Doctor's Confession on Medicine and Remedies
A frank critique of modern medicine questions its reliance on poisons and drugs, preferring natural or herbal remedies. The piece highlights cases like Warner's Safe Cure for kidney issues and Brown's Iron Bitters as popular tonics, with ads and testimonials from readers and publishers urging cautious use of medicines.
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Hippocrates
Buffalo Courier
The
Boston Globe
Warner
H. J. Gardner
R. L
Newport
Rampart of the North Tech Dies in Cannon Accident
Henri och, famed as a rival of the strongest man on earth and a Paris Gingerbread favorite, perished when a cannon he shouldered exploded. The Paris and Belgian fair athlete known for wrestling prowess faced opponents including the Man with the Iron Mask and Bazin, who fell before his formidable biceps.
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Tech
Henri Och
Paris
Bazin
North
London Standard
The Prince’s Mungerian Coachman
The Prince of Wales during a Hungary visit admired a coachman’s mustache and hired him for its hair. After seeing the barber shaved face, the prince was horrified and sent the man home. This humorous anecdote from the New York World describes his disappointment.
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Prince of Wales
Hungary
Jelu
New York World
Curious Case of Paradoxical Deafness Reported
A note to the Paris Academy of Sciences describes a patient who is deaf in ordinary settings yet hears a game and trains in noisy environments, likened to a mor ance railway journey and a grave propawn scenario, with the Arkansas Traveler cited.
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Paris Academy of Sciences
Arkansaw
Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Promises $500 Reward
Manufacturers back a bold claim offering $500 to any case of catarrh they cannot cure. They tout the medicine’s mild soothing cleansing and healing properties and insist on its ability to produce perfect cures where others fail, appealing to wire service readers.
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Dr. Sage
Cook Remedy Co
Omaha
Nebraska
Hatterions
Neb
Paxton Block
Bleedin' Kansas: The Harrises Camp Tragedy Tale
The tale recounts Bleedin Kansas a Topeka man mocked as Bleedin Kansas who falls for a distant East girl, braves camp dynamics and gambling, and is later ruined by drink and a fatal shot. His love story ends with suicide at Harrises and a burned shack memorialized by fellow campers.
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Kansas
Sam _ T. Clover
Bear Returns to Attack Hunters After Losing Cub
In the Raton mountains a silver tip mother bear retrieves her dead cub and charges back through oak brush toward three hunters. After firing on the bear, the group kills her. the cub is found on the divide with two bullet holes in the skin.
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Raton Mountains
Winchester
Debutante And Lawyer At A Literary Reception
A witty tale from the Pittsburg Dispatch describes Miss Budd preparing to impress a distinguished lawyer. She studies literature and opens with talk of Mary Queen of Scots, but the rest of the conversation is not recorded, leaving humor about their meeting.
Drunken man aroused by under‑arm pinch practice
A policeman notes a method to wake a drunken man by pinching under the arms. He recalls trying it on a man lying across a track and later on a suspect at the fourth district station, with mixed reactions but eventual awakening. The account cites a St Louis Glads-Democr audience reference.
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Siys
Tent
Morgan Streets
Sergt. Pierce
Fourth District
Maria
St Louis
Noted U S Marshal Nabs Whisky Peddler in Indian Country
A United States marshal recites chasing an Indian suspected of selling whisky to a dusky ally. After capture the officer lectures the warrior on depravity. The prisoner, facing punishment, asks for help while noting Uncle Sam’s distant mercy and God’s limited reach.
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United States
New York
The Man Catches It in a Droll Exchange
In a humorous exchange, Bloobumper remarks about heavenly robes while Mrs Bloobumper counters with angels in the other pipes wearing smoking jackets, amid the scent of cigars.
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Bloobumper
Girls They Left Behind In Camp After Return From Leave
In Kansas the Seventh Cavalry recounts reunions after a year apart. Officers with families share homecomings filled with laughter and stories while those without family await letters. Soldiers celebrate reuniting with loved ones and the comforts of civilization, as songs and revelry fill the camp.
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Seventh Cavalry
Kansas
Daily Mail
Young Jack Astor and the fading Astoria tradition
The New York World profiles "Young Jack" Waldo Astor, noting his nervous manner and rebellious streak. It discusses how Astoria blood mixes with American wealth, the likelihood that William Waldorf Astor’s sons inherit most of the estate, and that Jack faces limited future riches after future estate shifts.
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Jack
Astoria
New York
Astors
William Waldorf Astor
Newport
Lenox
New York World
Bedroom Comfort Across Cultures Described in Asia and Near East
A writer contrasts Oriental and Christendom sleeping arrangements noting half the world sleeps on floors while Indies lack mattresses. Descriptions cover pillows from a Japanese wood and paper support to Korean and Indian variants, Egyptian divans, and a Chinese matriarch whose husband’s fortune reached 50.2 million.
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Orient
Christendom
Indies
Asia
China
Siam
Hindostan
Sleep Arrangements Across Asia From Teak Bed to Bamboo Pillows
The account notes a teak bed six feet square with a rope mattress used by an old lady who knows no springs. Japanese sleep on the floor with compactable bedding stored by day, Burmese use floor mats with bamboo pillows, and across Asia there is little washing in bedrooms.
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Washington
Indian River
Fia
Zellers
Nature Ha
Church Etiquette and Curious Animal Notes in One Issue
Burdette offers humorous points on church decorum in the era of St Indolance New Chicorkadelphia urging passive seating and yawning with hands over mouth. The page also reports manatee sightings in Washington and a primer on matter and energy from Popular Science News.
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Bob” Burdette
Farmer seeks parygoric at Milwaukee drugstore riddle
A farmer visits a Milwaukee drug store asking for ten cents worth of parygoric and tests the clerk with a string of quips about lakes and bays, delivering witty mishearings as proof he remembers. A playful, anecdotal local piece records humorous street banter.
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Milwaukee
Eric
Pat-in-Bay
Perty
Deadlock in New Unity mayoral race ends in tie
A Kansan and a tourist discuss a municipal deadlock after a mayoral election ends with identical vote counts for two candidates Hooks and another rival. A third candidate seems unlikely to resolve the tie, and calls for a new election are dismissed.
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New Unity
Kansan
Munsey's
How to Go to Sleep From a Physician's View
A physician notes quick sleep tips including half pint hot water or hot milk and beef tea. He asserts these methods work in about eight of ten cases though warns some people overdo it and recounts a patient who ate a square meal before retiring.
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Chicago Tribune
Hicks at Court Quips with Queen in Playful Exchange
A New York Sun snippet recalls Hicks at court where he bluffingly confronted royalty. He says he refused deference, joked about not knuckling down to the queen, and asked her name after a feigned bow.
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New Yorke Sun
The Yellow Silk Spider of Ceylon and India
In the mountains of Ceylon and India a large yellow and scarlet spider spins a strong web five feet in diameter. Its net entangles birds and lizards alike, while its powerful jaws deliver a memorable bite though not venomous. Skeletons of small birds in jungle nooks show the webs' deadly reach.
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Ceylon
India
Revengeful Cobra Strikes Madras Railway Employee
An employee of the Madras Railway company killed one cobra after finding two on a veranda. The wounded serpent escaped and later returned entering a window. It pursued him at night and attacked him at tea time, biting his leg before other guests killed it. he never recovered.
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Madras Railway Company
Buna
Cam
Philaphia Times
Boy speaks back to angry father in Timely Warning
A six year old named Dickie cuts a boot with a hatchet provoking a furious scolding from his father. The boy responds by warning that continued talking will make him mad too.
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Dickie
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