Toledo Man Seeks Death Then Quiets With Remedy
D. J. Bower, treasurer of the New Overland Real Estate Exchange of Toledo, believed death neared due to stomach disease before trying Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy. Partner W. Wood reports the medicine revived his appetite and sleep, with Bower giving himself until September 28 to live before the treatment. The piece also notes broader medical and sensational items from the era and a subway anecdote about a young woman who shadows a deaf, elderly client as a paid companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Bower
New Overland Real Estate Exchange
Toledo
Maye
Interetenet
W. Wood
California Syrup of Figs touted for child relief
A vintage health blurb urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for constipated children. It claims the syrup cleanses the stomach liver and bowels within hours, with children loving the taste and parents trusting its gentle effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sage Teas Darken Hair And Stop Dandruff
A vintage ad style article promotes Wyeth Sage and Sulphur for darkening gray hair and preventing hair loss. It claims a natural even tone, gloss, and youthfulness, with a ready tonic sold in drugstores. Some snippets mention other ads and notes on time of disturbance and a New York inventor patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gough
Wyeth
Psychological warfare and the mass formation in war
The piece argues that fear shapes soldier behavior from childhood ghost fears to battle courage. It links individual fear to German mass formation tactics, noting that modern warfare prizes cohesion over singular bravery and that proximity to comrades reduces fear, justifying massed assaults as a practical necessity of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aml Ketik
Bamina
Graysyard Road
New York Press
Indian Troops In Action In The Royal Army Report
A survey of the Indian active army notes a strength near 160000 with imperial service troops reservists and volunteers. It records native officers such as ansaldars subabdars and jemidars and highlights Sikh Rajput Gurkha and Pathan fighters with vivid character sketches and lineage details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Service
Ansaldars
Ansaldar
Nanak Shah
Renjit Singh
Battle with a jellyfish shocks coastal resident
G. H. Wilson lies in critical condition at Cottage hospital after a dramatic life and death encounter off Serena. Four hundred feet from shore a massive jellyfish attacked him, its tentacles binding him and causing severe stings. He narrowly reached shore exhausted with burns and pain severe enough to require morphine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Wilson
Serena
Wilson
White
Improvised Still Helped Missionary In Peril In Hunan
An American medical missionary survived a life and death cholera battle in Hunan aided by an inventive Chinese coolie. Facing water shortages, he built a still for under two dollars that produced about 20 gallons of distilled water every 26 hours, using iron pans and a drum to condense vapor. This resourceful action, reported by World’s Work, saved many patients amid the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunan
China
Talk On Western Canada Prospects For Farmers
An advertisement touts Western Canada as rich in natural resources and a land of opportunity for farmers. It promises low costs, free prairie soil, and a path to wealth through farming with two essential forces: land and labor. The notice urges readers to write to a Canadian government agent to claim a home and independence, contrasting poverty with the chance to own land and prosper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Steat
Prairie
LOOK YOUR BEST Skin Care Ad and Slogan Pitches
An advertising snippet promotes LOOK YOUR BEST for skin care with cures and trial free samples by mail from Quiicura Boston. It mentions ointments to soothe and heal and fragrant emollients to preserve natural purity. Also includes a quirky line about lips being ears and a tax remark about judging worth by taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. X
Boston
Not Tooth Powder The Clean House Debate On Domestic Items
A fragment hints at a domestic quarrel over toothpaste or tooth powder and a misidentified substance. The exchange mentions a tube of tooth powder, a chemical confusion, and a reference to a cleaning topic. Also noted is an explosion at Gravelines in 1614 with thousands killed, and a stray line about a boxing score and a few garbled names.
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Olegy
Mayr
Moses
Tarselitigh
C. M. Cobarn
Baltimore
Twetor Cobarn
Kadesh Barnes
Dasis
Coburn
Cabarn
Omar
Sattar
Gop Jokinen
Linton Cx
Kemey
Amerca
Tions Sud Weir
England
Wales
Mr. Austin
Te Fatu
TCAR
Washington
Wrenautie
Ledepemdins Mill
Mr. Bower
New York
H. W. Hill
Minnesota Public Health Association
Church
Gotham
Porter
Cees
Adv
Vincent Astor
Tennessee
Nikola Tessa
Aubey
Kipling
Santa Harbara
Los Angeles Times
United States
George H. Cushing
Technical World Magazine
America
Europe
John
Cornell
Coolie
Branley
Stanley
Mamma
Hin
Gomer Davies
Davies
Kansas City Star
Austin
Indiana
Metunsit
Ind
Sayel
Sidney Clea
Doan
Buffalo, N.y
Fletcher
Recers
Gravelines
Ted Orcas ‘Ball Imluer 'Au
Rogers
Ade
Carter
Rottry Popham
Bewins
Ara. Co
Fort Wayne
Lydia E. Pinkham
Atlantic
Pacific
Mrs. Crusen
Bushnell, IL
Atlantic Coast
Tlorenox
Heron
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Anice
Mra
Harwand Hodgdon
Eydta E.pinksham
Wll
Cragelate
Donnes
Sponn Medical. CO
Chomiats
Goshen
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