Scattered items from a late 19th century issue
A column of assorted quips and notes touches on topics from theater and society to science and politics. It cites Henry James on American women, a bee hive seized by an Evanston constable, mummy discovery rumors, juvenile labor statistics, the Congo wealth of Leopold II, a New York lemon in court, and proposals to name a Carnegie university in Chicago.
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New York
Ohio
Ndrew ‘Carnegie
Chicago
County Recorders Office
Chesbbrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Lady Isabel's Mirthful Social Tactics in Love
In a witty social vignette, Lady Isabel navigates admirers and husband Vernon with tact. Her confidante Marjorie recalls a dinner intruder on her plan and reveals how Lady Isabel keeps flirtations at bay while preserving honor, humor, and control over delicate situations.
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Isabel
Mrling
Adi
Lord Etchingham
Marjorie
Iman
Vernon
Lady Trenbe
Bob
Colonel Alligon
Heredity Not All Personal History Guides Health
Medical men now favor viewing health through the individual’s life and record rather than ancestors’ illnesses. Dr Rabagnati, a respected northern England medical examiner for insurers, argues heredity passes not disease but “humanity” and organization. He stresses investigating a person’s conditions, as exposure to factors shapes outcomes like gout, consumption, or cancer.
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Rabag- Nati
England
The Vegetable Treatment Promises Blood Purity and Health
An advertisement extols a homemade remedy labeled The Vegetable Treatment or Cyclone Blood Purifier. It combines Wuild Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla into a tonic to aid rheumatism and backache, with instructions to take teaspoonful doses after meals and at night.
Some Wives Are Different
A man argues that some women, unlike Dave Potter’s wife, respond with quiet cynicism to infidelity. Dave’s wife reads a letter from a girlfriend and calmly says the rival would be living with him if she acted as well, a remark seen as sharper than a crude response.
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Dave Potter
Dave
Cuticura Remedies Aid Family Health in Tennessee Case
A Fairmont Walnut Ridge family credits Cuticura Soap ointment and pills with curing a persistent eczema and later healing a boy’s poison oak sores. They emphasize using only Cuticura products due to distance from a doctor, detailing improvements over six weeks and three weeks respectively. Dated Oct 13, 1905.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Restore Health Says Decatur Woman
Mrs Jorie Robbins of 1122 Clat St Decatur Illinois says weak thin and plagued by headaches fatigue numbness and swollen feet improved after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Her daughter also regained color and strength with the remedy. Sold by druggists or mailed postpaid 50 cents per box six for 2.50 Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Williame
Mra Robbins
Jorie Robbins
Clat St
Decatur
Ill
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