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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1898
Page
6
The advertisement touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as the world standard family remedy for colds coughs and lung diseases. It stresses it is a full strength medicine not a palliative and is sold in large bottles for households with higher cost reflecting greater cures.
Dr Amedeo Berlese of Portici Laboratory investigates how ants and flies distribute minute organisms. Experiments show ants visiting sterilized grape bunches acquire yeasts and molds, while flies transfer yeasts via excreta and bodies, indicating insects markedly aid microbial dispersal.
A London Standard report notes experiments showing that certain flies and ants ingest yeast cultures and later excrete living yeast cells. The cells germinate and multiply, with numbers affected by temperature, suggesting insects disseminate yeasts internally and contribute to alcoholic ferments, often for ill rather than benefit.
Scott's Emulsion is a strengthening food and tonic noted for its flesh forming properties. It contains cod liver oil emulsified with hypo phosphites of lime and soda to boost potency.
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as capable of arresting flesh loss and restoring normal condition in infants children and adults. It claims to enrich the blood stop cough heal throat and lung irritation and cure incipient consumption based on twenty five years of experience with tens of thousands of cases. It urges purchasing 50c and 1.00 bottles from druggists and lists Scott and Bowne as chemists in New York.
George E Walsh explains the railway operation focused on the engineer’s clock and timetable, the dispatcher’s orders, and the system of signals and block towers. Delays from wrecks, weather, or other trains ripple through scheduling, with the express right of way and siding moves to prevent collisions.
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