Radway
FREE
Frrm
Panaxon
Ardini
George Stinson
Hood
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Emma Shepard
Coral Street
Worcester
B. Atherton
Passaic City
N. J
SPP
Plebelboelen
Tower’s
Towers Fish Brand
J. Tower
Simmons St
Rheumatic Syrup Company
Jackson, Mich
Tertus
Trur & CO
Augusta
Pettit
F. B. Dickerson & CO
Detroit
Mich
Texas
Godley & Porter
Dallas
Tex
F.L. Pond
M.D . Aurora, Kane Co
Youunes Faien
American School of Telegraphy
Madison
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Michion
Bryan
S Business College
Buffalo, N.Y
McCormick & Son
Washington, D.C
Clueinmail
Willia
Williams
MPG. CO
Cleveland
Ne Eames
Kidder
Ty Niall Sionei
Talmion
Bend
Ross & CO
Toledo
Secret Service
Granian Detective Bureau Co
Arcade
Cincinnati
Chases
MagaTron TrHrs
Jones
Binghamton
Binghamton, N. W
Osgood
John P. Lovell Arms CO
Loomis &Nyman Tiffin
United States
Invyalida Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
N.Y
Ivens Chemical Co
Cincinnati Ohio
C.n. Y
G. H. Ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
D. R. Dyche & CO
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