Rheumatism Cure Promoted by Dr Kennedy's Remedy
Col Wm J Harvey of Wilkesbarre once crippled by rheumatism credits Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy with his recovery. The letter cites kidney treatment as key, listing rheumatism as uric acid poisoning from diseased kidneys and endorses the remedy for kidney liver bladder blood and related ailments. Sold by druggists at 1 dollar a bottle or six for five dollars, with a free sample offer.
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Col
Wm. J. Harvey
Wilkesbarre
David Kennedy
Col. Harvey
Sound of a Piano Defects Due to Exterior Causes
A piano may develop a faulty note not from the instrument but from external sources. A dealer explains that room objects can vibrate in sympathy with a note, as in a chandelier globe whose vibration caused an otherwise puzzling jarring sound. The article urges locating outside causes and restoring conditions to keep the piano at its best.
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Chicago
Inter Ovean
Microbes and Moon: Tuberculosis on Books and Earth’s Visibility
Popular Science notes tuberculosis microbes can survive on a book for 108 days and claims that 576 parts of the moon are visible from Earth while 424 are hidden. It discusses Earth’s atmosphere as a protective cover, low temperatures in space, retinal impression timing, and optics. It also states blood flow speeds from heart to arteries and through capillaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Burglary Tale of a Mother and Child by Charles Welsted
A burglar hides beneath a sick child's bed in a Montreal home on Boulevard D. He sympathizes with the sleeping child as a mother and nurse tend her, then flees when a scream erupts. He falls during his escape and dies after a fall from the third story, while the wife and child survive. The case ties to Gertrude Dressler alias Mrs Theodore La Roche alias Ned Davis and a fated orphanage.
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Elms
Boulevard D
Nursie
Gladys
Mamma
Orphan Asylum
Gray Nuns
Montreal
la Roche
Mr. Rogers
Rogers
St. John’s Hospital
Gertrude Dressler
Theodore la Roche
Ned Davis
James Rogers
Montana
Enlarge your horizon and think without limits
A motivational excerpt urges embracing abundant potential and rejecting self-imposed poverty. It asserts the creator designed people to enjoy life and grow morally and spiritually, warning that limiting thoughts curb possessions and opportunity.
Odd Wedding Customs From Around The World
The text notes Swiss brides forbid lips kisses from anyone on wedding day and sequences like thresholds kept warm with hot water in some regions. It mentions May marriage superstitions in Germany and a symbolic dollar gift to start new life, Italians banning sharp gifts, and the bouquet toss as a sign of future brides.
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Switzerland
Germany
Seotiind
Wigs In Conarta and the Rise of the Wig in Courts
A London Globe excerpt notes that before 1660 judges wore caps or hats, but the periwig from France altered appearances and was quickly adopted by judges and doctors. Barristers tried copying, but judges resisted until about fifty years later when wigs became universal in law courts.
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Conarta
France
London Globe
Paraguay Tea Grows Wild in Southern Woods
Paraguay tea or mate is a popular beverage for about 20 million people in South America. Its cultivation faded for years after Jesuit plantations, but recent plantations have been established in Paraguay. The seed germination reportedly requires treatment with potassium salt.
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Paraguay
South America
The Board Arrival in Buffalo Stirs 1867 Meeting
The Rev Dr Newman Hall attended an American Board gathering in Buffalo in 1867 hosted by Rev Dr Wolcott Calkins and family of Newton Mass. The visit sparked local chatter as the board’s arrival was described as a “comet” and a child offered coffee at dawn, reflecting warm hospitality of the era.
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Newman Hall
American Board
Buffalo
Wolcott Calkins
Newton
Mass
Hall
Klndly
Humor of the Hour and Quick Wits in Briefs
A collage of comic snippets and social jests from periodicals. It blends domestic humor about a sick husband and a solemn maid, quips on employment recs and ill tempers, waltz math, playful mishearings, flirtations, and ripostes. Notables include Kate and Mr Tilman, a railroad clerk joke, and brief cartoons of love and mischance.
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Popular Science
Charles Welsted
Gata
Humor OF the Hour
le Dend
Kate
Parkers
Herbert Spencer
Mr. Tilman
Lippincott's Magazine
Railroad Information Bureau
Baltimore News
Jones
Gaston Transcript
Brooklyn
Accounted & Jones
Hottaire
Smith
Judge
Boston
Bertha
Fred
Boston Transcript
Chicago Post
Pate
Bacon
Yonkers
Miss Johnson
Jes
Hull
Dinah
Old Baldrickson
Chicago Tribune
Mgmenamin
South Centre Street
Pali Ted LN
MTU Rae
The
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Avoness
Wilkes-Game
Boyle
Nest
Preah Rochester
Shenandoah
Youngling
Tan i Centre
Ehigh Valley Railroad
Freeland
Weatherly
Munch Chunk
Allentown
Hethlehen
Easton
Philit
Belpats
Newreek
Whiteham
Sandgun
Hitc
Wilkes-larre
Pittston
Scranton
Hazleton
Mauch Chunk
Bethlehem
Philadelphia
New York
Delano
Mahanoy City
Mt. Carmel
Mubaney City
White Haven
Wests Scranton
Weatt Munch Chunk
Tuston
Pottsville
Shensandoah
Mauel Chunk
Faston
Mine Chunk
Shenansaat
Mahaney City
Haale
Kite Haven
Rollin F H. Wilbur
Cortlandt Street
New York City
Chas
Lee
G. J. Gildroy
Delaware
Subquehanna
Schuyleile Rau Noap
Drifton Jeddo
Kokley
Hazlebrook
Stockton
Heaver Meadow Road
Roan
Hazleton Junction
Drifton
Harwood
Branverran Yomiloken
Deringer
Oneida Tynett
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Ha«leton Junction
Cranberry
Towhicken
Oneida Junction
Harwood Wood
Tomhicken
Hagieton Junction
Hazieton Junction
Tlam
Hezleton
Jennesville
Audenshed
Traction Company
Filkesbarre
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Pot
Srith
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