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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
3
A historical note recalls a Belgian institution opened to treat tuberculosis with an exclusive raw meat diet. After months the experiment was abandoned due to lack of efficacy in the Richet cure, amid broader ads and biomedical claims scattered through the period.
A dealer describes whale oil as a limited lubricant and tempering agent, used in soap making and tree worm control, with cheaper mineral oils often replacing it. Sperm oil is valued for fine machinery lubrication and lamp use in mines, warehouses, and ships, though mineral oils dominate due to cost. Prices hover around nine tenths of a cent to a dollar, with watch oils selling up to ten dollars a gallon, and planters in Hawaii offering prizes for sugar industry machines including cane cutters and loaders.
A miscellany article argues mothers must educate daughters to avoid suffering and cites Mrs Pinkham’s advice and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Also appears are various short items on catarrh cures, bowel health, headache powders, Verminage cures, British tram profits, and a Stockton lighting works inauguration.
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