Sanitary writer decries tea breakfast habit and lauds hominy porridge
The eminent sanitary writer Mr Ernest Hart argues tea should be removed from breakfast tables. He favors hominy porridge with bread and cocoa for workers and notes tea acts as a nerve stimulant. Also cited is a Poorhouse case from Sciota County where St Jacob's Oil improved rheumatism after multiple remedies. a Boston inventor claims a method to produce 30,000 paper boxes daily at one third cost.
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Ernest Hart
David Allingsworth
Sciota County
St. Jacob's Is
Botte
Portsmouth
Ohio
Boston
Good Housewife Urged to Use Hop Bitters This Spring
An 19th century Patriot item advises the housewife to favor Hop Bitters during spring cleaning for household health. It claims the preparation purifies the blood and regulates digestion to prevent spring illnesses like malaria and miasma, praising it as pure and best medicine.
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N. HL
Patriot
Town woman sues over unsafe clogger and medical quack cures
A Town woman wins 200 damages after a hardware store straw cutter caused two finger loss due to lack of danger labeling. The column then peddles patent remedies from Kidney-Wort to Wistar’s Balsam and a Boston seance tale, reflecting era medical and spiritual fads and consumer concerns.
Yellow Rock and Sarseporilly Blood Purifier Ad
An old advertisement touts Guysott's Yellow Rock and Sarseporilly as a universal tonic and blood purifier promising to cure scrofula syphilitic disorders and nervous debility. It claims to restore health, vigor, and youthfulness with a quart bottle priced at $1.00 and directions included.
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Wistar
Hope
Wister
Wictar
N. B
Sanford & Pork
Guysott
Watching One's Blood and Hooker Mercy Tale
A report describes Cheiloangioscopy under Dr C Huter showing real blood flow in a patients lip vessels with light and a microscope, noting pathological observables and diagnostic value. The second tale recounts General Hooker sparing a deserter after Bond’s plea citing maternal mercy.
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Parkning
C. Huter
Griefswald
Huter
Posthumous Tribute Sparks Quiet Cemetery Stop
A Pawtucket passenger, anxious to reach Cemetery street, insists on being informed of the stop. At the cemetery she learns Jim Tipp, married to her husband’s half sister, has a headstone placed in his memory, and she expresses a wish to view his grave.
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Pawtucket
Cemetery Street
Cemetery
Jim Tipp
Airth
By Reason of Instinct Philosophy Debate on Gender Insight
The essay argues philosophers overemphasize male reason and dismiss female intuition, calling for equal recognition of intelligent actions by both genders and a philosophy that works in both directions.
Characteristics of Bayard Taylor as described by Stedman
Scribner's writes of Bayard Taylor praising his prodigious memory and linguistic skill, noting his alert exterior perception and natural artistry. It highlights his buoyant, generous character, ardent work ethic, and loyalty to friends, with a contrast to his occasional misreading of others. It also recalls Greeley’s antipathy to lawyers via a room anecdote and a Chester PA tale of General Harrison choosing sobriety over wine.
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Chester
Pennsylvania
William Harrison
Washington House
New York
Teventeen
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