The Deadly Effects of Modern Small Projectiles
A historical summary notes Victor Horsley’s Royal Institution talk on bullet effects. He explains higher speed bullets act as larger projectiles, tissue viscosity governs damage, and water content drives hydro dynamic dispersion. Examples include dough and brain tissue, with Kocher’s confirmation in 1874-6. Includes a testimonial for Chamberlain’s remedy and local sales details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Horsley
Royal Institution
Huguier
Wonders of strange men and animals in distant islands
A fragment from an old travel text describes beings with mouths between shoulders and mouths behind them, people with oversized lips covering faces, hairy beings with hanging hair, and others walking on hands or feet like beasts. The passage notes limbs, strange physiques, and extraordinary traits on various tyales in remote regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mandeville
Tyles
St. Louis Republic
A Bishop on Sermons in Seven Styles
A Wakefield bishop offers a humorous study of modern sermons by classifying them into seven types. He mocks grand diction, vague explanations, flashy metaphors, overabundant anecdotes, flowery rhymes, mellowness, and sedative rhythms, noting congregations often tolerate such pastoral pitfalls. A London clergyman copycat joke adds to the ecclesiastical gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Manchester
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promote Health
An advertisement urging readers to equip themselves with Hood's Sarsaparilla to maintain strength and prevent illness during daily life. It claims the remedy keeps blood pure and reduces germ absorption, and notes Hood's Pills are handmade and priced at 25 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Moore
Homer City
Milt G. Miller
Blairsville
Manly
Hood
Dentists and remedies shared in a Victorian notice
An article extols dental care and stomach health with practical tips. It cites a Philadelphia Times note on soda rinses for dyspepsia related tooth discoloration and touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as effective for dysentery, praising its popularity and listing various local sellers and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Women to enter general conference by providential shift
The piece notes a growing belief that sisters will become conference members and urges conferences to ordain their eligibility so women may join the general conference. It endorses moving votes in favor of female eligibility and frames it as a positive divine progression. A drug advertisement follows for Olive Blossom with a free ten day sample and a month for $1 sold by Daugherty Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern Advocate
Daugherty Bros
Patent cure claims for weight loss and addictions
An advertisement touts weight loss without lifestyle change from 12 to 20 pounds monthly, plus cures for liquor morphine and laudanum habits, claimed safe and effective and deliverable in any drink. It markets a red nose remedy, insomnia relief, and offers a free Family Ointment with orders. Arena Manufacturing Co in Brooklyn advertises these potions priced at $1 each, mailed sealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arena Manvu Factturing Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Relief in Six Hours by Tax Great Sovrn American Kidney Cure
Claims rapid relief from kidney and bladder diseases within six hours. Describes pain relief in urinary passages for men and women and relief from urinary retention. Marketed by Hetrick Bros., druggists of Tri-?iana, Pa. Also mentions Miles’ Pain Pills for headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetrick Bros
Draggiste
Tridiana
Lansingburg Miracle Cure for Locomotor Ataxia
A Lansingburg man, once half dead from locomotor ataxia, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with a complete recovery after two months of irregular use. He describes total numbness and inability to walk that reversed after starting the pills at Schenectady. Affidavits from family and a local notary support his claim, with doctors and a Troy pharmacist endorsing the cure. The pills are sold at 50 cents a box, six for $2.50, by the Dr Williams Medicine Company.
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Lansingburg
F. C. Kimball
Rochester
Erie Railroad
John Marshall
Dr. Williams
Schenectady
N. Y
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Second Ave
Fred
Haegiet
J. KimBal
M. L. Fancher
Kimball
G. H. Morrison
George Fairlee
Westminster Church
National Bank of Troy
Williams
William H. Flandreau
River Street
Troy
Brockville
Ont
It May Do as Much for You Kidney Cure Ad
It May Do as Much for You. Mr. Fred Miller of Erving writes of severe kidney trouble and back pain. He found relief with Electric Bitters, saying they cure kidney and liver troubles and offer instant relief after one trial. Price 50c for large bottle at Hildebrand's Indiana store and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Miller
Erving
Tom E. Hildebrand
Indiana
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
Milt. G. Miller
Blairsville
Pennsylvania Railroad Schedule In Effect 1993 Details
Schedule in effect November 20, 1993 lists departure times from Pirreure to Indiana via Blairsville and Altoona with weekday and specific morning and evening trains. The notice directs travelers to contact Western District passenger agent Thomas E B Watt in Pittsburgh for detailed information, with signatures from M Prevost and J Br Wood as general managers/agents.
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Altoon
Pirreure
Indiana
Blairsville
EB. Watt
Pass
Western District
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
M. Prevost
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Chamberlain
Win. Roach
J. P
Primroy, Campbell Co
Tenn
M. G. Miller
W. Moore
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
Buckien
Pupnir Magazine
Home and Abroad
Kenneth Bazemore
Geo. W. Baker
Lewiston
N. C
W. I. Moore
Women In General Conference
Obesity
Miles
Times
Tully
C. S. Apple
Jeweler and Optician
Hall Building
Indiana, Pa
Pitcher’s Castoria
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. BR. Wood
Ana
Acc
Ace
Lyve
M. Wee
Two Lick
Homer
Graceton
Rugh Rere
Black Lick
Asif
Smith
Oe la
Lve
Cokeville
Indi- Indiana
Indi- Ace
Tm. P.m
Il.igif
Sm Ag
Blarsville
Saltsburg
Paulton
Allegheny Junction
Freeport
Springdale
Allegheny City
Butler
Allegheny Valley R. R
Niagara Express
West Penn Junction
Kittanning
Oil City
Titusville Express
Oi City
Buffalo Express
Emlenton Accom
Emlenton
Day Express
Hsburg
Oil Ci
Junction
Pittabu
Lam Ng
P. Anderson
Gilbert Bro’s
Gro. W. Gilbert
Sapolio
Mack & Ray
Bruce Smith
Clawsom House
Water Street
J. P. Marreco
Nema
Sura
Barranteé
Chife Co
Columba
Frank Garman
Propr
Pitts
Rae
Walsh
Keystone
Fer Bale
Indien
Rie
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